20 years ago, on August 11, 2020, Paper Mario hopped onto the N64 and onto store shelves after four years of development time. In celebration of Paper Mario’s 20 year anniversary, this is a history behind this spin-off series.
Atari has acquired Intellivision. The company announced today that it had acquired its long-time rival, ending one of the original console rivalries, dating back to the 1970s.
Wow.... two of my earliest gaming platforms. All they need is Coleco to round things out.
This is like Nintendo buying SEGA.
YES! Colecovision was my start! I came to know Mario there in Donkey Kong before the NES was even a thing. :)
Good piece of history here.
edit: I wanted to read it but the cookies pop up is stopping me.
This was just before my time. I do remember my mom's friend having one all dusty in her apartment back in the day.
[R.I.P.} Ms. Irene
People forget that console wars are part of the history of this industry. The console wars were started by competitive companies all the way back then and continued through Sega vs Nintendo, Jaguar/3DO/NeonGeo, and PlayStation vs Nintendo and Xbox.
These companies are across oceans and competing for the same business. These companies created the console wars, not crazy fanboys.
I had both. Snafu on Intellivision was addicting as hell. Also had Colecovision which had Time Pilot. Combat was probably my favorite Atari game and both Atari and Intellivision had similar games like Pitfall and Jungle Hunt. It’s been so long I don’t really remember which game I liked bettter out of those but I did play my Intellivision a bit more than Atari though I’m not sure why besides Snafu. That was 40+ years ago damn I’m old lol
The SNES and Game Boy physical copies of Straynus’ spiritual successor to Maniac Mansion, Cronela’s Mansion, have been revealed.
The Nintendo 64 marked a golden era for racing games, featuring numerous classics and some obscure hidden gems.
the issue i personally have, is that Mario kart is literally the only one that does it for me and i cant play any "realistic" racing karts anymore haha.
altough, i fking loved Blur
look, im biased, i think Snowboard kids is absoutely amazing and Diddy Kong racing is a close 2nd. Mario kart is good and all but falls short when compared to those two
Is it 2040 already?
I only played the one on wiiu.. I think this series is dead boring and lacks pacing.. Color Splash is so slow, I had to play through it with my 2 year old. I saw switch videos felt like exact same flaws