The history of Nintendo

  • The history of Nintendo

    The history of Nintendo
    Nintendo was founded as Yamauchi Nintendo in Japan.
    The company at this time made playing cards.
  • 1972-1992

    1972-1992
    This is when they became a video game developer and manufacturer.
    Nintendo manufactured Arcade games and the first Nintendo Game console so people could in joy playing video games in their homes.
  • 1966-1972

    1966-1972
    The company was having hard times in the 60s as a toy company.
    They developed a few electric toys like the Light Gun and a Drum machines.
  • 1989–1995: Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Virtual Boy eras

    1989–1995: Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Virtual Boy eras
    In the early 90; s Nintendo developed a handheld game system call Gameboy.
    This made it possible for people to take the games with them wherever they wanted to play games like Tetris, Mario Brothers.
  • Today

    Today
    Today Nintendo is one of the 3 largest game companies in the world.
    Coming from a card company to a billion dollar a year video game manufacturing company well over 100 years old.
    They are building a museum in the first plant where the company was founded called "Nintendo Gallery".