Title: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TL on June 25, 2013, 22:43:09 PM
Post by: TL on June 25, 2013, 22:43:09 PM
[align=center:1eh7q21e]Weird Retro Video Games: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles (//http)[/align:1eh7q21e]
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: DreamcastRIP on June 26, 2013, 01:46:56 AM
Post by: DreamcastRIP on June 26, 2013, 01:46:56 AM
Good to see he actually knew that it wasn't Nintendo who made Pong and Breakout!
Here's an original Japanese TV commercial for one of Ninty's Color TV dedicated consoles -
Nintendo Color TV Game Commercial (//http)
Here's an original Japanese TV commercial for one of Ninty's Color TV dedicated consoles -
Nintendo Color TV Game Commercial (//http)
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TrekMD on June 26, 2013, 22:13:55 PM
Post by: TrekMD on June 26, 2013, 22:13:55 PM
That's pretty cool. I was never aware of any of these Nintendo consoles from the 70's.
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TL on June 28, 2013, 19:31:42 PM
Post by: TL on June 28, 2013, 19:31:42 PM
They certainly ripped off Atari a lot in their early years!
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: zapiy on June 28, 2013, 20:51:26 PM
Post by: zapiy on June 28, 2013, 20:51:26 PM
Me neither. Great stuff fella.
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: DreamcastRIP on June 28, 2013, 21:24:41 PM
Post by: DreamcastRIP on June 28, 2013, 21:24:41 PM
Quote from: "The Laird"They certainly ripped off Atari a lot in their early years!
Indeed they did. Games copied from another company and the hardware was co-developed by Mitsubishi Electronic. Not seeing much that's 'amazing' and 'innovative' there, lol!
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TL on July 04, 2013, 18:34:30 PM
Post by: TL on July 04, 2013, 18:34:30 PM
[align=center:32psvnmg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8Wtf2-61u_Q/TY8DePsaU3I/AAAAAAAAAeU/Q_pggbGy69Y/s400/ultramachine_04.JPG)[/align:32psvnmg]
[align=center:32psvnmg]I came across THIS BLOG (//http) all about old Nintendo [s:32psvnmg]crap[/s:32psvnmg] stuff.[/align:32psvnmg]
[align=center:32psvnmg]I came across THIS BLOG (//http) all about old Nintendo [s:32psvnmg]crap[/s:32psvnmg] stuff.[/align:32psvnmg]
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TrekMD on July 05, 2013, 00:08:06 AM
Post by: TrekMD on July 05, 2013, 00:08:06 AM
Well, that thing was launched the year I was born!
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: Shadowrunner on July 05, 2013, 22:17:00 PM
Post by: Shadowrunner on July 05, 2013, 22:17:00 PM
Quote from: "TrekMD"Well, that thing was launched the year I was born!
Now that's old! :20:
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TrekMD on July 06, 2013, 03:52:05 AM
Post by: TrekMD on July 06, 2013, 03:52:05 AM
Quote from: "Shadowrunner"Quote from: "TrekMD"Well, that thing was launched the year I was born!
Now that's old! :20:
Show some respect to your elders!Â
As my grandmother says, "Where you see yourself, I saw myself and where you see me, you'll see yourself."
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: DreamcastRIP on July 06, 2013, 13:02:52 PM
Post by: DreamcastRIP on July 06, 2013, 13:02:52 PM
TrekMD & Shadowrunner -
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/StatlerAndWaldorf.jpg/250px-StatlerAndWaldorf.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/StatlerAndWaldorf.jpg/250px-StatlerAndWaldorf.jpg)
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: Gorf on July 06, 2013, 14:13:09 PM
Post by: Gorf on July 06, 2013, 14:13:09 PM
Quote from: "The Laird"They certainly ripped off Atari a lot in their early years!
One good deed deserves another.....it's not like Atari didn't steal pong from Ralph Baer. :13: ...what the hell is happening to me?)Â
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TrekMD on July 06, 2013, 15:04:08 PM
Post by: TrekMD on July 06, 2013, 15:04:08 PM
Quote from: "Gorf"Quote from: "The Laird"They certainly ripped off Atari a lot in their early years!
One good deed deserves another.....it's not like Atari didn't steal pong from Ralph Baer. :13: ...what the hell is happening to me?) :24:
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: Shadowrunner on July 06, 2013, 17:22:30 PM
Post by: Shadowrunner on July 06, 2013, 17:22:30 PM
Quote from: "DreamcastRIP"TrekMD & Shadowrunner -
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/StatlerAndWaldorf.jpg/250px-StatlerAndWaldorf.jpg)
:21: You can't be too far behind
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: DreamcastRIP on July 06, 2013, 18:35:51 PM
Post by: DreamcastRIP on July 06, 2013, 18:35:51 PM
Quote from: "Shadowrunner"Quote from: "DreamcastRIP"TrekMD & Shadowrunner -
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/StatlerAndWaldorf.jpg/250px-StatlerAndWaldorf.jpg)
:21: You can't be too far behind :21:
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: Gorf on July 12, 2013, 00:57:43 AM
Post by: Gorf on July 12, 2013, 00:57:43 AM
Hey...where did you guys get that photo of me? 
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TL on December 11, 2013, 23:22:17 PM
Post by: TL on December 11, 2013, 23:22:17 PM
[align=center:3977p7jh]Another classic Japanese advert for the Color TV Game
Nintendo Color TV Game 6 & 15 [1978] - Rare Early Nintendo Game Systems - Nintendo Color TV Game (//http)[/align:3977p7jh]
Nintendo Color TV Game 6 & 15 [1978] - Rare Early Nintendo Game Systems - Nintendo Color TV Game (//http)[/align:3977p7jh]
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TrekMD on December 11, 2013, 23:33:15 PM
Post by: TrekMD on December 11, 2013, 23:33:15 PM
No clue of what was being said but that variation on Pong looks interesting.
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: davyk on December 12, 2013, 22:50:40 PM
Post by: davyk on December 12, 2013, 22:50:40 PM
In the 70s (probably earlier too) Nintendo made some incredibly cool stuff (some of it licensed from people like MB - but lots of things were their own developments). Duck Hunt for example is a video game version of a mechanical gun game they made that projected ducks onto your wall to shoot at
http://blog.beforemario.com/2012/09/nintendo-kousenjuu-duck-hunt-1976.html (//http)
....video games are only the latest thing for them - a company that started in the 1890s. The death of Gunpei Yokoi (Gameboy, Metroid - but inventor of many mechanical games back in the day) was a huge loss to the industry.
http://blog.beforemario.com/p/list-of-toys-and-games.html (//http)
There are plenty of links on youtube showing some of their early stuff. Here's just one:
Nintendo Museum Feature: Part One - The Toy Era (//http)
http://blog.beforemario.com/2012/09/nintendo-kousenjuu-duck-hunt-1976.html (//http)
....video games are only the latest thing for them - a company that started in the 1890s. The death of Gunpei Yokoi (Gameboy, Metroid - but inventor of many mechanical games back in the day) was a huge loss to the industry.
http://blog.beforemario.com/p/list-of-toys-and-games.html (//http)
There are plenty of links on youtube showing some of their early stuff. Here's just one:
Nintendo Museum Feature: Part One - The Toy Era (//http)
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: TrekMD on December 13, 2013, 01:44:09 AM
Post by: TrekMD on December 13, 2013, 01:44:09 AM
Pretty cool stuff. I never knew that Duck Hunt was a mechanical game before Nintendo created the video game version.Â
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: Gorf on December 14, 2013, 14:54:48 PM
Post by: Gorf on December 14, 2013, 14:54:48 PM
Ah but yes...how the mighty have fallen!
Title: Re: Nintendo's Early & Obscure Consoles
Post by: davyk on December 14, 2013, 17:03:17 PM
Post by: davyk on December 14, 2013, 17:03:17 PM
eh?