Nintendo Entertainment System Remarkably the best-selling 8-bit console by Nintendo, the Nintendo Entertainment System or more commonly abbreviated as NES has a lot of features to share. This huge gray and black box (as we think of it today) is the best-remembered console (after the Super NES) of all times.
Famicom[]
The famicom is a variation of the NES that appeared in Japan. In addition to using cartridges, it loaded programs from disks using the Famicom Disk System.
Audio[]
Along with the NES' 6502 CPU's graphic capability, it can also produce music. It has 5 channels. The channel that makes the musical notes are the two Square or Pulse Wave channel. They are called so because of the waves they produce: waves with a 90 degree alteration. Like this: _|"|_|"|, assuming that the "s are straight lines. The other one that produces low-pitched bass hums is the Triangle or Triangulation channel. As like the Square channel produces square waves, this one produces triangle waves. Like this: /\/\/\/\. Then, the White Noise or simply Noise channel. It produces random frequencies within the given parameter to create percussion-LIKE sounds, like static noise. Lastly, the DPCM or Delta Pulse Code Modulation. It contains another copy of the 4 channels above, which when assigned a certain combination of waves, [citation needed] will produce prerecorded sounds. Listen to the game Journey to Silius. Note the distinctive bass sound? That's DPCM.
Input[]
The Nintendo Entertainment System used the following for input, plugged into a port
- An NES gamepad
- An NES four-score adapter
- A Zapper
- A Power Pad
- The Arkanoid paddle
- The Power Glove
The Famicon also allowed the following attached to the expansion port:
- Hyper Shot gun
- Family keyboard
- Subor keyboard