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The game featured a ¾ top down perspective which was similar to the first game. A Link to the past introduced items that are still in commonplace today in the series, such as the fact of a parallel world, the Master Sword and different weapons and items. A Link to the past is considered one of the greatest video games of all time, selling over 4 million copies worldwide that have been ported from Super Nintendo to Game Boy Advance, and the Wii. Scoring a 95 on metacritic, it is one of the highest rated games in existence. The game’s plot focuses on the past Link in previous games and brings him to life in this game in order to save the princess. This game of course led to the successor The Legend of Zelda: A Link between Worlds that was released for Nintendo 3DS in November 2013. (Andrew Vestel…

Mario debuted as "Jumpman" in the arcade game Donkey Kong on July 9, 1981.[24] He is shown to be a carpenter and has a pet ape called Donkey Kong.[25] The carpenter mistreats the ape and Donkey Kong escapes to kidnap Jumpman's girlfriend, originally known as the Lady, but later named Pauline. The player must take the role of Jumpman and rescue the girl. Jumpman was later renamed "Mario" in the 1982 arcade game Donkey Kong Junior, the only game in which he has been portrayed as an antagonist. In…

The Legend of Zelda series is one of the most popular, loved and influential video game series on this planet. So many kids of the 80's, 90's and the 2000's have grown up with these games and the adventures that Link and Zelda get themselves into. This series means an immense amount to a lot of people and honestly, I feel that The Legend of Zelda series means more to me than it does to anybody else on this Earth. When I was in my mothers womb she would lay on the couch and watch my father play…

Atari is a video game company that was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1972 and together with amazing programmers such as Allan Alcorn they would go on to create some of best arcade games of all time (Atari History). Some examples include Pong, Asteroids, Centipede and many others. With all of their Arcade hits Atari quickly grew to be a successful company but their biggest hit wouldn’t come until 1977 with the release of the Atari 2600. The Atari 2600 was a machine that brought…

The history of Nintendo Video games have been around for many years with many different companies making different contributions. One of the more well-known companies would have to be Nintendo. Nintendo is the successful company it is today because of three things: The very start of the company, their gaming consoles and the influence of their characters. Nintendo has a history dating back to the late 19th century. The Nintendo Company was founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi.…

was made by Nintendo too. The president didn’t come up with the idea of the Gameboy, but a custodian came up with the design of the Gameboy. This handheld device has a beautiful 8-bit Core Processing Unit (CPU) and a smooth black and white liquid crystal display (LCD) which made it equivalent in speed to the Nintendo Entertainment System (TIME,1). The Sega Genesis was saga 's first shot at gaming. It was the first 16-bit console in the world which made it popular for its time (TIME,1). Its…

Nintendo has released many consoles over the past 28 years. Each time they release a new console, they make improvements or changes to keep up with current technology. Most of the consoles they have released have been well-received, but one of them was a complete flop. The Nintendo Entertainment System, or the NES, was the first console Nintendo released. It had 8-bit graphics and used cartridges to play games. The console was released in North America in February, 1986. The NES cost $90…

Nintendo Vs. Sony Nintendo and Sony. These two rival companies have played a huge part in the advancement of video games for the past 20 years. Nintendo, a video game manufacturer and licenser, and Sony, an electronics and media producer. Nintendo and Sony share huge differences and similarities, from innovations to producing in-house games, these two computer electronics corporations know games and they know their consumers. Nintendo, developed their first video game and home console in 1985…

“ The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.” These words are from Shigeru Miyamoto, the man who created many popular icons in the gaming world. This man has been referred to as “ the father of modern video games ,” but he doesn’t receive a higher salary than any other employees at Nintendo on his own accord . Despite growing up about two decades before video games existed, Shigeru Miyamoto is one of the most well known people in the…

Jumpman, or Mr. Video, is arguable the most influential and well known character in video game history. The mascot of the Nintendo company, Super Mario is recognized the world over; not just from his games but also from, cartoons, movies, breakfast cereal, clothing, and an untold myriad of other…