Atari-Nintendo Advanced Video System

The Atari-Nintendo Advanced Video System (ANAVS) is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console produced, released, and marketed by Nintendo and Atari. It is a remodelled export version of the company's Family Computer (FC) platform in Japan, commonly known as the Famicom, which was launched on July 15, 1983. The ANAVS was launched in Autumn of 1984​ in North America, and then 1985 for the rest of the world. Brazil saw only unlicensed clones until the official local release in 1993. The console's South Korean release was packaged as the Hyundai Comboy and distributed by Hyundai Electronics (now SK Hynix).

Back in 1982, before the production of Atari's Pac-Man and ET games, Atari themselves were impressed with Nintendo's arcade games. After their ports of Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. to the 2600 were released, Nintendo decided to work with them on making a new console that advances past the 2600. On the other hand, upon seeing the state of the ET game for the 2600, Steven Spielberg demanded that the game is to not be released or he would sue them. As for Namco, upon seeing the Pac-Man 2600 game, they had the team start from scratch with them monitoring the new production this time.

The ANAVS is small and black, with a shape remniscent of the 2600 and NES combined. It's a top loader similar to the Famicom, and there's a door that prevents dust from damaging the system. There are 2 controllers, one that has a joystick and button similar to the 2600 while the other has a d-pad and 2 main buttons like the NES, which is the main controller. Aside from playing its own games, it has an add-on that allows playing of Atari 2600 games on it.