I loved the Nes, in fact I still have one now, fully boxed mint with the ROB controller.
Its a great thing, I don't really get it out and play it anymore but I am happy I have one still especially in its condition.
It wasn't the first Nintendo home console though, the Famicom Disk system came before the NES but was only released in Japan, the NES was developed from that.
I used to love the zapper games, although only a few of them but they were really entertaining.