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This page consists of Nintendo-related events that occurred in 1984.
Events
- February: Nintendo releases the Nintendo VS. System with two games - Vs. Mahjong and Vs. Tennis.
- Sales of Nintendo's Family Computer (Famicom) reach over 2.5 million units in Japan.[1]
- Hudson Soft becomes the first third-party publisher for any of Nintendo's consoles.
- August 1: Namco becomes the second third-party publisher for any of Nintendo's consoles.[2]
- November 1: Jaleco becomes the third third-party publisher for any of Nintendo's consoles.[3]
Third party publisher debuts
| Publisher | First game | System | Release date |
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| Hudson Soft | Nuts & Milk | Famicom | July 28, 1984 |
| Namco | Galaxian | Famicom | September 7, 1984 |
Games released in 1984
Arcade
Family Computer
Please select a region.
19 games were released in Japan.
| Title | Publisher | Release Date | Source |
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| Tennis(JP) | Nintendo | January 14, 1984 |  [1]
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| Pinball(JP) | Nintendo | February 2, 1984 | [2]
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| Wild Gunman(JP) | Nintendo | February 18, 1984 | [3]
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| Duck Hunt(JP) | Nintendo | April 29, 1984 | [4]
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| Golf(JP) | Nintendo | May 1, 1984 | [5]
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| Hogan's Alley(JP) | Nintendo | June 12, 1984 | [6]
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| Donkey Kong 3(JP) | Nintendo | July 4, 1984 | [7]
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| Nuts & Milk(JP) | Hudson Soft | July 28, 1984 | [8]
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| Lode Runner(JP) | Hudson Soft | July 31, 1984 | [9]
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| Galaxian(JP) | Namco | September 7, 1984 | [10]
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| Devil World(JP) | Nintendo | October 5, 1984 | [11]
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| 4 Nin Uchi Mahjong(JP) | Nintendo | November 2, 1984 | [12]
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| F1 Race(JP) | Nintendo | November 2, 1984 | [13]
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| Pac-Man(JP) | Namco | November 2, 1984 | [14]
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| Xevious(JP) | Namco | November 8, 1984 | [15]
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| Mappy(JP) | Namco | November 14, 1984 | [16]
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| Urban Champion(JP) | Nintendo | November 14, 1984 | [17]
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| Clu Clu Land(JP) | Nintendo | November 22, 1984 | [18]
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| Excitebike(JP) | Nintendo | November 30, 1984 | [19]
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Character debuts
- Duck Hunt (video game): The Duck Hunt dog
- Devil World: Tamagon, Devil
- Punch-Out!!: Kid Quick, Glass Joe, Piston Hurricane, Bald Bull, Pizza Pasta, Mr. Sandman
- Balloon Fight: Balloon Fighter
Births
- Shiho Fujii - Video game composer
- January 25: Kaiji Tang - Voice actor of the titular character in Detective Pikachu and Owain in Fire Emblem Awakening
- April 28: Toshiyuki Toyonaga - Voice actor of Claude von Riegan in Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- May 18: Krysta Yang - Public relations manager for Nintendo of America and co-host of Nintendo Minute
- May 19: Takuya Sato - Voice actor
- June 24: Lucien Dodge - Voice actor
- September 10: Kei Shindo - Voice actress
- September 18: Justin Anselmi - Voice actor of Ivysaur in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- November 13: Tomoyuki Higuchi - Voice actor of the Male Wii Fit Trainer
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