Rom | Image | Name | Region | Downloads |
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Gauntlet - Dark Legacy |
Gauntlet - Dark Legacy | (US) | 2477 | |
Gladius |
Gladius | (US) | 1184 | |
Gotcha Force |
Gotcha Force | (US) | 1085 |
Since gaming consoles first come into the industry, Nintendo has been one of the leading brands that the consumers love to play with various video games. It is a Japanese multinational electronics and videogames company founded in the year 1889 where arcades are booming in different parts of the world as Nintendo Karuta by Fusajiro Yamauchi. The release of the Nintendo Entertainment System gained global recognition in 1985 and several years later, it is still considered as one of the top video game consoles in the market.
Their very first gaming console was distributed in 1977 named Color TV-Game was only released in Japan. It consists of four models: Color TV-Game 6, Color TV-Game 15, Block Breaker, and Racing 112. The series has the highest market sales in the history of the first-generation video games consoles and sold up to three (3) million units. It became so popular because of its compact design that allows users to feel like they are in the arcade themselves as they play the games. The system can be run by an AC adapter or on C batteries. The release of the series marks the first success of the brand Nintendo.
Before technology has been a big part of our everyday lives, Nintendo used to be in the toy business focusing on playing cards and other entertainment materials. Some of the most popular releases of the said brand are the Nintendo DS, Game Boy, Wii, and the Nintendo Switch. Even the ones that are not into the video game industry are familiar with the units. They also released some of the most popular games of all time including Mario, a very successful game that most of us loved, Kirby, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, and one of the most recent ones, Animal Crossing.
Nintendo is considered one of the most valuable companies in the industry of video games. They have several business partners including The Pokémon Company that garnered numerous awards in the past years. One of the first hand-held video game systems was developed in 1980 by Yokoi named the Game & Watch. They took inspiration from portable calculators and wanted to create an arcade-like experience that can fit within our hands. 59 games in total were made for the said system. It brought 43.4 million units sold to the company in its first production and became one of their most successful products.
Earlier in the 1980s, there was a major recession in the video game industry in the United States due to the low-quality games created by third-party developers. The proliferating of video games caused a crash in the industry in the year 1983. To avoid such a situation, Nintendo created a different approach for their American consumers. They released Famicon as an entertainment system named "Nintendo Entertainment System" that comes with compatible game packs to create a multi-use and versatile console and adapter. They also limited the games included in the purchase and allowed the users to pick the ones they are interested in to avoid oversaturation.
The system release in North America is a success and several games became one of the most popular games ever including Super Mario Bros. and the Legend of Zelda. They also included musical themes in the games to leave an impression on the users. The production lasted until the year 2003 and over 62 million units were sold all over the world.
Through the years, Nintendo has released a lot of units that proved them deserving to be at the top of the best consoles in the world. In early 2000, they started developing more convenient hand-held video game systems and improved home consoles with controllers that children mostly loved growing up. Nintendo GameCube was also released in the year 2001, along with the Game Boy Advance, and was an entry for the sixth generation of consoles. It is a home video game console that comes with an adapter and improved controllers. Optical discs serve as their storage medium and unlike the redesigned Famicon that you can use for playing DVDs and audio CDs, this unit mainly focused on gaming only. It gathered praises and positive remarks for its large-scale software library and quality games.
Some of the games exclusively included in the unit are the Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader and Luigi's Mansion which became very popular at the time. Unfortunately, the production of the said unit was discontinued in February of 2007 to focus on Wii and NDS, the successor of the console unit.
Thankfully, you can still play the exclusive games of the unit even without the console. You can now play it on PCs with the help of Nintendo GameCube ROMs and experience again the classic games like Mario Kart Double Dash, Need For Speed, Resident Evil, Legend of Zelda The Twilight Princess, and more! Find where your heart belongs and get an optimal gaming adventure without having the need for a console unit.