Nintendo Entertainment System (1985-1995) Featured The Eveready "9 Lives" branding

The Eveready "9 Lives" branding

Designed by Toru Iwatani to appeal to a broader demographic—including women and couples—by shifting away from the era's violent space shooters

1985 and was founded by David Cook

saying "Hello [NPR] listeners from the Westport Tech Museum"

Nintendo Entertainment System (1985-1995) Featured The Eveready "9 Lives" brandingNintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was the 1985 American version of Nintendo's Japanese home console, and it is widely credited with single handedly saving the video game industry after a catastrophic market crash in 1983. To distance itself from the "failed" image of older game systems, Nintendo carefully marketed the NES as a sophisticated entertainment appliance rather than a children's toy. They even designed