Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)


Release Dates:
Asia:August 1985
Australia:198?
Europe:198?
Japan:1983
USA:August 1985

NES Specifications
CPU:8-Bit CPU
Memory:RAM: 2Kb
Video RAM: 2Kb
Game Program Memory:128K, 32K, 16K or 8K Bytes, 1 Meg, 256K, or 64K Bits
Game Character Memory:128K, 32K, 16K or 8K Bytes, 1 Meg, 256K, or 64K Bits
Colour:Colors Displayed: 16
Colors Available: 52
Sprite Colors: 4 per Sprite from the 52 possible
Resolution:256 x 240
Processor:8-Bit PPU (Picture Processing Unit)
Sprites:Maximum Sprites/Line: 8
Maximum Sprite Size: 8x16 Pixels
Minimum Sprite Size: 8x8 Pixels
Scrolling:Horizontal and Vertical
Clock Speed:2 Mhz
Sound:2 Square Waves, 1 Triangle Wave, 1 White Noise