Family Computer
E491809
The Family Computer, commonly known as the Famicom, is Nintendo’s 8-bit home video game console that became a landmark system in the history of gaming.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Family Computer canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5079724 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Family Computer Context triple: [Nintendo Entertainment System, alsoKnownAs, Family Computer]
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PC
PC is the common abbreviation for the Peace Corps, a U.S. government volunteer program that sends Americans abroad to support social and economic development.
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PC
PC is the post-nominal abbreviation for "Privy Counsellor," denoting membership in the United Kingdom's Privy Council.
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PC
PC is the commonly used abbreviation for Pension Credit, a UK welfare benefit that provides additional income to low-income pensioners.
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PC
PC is the abbreviated name of the Committee on Political Affairs and Security, a body focused on political and security-related issues.
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E.
PC
PC is a widely used personal computing platform that supports a broad range of software, including video games and productivity applications, across various hardware configurations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Family Computer Target entity description: The Family Computer, commonly known as the Famicom, is Nintendo’s 8-bit home video game console that became a landmark system in the history of gaming.
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A.
PC
PC is the common abbreviation for the Peace Corps, a U.S. government volunteer program that sends Americans abroad to support social and economic development.
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B.
PC
PC is the post-nominal abbreviation for "Privy Counsellor," denoting membership in the United Kingdom's Privy Council.
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C.
PC
PC is the commonly used abbreviation for Pension Credit, a UK welfare benefit that provides additional income to low-income pensioners.
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D.
PC
PC is the abbreviated name of the Committee on Political Affairs and Security, a body focused on political and security-related issues.
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E.
PC
PC is a widely used personal computing platform that supports a broad range of software, including video games and productivity applications, across various hardware configurations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nintendo hardware product
ⓘ
home video game console ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Famicom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nintendo Famicom NERFINISHED ⓘ Nintendo Family Computer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audioChannels | 5 sound channels ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibility | not backward compatible with earlier Nintendo consoles ⓘ |
| bits | 8-bit ⓘ |
| cartridgeInsertion | top-loading cartridge slot ⓘ |
| colorScheme | red and white ⓘ |
| companyRole | established Nintendo as a major player in the home console market ⓘ |
| controllerFeature |
D-pad directional control
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built-in microphone on player two controller ⓘ |
| controllerPorts | 2 ⓘ |
| controllerType | hardwired gamepads ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| cpu | Ricoh 2A03 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cpuArchitecture | MOS Technology 6502-based ⓘ |
| developer | Nintendo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discontinued | 1990 ⓘ |
| generation | third generation of video game consoles ⓘ |
| inspired | Nintendo Entertainment System design for overseas markets ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Nintendo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketImpact | revitalized Japanese home video game market in the 1980s ⓘ |
| media | ROM cartridge ⓘ |
| notableDesign | permanently attached controllers ⓘ |
| notableGame |
Donkey Kong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dragon Quest NERFINISHED ⓘ Final Fantasy NERFINISHED ⓘ Metroid NERFINISHED ⓘ Super Mario Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Legend of Zelda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePeripheral |
Famicom 3D System
NERFINISHED
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Famicom Data Recorder NERFINISHED ⓘ Famicom Disk System NERFINISHED ⓘ Famicom Modem NERFINISHED ⓘ Family BASIC keyboard NERFINISHED ⓘ Power Pad (Family Trainer) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zapper light gun (Famicom version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSupply | external AC adapter ⓘ |
| regionExclusive | Japan-only base model ⓘ |
| relatedConsole | Nintendo Entertainment System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1983-07-15 ⓘ |
| salesRegion | primarily sold in Japan and parts of Asia ⓘ |
| successor |
Super Famicom
NERFINISHED
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| videoOutput | RF output ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Family Computer Description of subject: The Family Computer, commonly known as the Famicom, is Nintendo’s 8-bit home video game console that became a landmark system in the history of gaming.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.