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History of video games. The history of video games goes as far back as the Early 1940s-1950s, when academics began designing simple games, simulations, and artificial intelligence programs as part of their computer science research. Video gaming would not reach mainstream popularity until the 1970s and 1980s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer games were introduced to the general public. Since then, video gaming has become a popular form of entertainment and a part of modern culture in most parts of the world. As of 2014, there are eight generations of video game consoles. Early history[edit] Origins of the computer game (1940-1958)[edit] Tennis for Two – Modern recreation One program that stands out in this early period — both for its atypical subject matter and its subsequent notoriety in a series of patent lawsuits — is Tennis for Two (1958), created by physicist William Higinbotham to entertain guests at the annual visitor's day held by the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Spacewar! History of Nintendo. Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha?)
Is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It was originally founded in 1889 to produce handmade hanafuda cards. It eventually became one of the most prominent figures in today's video game industry, being the world's largest video game company by revenue.[1] Origin[edit] Nintendo poster from late Meiji Era Nintendo started out as a small Japanese business, founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi on September 23, 1889,[2] as Nintendo Koppai. Fusajiro Yamauchi did not have a son to take over the family business.
Nintendo. Nintendo Co., Ltd.
(任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha?) Is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is the world's largest video game company by revenue.[7] Founded on September 23, 1889[2] by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda cards.[8] By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels.[9] Abandoning previous ventures, Nintendo developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company with a market value of over US$85 billion.[10] Nintendo of America is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team.[11] The name Nintendo can be roughly translated from Japanese to English as "leave luck to heaven History.
Hiroshi Yamauchi. Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内 溥, Yamauchi Hiroshi?
, November 7, 1927 – September 19, 2013) was a Japanese businessman. He was the third president of Nintendo, joining the company in 1949 until stepping down on May 31, 2002, to be succeeded by Satoru Iwata. Yamauchi is credited with transforming Nintendo from a small hanafuda card-making company in Japan to a multi-billion dollar video game company. He also became the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners baseball team in 1992; the current CEO of the Mariners is former Nintendo of America chairman Howard Lincoln. Early life[edit] Yamauchi was born in Kyoto, where he was sent to a preparatory school at age twelve. Nintendo career[edit] Early career[edit] In 1947, Yamauchi’s grandfather, the incumbent president of Nintendo, suffered a stroke.
He was the first to introduce the plastic Western playing card into the Japanese market. Upon his return to Japan, Yamauchi decided to diversify the company. Beginning of the electronics era[edit] Satoru Iwata. Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡, Iwata Satoru?
, born December 6, 1959) is the fourth president and CEO of Nintendo Co., Ltd., and CEO of Nintendo of America. When he worked as a programmer at HAL Laboratory in his early career he was considered to be a "genius programmer". He joined Nintendo in 2000, and succeeded Hiroshi Yamauchi as the company's president in May 2002. Barron's Magazine named Iwata one of the world's top CEOs, due mostly to the Wii sales, as well as Nintendo's increased stock price. He is the first Nintendo president who is unrelated to the Yamauchi family through blood or marriage.
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