Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Bibliography for Professional Skills Report by Eamonn Hannon 1. Harris, B. (2014). Console Wars: Sega Vs Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation. London: Atlantic Books. This book is a general history of the 'console war' between Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System console and Sega's Genesis/Mega Drive console, showing the viewpoint of various Nintendo and Sega employees, along with others involved in the game industry at the time. The book contains a lot of technical information and showed very clearly how the technology used in video games changed during the period, mainly graphical and artificial technology related. In particular, chapter two 'R & D' and especially chapter 5, 'The History of NOA' were very useful for…

Nintendo is the oldest gaming console company in the world. Nintendo has evolved in many ways, its games, graphics, gaming consoles and its accessories. Nintendo is considered the first gaming company in the world. Nintendo is one of the oldest companies in the world. It has now been 120 years and counting! Nintendo is one of the most beloved company in the world for many reasons. Nintendo started off very small as a company. The company that would become “Nintendo” was founded in 1889 by…

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…

placed on the surface of the game (Dillon, 2011). In 1950, Claude Shannon, a mathematician constructed the first computer program (Dillon, 2011). When applied to a computer game, the program allowed individuals to play chess against the computer during a time when computer performance and capabilities were incapable of such an action. In 1983, Nintendo introduced their interpretation of a video game console, Famicom in Japan (kent, 2001). Through trial and error with Famicom, the computer based…

Nintendo’s President Hiroshi Yamauchi was hesitant about releasing the console due to the great video game crash in 1883, But Hiroshi released it anyway and it was the game console that revived the video game industry. The console had many blockbuster games within its life span such as Super Mario Bros, Contra, Final Fantasy, and Metroid (TIME,1).The console was the top selling console of the third generation. The Gameboy, One of the first handheld consoles in the world, was released in 1989…

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.…

design and sell hastily-coded Atari 2600 with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable junk. This in turn led to gun-shy retailers and consumers.” (Cunningham). Everybody thought the home console gaming industry was long gone, but then the savior of the gaming industry arrived, the NES. When Nintendo released the NES in America they didn’t try to sell it as a console, they tried to sell it as a…

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 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…