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Additionally, all discs at NexWave Games are carefully inspected and assessed for quality. When discs arrive, we do not accept any that are so badly damaged that they are unlikely to work. We only accept discs with light scratches at most. Discs with scratches are then treated in our professional disc repair machine. By warming the disc and polishing it with soft brushes, these machines can remove a very thin layer from the disc. This removes the layer containing surface scratches and improves the disc’s readability. This ensures the disc works properly, even on consoles with ageing lasers that have difficulty reading games! Great news for the player.
Nintendo Entertainment System Console
With the Nintendo Entertainment System Console you play original NES games from cartridges. The grey console has a front flap behind which you insert the game cartridge. Two sockets on the front accept the classic wired controllers. A directional pad and two action buttons control platform games, puzzles, racers and adventures. This is original NES hardware, not a Classic Mini with a fixed collection of built-in games.
Switch the console off before changing cartridges and use the correct power supply and video cable for this system. NES has no built-in HDMI output, so a television with HDMI only needs a compatible video converter. Saving depends on the game: some cartridges retain progress with a battery, others use passwords or start you again in a new session. The console itself adds no save-anywhere or rewind function.
For multiplayer, the game determines whether two people play together or take turns. Extra controllers do not automatically turn a single-player game into a two-player one. Check the console and cartridge region too; Japanese Famicom games are not directly interchangeable with these NES cartridges. The product title and photos determine the offered version and any included parts. The five games below are library examples, not a promise that they accompany the console.
History
Nintendo released the Family Computer, usually called Famicom, in Japan in 1983. The international version received the Nintendo Entertainment System name and a different appearance. The North American introduction began in 1985; Europe followed from 1986, varying by country. The grey design with its flap and detachable controllers became the console's recognisable face here. Interchangeable cartridges let the same machine run a continually changing range of games.
The controller combined a directional pad and A and B with separate Start and Select buttons. The layout matched on-screen action: choose direction with the left hand, jump or attack with the right. Developers created very different games within this small set of buttons. Super Mario Bros. focused on movement and jump distance, while The Legend of Zelda combined exploration and item use. Limited input did not determine how large an adventure could become.
During its life, the NES library grew through sequels, new characters and more technically elaborate cartridges. Games could use their own storage or additional capabilities in the cartridge, so not every title had the same features. Super Nintendo later retained interchangeable games and detachable controllers but used different cartridges and connections. Later NES reissues added modern conveniences. The original console instead retains the controls and saving rules of the physical games inserted into it.
Five popular Nintendo NES Games
Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo NES has you running and jumping through eight worlds to free the princess from Bowser. Each world consists of four levels, featuring outdoor areas, underground passages, water and castles. You cross gaps, dodge fire and land on Goombas to progress. How long you hold the jump button and whether you take a running start determine how high and far Mario jumps. Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking.
Super Mario Bros. 3 for Nintendo NES takes you through eight worlds, each with its own map. You choose routes between levels, visit Toad Houses and try to clear fortresses. Bowser and the Koopalings have taken the kings' magic wands. You chase the airships to recover them. Along the way, grasslands give way to deserts, water areas, ice and a world where enemies and blocks are much larger than you are used to.
The Legend of Zelda for Nintendo NES is an action adventure in which you explore the land of Hyrule as Link. Princess Zelda has divided the Triforce of Wisdom into eight pieces to keep it out of Ganon's hands. You search underground dungeons for the fragments and prepare for the confrontation in Death Mountain. Above ground, you choose your own route past forests, lakes, caves and shops.
Mega Man 2 for Nintendo NES is an action platformer in which you stop Dr. Wily and his eight new Robot Masters. You choose which robot area to try first. Each route has its own setting and obstacles, from Air Man's clouds to Wood Man's forest and Quick Man's deadly beams. Jumping, climbing ladders and shooting form the foundation, but the order of your victories determines which extra tools you can use later.
DuckTales for Nintendo NES is a platform adventure in which you join Scrooge McDuck in search of five lost treasures. From Duckburg, you choose which destination to visit first: the Amazon, Transylvania, the African Mines, the Himalayas or the Moon. Each environment has its own dangers, hidden riches and guardian. Huey, Dewey, Louie and other familiar characters help along the way with hints, food or a lift to a hard-to-reach place.
