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Interesting facts about the NES Classic Edition

Interesting facts about the NES Classic Edition

Video games made their advent in the 1960s. This was just the beginning. Later this was marked by the advent of the Information Technology, the arena of video games did see a huge influx. Different software companies developed and designed high-quality video games. Various brands and manufacturers of video games and gaming consoles came up the picture. The market was dominated by a huge flow of designs and varieties of such video games, the demand for these commodities also saw a steep incline across the various parts of the world.

Amongst the different brands manufacturing these video games, there is a Japanese name that created ripples in the video game market with its product. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) gained much attention because of the products that they made. The company is the maker of dedicated video game consoles that are used to emulate the NES video game versions. The company inaugurated their offices in Australia and Japan on November 10, 2016. On November 11, 2016, it made its advent in North America and Europe. NES prices vary depending on the version of the entertainment system.

Information about NES Classic Edition
The NES Classic Edition is one of the dedicated consoles of Nintendo that emulates the 30 NES games. Two versions of this console were developed. The first version was introduced in Japan. This version was along the lines of the original Famicom. The other version was introduced for the other markets of the world. This version was developed along the lines of the actual NES. The version that was released for the rest of the world followed the patterns, language and also the characters that were selected for the US market. This version had a total speed of 60 Hz. However, the interface of this edition was provided with choices of eight different languages, a factor that accommodates a large section of buyers.

The technology that has been used for the NES Classic Edition is also much superior as compared to the other version of the XFUNY NES. It consists of an Allwinner R16 chip and a 4 ARM Cortex. It also has a 512 MB Flash storage and a memory of 256 MB. These are the attributes that define the superior quality of NES Classic Edition and also explains the slightly steep NES prices.

However, soon after the release of the video game in the market, the NES edition was hacked, and cheap replications were released in the market. This was a phenomenon that adversely affected the index of NES sales and NES prices. The management was quick to take actions and stop the manufacture immediately by April 2017. The manufacture of the product will start from 2018.