The Nintendo Entertainment System (1985)

October · U.S. launch

$180

The Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 cost $180.

It first came out in Japan in 1983 as the Famicom, for ¥14,800.

Source: Nintendo Entertainment System, Wikipedia. Prices are what people paid at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

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