Nintendo: Hit or Miss

While Nintendo is unequivocally responsible for some of the best-loved pieces of gaming hardware ever created, they've also had some spectacular misfires.

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NES (1985) -- HIT! The mid-80’s wasn’t exactly a glorious time for video games. A confluence of lousy events led to the awful video game crash of 1983, and while a few stragglers remained, most folks figured the golden age of gaming was over. But to Nintendo, it had yet to begin. Their debut home console in the U.S. (they had already enjoyed plenty of success with the Famicom in Japan) was a miracle machine, single-handedly reviving the ... more
NES (1985) -- HIT! The mid-80’s wasn’t exactly a glorious time for video games. A confluence of lousy events led to the awful video game crash of 1983, and while a few stragglers remained, most folks figured the golden age of gaming was over. But to Nintendo, it had yet to begin. Their debut home console in the U.S. (they had already enjoyed plenty of success with the Famicom in Japan) was a miracle machine, single-handedly reviving the home console business and introducing gamers to Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and countless other classics. less