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| Nintendo Mister Magician Coin & Stick (1975) |
A more sophisticated little magic set was created by Nintendo in 1975. It was called Mister Magician (ミスターマジシャン) Coin & Stick.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Nintendo Mister Magician Coin & Stick (ミスターマジシャン, 1975)
In the 1960s and early 70s, Nintendo produced a number of novelty games, like the Miracle Box (ミラクルボックス), Miracle Trump (ミラクルトランプ) and Rising Trump (ライジングトランプ). These all offered simple card-based tricks, and were a natural extension of Nintendo's cards dominated heritage.
A more sophisticated little magic set was created by Nintendo in 1975. It was called Mister Magician (ミスターマジシャン) Coin & Stick.
A more sophisticated little magic set was created by Nintendo in 1975. It was called Mister Magician (ミスターマジシャン) Coin & Stick.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Nintendo Color TV-Game 15 (カラー テレビゲーム 15, 1977)
When Nintendo entered the home video game market in Japan in 1977, they did so with two Pong based TV tennis games, co-developed with Mitsubishi: the Color TV-Game 6 and its bigger brother (sister?) Color TV-Game 15.
The circuitry inside TV-Game 6 and TV-Game 15 was very similar (their main chip was actually identical), but the latter came with detached controllers and provided more game options: fifteen to be precise (obviously).
Nintendo released two versions of TV-Game 15 (again, just like TV-Game 6).
The first release had an orange colored box and orange housing with a black base. It had product code CTG-15S.
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| Advertisement for TV-Game 6 and TV-Game 15 |
The circuitry inside TV-Game 6 and TV-Game 15 was very similar (their main chip was actually identical), but the latter came with detached controllers and provided more game options: fifteen to be precise (obviously).
Nintendo released two versions of TV-Game 15 (again, just like TV-Game 6).
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| Nintendo TV Game 15 CTG-15S Manual |
The first release had an orange colored box and orange housing with a black base. It had product code CTG-15S.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Upcoming posts - TV Game 15 and Nintendo board games
In the next days I will upload a post about the Color TV-Game 15 (which I noticed was still missing from the series overview).
I will also make a start documenting the wide range of Nintendo board games.
What would you like to see first?
I will also make a start documenting the wide range of Nintendo board games.
What would you like to see first?
Nintendo Space Launcher (スペースランチャー, 1979) - Leaflet
Nintendo was one of first Japanese companies creating electronic arcade games. Starting in this area as early as 1973 (compare: Atari's Pong saw the light of day in 1972), they initially focussed on arcade versions of light gun games, building on the technology of the Kousenjuu SP Light-beam series.
Despite Nintendo's first innovative steps, the Japanese company that was first to be really successful in the arcade was Taito.
When Taito introduced Space Invaders in the summer of 1978, this became phenomenally successful in Japan and across the world soon thereafter. It did not take long for Nintendo (and all other arcade game manufacturers, for that mater) to follow with their own interpretations of the 'shooting aliens' theme.
Nintendo's first response to Space Invaders was Space Fever, followed by Color Space Fever and SF-Hisplitter (all from 1979).
Despite Nintendo's first innovative steps, the Japanese company that was first to be really successful in the arcade was Taito.
When Taito introduced Space Invaders in the summer of 1978, this became phenomenally successful in Japan and across the world soon thereafter. It did not take long for Nintendo (and all other arcade game manufacturers, for that mater) to follow with their own interpretations of the 'shooting aliens' theme.
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| Nintendo Space Launcher leaflet (1979) |
Nintendo's first response to Space Invaders was Space Fever, followed by Color Space Fever and SF-Hisplitter (all from 1979).
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