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"Last time I talked about the video game crash of 1983 and what it did to the video game market in North America. While the crash did destroy gaming in America, the rest of the world continued to create video games and Japan became a big market for them. In this entry I will explain how Nintendo brought video games back to North America."
"Donkey Kong, gaming's favorite simian hero, has made a huge impact in pop culture over the past few decades, but the famed ape has played both hero and villain in his decades of being a game star.
Whether he’s hurling barrels at a construction site, smashing them to rescue his monkey pal (Diddy Kong) , or blasting himself out of them – The famed gorilla has become a black belt at all forms of barrel usage. Alongside seeming ageless classic gameplay, Donkey Kong has managed to stay in the ..."
Game Podunk’s blogger, Dyeknom shows that even though mascots were successful in every facet of commercial industry in presenting a product to sell, it was a different story when it came to incorporating a mascot into a video game. From being it Chester Cheetah to Capt'n Crunch find out how consumers took the appearance of a mascot in a video game and what is happening today with the “commercial mascots.” Read on for more details.
Donkey Kong once stole a girlfriend of Jumpman/Mario the Zookeeper, yea Mario was once a zookeeper! Back then he was worst off being pixelated than Mario but now he has become a video game icon. Celebrate his 30th birthday with the article.
I remember when I loved playing those Space shooting games and the classical Mario. Some of us usually forget these things by now but let's bring back those old fashioned characters in this Top 10 list. Check them out.
"Nintendo [has created] a separate "core" myth - that "core" games are made in 3D. You can tell this from their direction with the Mario series: there wasn't a real Super Mario Bros. game for almost 15 years! Instead, we got Super Mario 64 and Sunshine, which while I loved both definitely weren't Super Mario Bros. Nintendo seems to have spent the last decade or so thinking that 3D Mario is the new core Mario, and that they don't need Super Mario Bros. anymore."
Our society has become one that truly loves to have our items as small as possible. Check out the story above for videos on the smallest arcade unit of one of our favorite games.
Check out five of the best non-fiction flicks about video games to date. Hey, you can't play games all the time, but watching movies about games is the next best thing.
For those of you who have seen the 2007 movie "King of Kong" the characters are well known. "Good Guy" Steve Weibe once again is your King Of Kong by taking back the record of Donkey Kong.
It appears that Nintendo has taken an interest in your sex life, and no it's not a new sex game. Nintendo themed condoms make their way into your bedroom.
"In today's shooter-filled market, we spend a lot of time spraying bullets and looking down scopes. But every modern shooter gives us some kind of blunt weapon or knife for up-close encounters. In real life, if a badguy charged at you with a knife, you'd probably still shoot him. But video games make the melee button so satisfying, as you watch an opponent crumple to the ground, stumble backwards, or see the "Beat-Down" medal flash on screen. Melee weapons add a visceral side to our shooters a..."
"1. I’m glad my designers gave me a few more things to do. Sitting at the top of some scaffolding and tossing barrels got awfully boring.
2. No, I don’t have fleas.
3. I do love bananas, especially in a nice banana cream pie.
4. My signature red neck ties are custom made by Dixie Kong.
5. King K. Rool is my arch-nemesis."
"The gaming industry has changed radically since Pong and Pac-Man were causing traffic jams at your local arcade. Most of the changes are for the good, some of them aren’t. It’s weird because we, as a nation, are no longer as innocent as we once were yet things that were commonplace back in the day are completely offensive to us. Can you imagine a big budget Hollywood “family” flick featuring underage drinking (The Goonies, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, basically any Molly Ringwald movie)? Yet..."
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quoteIwata: Donkey Kong involved jumping, as did Mario Bros., so you felt that Nintendo were the real originators of this kind of game.
Miyamoto: I did. I went as far as thinking that jumping is an original idea and that it should be patented! Anyway, I thought: "Right, I'm not going to let those other games top us!" (laughs)
Imagine if he'd tried it. And gotten away with it. And then been able to charge a fee every time somebody wanted to make a character jump in a platformer. You thin..."
What happens when you mix together two classic games into one single entity? VGB put together five amazing retro gaming mashups.
These videos parody what happens when you put the likes of Contra guy in the world of Duck Hunt, and Mortal Kombat's Scorpion in a Donkey Kong level.
"On the heels of February’s launch of the annual Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer’s Edition, representatives were on hand at the E3 Expo this week to honour gaming publishers with brand new records.
Guinness World Record recipients included Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Mario franchise and more recently Wii Sports, who received the record for the Best Selling Video Game with sales of 45.7 million to date."
I've had some high schools in Donkey Kong back in the coinop glory days, but this is ridiculous!
"Steve Wiebe, everyone's favorite underdog from King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, will be at this year's E3, trying to take back the Donkey Kong high score from the current reigning king Billy Mitchell (yes, he got it back again). Billy's sitting on 1,050,200, while Steve's highest official score is 1,049,100."
"Having attended many many (many) MegaCon's in the past, I really feel that this little Orlando geek convention has hit a nice stride. At first I came for the comics, and kept coming despite the growing number of anime fans. But then came the video game fans, card gamers, RPGers, wrestlers, actors, playmates, and as years have passed, it is really becoming the east coast *bleep* cousin of the San Diego Comic Con (we have belly dancing at our cons, eat that Cali!)"
"Sometime during September, a gallery took place that I admit I never heard of. The "Out of Controller" exhibition in Australia. Entries were designed to win prizes of cash and a chance to give a game idea to Nintendo Australia. The theme was basically the name of the exhibit, you can see all the lovely Nintendo characters outside the realm of their games."
Can you imagine having this on the walls in your house? I can, but I think my fiance would kill me. (Worth it) It is a little bright - but it would adorn my game-room very nicely.
And eventually when I have kids - I'm sure they would get a kick out of it.
![Box shot of Classic NES Series: Donkey Kong [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvR2FtZWJveV9BZHZhbmNlL0FyY2FkZQ==/classic_nes_series_donkey_kong_frontcover_small_WWrwcBz2jHjS6Fh.jpg)