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3. FACTS ABOUT NINTENDO’S MARIO SERIES
 Mario was created by the Nintendo’s
Japanese video game designer, Shigeru
Miyamoto and is the best selling video
game franchise of all time.
 The character (Mario) first debuted as
“Jumpman” in the arcade game Donkey Kong
on July 9, 1981
 Mario in this game is a carpenter who has a
pet ape named Donkey Kong, who later
escapes and kidnaps Jumpman’s girlfriend

5. THE FIRST COIN OPERATED VIDEO GAMES
 Arcade games or coin operated video games
are usually installed in public business
premises, such as restaurants, bars, and
particularly amusement arcades.
 The first coin operated pinball machines
emerged in 1930’s however the golden era
for coin operated video games started in the
late 1970s to the mid-1990s.

7. THE SONY PLAYSTATION
 The Sony PlayStation was originally brought
as a CD add-on to the Super Nintendo (a
partnership between Nintendo and Sony).
 But Sony later decided to develop the
PlayStation as a complete gaming console of its
own after it started facing problems with
licensing.
 The original PlayStation was released
on December 3, 1994. The PlayStation, was the
first video game console to ship 100 million
units within 9 years and 6 months after its initial
launch.

9. GAME CONTROLLER OR INPUT DEVICES FOR
VIDEO GAMES
 A game controller is a device to control the
game by providing inputs to control the
character or an object in the game.
 The earlier primary input for video games
has been handheld controllers and since
then it has evolved to cameras to detect
motions , speakers or microphones for voice
commands touch screens and more.

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