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In June 1989, Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing Peter Main, said that the Famicom was present in 37% of Japan's households. By 1990, 30% of American households owned the NES, compared to 23% for all personal computers. By 1990, the NES had outsold all previously released consoles worldwide.[better source needed] The slogan for this brand was It can't be beaten. In Europe and South America, however, the NES was outsold by Sega's Master System, while the Nintendo Entertainment System was not available in the Soviet Union.

Question: In June 1989 who was Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing?
Answer: Peter Main

Question: In 1990, what percentage of American households owned an NES?
Answer: 30%

Question: What was the slogan for the Nintendo brand?
Answer: It can't be beaten

Question: What outsold the NES in Europe and South America?
Answer: Sega's Master System

Question: Where was Nintendo not available?
Answer: Soviet Union

Question: In June 1987 who was Nintendo of America's vice president of marketing?

Question:  In 1990, what percentage of American households owned a SNES?

Question:  What wasn't the slogan for the Nintendo brand?

Question:  What outsold the NES in Europe and South Africa?

Question:  Where was Nintendo always available?
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Japanese (Famicom) cartridges are shaped slightly differently. While the NES used a 72-pin interface, the Famicom system used a 60-pin design. Unlike NES games, official Famicom cartridges were produced in many colors of plastic. Adapters, similar in design to the popular accessory Game Genie, are available that allow Famicom games to be played on an NES. In Japan, several companies manufactured the cartridges for the Famicom. This allowed these companies to develop their own customized chips designed for specific purposes, such as chips that increased the quality of sound in their games.

Question: Which cartridges were shaped slightly differently?
Answer: Japanese (Famicom)

Question: Which interface did the NES use?
Answer: 72-pin

Question: Which interface did Famicom use?
Answer: 60-pin

Question: Various companies in Japan did what to their games for certain specifics?
Answer: develop their own customized chips

Question: Which cartridges weren't shaped slightly differently?

Question:  Which interface did the SNES use?

Question:  Which interface did Famicom not use?

Question: Various companies in China did what to their games for certain specifics?
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In the longer run, however, with the NES near its end of its life many third-party publishers such as Electronic Arts supported upstart competing consoles with less strict licensing terms such as the Sega Genesis and then the PlayStation, which eroded and then took over Nintendo's dominance in the home console market, respectively. Consoles from Nintendo's rivals in the post-SNES era had always enjoyed much stronger third-party support than Nintendo, which relied more heavily on first-party games.

Question: With the NES at its end, which competing consoles with less strict licensing terms were supported?
Answer: Sega Genesis and then the PlayStation

Question: Who was an example of a 3rd party publisher?
Answer: Electronic Arts

Question: Nintendo relied primarily on what for its support?
Answer: first-party games

Question: Rivals in what self-identified era enjoyed much stronger 3rd party support?
Answer: post-SNES era

Question: With the NES at its end, which competing consoles with more strict licensing terms were supported?

Question:  Who was an example of a 2nd party publisher?

Question:  Nintendo didn't rely primarily on what for its support?

Question: Rivals in what self-identified era enjoyed much stronger 2nd party support?
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As the Nintendo Entertainment System grew in popularity and entered millions of American homes, some small video rental shops began buying their own copies of NES games, and renting them out to customers for around the same price as a video cassette rental for a few days. Nintendo received no profit from the practice beyond the initial cost of their game, and unlike movie rentals, a newly released game could hit store shelves and be available for rent on the same day. Nintendo took steps to stop game rentals, but didn't take any formal legal action until Blockbuster Video began to make game rentals a large-scale service. Nintendo claimed that allowing customers to rent games would significantly hurt sales and drive up the cost of games. Nintendo lost the lawsuit, but did win on a claim of copyright infringement. Blockbuster was banned from including original, copyrighted instruction booklets with their rented games. In compliance with the ruling, Blockbuster produced their own short instructions—usually in the form of a small booklet, card, or label stuck on the back of the rental box—that explained the game's basic premise and controls. Video rental shops continued the practice of renting video games and still do today.

Question: Who caused Nintendo to take formal action regarding rentals?
Answer: Blockbuster Video

Question: According to Nintendo what was the danger in renting games?
Answer: would significantly hurt sales and drive up the cost of games

Question: Blockbuster was banned from including what with their games?
Answer: copyrighted instruction booklets

Question: What did Blockbuster do instead of use copyrighted instruction booklets?
Answer: produced their own short instructions

Question:  Who caused Nintendo to take informal action regarding rentals?

Question:  According to Nintendo what wasn't the danger in renting games?

Question:  Blockbuster wasn't banned from including what with their games?

Question: What did Blockbuster do along with use copyrighted instruction booklets?
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In the UK, Italy and Australia which share the PAL A region, two versions of the NES were released; the "Mattel Version" and "NES Version". When the NES was first released in those countries, it was distributed by Mattel and Nintendo decided to use a lockout chip specific to those countries, different from the chip used in other European countries. When Nintendo took over European distribution in 1990, they produced consoles that were then labelled "NES Version"; therefore, the only differences between the two are the text on the front flap and texture on the top/bottom of the casing.

Question: Which company distributed the NES to the UK, Italy, and Australia?
Answer: Mattel

Question: When did Nintendo take over European distribution?
Answer: 1990

Question: Which three countries share the PAL A region?
Answer: UK, Italy and Australia

Question: What two versions of the NES were released in the UK, Italy, and Australia?
Answer: "Mattel Version" and "NES Version"

Question: Which company didn't distribute the NES to the UK, Italy, and Australia?

Question:  When did Nintendo take over Asian distribution?

Question:  Which three countries share the PAL B region?

Question: What two versions of the NES were released in the UK, France, and Spain?
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Nintendo also made two turbo controllers for the NES called NES Advantage and the NES Max. Both controllers had a Turbo feature, a feature where one tap of the button represented multiple taps. This feature allowed players to shoot much faster during shooter games. The NES Advantage had two knobs that adjusted the firing rate of the turbo button from quick to Turbo, as well as a "Slow" button that slowed down the game by rapidly pausing the game. The "Slow" button did not work with games that had a pause menu or pause screen and can interfere with jumping and shooting. The NES Max also had the Turbo Feature, but it was not adjustable, in contrast with the Advantage. It also did not have the "Slow" button. Its wing-like shape made it easier to hold than the Advantage and it also improved on the joystick. Turbo features were also featured on the NES Satellite, the NES Four Score, and the U-Force. Other accessories include the Power Pad and the Power Glove, which was featured in the movie The Wizard.

Question: What were the two turbo controllers Nintendo made for the NES?
Answer: NES Advantage and the NES Max

Question: What did the Turbo feature allow players to do?
Answer: shoot much faster during shooter games

Question: Which controller had a non-adjustable Turbo feature?
Answer: The NES Max

Question: Which two accessories were featured in the movie The Wizard?
Answer: Power Pad and the Power Glove

Question: The NES Max also did not feature what?
Answer: "Slow" button

Question:  What were the third turbo controllers Nintendo made for the NES?

Question:  What did the Turbo feature not allow players to do?

Question:  Which controller had a adjustable Turbo feature?

Question:  Which three accessories were featured in the movie The Wizard?

Question:  The SNES Max also did not feature what?
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In 1986, Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System (FDS) in Japan, a type of floppy drive that uses a single-sided, proprietary 5 cm (2") disk and plugs into the cartridge port. It contains RAM for the game to load into and an extra single-cycle wavetable-lookup sound chip. The disks were originally obtained from kiosks in malls and other public places where buyers could select a title and have it written to the disk. This process would cost less than cartridges and users could take the disk back to a vending booth and have it rewritten with a new game. The disks were used both for storing the game and saving progress and total capacity was 128k (64k per side).

Question: What year did Nintendo release the Famicom Disk System?
Answer: 1986

Question: Where could the disks for the game be obtained?
Answer: kiosks in malls

Question: How were the disks purchased?
Answer: buyers could select a title and have it written to the disk

Question: What were the storage disks used for?
Answer: storing the game and saving progress

Question: What was the total capacity of a disk?
Answer: 128k

Question: What year did Atari release the Famicom Disk System?

Question:  Where could the disks for the game not be obtained?

Question:  How were the disks sold?

Question:  What weren't the storage disks used for?

Question:  What was half of the total capacity of a disk?
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The system was originally targeted for release in the spring of 1985, but the release date was pushed back. After test-marketing in the New York City area in late fall, retailers had reportedly stated the system "failed miserably".[contradictory] While others stated that Nintendo had an excellent nine-week market test in New York last fall Due to the moderate success launch in New York City, Nintendo tried a second time; the system was test-marketed further beginning in February 1986, with the nationwide release occurring in September 1986.

Question: When was the system originally supposed to be released?
Answer: spring of 1985

Question: Retailers in what test area reported a miserable failure of sales?
Answer: New York City

Question: When was the second time Nintendo test marketed the NES?
Answer: February 1986

Question: When was the nationwide release of the NES?
Answer: September 1986

Question:  When was the system originally not supposed to be released?

Question:  Retailers in what test area reported a success of sales?

Question:  When was the first time Nintendo test marketed the NES?

Question:  When was the non-nationwide release of the NES?
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In Europe and Australia, the system was released to two separate marketing regions. One region consisted of most of mainland Europe (excluding Italy), and distribution there was handled by a number of different companies, with Nintendo responsible for most cartridge releases. Most of this region saw a 1986 release. Mattel handled distribution for the other region, consisting of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Italy, Australia and New Zealand, starting the following year. Not until the 1990s did Nintendo's newly created European branch direct distribution throughout Europe.

Question: Where was the system released to two separate marketing areas?
Answer: Europe and Australia

Question: One region comprised the entirety of mainland Europe save for which country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Who released cartridges in mainland Europe?
Answer: Nintendo

Question: Who handled distribution in the other region?
Answer: Mattel

Question: When did the European brance finally directly distribute throughout Europe?
Answer: 1990s

Question:  Where was the system released to three separate marketing areas?

Question:  One region comprised the entirety of mainland Asia save for which country?

Question: Who released cartridges in mainland Asia?

Question:  Who didn't handle distribution in the other region?

Question:  When did the European brance finally directly redistribute throughout Europe?
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As the 1990s dawned, gamers predicted that competition from technologically superior systems such as the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis would mean the immediate end of the NES’s dominance. Instead, during the first year of Nintendo's successor console the Super Famicom (named Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan), the Famicom remained the second highest-selling video game console in Japan, outselling the newer and more powerful NEC PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive by a wide margin. The console remained popular in Japan and North America until late 1993, when the demand for new NES software abruptly plummeted. The final Famicom game released in Japan is Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima IV (Adventure Island IV), while in North America, Wario's Woods is the final licensed game. In the wake of ever decreasing sales and the lack of new software titles, Nintendo of America officially discontinued the NES by 1995. However, Nintendo kept producing new Famicom units in Japan until September 25, 2003, and continued to repair Famicom consoles until October 31, 2007, attributing the discontinuation of support to insufficient supplies of parts.

Question: Which example of a system started to mark the end of the NES dominance?
Answer: 16-bit Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Question: When did the demand for new NES software dry up?
Answer: late 1993

Question: What was the final Famicom game released in North America?
Answer: Wario's Woods

Question: What year did Nintendo officially discontinue the NES?
Answer: 1995

Question: How late did Nintendo continue to repair Famicom units?
Answer: October 31, 2007

Question: Which example of a system started to mark the end of the SNES dominance?

Question:  When did the demand for new NES software get boosted?

Question:  What was the first Famicom game released in North America?

Question:  What year did Nintendo officially discontinue the SNES?

Question:  How late did Nintendo continue to repair nonFamicom units?
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Nintendo's near monopoly on the home video game market left it with a degree of influence over the industry. Unlike Atari, which never actively courted third-party developers (and even went to court in an attempt to force Activision to cease production of Atari 2600 games), Nintendo had anticipated and encouraged the involvement of third-party software developers; strictly, however, on Nintendo's terms. Some of the Nintendo platform-control measures were adopted by later console manufacturers such as Sega, Sony, and Microsoft, although not as stringent.

Question: Who did Atari attempt to force ceasing production of games for its system?
Answer: Activision

Question: Nintendo actively encouraged  the involvement of what?
Answer: third-party software developers

Question: Nintendo's measures for third party game developers were also adopted by which later manufacturers?
Answer: Sega, Sony, and Microsoft

Question: Who didn't Atari attempt to force ceasing production of games for its system?

Question:  Nintendo actively discouraged the involvement of what?

Question:  Nintendo's measures for third party game developers weren't adopted by which later manufacturers?
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Several companies, refusing to pay the licensing fee or having been rejected by Nintendo, found ways to circumvent the console's authentication system. Most of these companies created circuits that used a voltage spike to temporarily disable the 10NES chip in the NES. A few unlicensed games released in Europe and Australia came in the form of a dongle that would be connected to a licensed game, in order to use the licensed game's 10NES chip for authentication. In order to combat unlicensed games, Nintendo of America threatened retailers who sold them with losing their supply of licensed titles. In addition, multiple revisions were made to the NES PCBs to prevent these games from working.

Question: Companies did what in an effort to circumvent Nintendo's console authentication?
Answer: voltage spike to temporarily disable the 10NES chip

Question: Why did the companies circumvent the authentication system?
Answer: refusing to pay the licensing fee or having been rejected by Nintendo

Question: Where did unlicensed games feature a dongle?
Answer: Europe and Australia

Question: What did Nintendo do to curb unlicensed game sales?
Answer: threatened retailers

Question: Companies didn't do what in an effort to circumvent Nintendo's console authentication?

Question:  Why didn't the companies circumvent the authentication system?

Question:  Where didn't unlicensed games feature a dongle?

Question:  What did Nintendo do to curb licensed game sales?
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The Nintendo Entertainment System (also abbreviated as NES) is an 8-bit home video game console that was developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (Japanese: ファミリーコンピュータ, Hepburn: Famirī Konpyūta?) (also known by the portmanteau abbreviation Famicom (ファミコン, Famikon?) and abbreviated as FC) on July 15, 1983, and was later released in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986, and Australia in 1987. In South Korea, it was known as the Hyundai Comboy (현대 컴보이 Hyeondae Keomboi) and was distributed by SK Hynix which then was known as Hyundai Electronics. It was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Question: What is the abbreviation of Nintendo Entertainment System?
Answer: NES

Question: what was it called in Japan?
Answer: Family Computer

Question: When was the Family Computer (Famicom) released in Japan?
Answer: July 15, 1983

Question: When was it released in Australia?
Answer: 1987

Question: What succeeded the Famicom?
Answer: Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Question: What is the abbreviation of Mintendo Entertainment System?

Question:  what was it called in China?

Question:  When was the Family Computer (Famicom) released in China?

Question:  When was it released in Africa?

Question:  What preceded the Famicom?
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Problems with the 10NES lockout chip frequently resulted in the console's most infamous problem: the blinking red power light, in which the system appears to turn itself on and off repeatedly because the 10NES would reset the console once per second. The lockout chip required constant communication with the chip in the game to work. Dirty, aging and bent connectors would often disrupt the communication, resulting in the blink effect. Alternatively, the console would turn on but only show a solid white, gray, or green screen. Users attempted to solve this problem by blowing air onto the cartridge connectors, inserting the cartridge just far enough to get the ZIF to lower, licking the edge connector, slapping the side of the system after inserting a cartridge, shifting the cartridge from side to side after insertion, pushing the ZIF up and down repeatedly, holding the ZIF down lower than it should have been, and cleaning the connectors with alcohol. These attempted solutions often became notable in their own right and are often remembered alongside the NES. Many of the most frequent attempts to fix this problem instead ran the risk of damaging the cartridge and/or system.[citation needed] In 1989, Nintendo released an official NES Cleaning Kit to help users clean malfunctioning cartridges and consoles.

Question: What was the console's most common problem?
Answer: blinking red power light

Question: The 10NES would reset the system how often?
Answer: once per second

Question: What disrupted the communication as well?
Answer: Dirty, aging and bent connectors

Question: What was one example of what users did to combat the blinking problem?
Answer: blowing air onto the cartridge connectors

Question: When did Nintendo release a cleaning kit?
Answer: 1989

Question: What wasn't the console's most common problem?

Question:  The 10NES wouldn't reset the system how often?

Question:  What didn't disrupt the communication as well?

Question:  What wasn't one example of what users did to combat the blinking problem?

Question:  When didn't Nintendo release a cleaning kit?
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Subsequent plans to market a Famicom console in North America featuring a keyboard, cassette data recorder, wireless joystick controller and a special BASIC cartridge under the name "Nintendo Advanced Video System" likewise never materialized. By the beginning of 1985, the Famicom had sold more than 2.5 million units in Japan and Nintendo soon announced plans to release it in North America as the Advanced Video Entertainment System (AVS) that same year. The American video game press was skeptical that the console could have any success in the region, with the March 1985 issue of Electronic Games magazine stating that "the videogame market in America has virtually disappeared" and that "this could be a miscalculation on Nintendo's part."

Question: How many units of the Famicom were sold in Japan by the beginning of 1985?
Answer: 2.5 million units

Question: What was this system to be called in North America?
Answer: Advanced Video Entertainment System

Question: What magazine stated that Nintendo could be errant in their anticipated product success?
Answer: Electronic Games magazine

Question: How many units of the Famicom were sold in China by the beginning of 1985?

Question:  What was this system to be called in South America?

Question: What magazine stated that Nintendo couldn't be errant in their anticipated product success?
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Near the end of the NES's lifespan, upon the release of the AV Famicom and the top-loading NES 2, the design of the game controllers was modified slightly. Though the original button layout was retained, the redesigned device abandoned the brick shell in favor of a dog bone shape. In addition, the AV Famicom joined its international counterpart and dropped the hardwired controllers in favor of detachable controller ports. However, the controllers included with the Famicom AV had cables which were 90 cm (3 feet) long, as opposed to the standard 180 cm(6 feet) of NES controllers.

Question: Which console featured a top-loading design?
Answer: NES 2

Question: The design of what was modified slightly?
Answer: game controllers

Question: the original design of the controller was what shape?
Answer: brick

Question: What was the new design shape of the controller?
Answer: dog bone

Question: How long were standard NES controller cables?
Answer: 6 feet

Question: Which console featured a bottom-loading design?

Question:  The design of what wasn't modified slightly?

Question:  the unoriginal design of the controller was what shape?

Question:  What was the new design shape of the old controller?

Question:  How long were nonstandard NES controller cables?
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By 1988, industry observers stated that the NES's popularity had grown so quickly that the market for Nintendo cartridges was larger than that for all home computer software. Compute! reported in 1989 that Nintendo had sold seven million NES systems in 1988, almost as many as the number of Commodore 64s sold in its first five years. "Computer game makers [are] scared stiff", the magazine said, stating that Nintendo's popularity caused most competitors to have poor sales during the previous Christmas and resulted in serious financial problems for some.

Question: What year did Nintendo's market surpass all computer software?
Answer: 1988

Question: Who reported that Nintendo sold 7 million NES systems?
Answer: Compute!

Question: When did Compute! report the number of systems sold at 7 million?
Answer: 1989

Question: The 7 million sold almost equated to which console's five year span?
Answer: Commodore 64s

Question: What year did Nintendo's market not surpass all computer software?

Question:  Who reported that Nintendo sold 9 million NES systems?

Question: When did Compute! report the number of systems sold at 9 million?

Question: The 7 million sold almost equated to which console's six year span?
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A variety of games for the FDS were released by Nintendo (including some like Super Mario Bros. which had already been released on cartridge) and third party companies such as Konami and Taito. A few unlicensed titles were made as well. However, its limitations became quickly apparent as larger ROM chips were introduced, allowing cartridges with greater than 128k of space. More advanced memory management chips (MMC) soon appeared and the FDS quickly became obsolete. Nintendo also charged developers considerable amounts of money to produce FDS games, and many refused to develop for it, instead continuing to make cartridge titles. Many FDS disks have no dust covers (except in some unlicensed and bootleg variants) and are easily prone to getting dirt on the media. In addition, the drive use a belt which breaks frequently and requires invasive replacement. After only two years, the FDS was discontinued, although vending booths remained in place until 1993 and Nintendo continued to service drives, and to rewrite and offer replacement disks until 2003.

Question: Nintendo charged producers hefty sums to make what?
Answer: FDS games

Question: What did companies do instead of making FDS games?
Answer: make cartridge titles

Question: Many FDS disks lack what?
Answer: dust covers

Question: What broke frequently and needed replacement in the machine?
Answer: belt

Question: How long did Nintendo service drives and offer replacement disks?
Answer: 2003

Question: Nintendo didn't charge producers hefty sums to make what?

Question:  What did companies do while making FDS games?

Question:  Many FDS disks had what?

Question:  What broke infrequently and needed replacement in the machine?

Question:  How long did Atari service drives and offer replacement disks?
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Although most hardware clones were not produced under license by Nintendo, certain companies were granted licenses to produce NES-compatible devices. The Sharp Corporation produced at least two such clones: the Twin Famicom and the SHARP 19SC111 television. The Twin Famicom was compatible with both Famicom cartridges and Famicom Disk System disks. It was available in two colors (red and black) and used hardwired controllers (as did the original Famicom), but it featured a different case design. The SHARP 19SC111 television was a television which included a built-in Famicom. A similar licensing deal was reached with Hyundai Electronics, who licensed the system under the name Comboy in the South Korean market. This deal with Hyundai was made necessary because of the South Korean government's wide ban on all Japanese "cultural products", which remained in effect until 1998 and ensured that the only way Japanese products could legally enter the South Korean market was through licensing to a third-party (non-Japanese) distributor (see also Japan–Korea disputes).

Question: Which company produced the Twin Famicom and the 19SC111 TV?
Answer: Sharp Corporation

Question: What was compatible with Famicom cartridges and FDS systems?
Answer: Twin Famicom

Question: Hyundai licensed the Sharp 19SC111 TV with what name in South Korea?
Answer: Comboy

Question: Until how long did South Korea ban Japanese cultural products?
Answer: 1998

Question: How could Japanese products only enter South Korea?
Answer: licensing to a third-party (non-Japanese) distributor

Question: Which company produced the Duo Famicom and the 19SC111 TV?

Question:  What was compatible with Famicom cartridges and IDS systems?

Question:  Hyundai licensed the Sharp 19SC111 DVD with what name in South Korea?
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The back of the cartridge bears a label with instructions on handling. Production and software revision codes were imprinted as stamps on the back label to correspond with the software version and producer. With the exception of The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, manufactured in gold-plastic carts, all licensed NTSC and PAL cartridges are a standard shade of gray plastic. Unlicensed carts were produced in black, robin egg blue, and gold, and are all slightly different shapes than standard NES cartridges. Nintendo also produced yellow-plastic carts for internal use at Nintendo Service Centers, although these "test carts" were never made available for purchase. All licensed US cartridges were made by Nintendo, Konami and Acclaim. For promotion of DuckTales: Remastered, Capcom sent 150 limited-edition gold NES cartridges with the original game, featuring the Remastered art as the sticker, to different gaming news agencies. The instruction label on the back included the opening lyric from the show's theme song, "Life is like a hurricane".

Question: The Zelda games were manufactured in what color cartridge?
Answer: gold

Question: What is the standard color of all other cartridges?
Answer: gray

Question: What color were cartridges produced by Nintendo for internal use?
Answer: yellow

Question: What was distinctly made by Nintendo, Konami, and Acclaim?
Answer: licensed US cartridges

Question: What was the opening lyric from the Duck Tales theme show?
Answer: Life is like a hurricane

Question: The Zelda games weren't manufactured in what color cartridge?

Question:  What wasn't the standard color of all other cartridges?

Question:  What color were cartridges produced by Nintendo for external use?

Question:  What wasn't distinctly made by Nintendo, Konami, and Acclaim?

Question:  What was the closing lyric from the Duck Tales theme show?
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Nintendo was accused of antitrust behavior because of the strict licensing requirements. The United States Department of Justice and several states began probing Nintendo's business practices, leading to the involvement of Congress and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC conducted an extensive investigation which included interviewing hundreds of retailers. During the FTC probe, Nintendo changed the terms of its publisher licensing agreements to eliminate the two-year rule and other restrictive terms. Nintendo and the FTC settled the case in April 1991, with Nintendo required to send vouchers giving a $5 discount off to a new game, to every person that had purchased a NES title between June 1988 and December 1990. GameSpy remarked that Nintendo's punishment was particularly weak giving the case's findings, although it has been speculated that the FTC did not want to damage the video game industry in the United States.

Question: What was Nintendo accused of?
Answer: antitrust behavior

Question: Why was Nintendo accused of antitrust behavior?
Answer: strict licensing requirements

Question: Who began probing Nintendo's business?
Answer: United States Department of Justice

Question: Who interviewed retailers as part of their investigation?
Answer: FTC

Question: How much were the vouchers worth that Nintendo sent out?
Answer: $5

Question: What wasn't Nintendo accused of?

Question:  Why wasn't Nintendo accused of antitrust behavior?

Question:  Who didn't probe Nintendo's business?

Question:  Who didn't interview retailers as part of their investigation?

Question:  How much were the vouchers worth that Nintendo didn't send out?
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The NES can be emulated on many other systems, most notably the PC. The first emulator was the Japanese-only Pasofami. It was soon followed by iNES, which was available in English and was cross-platform, in 1996. It was described as being the first NES emulation software that could be used by a non-expert. NESticle, a popular MS-DOS emulator, was released on April 3, 1997. There have since been many other emulators. The Virtual Console for the Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U also offers emulation of many NES games.

Question: What was the first NES emulator?
Answer: Pasofami

Question: What was the first English available emulator?
Answer: iNES

Question: When was NESticle released?
Answer: April 3, 1997

Question: What platform was NESticle available for use?
Answer: MS-DOS

Question: What wasn't the first NES emulator?

Question:  What was the first Spanish available emulator?

Question:  When was NESticle halted?

Question:  What platform was NESticle unavailable for use?
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The Famicom contained no lockout hardware and, as a result, unlicensed cartridges (both legitimate and bootleg) were extremely common throughout Japan and the Far East. The original NES (but not the top-loading NES-101) contained the 10NES lockout chip, which significantly increased the challenges faced by unlicensed developers. Tinkerers at home in later years discovered that disassembling the NES and cutting the fourth pin of the lockout chip would change the chip’s mode of operation from "lock" to "key", removing all effects and greatly improving the console’s ability to play legal games, as well as bootlegs and converted imports. NES consoles sold in different regions had different lockout chips, so games marketed in one region would not work on consoles from another region. Known regions are: USA/Canada (3193 lockout chip), most of Europe (3195), Asia (3196) and UK, Italy and Australia (3197). Since two types of lockout chip were used in Europe, European NES game boxes often had an "A" or "B" letter on the front, indicating whether the game is compatible with UK/Italian/Australian consoles (A), or the rest of Europe (B). Rest-of-Europe games typically had text on the box stating "This game is not compatible with the Mattel or NES versions of the Nintendo Entertainment System". Similarly, UK/Italy/Australia games stated "This game is only compatible with the Mattel or NES versions of the Nintendo Entertainment System".

Question: What did the Famicom sorely lack?
Answer: lockout hardware

Question: What was the lockout chip number for the USA and Canada?
Answer: 3193

Question: What was the lockout chip number for most of Europe, save the UK and Italy?
Answer: 3195

Question: What was the lockout chip number for Asia?
Answer: 3196

Question: What was the lockout chip number for UK, Italy, and Australia?
Answer: 3197

Question: What did the Famicom not lack?

Question:  What was the lockout chip number for the UK and Canada?

Question: What wasn't the lockout chip number for most of Asia, save the UK and Italy?

Question:  What was the lockout chip number for South Africa?
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Following a series of arcade game successes in the early 1980s, Nintendo made plans to create a cartridge-based console called the Famicom. Masayuki Uemura designed the system. Original plans called for an advanced 16-bit system which would function as a full-fledged computer with a keyboard and floppy disk drive, but Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi rejected this and instead decided to go for a cheaper, more conventional cartridge-based game console as he felt that features such as keyboards and disks were intimidating to non-technophiles. A test model was constructed in October 1982 to verify the functionality of the hardware, after which work began on programming tools. Because 65xx CPUs had not been manufactured or sold in Japan up to that time, no cross-development software was available and it had to be produced from scratch. Early Famicom games were written on a system that ran on an NEC PC-8001 computer and LEDs on a grid were used with a digitizer to design graphics as no software design tools for this purpose existed at that time.[citation needed]

Question: Who designed the Famicom system?
Answer: Masayuki Uemura

Question: The plans called for how many bits as a feature?
Answer: 16

Question: Who was the Nintendo president at the time?
Answer: Hiroshi Yamauchi

Question: When was the test model constructed?
Answer: October 1982

Question: Early Famicom games were written on what computer system?
Answer: NEC PC-8001

Question:  Who designed the Pamicom system?

Question:  The first plans called for how many bits as a feature?

Question:  Who was the Nintendo vice president at the time?

Question:  When was the test model destroyed?

Question:  Early Famicom games weren't written on what computer system?
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A number of special controllers designed for use with specific games were released for the system, though very few such devices proved particularly popular. Such devices included, but were not limited to, the Zapper (a light gun), the R.O.B., and the Power Pad. The original Famicom featured a deepened DA-15 expansion port on the front of the unit, which was used to connect most auxiliary devices. On the NES, these special controllers were generally connected to one of the two control ports on the front of the console.

Question: What was the light gun controller called?
Answer: Zapper

Question: What was the name of the auxiliary port used to connect additional devices on the Famicom?
Answer: DA-15

Question: How were the special controllers connected to the NES?
Answer: control ports on the front

Question: What was the dark gun controller called?

Question: What was the name of the auxiliary port used to not connect additional devices on the Famicom?

Question:  How were the special controllers disconnected to the NES?
Nintendo_Entertainment_System

The system's launch represented not only a new product, but also a reframing of the severely damaged home video game market segment as a whole. The video game market crash of 1983 had occurred in significant part due to a lack of consumer and retailer confidence in video games, which had in turn been due partially to confusion and misrepresentation in the marketing of video games. Prior to the NES, the packaging of many video games presented bombastic artwork which exaggerated the graphics of the actual game. In terms of product identity, a single game such as Pac-Man would appear in many versions on many different game consoles and computers, with large variations in graphics, sound, and general quality between the versions. By stark contrast, Nintendo's marketing strategy aimed to regain consumer and retailer confidence, by delivering a singular platform whose technology was not in need of heavy exaggeration and whose qualities were clearly defined.

Question: What year did the video game market crash?
Answer: 1983

Question: The crash was caused in part by the confusion and misrepresentation of what in video games?
Answer: marketing

Question: What specifically was misrepresented on game products?
Answer: artwork

Question: Nintendo's marketing strategy aimed at what aspect of the consumer via realism?
Answer: confidence

Question:  What year did the video game market boom?

Question:  The crash wasn't caused in part by the confusion and misrepresentation of what in video games?

Question:  What specifically was represented on game products?

Question:  Nintendo's marketing strategy wasn't aimed at what aspect of the consumer via realism?
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For its complete North American release, the Nintendo Entertainment System was progressively released over the ensuing years in four different bundles: the Deluxe Set, the Control Deck, the Action Set and the Power Set. The Deluxe Set, retailing at US$199.99 (equivalent to $475 in 2016), included R.O.B., a light gun called the NES Zapper, two controllers, and two Game Paks: Gyromite, and Duck Hunt. The Basic Set, retailing at US$89.99 with no game, and US$99.99 bundled with "Super Mario Bros." The Action Set, retailing in 1988 for US$149.99, came with the Control Deck, two game controllers, an NES Zapper, and a dual Game Pak containing both Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. In 1989, the Power Set included the console, two game controllers, a NES Zapper, a Power Pad, and a triple Game Pak containing Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, and World Class Track Meet. In 1990, a Sports Set bundle was released, including the console, an NES Satellite infrared wireless multitap adapter, four game controllers, and a dual Game Pak containing Super Spike V'Ball and Nintendo World Cup. Two more bundle packages were later released using the original model NES console. The Challenge Set of 1992 included the console, two controllers, and a Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Pak for a retail price of US$89.99. The Basic Set, first released in 1987, was repackaged for a retail US$89.99. It included only the console and two controllers, and no longer was bundled with a cartridge. Instead, it contained a book called the Official Nintendo Player's Guide, which contained detailed information for every NES game made up to that point.

Question: How much did the Deluxe NES sell for?
Answer: US$199.99

Question: How much was the selling price equivalent to in today's money?
Answer: $475

Question: How much did the console sell for bundled with just the Super Mario Bros. game?
Answer: US$99.99

Question: Super Mario Bros was paired with which game in the Action Set?
Answer: Duck Hunt

Question: The Basic Set sold for how much at release?
Answer: US$89.99

Question:  How much did the Deluxe SNES sell for?

Question:  How much was the selling price equivalent to in 2018 money?

Question: How much did the console sell for bundled with just the Luigi Bros. game?

Question:  Super Luigi Bros was paired with which game in the Action Set?

Question:  The Big Set sold for how much at release?
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The unlicensed clone market has flourished following Nintendo's discontinuation of the NES. Some of the more exotic of these resulting systems have gone beyond the functionality of the original hardware and have included variations such as a portable system with a color LCD (e.g. PocketFami). Others have been produced with certain specialized markets in mind, such as an NES clone that functions as a rather primitive personal computer, which includes a keyboard and basic word processing software. These unauthorized clones have been helped by the invention of the so-called NES-on-a-chip.

Question: What thrived after the NES was discontinued?
Answer: unlicensed clone market

Question: What feature does the PocketFami have?
Answer: color LCD

Question: The NES was duplicated on which medium in order to make clones easy to produce?
Answer: chip

Question: What thrived after the SNES was discontinued?

Question: What feature doesn't the PocketFami have?

Question: The NES was duplicated on which medium in order to make non-clones easy to produce?
Nintendo_Entertainment_System

The NES was released after the "video game crash" of the early 1980s, whereupon many retailers and adults had regarded electronic games as being merely a passing fad, and many believed at first that the NES was another fad. Before the NES/Famicom, Nintendo was known as a moderately successful Japanese toy and playing card manufacturer, and the popularity of the NES/Famicom helped the company grow into an internationally recognized name almost synonymous with video games as Atari had been during the 2600 era and set the stage for Japanese dominance of the video game industry. With the NES, Nintendo also changed the relationship of console manufacturers and third-party software developers by restricting developers from publishing and distributing software without licensed approval. This led to higher quality software titles, which helped to change the attitude of a public that had grown weary from poorly produced titles for other game systems of the day.

Question: Nintendo produced toys and what other item before its game system?
Answer: playing card

Question: Nintendo's era was compared with who as another video game manufacturer?
Answer: Atari

Question: Nintendo required what from its software developers?
Answer: licensed approval

Question: What did licensing lead to regarding games?
Answer: higher quality

Question: Nintendo didn't produce toys and what other item before its game system?

Question:  Nintendo's era was compared with who as another non-video game manufacturer?

Question:  Nintendo didn't require what from its software developers?

Question:  What did no licensing lead to regarding games?
Nintendo_Entertainment_System

Atari Games created a line of NES products under the name Tengen and took a different approach. The company attempted to reverse engineer the lockout chip to develop its own "Rabbit" chip. However, Tengen also obtained a description of the lockout chip from the United States Patent and Trademark Office by falsely claiming that it was required to defend against present infringement claims in a legal case. Nintendo sued Tengen for copyright infringement, which Tengen lost as it could not prove that the legally obtained patent documents had not been used by the reverse engineering team. Tengen's antitrust claims against Nintendo were never finally decided.

Question: Atari created NES products under which name?
Answer: Tengen

Question: What did Nintendo sue Tengen for?
Answer: copyright infringement

Question: Tengen reverse engineered the lockout chip to develop what animal monikered prototype?
Answer: "Rabbit" chip

Question: Tengen got a description of Nintendo's chip from whom?
Answer: United States Patent and Trademark Office

Question: Atari created SNES products under which name?

Question:  What didn't Nintendo sue Tengen for?

Question: Tengen reverse engineered the lockout chip to not develop what animal monikered prototype?

Question:  Tengen didn't get a description of Nintendo's chip from whom?
Nintendo_Entertainment_System

In December 1993, the Famicom received a similar redesign. It also loads cartridges through a covered slot on the top of the unit and uses non-hardwired controllers. Because HVC-101 used composite video output instead of being RF only like the HVC-001, Nintendo marketed the newer model as the AV Famicom (AV仕様ファミコン, Eibui Shiyō Famikon?). Since the new controllers don't have microphones on them like the second controller on the original console, certain games such as the Disk System version of The Legend of Zelda and Raid on Bungeling Bay will have certain tricks that cannot be replicated when played on an HVC-101 Famicom without a modded controller. However, the HVC-101 Famicom is compatible with most NES controllers due to having the same controller port. Nintendo had also released a 3D graphic capable headset. However, this peripheral was never released outside Japan.[citation needed]

Question: What month and year did the Famicom receive a redesign?
Answer: December 1993

Question: What used composite video output?
Answer: HVC-101

Question: What device was RF only?
Answer: HVC-001

Question: What was the newer model called?
Answer: AV Famicom

Question: What did Nintendo release in Japan only?
Answer: 3D graphic capable headset

Question: What month and year did the Famicom get designed?

Question:  What used composite video input?

Question: What device was HD only?

Question:  What was the older model called?

Question:  What did Nintendo release in China only?