Nintendo NES

Pros: Accessories, Some of the Best Games Ever, Classic

Cons: Controller, Blowing Into The Console, Not Being Manufactured Anymore

The Bottom Line: If you know what the Powerglove is, or have seen the movie "The Wizard" than you rock.

Review: The 80s is a decade that everyone has a story about. Looking back on the vague memories I have of it, everything seemed so different. If I had any wish in the world I think I would wish to have been born 10 years earlier just so I could experience...

Pros: the games, the memories!, came with 2 controllers, it was sturdy

Cons: poorly designed controller buttons, cartridge part is awkward, outdated hardware, expensive games and accessories

The Bottom Line: I had a hard time paying for the games when I was little, and now they're getting to be almost as expensive.

Review: "... they stand on the shoulders of giants"

Many of the advancements in gaming consoles are due to the success of the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES. While Atari 2600 was the father of the home unit, the NES was the prodigal...

Pros: Graphics at the time, Great Games, Works Most of the Time, Controllers

Cons: Sometimes non-cooperative, old

The Bottom Line: I love the NES console, as it has a lot of games, and is fun to play. Its a family oriented video game system.

Review: My family's first video game system, was the Magnavox Odyssey, which my father purchased sometime in the early 1980's. I still remember playing the bowling game with him, that alternated between blue and green screens, depending on which...

Pros: The Nes2 not only looks cool but it plays well too.

Cons: It's a shame the video outlets are gone.

The Bottom Line: It may be a tough find but the Nes2 is definitely worth tracking down.

Review: Almost every gamer out there knows about the insanely popular Nintendo Entertainment System, eh? I still say it is one of the best gaming consoles ever made and on August 8, 2006 I managed to do the impossible and find every licensed Nintendo ever...

Pros: Great exclusive games; fun and simple gaming; the top loader is a durable system

Cons: The common front loader is troublesome; a lot of terrible games

The Bottom Line: Perhaps the only early console more significant than the Atari 2600 is the NES, a great system from the 1980s that remains popular.

Review: Those folks over at Nintendo sure knew what they were doing when they released the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) to the U.S. in 1985. This console showed up at just the right time as the video game market was still reeling from the crash of...

Pros: a lot of classic games

Cons: got to kick box it to get it to work.

The Bottom Line: The Nintendo WI: probably the craziest name for a console

Review: All right if there is one thing I can t stand is young kids today running down the NES. Yes your PS2 s and your Xbox s may be more powerful and run all those fancy movie scenes and realistic graphics, something that the NES doesn t but if it wasn t...

Pros: The most fun system ever

Cons: pretty simple to play but hard to find

The Bottom Line: i will continue to play this system over the newer ones.

Review: I remember being a kid and my dad used to try to get us to play Atari. We were too caught up in playing out NES system. We had games galore that came in a wide variety which was absolutely great for our home of two girls and a boy. There are...

Pros: Good system with classic games

Cons: Had to blow on games and console when not working

The Bottom Line: I would get it, this system is a classic

Review: I probably received this as a gift in the early nineties, but I still play it. I believe that a lot more went into this console as far as games strategy, game plot, game characters and game skill. The only thing that was bad about it was that when...

Pros: Fun for everyone, cheap games, brings back those days of long ago!

Cons: Sometimes you need to wrestle with the games to get them to play.

The Bottom Line: Still the most fun game system out there. Classics like Mario, Contra, Zelda, Metroid, Donky Kong, and Excitebike come back to life!

Review: You can be sure that the NES is still played almost every weekend by my friends and me. We all grew up on this wonderful machine, and have no intentions of letting it pass. While the performance of the NES is getting worse, just a blow on the...

Pros: NES. actually came with two games a zapper and two controllers for 120 dollars.

Cons: Forty-five dollars for a game in the eighties.

The Bottom Line: For the timeframe Nintendo was great. None could seem to do better in sales.THe eight bit titles and system can still be bought and are cheap.

Review: Some of the readers may scoff at the Nintendo eight bit system.The Nintendo 8 bit system however was a big step for its' time. Just think of one of it's forerunners the Atari.Many of the Atari games were made up of oversized squares and dots.Not...