Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System (also known as the NES) is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan as the Family Computer (also known as the Famicom) on July 15, 1983. The NES would grow to dominate a vast majority of the video game market throughout the 1980's and into the 1990's. The NES is often credited as the console that put Nintendo on the map internationally and singlehandedly saved the industry from the video game crash of 1983.

The first two games of The Legend of Zelda series, The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link were originally released on this system. Initially released on Family Computer Disk System, they were converted to standard cartridges for the international release, as the Disk System was never released outside of Japan. In 1994, the first game was re-released in Japan on a standard Family Computer cartridge format. Rather than the usual gray, the two Zelda titles were each released in a gold-colored cartridge, starting the tradition of Zelda related media having a special gold edition.