The Forgotten Consoles That Launched Nintendo

With over 80 million sold, the Nintendo Switch is one of the most loved and best-selling consoles. But did you know it all started with a series of unknown consoles that you didn’t even know existed? It’s not the NES or the Game Boy. It goes way back — even before Super Marios Bros.

Welcome to part 3: the evolution of Nintendo.

Watch part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMUCKtAaTaY
Watch part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUAIb7Rp-I

Sources:

[Nintendo’s History]
Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered The World, David Sheff, Vintage Press, Penguin Random House LLC.
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation, Blake J. Harris, Harper Collins.
https://kotaku.com/the-designer-of-the-nes-dishes-the-dirt-on-nintendos-ea-1844296906
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/15/reference/nintendo-brought-arcade-games-into-homes-30-years-ago/
https://grantland.com/features/the-rise-of-nintendo-video-games-history/
http://www.warpedfactor.com/2020/08/the-10-biggest-selling-nintendo.html
https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/14/9324833/super-mario-brothers-30th-anniversary-date
https://gamerant.com/mike-tyson-punch-out-nes-trivia/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/11/25/now-plays-the-thing/616dbc27-d77d-407e-a5a4-d610b6b581f4/
http://www.centerforemdd.com/index.php/2021/03/01/monday-motivation-a-story-of-a-plumber-and-his-brother/
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/business/global/hiroshi-yamauchi-who-helped-drive-nintendo-into-dominance-dies-at-85.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/10/19/why-apple-was-terrified-of-nintendo-in-1991/
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/jul/16/the-25-greatest-video-game-consoles-ranked
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/20-years-nintendo-console-switch-sales/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hiroshi-yamauchi-computing-pioneer-who-turned-nintendo-global-gaming-giant-8832956.html
https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-home-consoles-ranked/
https://youtu.be/whW1qJZwxs0
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/nintendo-profits-up-over-400-as-covid-19-drives-game-sales-59801601
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/tech/nintendo-earnings-intl-hnk/index.html
https://japantoday.com/category/business/here-are-the-10-richest-companies-in-japan-can-you-guess-which-is-number-one
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/05/08/world-weathers-pandemic-nintendo-may-just-be-recession-proof/

[Tetris]
https://tetris.com/history-of-tetris
https://youtu.be/NhwNTo_Yr3k
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/27/technology/ultimate-tetris-on-a-very-big-screen.html
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/02/the-rights-to-tetris-were-originally-owned-by-the-soviet-union/
https://tetris.fandom.com/wiki/History
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/interview-with-the-tetris-company-creators-alexei-pajitnov-and-henk-rogers/
https://mixergy.com/interviews/tetris-henk-rogers/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/tetris-video-game-history/index.html

[Game Boy]
https://youtu.be/GErk7fMiatQ
https://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/25-years-of-the-game-boy-a-timeline-of-the-systems-accessories-and-games/

Other Sources:

[Photos]
Bootleg Game & Watch Xabi Vazquez / flickr:
https://flic.kr/p/4v5xGz
https://flic.kr/p/4v5xDn
https://flic.kr/p/4v5vj6
https://flic.kr/p/4v5vdk
https://flic.kr/p/4v9zTf
https://flic.kr/p/4v5vg2
https://flic.kr/p/4v5v76
https://flic.kr/p/4v5vsc
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry): https://www.jef.or.jp/journal/pdf/up_8703.pdf
Advanced Video System (Chris Donlan & Russell Bernice / flickr): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nintendo_Advanced_Video_System_(retouched).jpg
AVS Advertisement (@frankcifaldi / Twitter): https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/810241714480824320
Sam Borofsky (Blake Harris / IGN): https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/08/the-unknown-story-of-nintendos-secret-weapon
Nintendo of America HQ (Jeff Dlouhy / flickr): https://flic.kr/p/5umn3w
Chris Harrison / flickr:
https://flic.kr/p/8wEDiH
https://flic.kr/p/8wECMp
https://flic.kr/p/8wHzMu
https://flic.kr/p/8wHBM3
Nintendo Building (Jeramey Jannene / flickr): https://flic.kr/p/4nAwV
Henk Rogers (@henkrogers / IG) https://www.instagram.com/p/BgFULfXDuU-/
Henk Rogers with Horishi Yamauchi (www.nintendolife.com): https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/feature_meet_the_man_who_gave_nintendo_tetris_and_got_hiroshi_yamauchi_gaming#enlarge-7
Alexey Pajitnov (eunice_szpillman / flickr): https://flic.kr/p/4VBPv4
Dorodnicyn Computing Center (Dmitru / Wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CCAS_view_2018.jpg
Tetris Game Boy (Daniel Garrido / flickr): https://flic.kr/p/cTKoKf
https://youtu.be/LIUMlLaWyf8

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