THE 1000 COLLECTION

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Nintendo

Console · 1993

AV Famicom

The AV Famicom is released in 1993 almost at the same time in Japan and the USA. It is technically almost identical with the original Famicom or the NES, but …

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Background · 1977

Color TV-Game Racing 112

Between 1977 and 1980, Nintendo released four different versions of the so-called "Color TV Game(s)", a successful first-generation console with built-in …

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Accessory · 2003

DK Bongos

Nintendo developed the DK Bongos as input devices for music games and platform games. They support several GameCube titles: Donkey Konga, Donkey Konga 2 …

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Background · 1976

Duck Hunt

Kôsenjû (light gun) Duck Hunt is one of the last electronic toys Nintendo produces. It is developed once again by Gunpei Yokoi, together with Masayuki Uemura …

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Hanafuda Card Game

For over 500 years, a card game called Hanafuda has been played in Japan. It is also popular in Korean space and Hawaii. Nintendo was founded in 1889 to …

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Background · 1969

Love Tester

The Love Tester is one of the few products Nintendo sold outside Japan in the 1970s. By measuring the conductivity of the skin, potential couples can "check" …

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Background · 2011

Nintendo 3DS

The Nintendo 3DS is the successor to the Nintendo DS and was launched in spring 2011. The 3DS is the first game console that can display autostereoscopic 3D …

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Accessory · 1998

Nintendo Expansion Pak for Nintendo 64

The Expansion Pak is a memory extension for the Nintendo 64 console that Nintendo launched in November 1998. It doubles the memory of the game console from 4 …

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Console · 1983

Nintendo Family Computer

In parallel to the video game crash in the West, Nintendo introduces Famicom in Japan, an abbreviation for Family Computer. In fact, the console is supposed to …

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Handheld · 1980

Nintendo Game & Watch

Nintendo produced the Game & Watch series for more than 10 years, which is considered to be the predecessor of the freely programmable Game Boy. The games …

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Handheld · 1989

Game Boy Classic

The Nintendo Game Boy launched the successful Game Boy range in 1989. Today it is also called Game Boy Classic (model DMG-01) to distinguish it from later …

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Handheld · 1998

Nintendo Game Boy Light

The Game Boy Light adds a backlight to the Game Boy Pocket. In addition, the housing has become a bit larger. From the color design there is the light in …

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Handheld · 2001

Nintendo Pokémon mini

The Pokémon mini is Nintendo's smallest console with interchangeable cartridges. In the collection it is represented with the game Pokémon Puzzle Collection.

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Background · 1968

People House

The People House series consists of six variants of a doll's house, three of which deal with Disney themes ("Alice in Wonderland", "Cinderella", and "Bambi" …

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Accessory · 1988

Roll N' Rocker

The Roll N' Rocker, developed by LJN Toys, is an accessory for the NES. Under the disc is a kind of ball, so the player has to balance in different directions …

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Background · 1974

Shotracer

Following the consideration that boys are traditionally particularly interested in cars and firearms, the Shotracer combines both preferences: a rifle that can …

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Console · 1991

SNES

The Super NES is the last released system of the fourth generation of video game consoles.

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Accessory · 1987

Twin Famicom 3D System

In 1987 Nintendo released the Famicom 3D System, which allows games to be given spatial depth through stereoscopic effects by means of an LCD shutter goggles …

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Accessory · 1989

U-Force

The U-Force for the NES is a motion-control controller and was developed in 1989 by the American video game and learning software company Brøderbund. For …

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