Nintendo console, which released in North America in 1985, and in Europe throughout 1986 and 1987. The console was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (abbreviated as Famicom) in 1983. The best-selling gaming console of its time, the NES helped revitalise the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983. With the NES, Nintendo introduced a now-standard business model of licensing third-party developers, authorising them to produce and distribute games for Nintendo's platform. The NES was bundled with "Super Mario Bros.", one of the best-selling video games of all time, and received ports of Nintendo's most
Hamtaro (video game series) Hamtaro (video game series) Hamtaro is a series of video games based on the "Hamtaro" anime series. "Tottoko Hamtaro: Tomodachi Daisakusen Dechu" (とっとこハム太郎: ともだち大作戦でちゅ) was released in Japan for the Game Boy Color in 2000. It was the ninth best selling game on the Game Boy Color platform in Japan, with 343,950 copies sold. is a Hamtaro adventure video game developed by Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color handheld video game console. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 2001, and was later released in North America on October 28, 2002, and in