5 Great Franchises That Lived and Died on the NES

A NES and controller over screenshots from some of the system's games. The Nintendo Entertainment System came along in 1985 and absolutely saved the home video game industry. The system featured more than 1,300 officially licensed games, with over 700 released in North America. It was also the launchpad for many of Nintendo’s biggest franchises, and while several went on to become huge on later systems, some []