Last December a friend of mine came back from the UK for a vacation and brought me this NES, with a few cartridges, as a gift. When I saw Zelda and Zelda II I told him that those could sell for a nice price, and after looking for loose cartridges sold in similar conditions, I made him a reasonable offer.
Here’s the exploded view of the console – or “control deck” as it was called back then:
![Nintendo Entertainment System / NES - exploded view](https://www.oldcomputr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nintendo-entertainment-system-nes-exploded-view.jpg)
And this is the exploded view of the controller:
![Nintendo Entertainment System / NES controller](https://www.oldcomputr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nintendo-entertainment-system-nes-controller-exploded-view.jpg)
This UK unit has a “NES VERSION” marking on the front, while my Italian one shows “MATTEL VERSION”.
![Nintendo Entertainment System / NES - versions](https://www.oldcomputr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nintendo-entertainment-system-nes-versions-1024x580.jpg)
The labels on the bottom are different of course:
![Nintendo Entertainment System / NES - labels](https://www.oldcomputr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nintendo-entertainment-system-nes-labels.jpg)
Here’s the motherboard.
![Nintendo Entertainment System / NES - motherboard](https://www.oldcomputr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nintendo-entertainment-system-nes-motherboard-IMG_1915.jpg)
On the front there are two buttons for power and reset, and two connectors for the controllers; on the side there’s a couple of RCA connectors for composite video and mono audio. On the back there’s the RF output, and the connector for the external AC adapter.
![Nintendo Entertainment System / NES - sides](https://www.oldcomputr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nintendo-entertainment-system-nes-sides.jpg)
These are the cartridges (or “Game Paks” as marketed by Nintendo) that I got with the unit: the “usual” Super Mario Bros games, plus The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II – The Adventures of Link.
![Nintendo Entertainment System / NES - Games](https://www.oldcomputr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/nintendo-entertainment-system-nes-games.jpg)
One last picture with a transparent effect on the top of the case:
![Nintendo Entertainment System / NES](https://www.oldcomputr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nintendo-entertainment-system-nes-transparent.jpg)