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My brother gets Nintendo Official Magazine through the post on it's date of publishing and when I read it I thought, "Yay-more N64 games previewed and even a Pokémon Gold Review!"
I got reading all the reviews and previews and took a look at the "Club Mario" section, laughed at Cardiff boy thinking that Links Ocarina in Majora's Mask is the one Saria gives him in Ocarina of time....
Then I saw something which I thought I'd never ever see in Nintendo's own Magazine:
Sonic and other Sega games printed on a whole page with an article about them!
Even though I already knew about Sega working on Gamecube and Gameboy Advance titles I was still amazed to see it in writing in Nintendo's own magazine!
It's a piece of gaming history! One of the most important pieces of history since Shiguru Miyamoto made the first ever platform game!
That issue of Nintendo Official Magazine is one to keep in a very safe place cos I can guarantee you wont see official gaming news like that for a long, long time!
I got reading all the reviews and previews and took a look at the "Club Mario" section, laughed at Cardiff boy thinking that Links Ocarina in Majora's Mask is the one Saria gives him in Ocarina of time....
Then I saw something which I thought I'd never ever see in Nintendo's own Magazine:
Sonic and other Sega games printed on a whole page with an article about them!
Even though I already knew about Sega working on Gamecube and Gameboy Advance titles I was still amazed to see it in writing in Nintendo's own magazine!
It's a piece of gaming history! One of the most important pieces of history since Shiguru Miyamoto made the first ever platform game!
That issue of Nintendo Official Magazine is one to keep in a very safe place cos I can guarantee you wont see official gaming news like that for a long, long time!
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The first platform game was an arcade hit called....
Donkey Kong
Dunno when it was made though, however it's official (Ninty have said it in NOM and I think on NOA's site which are both official)
Donkey Kong
Dunno when it was made though, however it's official (Ninty have said it in NOM and I think on NOA's site which are both official)
released... 1981
There were a few platformers doing the rounds before then though huh?
There were a few platformers doing the rounds before then though huh?
I'm just going by what the officials say.
Maybe it was just made before any other platformer but not released til Nintendo were sure that platformers were gonna be successful.
Maybe it was just made before any other platformer but not released til Nintendo were sure that platformers were gonna be successful.
I'm just going by what the officials say.
Maybe it was just made before any other platformer but not released til Nintendo were sure that platformers were gonna be successful.
Maybe it was just made before any other platformer but not released til Nintendo were sure that platformers were gonna be successful.
Whoops, I'm posting my messages twice quite frequently!
First platformer by Nintendo?
Edgy wrote:
> Whoops, I'm posting my messages twice quite frequently!
Phew!... I thought I must have had WAY to much to drink tonight :)
> Whoops, I'm posting my messages twice quite frequently!
Phew!... I thought I must have had WAY to much to drink tonight :)
DK was definately the first platformer ever to hit the games market.....
Even though the Apple PC, Atari consoles, had been released a few years before?
Even the humble speccy was on its second model?
Even the humble speccy was on its second model?
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