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    The NES, also known as Famicom, launched in 1983 in Japan and 1985 in North America, where the video game industry was headed downhill due to a deluge of poor games and over-saturation. Nintendo's second home console became an enormous success, establishing consoles as a mainstream market in Japan and pulling the North American industry back to its feet.

    Nintendo Power Retrospective - Part 12

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    This week I've come to the end of Nintendo Power's first year, and boy is this issue weak on games to review, with only four titles. On the bright side, one of those is a classic from Capcom. We also have the results of the first annual Nintendo Power Awards.

    Opening Music: 'Jazz Plumber Trio' - Remixed by DJPretzel - http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00055/

    Closing Remix: 'Air Shooter' - Remixed by Joshua Morse - http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02208/

    The plan for the next 3 episodes will be to take 11 games at a time, starting from the lowest point totaled title on the list, and moving up. The third of these bonus episodes will also give a run-down of the top 10 titles of Nintendo Power's first year. The plan is to do something similar at the end of each "magazine year", with a rundown of any titles which hit the top 30 but weren't recapped in the magazine, a rundown of the top 10 titles on the top 30 as of that year, and the top 10 titles overall. Obviously, as this is the first year of Nintendo Power, the overall and year-end lists will be the same.

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