Nintendo NES

Pros: Lots of fantastic games, still for reasonable $$ at the moment.
Cons: Most original systems suffer from blinking screen syndrome now.

I really think you had to have grown up with an Atari to be able to play one of those things today. In my opinion, the first really great home video game console is the Nintendo Entertainment System, aka the NES. Not only was it the most popular of...

Pros: The quintessential product of a decade
Cons: Do you still have yours?

I vividly remember the mid-80's days over my cousin's house. I had not yet had the fortune of owning my own NES. I would sit and play Super Mario Brothers for hours, learning all the secrets, like the Warp Zone in world 1-2, and how to get a hundred...

Pros: A true classic, with many superb games.
Cons: Got a little flakey with age, didn't read some cartridges right all of the time

Aah, memories...I got my first NES for Christmas when I was a kid. It was the first video game system I'd had since my parents' Atari 2600 broke when I was a toddler. To this day, I think the old 8-bit NES stands out as my favorite console. Sure, the...

Pros: more games than any system in history, many adapters to expand life of system
Cons: lot's of blowing to make games work, loss of memory on games

Let me start off by saying i was born into the world of Nintendo. I was born in 1979, and not long after i started playing the Atari 2600. That system was ancient by the standards that Nintendo set with their first released games such as Mario...

Pros: Revolutionized Home Gaming
Cons: Now obsolete

Before Nintendo came out with the original NES, several home gaming systems came around for a while, and basically failed. Few games were made after the first few, and those that were made were just plain bad. Really bad. Finally, in 1985 Nintendo...

Pros: Better graphics than it's predecessors, Game ending sequences
Cons: Bad controller, durability, and cost (at that time).

I remember when Nintendo first arrived in our wonderful country. I was already an Atari addict and resisted change to a new system as long as I could. As Atari games were phased out and Nintendo added more and more interesting titles I was forced to...

Pros: great games, nostalgia value
Cons: outdated graphics, prone to failure

How could I possibly give this cornerstone of my youth anything less than four stars? Ah, sweet youth, wasted away in front of plumbers and princesses. Anyway, any guy aged 15-25 is sure to have thousands of Nintendo memories. You know, the first time...

Pros: great graphics, games, and hours of family fun
Cons: That was then, this is now.

The Nintendo Entertainment System really was an amazing thing. I say was because that was about fifteen years ago. Fifteen years and 56 more bits to a system. Now don't get me wrong, I still own one and play it often (just today I was...

Pros: The genesis of all modern consoles and game types.
Cons: Is not nearly as good today, for various reasons.

I realize in my previous review I made the NES out to be the greatest thing ever....Mainly because I did not have an NES game at the time, so I had forgotten why I sold it in the first place. I recently borrowed an NES from my friend, and my memory was...

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Note: The 5-star rating given in this review is only meant to reflect the quality of the NES console, not these particular games that I'm about to mention. I simply didn't want to hurt the overall rating of my beloved NES! And so many have already...

Pros: One of the best all time, great games, great little machine.
Cons: Rob was not cool, bought him and the NES and he was worthless!

Looking back on my childhood i remember somethings well somethings not as well. One of the things that stands out is going to a friends house or going to my house after school to play some Mario, Metroid, or Zelda. Yeah it was sometimes a pain in the...

Pros: wide game selection, inexpensive, nostalgia fun
Cons: sometimes hard to find, 8-bit graphics don't do it for everyone

So, yesterday I got my third Nintendo Entertainment System. Yes, I understand that the Playstation 2 is coming out in a month or so, but the choice for Sarah's New Console in 2000 is still the NES.

My first NES was a sturdy machine, but not...

Pros: Dirt cheap, great games and accessories, best system ever.
Cons: The original design is UGLY and controller is VERY hard.

This 8-bit powerhouse has revolutionized the gaming industry all over the world. Released way back in 1985, the Nintendo Entertainment System has pleased fans of all ages. Every family in the world had one. Reading this review should bring back fond...

Pros: Easy to hook up, easy to use, great games...hours of enjoyment
Cons: Some people think the graphics are poop...I think they are fine.

...I had a Nintendo NES system...

Boy do times change. I recently went to visit my niece and nephew and they have one of those sega or sony playstation things where the graphics are extremely realistic and you have to have passed a course in...

Pros: Hudson Hawk: The Video Game. It ended all war and famine singlehandedly, and saved younr girls from floods.
Cons: Censorship. Kiddie Pandering. Nintendo Power's propaganda. Set the stage for the Army Of The Antichrist that is Nintendo the corporation.

I usually don't have much of a problem when it comes to opening lines-slash-paragraphs when it comes to writing reviews.

But in writing an opinion for the NES, I run into the same kind of problem one would have writing a wedding toast for a...