The Ninteno Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NESd[›] or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia in 1985. In most of Asia, including Japan (where it was first launched in 1983), the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Singapore, it was released as the Family Computer (ファミリーコンピュータ, Famirī Konpyūta?, also known as the Famicom (ファミコン, Famikon (listen (help·info))?), or simply FC for short). In South Korea, the hardware was licensed to Hyundai Electronics, which marketed it as the Comboy (컴보이).