While the creator of the NES version would be restricted from making a competitive version of an NES game, the original arcade copyright holder was not precluded from licensing out rights for a home version of an arcade game to multiple systems.

On December 31, 2007, the NES version of Bubble Bobble was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Wii.

Prior to the NES version, Nintendo also made a Duck Hunt game based on Laser Clay Shooting System released in 1976.

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Due to concerns from Nintendo of America, the Super NES version was modified to not include any swastikas or Nazi references ; furthermore, blood was replaced with sweat to make the game seem less violent, and the attack dogs in the game were replaced by giant mutant rats.

The Super NES version was not as successful as the PC version.

In February and July 1987, respectively, a cartridge-based version of Kid Icarus was published for the NES in Europe and North America.

Unlike the FDS version, which saves the player's progress on the Disk Card, the NES release uses a password system to return to a game after the console was turned off.

It also uses the same save system as the Famicom Disk System version does, as opposed to the Password system from the original NES version.

The 3D Classics version also utilizes the Famicom Disk System's music and sound effects ( utilizing the extra sound channel not available in the NES version ).

He was dissatisfied with the emulation of the game, as the Virtual Console release preserves the slowdown problems of the original NES version, but has its cheat codes removed.

A known side effect of this policy was the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat selling over double the number of the Super NES version, mainly because Nintendo had forced publisher Acclaim to recolor the red blood to look like white sweat and replace some of the more gory graphics in its release of the game, making it non-violent.

Nintendo allowed the Super NES version of Mortal Kombat II to ship uncensored the following year with a content warning on the packaging.

For example, Konami was forced to remove all references to cigarettes in the 2000 Game Boy Color game Metal Gear Solid ( although the previous NES version of Metal Gear and the subsequent GameCube game Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes both included such references, as did Wii title MadWorld ), and maiming and blood were removed from the Nintendo 64 port of Cruis ' n USA.

The NES version was ported twice to the Game Boy Advance: first in 2004 as one of thirty games in the Classic NES Series ( known as the Famicom Mini Series in Japan ), then bundled with a version of the Puzzle League series in 2005 under the title Dr. Mario & Puzzle League.

Third party development for the 7800 was limited as most game companies were locked into exclusive agreements with Nintendo for the NES.

In the Action Set configuration of the NES in the late 1980s, Duck Hunt was included with Super Mario Bros ..

The game was developed for the Family Computer Disk System ( FDS ) because the peripheral's Disk Card media allowed for three times the storage capacity of the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) console's cartridges.

Kid Icarus was included in IGNs lists of the top 100 NES games and the top 100 games of all time ; it came in 20th and 84th place, respectively.

One of their first video games was the 1990 NES game titled Circus Caper.

Since 1996, when Avon was abolished, Bath has been the principal centre of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset ( B & NES ).

The game was either ported, remade, or has had a sequel on every Nintendo home console since the NES as well as most portable consoles, including a re-release in 2004 on the Game Boy Advance as part of the Classic NES Series.

Eurogamer said the game was " still as playable, addictive and maddening as it was back in 1990 " but criticized Nintendo for re-releasing classic games as standalone titles in the Classic NES Series instead of as a compilation, like Atari's Atari Anthology or Midway's Midway Arcade Treasures.

An NES game based on his life was released in 1992 called " Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston ".

The video-game industry was revitalized a few years later, mostly due to the widespread success of the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ), which was released in North America in and had become extremely popular by.

This particular cartridge is found very often in the United States, due to it being included with the purchase of a NES.

The Game Boy Advance version was included in the list of other Game Boy Advance games ( and NES games ) for the 3DS Ambassador Program, an initiative from Nintendo thanking the early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS after its worldwide price drop in August 2011, in response to lower than anticipated sales figures.

The reasons included the technical limitations of the NES hardware making it difficult to produce a polished game featuring a vertical orientation and multiplayer features conceived for the project.

It also used the microphone built into the Famicom's controller that was not included in the NES.

This represented the biggest difference between the Japanese HVC-101 and the North America NES-101, which included only RF modulator output functionality ( even though the original NES had composite as well as RF modulator outputs ).

Although originally included in some configurations of the NES, the Zapper was available for purchase separately.

" Nintendo of Canada included a sealed copy of the NES version as part of a charity auction along with several other sealed NES games.

A year later, the Japanese NES Famicom version of Tecmo Bowl had many roster changes that were included in the game to reflect the year it was released.

As with the redesigned NES ( NES-101 ) before it, the SNS-101 model has no LED power light to indicate when the unit is on ( as the original NES, SNES, and N64 all included ) The RF connector was also removed, however an N64 RF modulator can be used to give the SNS-101 RF output if required.

As with the AV Famicom redesign before it, the Super Famicom Jr. lacks a LED power light to indicate when the unit is on ( as the original NES, SNES, and N64 all included ).

The NES version of Contra was also included in the video game compilation Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra for Microsoft Windows in North America, which also included Super C and the three Castlevania games released for the NES.

Additionally, story sequences similar to the second NES game were planned for the game, but were not included due to time constraints.

* Players can unlock the title ( one of several bonus NES games included ) on the GameCube game Animal Crossing.

A NES port included some changes, and a faithful reproduction of the arcade version was included in Konami Arcade Classics for PlayStation, as well as Konami Collector Series: Arcade Advanced for Game Boy Advance.

In the NES game DuckTales 2, Scrooge and his nephews found a piece of a treasure map that apparently belonged to Fergus.

Some of the NES Miracle keyboards were also later converted for PC use-the Nintendo Seal of Quality on these boards was covered up with a piece of plastic.