Then...
The Nintendo
Entertainment System
In 1985 video game sales in the United States plummeted. The nation seemed to have reach its saturation point. Then Nintendo introduced its Nintendo Entertainment System(NES), which revolutionized video games. No longer found only in arcades, Nintendo games could now be played on a home television set.
(1)The Nintendo Entertainment System used a control pad or joystick to control the action on the television screen. Nintendo released a new game, Super Mario Bros., for play on its new system.
(2)In Super Mario Bros., Luigi and Mario help the peaceful Mushroom People in their battle against the Koopa turtle tribe.
(3)Mario untiringly attempts to rescue Princess Toadstool from Bowser, the King of the Koopas.
(4)Super Mario Bros. sold over 2.5 million copies in its first 4 months. It generated numerous sequels, television show, magazines, fan clubs, and tie-ins.
StatsMARIO TRIVIA
- Mario first appeared in Donkey Kong in 1981. Mario was named Jumpman in this game.
- Mario was named after Mario Segali, the landlord of Nintendo's first warehouse in the United States.
VIDEO GAME FACTS
- In the United States, consumers spend more money on video games than on any other form of entertainment, including movies and CDs.
- If Nintendo were a country, it would be more prosperous then many nations of the world.
- If all the Nintendo games paks sold around the world were laid end to end, they would stretch for about 82,860 miles (133,322 km) - three and one-half times around the earth's equator.
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