Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Nintendo is back?

Nintendo recently decided to restore some classic video games. Over 1,000 games that were made by Sega and Hudson Soft will return. A "Virtual Console" download service will make it possible to download old Ninetendo games such as Mario Brothers and Zelda.

Nintendo started as a small Japanese business by Fusajiro Yamuchi near the end of1889 as Nintendo Koppai. The name Nintendo roughly translates as "leave luck to heaven" or "in heaven's hands". Nintendo was not introduced to the American market until 1985, but has rapidly developed ever since. Super Nintendo followed Nintendo, and then N64 and Gamecube. The technology which once seemed so advanced is now something we are looking back upon and restoring.

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