Nintendo Entertainment System

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Nintendo Entertainment System
A Nintendo Entertainment System A Family Computer
Generation	Third generation
Release date	October 18, 1985 October 18, 1985 September 1, 1986 July 1, 1987
Discontinued	August 14, 1995 1995
Predecessor	Color TV-Game
Successor	Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is a third-generation home video game console created by Nintendo. It was originally released in America on October 18, 1985, and is the overseas equivalent of Japan's Family Computer (or Famicom for short), which released two years prior, on July 15, 1983. The first four Dragon Quest series titles were released for both iterations of the game console. However, all four games were not released in Europe and Australia.

In the early 1990s, the Nintendo Entertainment System was succeeded by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. None of its Dragon Quest titles were released in North America, unlike the Nintendo Entertainment System, and therefore remained exclusive to the system's Japanese counterpart, the Super Famicom.

Games

In North America, the first four Dragon Quest games had the Dragon Warrior branding, and were released late into the console's lifespan. They were first released for the Family Computer, as is the case for several games developed in Japan in general.

Title	Year of release
Dragon Warrior	1986 (Famicom) 1989 (NES)
Dragon Warrior II	1987 (Famicom) 1990 (NES)
Dragon Warrior III	1988 (Famicom) 1991 (NES)
Dragon Warrior IV	1990 (Famicom) 1992 (NES)