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Events on Friday 18 October 1985 1
1985Nintendo Entertainment System launched in the USNintendo's console revives the American video game marketNintendo launched the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States on 18 October 1985, initially in a limited test rollout in New York City. Bundled with games including Super Mario Bros., the console helped revive a US video game industry that had collapsed two years earlier. It went on to become one of the best-selling consoles of its era.