Mario_Madness
714 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Did you know that Nintendo was founded in 1889? I was astounded when I found this out, see for your self on wikipedia, just type in Nintendo in the search bar on wikipedia.
System
79987 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Mario_Madness
Did you know that Nintendo was founded in 1889? I was astounded when I found this out, see for your self on wikipedia, just type in Nintendo in the search bar on wikipedia.
Yup it used to be a playing card company.
Then they went into Pachinko and pinball games before kicking everything off with Radarscope. 8)
reaper speaks the truth
Radiation_Dude
461 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Mario_Madness
Did you know that Nintendo was founded in 1889? I was astounded when I found this out, see for your self on wikipedia, just type in Nintendo in the search bar on wikipedia.
This just in, Anyone can edit Wikipedia, So alot of the information on their is often not 100% true.
System
79987 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Radiation_Dude
Mario_MadnessDid you know that Nintendo was founded in 1889? I was astounded when I found this out, see for your self on wikipedia, just type in Nintendo in the search bar on wikipedia.
This just in, Anyone can edit Wikipedia, So alot of the information on their is often not 100% true.
That is true though.
They were originally called Marufuku, as well. They changed their name to Nintendo in 1951.
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not." -Kurt Cobain
Yes.
Mario_Madness
Did you know that Nintendo was founded in 1889? I was astounded when I found this out, see for your self on wikipedia, just type in Nintendo in the search bar on wikipedia.
You are looking for "Press Start to Continue: The History of Nintendo", which is considered to be the industry bible for video games. It has everything about how Nintendo started as a japanese playing card company in 1889, to how they got their start in electronics as an electronic shooting range in old bowling allies (hence why Duckhunt and the light zapper were the amongst first games for the NES), to the international espionage revolving around Tetris.
Its full of all the little bits of trivia, like how Mario was modeled and named after Shigeru Miyamoto's landlord, or how Donkey Kong got his name as a bad translation of "Stubborn Ape".
No one that has not read this book can call themselves a true Nintendo fan. It would be like calling yourself a Lord of the Rings fan without ever having read the Similarion.
St-_Jimmy
556 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
What was the name of Nintendo's first game??? It was before Donkey Kong
System
79987 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
St_Jimmy
What was the name of Nintendo's first game??? It was before Donkey Kong
Just answered it, Radarscope if your talking about electronic games.
Daniel_BMS
172 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Actually I knew that before wikipedia. Video game magazines back then were the source before there was any Internet.
Here's some more historical info: Radarscope was made to make some lucrative profits in the arcade industry, but Nintendo chickened out of creativity and made a slide and shoot game called Radarscope. Radarscope had a unique psuedo 3D view, but arcades were flooded with Space Invader inspirations and rip offs. Radarscope didn't sell well and Nintendo turned to Shigeru Miyamoto to make a game to salvage unsold Radarscope cabinets. He wound up essentially inventing the platform genre, Nintendo learned their lesson about creativity, Shigeru Miyamoto went on to become one of the Micheal Jordons of the video game industry, and Nintendo still generously strives for creativity in the industry today.
BTW: What happened to Mario Stegali?
Here's some more historical info: Radarscope was made to make some lucrative profits in the arcade industry, but Nintendo chickened out of creativity and made a slide and shoot game called Radarscope. Radarscope had a unique psuedo 3D view, but arcades were flooded with Space Invader inspirations and rip offs. Radarscope didn't sell well and Nintendo turned to Shigeru Miyamoto to make a game to salvage unsold Radarscope cabinets. He wound up essentially inventing the platform genre, Nintendo learned their lesson about creativity, Shigeru Miyamoto went on to become one of the Micheal Jordons of the video game industry, and Nintendo still generously strives for creativity in the industry today.
BTW: What happened to Mario Stegali?
KingEdgar
30 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Radiation_Dude
Mario_MadnessDid you know that Nintendo was founded in 1889? I was astounded when I found this out, see for your self on wikipedia, just type in Nintendo in the search bar on wikipedia.
This just in, Anyone can edit Wikipedia, So alot of the information on their is often not 100% true.
98% of what u see on wikipedia is facts. Being a contributor on many subjects myself, i know how it works. Hundreds of thousands if not millions of people edit those pages. If anyone makes an edit, and someone thinks its not true, it gets taken off until someone finds a way to back up their information. Notice the vast list of resources, outside links, etc, that back up where their informatoin came from. Alot of stuff on wikipedia gets talked about on a discussion page to find the best wording, or see if its true, before it even gets entered.
Retro_Mania
59 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
adventure_of_link
reaper speaks the truth
Indeed -.-
System
79987 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Retro_Mania
adventure_of_linkreaper speaks the truth
Indeed -.-
"I always tell the truth.....even when I lie." :lol:
Mario_Madness
714 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Reaper
Retro_Maniaadventure_of_linkreaper speaks the truth
Indeed -.-
"I always tell the truth.....even when I lie." :lol:
The reaper knows anyone's future or fortune. He can even beat up Chuck Noris :lol:
System
79987 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
Never met him but....Yes, I can. :D
System
79987 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
With both nostrils closed. 8)
didnt the dudes who made the original king kong
try and sue niintendo when they made Donkey Kong?
for copyright ?
the courts ruled in favour of nintendo
and they got payed 4.1 million from memory
errr the reaper seems to know all
is what i typed right?
oh how in Jupiter do i put in an avi?
try and sue niintendo when they made Donkey Kong?
for copyright ?
the courts ruled in favour of nintendo
and they got payed 4.1 million from memory
errr the reaper seems to know all
is what i typed right?
oh how in Jupiter do i put in an avi?
System
79987 Posts
18 years, 1 month ago
CarolBradyismymum
didnt the dudes who made the original king kong
try and sue niintendo when they made Donkey Kong?
for copyright ?
the courts ruled in favour of nintendo
and they got payed 4.1 million from memory
errr the reaper seems to know all
is what i typed right?
oh how in Jupiter do i put in an avi?
It used to be called Monkey Kong.