The  Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)  was...

NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was first released in Japan on 15 July 1983 as the Family Computer (Famicom). It is a third-generation 8-bit hardware designed by Masayuki Uemura as an affordable home video game system to run contemporary arcade games.
The controller design was reused from Nintendo's portable Game & Watch hardware. The western model was redesigned to resemble a video cassette recorder. The NES features several groundbreaking games, including Super Mario Bros. (1985), The Legend of Zelda (1986), Metroid (1986), and Mega Man (1987) which have become major franchises.