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NV

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A videocassette add-on for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Unlike all later Nintendo-designed video formats, this was an analog video recording format, similar to contemporaries Betamax, VHS, Video 2000, and Video8. Until 1987, Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services was the exclusive duplicator for videocassettes in this format.

Title Label(s) Marketer(s) Distributor(s) Country of origin Original year Length Version MPAA rating Film format Tape count Tape break placement (if applicable) Color Released Note(s)
Alice in Wonderland
From Walt Disney Productions
Walt Disney Home Video Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1951 75 min Standard version G Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in El Segundo.
Alice in Wonderland
From Walt Disney Productions
Walt Disney Home Video Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1951 75 min Standard version G Academy 1 N/A Color June 6, 1986
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Mexicali.
King Kong
From RKO Pictures
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1933 100 min Standard version PG Academy 1 N/A Black and white June 6, 1986
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Spartan X
From Golden Harvest
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Hong Kong/UK 1984 109 min Japanese theatrical version PG-13 Matted 1.85 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Northbrook.
Star Trek: Charlie X
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Star Trek: Dagger of the Mind
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Star Trek: Miri
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Star Trek: Mudd's Women
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Star Trek: The Enemy Within
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Star Trek: The Man Trap
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Star Trek: The Naked Time
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Star Trek: What Are Little Girls Made Of?
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.
Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before
From Paramount Television
Nintendo of America Nintendo of America Nintendo of America USA 1966 45 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color October 18, 1985
  • Exclusively duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services in Garden Grove.

NV-Super

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A videocassette add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This format uses the H.261 video compression standard and the D2 form factor.

Title Label(s) Marketer(s) Distributor(s) Country of origin Original year Length Version MPAA rating Film format Tape count Tape break placement (if applicable) Color Released Note(s)
Alice in Wonderland
From Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Home Video Buena Vista Home Video Warner Home Video USA 1951 75 min Standard version G Academy 1 N/A Color August 23, 1991
  • Exclusively duplicated at Rank Video Services America in Northbrook, IL.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
From Paravision International
HBO Video HBO Video Warner Home Video USA 1989 90 min Standard version PG Panavision 1 N/A Color August 23, 1991
  • Exclusively duplicated at Technicolor Videocassette in Newbury Park, CA (later Camarillo, CA).
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
From United Productions of America
Vestron Video Live Home Video Uni Distribution Corporation Japan/USA 1956 80 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Black and white August 23, 1991
  • Exclusively duplicated at Technicolor Videocassette in Livonia, MI.
Yogi and Friends
From Hanna-Barbera Productions
Turner Home Entertainment Turner Home Entertainment Turner Home Entertainment USA 1993 86 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color 1993
  • Includes the short subjects "The Stout Trout" (Yogi Bear), "Freezing Fleas" (Breezly and Sneezly), "Skeeter Trouble" (Huckleberry Hound), "Lion Around" (Peter Potamus and So-So), "Amusement Park Lark" (Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har), "Crew Cat" (Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks), "Safe at Home" (Wally Gator), "Love-Bugged Bear" (Yogi Bear), and "One Two Many" (Snagglepuss).
  • Also includes The Flintstones episode "The Hot Piano" as a bonus feature.
  • Exclusively duplicated at Premiere Video in Livonia, MI.

NV-Ultra

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A videocassette add-on for Nintendo 64. This format uses MPEG-2 compression and the D3 form factor.

See here for releases on the format.

DV-Ultra

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A DVD add-on for Nintendo 64.

NV-Cube

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A videocassette add-on for Nintendo Gamecube. This format uses MPEG-2 compression and the MiniDV form factor.

Title Label(s) Marketer(s) Distributor(s) Country of origin Original year Length Version MPAA rating Film format Tape count Tape break placement (if applicable) Color Released Note(s)
Alice in Wonderland
From Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Home Video Buena Vista Home Entertainment Warner Home Video USA 1951 75 min Standard version G Academy 1 N/A Color November 18, 2001
  • THX-certified (Broadway trailer).
  • The original BBFC U certificate appears before the RKO logo.
  • Exclusively duplicated at Deluxe Video Services in Northbrook, IL and North Little Rock, AR.
Lizzie McGuire: Fashionably Lizzie
From Disney Channel
A Stan Rogow production
Walt Disney Home Video Buena Vista Home Entertainnent Warner Home Video USA 2001-2003 96 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color December 9, 2003
  • Contains the episodes "Last Year's Model", "Best-Dressed for Much Less", "Just Like Lizzie", and "One of the Guys".
  • Exclusively duplicated at Deluxe Media Services in North Little Rock, AR.
Lizzie McGuire: Growing Up Lizzie
From Disney Channel
A Stan Rogow production
Walt Disney Home Video Buena Vista Home Entertainment Warner Home Video USA 2001-2002 100 min Standard version NR Academy 1 N/A Color December 9, 2003
  • Contains the episodes "Misadventures In Babysitting", "Between a Rock and a Bra Place", "Rated Aargh!", and "Party Over Here".
  • Also contains the "I Can't Wait" music video.
  • Exclusively duplicated at Deluxe Media Services in North Little Rock, AR.

DV-Cube

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A DVD add-on for Nintendo Gamecube.

DV-Revolution

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A DVD add-on for Nintendo Wii.

Blu-Revolution

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A Blu-ray add-on for Nintendo Wii.

DV-Cafe

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A DVD add-on for Nintendo Wii U.

Blu-Cafe

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A Blu-ray add-on for Nintendo Wii U.

NVX

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Videos on Nintendo Switch cartridges. The move from videodisc to video cartridge was necessitated by known issues with discs in portable consoles. This format uses HEVC compression.

SV

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A videocassette add-on for the Sega Master System.

SV-Mega

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A videocassette add-on for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

SV-CD

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A video CD add-on for the Sega CD.

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