A technical overview of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), covering its history, specifications, CPU, PPU, memory management, and market strategy.
This document provides a technical overview of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), detailing its history from the 1984 release of the Famicom to the 1986 launch of the NES in the US. It outlines the system's design strategy, which included releasing a VCR-like console to recover from the video game crash of the 1980s, and notes the sales of over 62 million systems.
| CPU | 8-bit |
|---|---|
| CPU Speed | 1.79 MHz |
| System Memory | 2KB |
| VRAM | 2KB |
| Program ROM | 32+ KB |
| Character ROM | 8+ KB |
| Sprite RAM | 256 Bytes |
| Color Palette | 64 Value |
Nintendo released the N.E.S. in 1986.
The version that came with R.O.B. was $250.
The N.E.S. sold 62 million systems.