NES Keyboard

The NES Keyboard was a localized accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

History & Legacy
The origins of the NES Keyboard begins with the Game Family Basic which came packaged with its own keyboard, So Nintendo decided to localize the Keyboard and Family Basic as it opened up more game opportunities like Text Adventures, After awhile on May 15th 1986 was released in North America as the NES Keyboard with Family Basic now renamed Nintendo Basic, It had launched with two other games which was a port of Zork I and a new game named Mario's Trivia Quiz both having positive reception apon launch, Multiple pieces of software were released exclusivley for the keyboard and that dosen't even count the thousands of things created in Nintendo Basic, On June 1st 1991 the NES Keyboard was officially discontinued but software that uses the keyboard hasn't stopped creators using the device to their advantage. The NES Keyboard is looked back on as a introduction to some people to coding with Nintendo Basic and learning to adjust to a keyboard as a controller.