Define 8-bit Meaning

Refers to the size of the internal registers of the CPUs used in the early days of personal computers and gaming consoles. It does not refer solely to NES or any single computer. Other examples of 8-bit CPUs included:

TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A
Commodore PET
VIC 20
Commodore 64
Apple

The best console era ever,
the NES dominated all and many great games were created like:

- Super Mario Bros. 1
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Mega Man 2
- Mega Man 3
- Castlevania 1-3
- Final Fantasy I - III
- Zelda I + II

etc.

At one time, nintendo had to take all NES back because of problems with overheating!
Everyone had an NES in the 80s.

The most popular problem was that the cartridges got dusty and you had to BLOW inside the NES and cartridge to make it work again.

NES roced.

8 binary numbers (ie. 10110101, which is equal to the decimal 181) that form 1 bit. During the late 1970's up through the mid-late 1980's, most commercial CPU's could only count 8-bit numbers, ranging from 0-255.

Somehow, people only tend to think of video games when refering to 8-bit things, which it completely innacurate. Many computer systems, as well as video games, were concidered "8-bit."

8-bit processors were eventually replaced by more powerful and faster 16-bit CPU's such as IBM's 8080 line and Motorola's 68000.

Sub-genre of electronic music; Created from modified 8-bit consoles (NES, Atari, Sega Master System, etc.) and cartridges.

the era of gaming where computers used 8-bit methods of producing the game programing and 8-bit systems were the most up to date

nes was a system that took everything and put it back to place, without the original nintendo you wouldn't have your "PS2's" and "Xbox's". At one point all of nintendos systems were being taken back because of every single problem you had to face due to such a fucken piece of shit at least segas system didn't have catridge defiency but this square piece of ingenious technology couldn't last a day without constant blowing and the constant clicking of the on and off button.

In financial terms, the cost having intercourse with yo' mama.

-Anything or anyone that is simple and rather uneducated. Used in refrence to the hacking community when a hacker is new to the scene and has very little knowledge of hacking.

-The original Nintendo Entertainment System.

The number of bits that these classic, popular 1980's video game consoles had:

NES
Sega Master System
Atari 2600
ColecoVision
Sega Game Gear

A Slang word for the best invention of the late 20th Century, the original Nintendo Entertainment System, also called the NES. Refers to the bits the system was capable of handling. The 8-Bit brought with it classics including: Contra, Double Dragon, Excitebike, Mike Tyson's Punchout and many more unforgettable titles.