1. Facts about Nintendo’s Mario Series
M
ario was created by the Nintendo’s Japanese video game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto and is the best selling video game franchise of all time.
ario was created by the Nintendo’s Japanese video game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto and is the best selling video game franchise of all time.
The character (Mario) first debuted as “Jumpman” in the arcade game Donkey Kong on July 9, 1981.
Mario in this game is a carpenter who has a pet ape named Donkey Kong, who later escapes and kidnaps Jumpman’s girlfriend. the game is all about to take the role of jumpman and to rescue the girl.
The character was later on renamed as Mr. Video Game and finally as Mario on the name of the landlord of Nintendo’s first warehouse Mr. Mario Segale. the character mario has been present in more than 200 games.
2. The first coin operated video games
Arcade games or coin operated video games are usually installed in public business premises, such as restaurants, bars, and particularly amusement arcades. The first coin operated pinball machines emerged in 1930’s however the golden era for coin operated video games started in the late 1970s to the mid-1990s.
Space Invaders, Galaxian , Pac-Man , Battlezone , Defender and Bosconian were few of the most popular Arcade games of all times.
3. Game Controller or Input devices for Video Games 
A game controller is a device to control the game by providing inputs to control the character or an object in the game.
The earlier primary input for video games has been handheld controllers and since then it has evolved to cameras to detect motions , speakers or microphones for voice commands touch screens and more.
4. The Sony PlayStation
The Sony PlayStation was originally brought as a CD add-on to the Super Nintendo (a partnership between Nintendo and Sony). But Sony later decided to develop the playstation as a complete gaming console of its own after it started facing problems with licensing.
The original PlayStation was released on December 3, 1994. The PlayStation, was the first video game console to ship 100 million units within 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch.
5. Cheating in Video Games using cheatcodes
Cheatcodes, yes they have existed in video games for almost their entire history. Cheatcodes usually provide advantage to the gamer providing ease in the game.
The first cheat codes were put in place for play testing purposes. Playtesters had to rigorously test the mechanics of a game and introduced cheat codes to make this process easier.
6. Rovio’s Angry birds
Rovio’s Angry Birds mobile game took only 35 days to do what telephone took 75 years, Internet took 4 years and Facebook 3.5 Years in order to reach 50 million users.
The game was first released for Apple’s iOS devices in December 2009 and since October 2010, 12 million copies of the game were purchased from Apple’s App Store.
The game was later released for Android, Symbian, Windows platform, gaming consoles and PC’s.
The original Angry Birds has been called “one of the most mainstream games out right now”, “one of the great runaway hits of 2010”, and “the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far”.
7. Pac-Man
Pac-Man is an arcade game created by Namco and was released in Japan on May 22, 1980.
Toru Iwatani the man who developed Pac-Man earlier said that the idea about this game came into his mind while he was eating a pizza. he repeatedly stated that the character’s shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice. however he later confirmed that this was only the half fact and the character design was also inspired by the Japanese character for mouth, Kuchi.
8. Nintendo’s Gameboy
sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is the worlds most successful game system ever.
sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is the worlds most successful game system ever.
9. Konami code
Konami code or the gamers code is a set of cheat code which is present in most of the
Konami games and some other games too.
Konami games and some other games too.
The code was first released in the 1986 with shooting games of Konami however it gained popularity by the Nintendo Entertainment system version of contra named as “Contra Code” and “30 Lives Code”, the code provided a full set of power-ups to the player.
10. The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc
held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is 190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.
held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is 190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.
Hope you like reading about some rare facts about video games. Do drop in comments about what you think is a fact to remember from video gaming.
O_O Mind = Blown. Nature, you are crazy.
O_O Terrifying. Pokemon Cordyceps. lol.
Amazing. The world of gaming would have been so different.
So Interesting. So Awesome!
Sudden Realization… Right in the childhood!
Oh man. THE FEELS! My heart strings, they have been tugged!
It all makes sense now…
LOL EPIC. I Loved Diablo.
Wow. Totally reminds me of the 80’s anime “Unico in the Island of Magic” where the wizard turns the people into zombie like “living puppet” block people. So creepy. Good movie from le childhood though lol.
One of my favorite gaming facts!
That is INCREDIBLE!
Super Smash Bros Is somehow linked To Bill Nye By Voice Actor?! WIN. Loved that game, and that show.
Way to be original, Sony! lol but seriously that is so Interesting.
Wow. That is Insanely creepy.
Bowser, You are NOT the father. I could not resist hahaha.
I love gaming lore.
That is so Ironic. Awesome gaming history tidbit!
Man, I never imaged that pokemon could be that deeply complex lol.
The power of arcade games in their prime!
All I can hear is “Money, Money, Money!”
That makes sense, but still interesting!
Talk about an epic easter egg.
Dat Mathematical Symmetry!
Video games are so creative in the laziest ways sometimes. I love it.
Valve is awesome.
Holy Crap. I did not know that. (I didn’t play much ps2 though either) That is so cool.
The comments on this one are really interesting, so much backstory/rumors about this topic in pokemon lol. Geek out!
Oh man I remember renting this game as a kid, I hated it. It was horrible. And now I know why. haha.
That was brilliant. Tricky game programmers!
I love cross reference throwbacks in games like this – plus Symphony of the Night was my favorite Castlevania game, nay, best game ever!
Wow, this game would have been useless to me and my friends had it not been for multiplayer! FUNNEST THING EVER (then. lol)
Dang.
O_O Mind = Blown. Nature, you are crazy.
O_O Terrifying. Pokemon Cordyceps. lol.
Amazing. The world of gaming would have been so different.
So Interesting. So Awesome!
Sudden Realization… Right in the childhood!
Oh man. THE FEELS! My heart strings, they have been tugged!
It all makes sense now…
LOL EPIC. I Loved Diablo.
Wow. Totally reminds me of the 80’s anime “Unico in the Island of Magic” where the wizard turns the people into zombie like “living puppet” block people. So creepy. Good movie from le childhood though lol.
One of my favorite gaming facts!
That is INCREDIBLE!
Super Smash Bros Is somehow linked To Bill Nye By Voice Actor?! WIN. Loved that game, and that show.
Way to be original, Sony! lol but seriously that is so Interesting.
Wow. That is Insanely creepy.
Bowser, You are NOT the father. I could not resist hahaha.
I love gaming lore.
That is so Ironic. Awesome gaming history tidbit!
Man, I never imaged that pokemon could be that deeply complex lol.
The power of arcade games in their prime!
All I can hear is “Money, Money, Money!”
That makes sense, but still interesting!
Talk about an epic easter egg.
Dat Mathematical Symmetry!
Video games are so creative in the laziest ways sometimes. I love it.
Valve is awesome.
Holy Crap. I did not know that. (I didn’t play much ps2 though either) That is so cool.
The comments on this one are really interesting, so much backstory/rumors about this topic in pokemon lol. Geek out!
Oh man I remember renting this game as a kid, I hated it. It was horrible. And now I know why. haha.
That was brilliant. Tricky game programmers!
I love cross reference throwbacks in games like this – plus Symphony of the Night was my favorite Castlevania game, nay, best game ever!
Wow, this game would have been useless to me and my friends had it not been for multiplayer! FUNNEST THING EVER (then. lol)
Dang.
Even More Gaming History Facts!
Need even more gaming history goodness? Don’t worry, here are some more tidbits, then a list of more resources to point you in the direction of more awesome nostalgia inspiring video game videos, images, and trivia! Enjoy!
“Introduced in 1993, the 3DO was the first video game system to be based entirely on CD technology.” –
“The word “Capcom” was created from taking the first 3 letters from each word in “Capsule Computers” (from the subsidiary Japan Capsule Computer Co).” –
“Due to South Korea banning Japanese cultural imports at the end of World War II, the Master System was distributed by South Korean company Samsung, and was named the Gam*Boy.Samsung released many consoles in South Korea under alternate names, like the Game Boy, Genesis, NES, Game Gear, SNES and Nintendo 64.” –
“If you open a Dreamcast VMU, you can see “potato” printed on a chip, as a joke referencing a “potato chip”.” –
“Ironically, SEGA’s GD-Rom technology was created as DVDs were not available for SEGA, and they wanted to create a disc that would be hard for pirates to copy and use.“Sega intended to use the format to curb piracy common to standard compact discs and to offer increased storage capacity. It is similar to the standard CD-ROM except that the pits on the disc are packed more closely together, resulting in a higher storage capacity: around 1.2 gigabytes, which is almost double the storage capacity of a typical CD”The Dreamcast is infamous for being the easiest console to pirate games on.” –
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