August 13, 1985

Collections

Robot Series

Platforms

Family Computer Nintendo Entertainment System

Companies

Nintendo Nintendo R&D1

Genres

Platform Puzzle Strategy

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subdirectory_arrow_right Wrecking Crew (Game), Golf (Game), Kung Fu (Game), Tennis (Game), Baseball (Game), Pinball (Game), Wild Gunman (Game), Clu Clu Land (Game), Excitebike (Game), 10-Yard Fight (Game), Duck Hunt (Game), Stack-up (Game), Hogan's Alley (Game), Ice Climber (Game), Family Computer (Platform), Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform)

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Multiple early "black box" NES releases' cartridges produced during the console's US launch in Winter 1985 didn't use NES ROM chips, but rather Famicom ROM chips with a built-in converter. The 15 NES launch titles, and the only games known to have these chips, are:

•10-Yard Fight
•Baseball
•Clu Clu Land
•Duck Hunt
•Excitebike
•Golf
•Gyromite
•Hogan's Alley
•Ice Climber
•Kung Fu
•Pinball
•Stack-Up
•Tennis
•Wild Gunman
•Wrecking Crew

All of these games would eventually be reprinted with regular NES chips.

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