For many older gaming hobbyists, the brand of Nintendo has been the quintessential gaming corporation since post-Atari. From before the original Nintendo to the advent of 3D gameplay, Nintendo consistently brings unique ideas, game theories, and innovation to the industry. Nintendo may not bring the most power to the console wars, but it’s impossible to discredit them based entirely on that.
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Color TV-Game (1977)The Color TV-Game often is overlooked by the Nintendo Entertainment System in discussions about Nintendo’s first console, but the clunky monstrosity was absolutely first. Each console could only play a singular game, and as the title implied, all hardware pieces had a loud color. While this was a commercial success for Nintendo on release, the software title names left a lot to the imagination. This system had a total of five titles, which each shipped as a separate console:
Color TV-Game 6Color TV-Game 15Color TV-Game Racing 112Computer TV-GameColor TV Block KusureNintendo Entertainment System (1985)Emboldened by its successes with prior consoles, Nintendo crafted a bold plan: an international release of a console that could switch titles with cartridges, much like Atari and Intellivision offered and had succeeded with. The NES was released in Japan as Famicom (a portmanteau of family computer), and revitalized the gaming industry after the gaming crash of 1983, typically associated with the release of the Atari 2600 E.T. The 8-bit system offered a litany of titles ranging from Super Mario Bros. to Dragon Quest 3, and became an international icon of gaming.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1991)The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, known as the Super
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