Posted on October 13, 2025 Moving on to the second of the three launch games for the Famicom, Donkey Kong Jr. which was released on July 15, 1983. This was an arcade to home conversion of the 1982 sequel to the original Donkey Kong. Where Donkey Kong could be seen as somewhat of an old…

Posted on October 9, 2025 It’s been a while since I last made a post. My mistake was to spend too much time on researching gaming history and diving into all the facts or trying to verify specific information, like looking up the sources etc. This ate up so much time that I ended up…

Posted on July 4, 2025 The history of Nintendo goes all the way back to 1889 when a then 30-year-old Fusajirou Yamauchi opened a factory for handmade Hanafuda playing cards. These had seen increased demand after the gambling laws had been relaxed in 1885 by the Meiji government. However, these handmade card decks were very…

Posted on June 26, 2025 In the past few years, I have spent a lot of time playing and beating various games on the NES. The reason for that was me stumbling upon Nintendo Age during its final days and participating in the yearly NES challenge thread as well as the weekly NES competitions. I…