Jul 19 2008
Nintendo 1988 Inside Edition TV news report with Super Mario
I missed out on the first Nintendo craze because I was a “tweener.” The Atari 2600 was my first video game in the early 80s, and then following that, I got into the Commodore 64 scene. I even took my Commodore with me to college, and that lasted me until 1990 when I purchased my first computer — a 486 running Windows 3.1 with 8 MB of RAM and a 40 MB hard drive. (I remember someone exclaiming, “Good grief! Why would anyone need such a powerful computer?” Ha!)
So I really didn’t know much about game consoles beyond the Atari. The whole Nintendo scene pretty much passed me by entirely… and then, in November, 2006, we purchased a Wii (just ahead of the craze), and so now I’m catching up with all the nostalgia surrounding Nintendo and their great lineup of characters.
This 1988 Inside Edition story is great stuff. Blahst from the pasht, mahn!