Family Computer

The Family Computer is a video game console manufactured and released by Nintendo on July 15, 1983. It retailed for ¥14,800 on release. By the end of 1984 the Famicom would ship 1 million consoles in Japan. In 1993, Nintendo would release the AV Family Computer (or AV Famicom for short). In 2003, Nintendo would discontinue the Famicom in Japan ceasing manufacturing of the AV Famicom.