All thought the first video gaming console came around the late 60’s, it never really got big before just about when Nintendo came out and if you don’t agree, well that was my time! Nintendo was the revolutionary console of the 80’s-90’s time, and keep in mind I said “was” because these days it’s just plain boring! The big game names that helped build this company are still around though like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong and seem like they’ll be around for a while, even with the advancement of technology.
Nintendo’s first release was the Nintendo Entertainment System, which was a bit of a gamble of creating at first because the video game industry was heading for a downfall. But with great games like Mario, Zelda and Metroid, luckily they not only hung on but broke records for bestselling video game console! Thank God they did because I really don’t know what I’d be doing with my childhood if Nintendo stopped production! Soon after, with the great sales they were having, an upgraded Nintendo came out with the “Super” added to the already well known “Nintendo Entertainment System”. Super Nintendo was an even bigger hit delivering games like Donkey Kong and much more which I’m sure we can all dig out of our childhood memories somewhere.Also there was the release of N64 and GameCube but around that time they never really got that big because of all the development with Sony and Xbox which were picking up where Nintendo left off with earlier models.
But other from the stepping stone Nintendo made for consoles, they also created the first handheld gaming console, which just about made another stepping stone for developers. The Gameboy, all though I’ve never played around with the first one, I’m sure we can all come to the agreement that the picture quality and graphics were probably horrible, just as with the first consoles that came out! Not only that it was more so huge, not pocket size, but still with development of Tetris, it really catapulted handhelds possibilities and brought once again amazing sales to Nintendo.
All thought Nintendo didn’t release the most amazing consoles ever; they had made the right games at the right time which for me were too much fun and became extremely addicting and most likely for you too! Without Nintendo, not only do I not think I’d be as big of a gamer as I am now, but I really don’t know where the gaming industry would be at this point. http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2029221,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_video_game_consoles
