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The NES’s New York test launch turns 41
WIRED dates Nintendo’s limited New York rollout to October 18, 1985, before the console expanded nationally in 1986.
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Forty-one years ago, Nintendo released a limited batch of NES consoles in New York City as a test market. The Video Game History Foundation says Nintendo repositioned the system as a toy after retailers resisted its earlier pitch; WIRED reports the console expanded nationally in 1986.
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