Editing Family Computer

|image=[[File:Famicom.jpg|250px]]

|release='''Family Computer:'''<br>{{release|Japan|July 15, 1983}}{{release|ROC|1987}}{{release|HK|1991}}'''Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer:'''<br>{{release|Japan|November 10, 2016}}

|discontinued='''Family Computer:'''<br>September 25, 2003<br>

|predecessor={{wp|Color TV-Game series|Color TV-Game}}

|successor=[[Family Computer Disk System]]<br>[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]

[[File:Family Computer Logo.png|left|250px]] The '''Family Computer''' (often shortened to '''Famicom''') is a third-generation video game console created by [[Nintendo]]. It was released in Japan on July 15, 1983; Taiwan in 1987; and in Hong Kong in 1991. Nintendo additionally arranged a deal with the Russian technology company Steepler in the early 1990s to permit the sale of a clone console called the Dendy in the former Soviet Union in exchange for providing equal distribution for newer, first-party hardware.<ref>{{cite|author=Семён Костин|date=December 14, 2021|url=https://dtf.ru/games/970617-legenda-o-slone-kak-it-kompaniya-steepler-sozdala-dendy-i-osnovala-rossiiskii-konsolnyi-rynok|title=Легенда о слоне: как IT-компания Steepler создала Dendy и основала российский консольный рынок|publisher=DTF|language=Russian|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601223552/https://dtf.ru/games/970617-legenda-o-slone-kak-it-kompaniya-steepler-sozdala-dendy-i-osnovala-rossiiskii-konsolnyi-rynok|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> The console would be redesigned for the {{wp|Western world|West}} as the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (or NES). The Family Computer's controllers were attached to the main unit, unlike those of the NES, and could be stored on the sides of the system. Player One's controller can pause the game, and Player Two's controller has audio controls. The cartridges were half the size of the NES's, and were inserted in the top instead of through a door in the front (like on the NES). Instead of looking like a vertical cartridge, like the NES, a Famicom cartridge more closely resembles an audio cassette but can be found in different colors, such as red, yellow, and blue. By the release of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', Nintendo had already sold over 4 million units.<ref>{{cite|language=ja|url=www.ndw.jp/post-714|title=上村雅之さん 大いに語る。 ファミリーコンピュータ インタビュー（後編）（2013年10月号より）|publisher=[[Nintendo DREAM|''Nintendo DREAM Web'']]|accessdate=June 18, 2023}}</ref>The redesigned '''New Famicom''' (often called the '''AV Famicom''') would release in Japan on December 1, 1993. The Famicom sold 19.38 million units in Japan and would be discontinued on September 25, 2003.<ref>http://www.webcitation.org/5nXieXX2B</ref>

A few months after the July 1983 release of the Famicom, Sharp produced the {{wp|Sharp Nintendo Television|Sharp C1 Famicom TV}}, a combined console and TV unit packaged with ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson]]''. The following year, Sharp released the Playbox BASIC and [[Family BASIC]] accessories, allowing users to program in {{wp|BASIC}} on their Family Computers, and included ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' characters as programmable sprites.

In February 1986, the [[Family Computer Disk System]] accessory was released, which enabled games to be played on the Family Computer in the form of a disk. Many newer games were released only on the Disk System that were never released on the Family Computer or Nintendo Entertainment System, such as ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''.

In 1987, the {{wp|Famicom 3D System}} accessory was released, but like the future [[Virtual Boy]], it flopped. This is compatible with the Disk System game ''[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]''.

On September 29, 2016, Nintendo announced the '''Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer''', the Family Computer counterpart of the [[Classics#NES Classic Edition|NES Classic Edition]],<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo|date=September 29, 2016|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/topics/article/d2923b54-8552-11e6-9b38-063b7ac45a6d|language=ja|title=ファミコンが、手のひらサイズで"再"登場！|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref> and was released alongside it in Japan on November 10, 2016. Like the NES Classic Edition, it includes 30 pre-installed Family Computer games, although with some differences in the game lineup, such as ''[[NES Open Tournament Golf|Mario Open Golf]]'' in place of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Production for the console was discontinued in April 2017.<ref>{{cite|author=Sephazon, Robert|date=April 14, 2017|url=www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/04/the_famicom_classic_edition_has_now_also_been_discontinued|title=The Famicom Classic Edition Has Now Also Been Discontinued|language=en|publisher=Nintendo Life|accessdate=May 31, 2024}}</ref>

*In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', during [[Princess Peach]]'s Interlude after Chapter 5, [[TEC-XX]] asks Peach to drink an invisibility potion in order to secretly enter [[Sir Grodus]]'s Chamber and upload important data on a disk into the room's computer. When this happens, the computer screen shows the Famicom Disk System boot-up sequence.

*In the Japanese version of ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', the microgame [[Super Nostalgic Entertainment System]] uses a Family Computer instead.

*In ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', the Famicom appears as a collectible Nintendo [[List of souvenirs in WarioWare Gold|souvenir]].

Family Computer Logo.png

NES Logo2.svg|Alternate logo

FC Dr. Mario.png|''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]''

FC DK.png|''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''

FC DKJ.png|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]''

Famicom dkjr.jpeg|''Donkey Kong Jr.'' alternate cartridge

FC DKJM.png|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''

DKJr Sansū Lesson cartridge.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson]]''

FC DK3.png|''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''

FamilyBASICcartridges.jpg|[[Family BASIC]] and Family BASIC V3 cartridges

FC Golf old.jpg|''[[Golf]]''

FC Golf new.png|''Golf'' alternate cartridge

FC MB.png|''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]''

FC MOG.png|''[[NES Open Tournament Golf|Mario Open Golf]]''

FC Pinball.png|''[[Pinball (game)|Pinball]]''

Super Mario Bros. Famicom cart.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

FC SMB3.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

FC SMUSA.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario USA]]''

FC WW.png|''[[Wario's Woods]]''

FC Wrecking Crew.png|''[[Wrecking Crew]]''

FC Yoshi.png|''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]''

FC YC.png|''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]''

==External links==

*[https://www.nintendo.com/jp/famicom/index.html Official Famicom 40th Anniversary site (Nintendo JP)]

[[Category:Japan-only systems]]

[[Category:Systems]]