Link Was Christian, and You Cannot Pretend Otherwise Let’s stop dancing around it. Link was Christian. That is not up for debate. And we are going to cover it all. The original Legend of Zelda on the NES flat-out called one of its items the Bible in Japan. The sprite shows a little book with a cross on the cover. The English manual swapped the name out for “Book of …
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When Nintendo Played Matchmaker Before it revolutionized video games, Nintendo dabbled in toys and novelties. One of the most infamous was the Love Tester, released in 1969. Designed by Gunpei Yokoi, the creator of later classics like the Game Boy, the Love Tester claimed to measure the romantic compatibility of two people through simple electronics. Each person would hold a sensor, clasp hands, and the device would give a score …
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A World Before Mods Were Mainstream Today modding feels inseparable from gaming. Entire communities thrive on places like Nexus Mods, and Steam Workshop makes adding fan content as simple as clicking a button. Bethesda titles like Skyrim or Fallout 4 are almost defined more by their mods than their base games. But long before modding became normalized and developer-supported, fans were already hacking away at their favorite titles. And they …
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A Nightmare on Elm Street and the Forgotten Era of 4-Player NES Gaming Multiplayer on the NES Was Limited When the Nintendo Entertainment System hit North America in 1985, multiplayer usually meant two players taking turns. Titles like Super Mario Bros. or The Legend of Zelda were primarily solo adventures, while Contra and Double Dragon II gave you that coveted two-player co-op. Four people on one NES? That was practically …
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When Nintendo Took Blockbuster to Court The Battle Over Rentals In the late 1980s Nintendo ruled the living room. The NES was in millions of homes, and kids flocked to local rental shops like Blockbuster to grab the latest cartridges for a weekend of gaming. But while game rentals exploded in popularity, Nintendo was far less enthusiastic. They worried that renting would cut into cartridge sales, since players could beat …
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A Bold but Bizarre Idea In 1995 Nintendo of America faced a challenge. They were preparing to launch EarthBound on the Super Nintendo, a quirky role playing game full of humor, offbeat enemies, and suburban satire. But how could they sell such an unusual RPG to an American audience that was not yet fully invested in the genre? Their answer was one of the strangest campaigns in gaming history. Nintendo …
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Most gamers have pulled an all-nighter to finish a campaign or grind out a boss, but one player took it to an entirely new level. In July 2015, Carrie Swidecki from Bakersfield, California set the official Guinness World Record for the longest video game marathon by playing Just Dance 2015 for a staggering 138 hours and 34 seconds straight. That is almost six full days of nonstop gaming. Swidecki was …
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When gamers think of iconic video game soundtracks, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 on the Sega Genesis often comes to mind. What many players do not know is that pop superstar Michael Jackson was secretly involved in composing parts of the soundtrack, a fact that remained unconfirmed for decades. In the early 1990s, Sega partnered with Michael Jackson to bring his musical talents to their blue mascot’s third adventure. Jackson, who …
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