History of video games/Platforms/NES Classic Edition
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A NES Classic Edition alongside its controller.
History
[edit | edit source]The NES Classic and Famicom Classic both launched on either November 10th or November 11th, 2016 depending on the region.[1][2] The launch price was $59.99.[3] A victim of it's success, the system was plagued by shortages following its launch.[4]
In Japan a special Shonen Jump edition of the console was released, known as the Jump Mini this console featured a gold colored case, a customized manga themed interface, and a different selection of games.[5]
The system is often credited with starting a trend of higher end official retro consoles being released on the market.[6]
Technology
[edit | edit source]The system is powered by an Allwinner R16 containing a quad core ARM Cortex A7 CPU and a Mali 400MP2 GPU.[7][3][6] The system contains 256 megabytes of DDR3L SDRAM.[8] For internal storage the system uses 512 megabytes of NAND flash storage.[3][6]
Gallery
[edit | edit source]NES Classic
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Family Computer Classic
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References
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- ↑ "Photos of the NES Classic Edition Launch Party at Nintendo NY Store Are Available on Business Wire's Website and Associated Press Photo Network" (in en). www.businesswire.com. 11 November 2016. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161111005157/en/Photos-of-the-NES-Classic-Edition-Launch-Party-at-Nintendo-NY-Store-Are-Available-on-Business-Wires-Website-and-Associated-Press-Photo-Network.
- ↑ "Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom Announced For November 10th In Japan". Siliconera. 30 September 2016. https://www.siliconera.com/nintendo-classic-mini-famicom-announced-november-10th-japan/.
- ↑ a b c "Take a look inside the NES Mini". TweakTown. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ↑ Grant, Christopher (11 November 2016). "NES Classic Edition shortages prove Nintendo is either underhanded or incompetent" (in en). Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/2016/11/11/13597938/nes-classic-edition-shortage.
- ↑ Machkovech, Sam (12 July 2018). "Hands-on with Nintendo’s weirdest, and maybe rarest, classic console yet" (in en-us). Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/hands-on-with-nintendos-weirdest-and-maybe-rarest-classic-console-yet/.
- ↑ a b c "The Mini Console Revolution, And Why Hackers Passed Them By". Hackaday. 27 August 2020. https://hackaday.com/2020/08/27/the-mini-console-revolution-and-why-hackers-passed-them-by/.
- ↑ "Nintendo NES Classic is Powered by Allwinner R16 SoC, Likely Hackable". www.cnx-software.com. https://www.cnx-software.com/2016/11/08/nintendo-nes-classic-is-powered-by-allwinner-r16-soc-likely-hackable/.
- ↑ "Nintendo Classic Mini has 256MB of RAM – phoneia". https://phoneia.com/en/nintendo-classic-mini-has-256mb-of-ram/.