SUPER MARIO

In 1981, Nintendo of America was a one-year-old business already on the brink of failure. Its president, Mino Arakawa, was stuck wit h two thousand unsold arcade cabinets for a dud of a game (Radar Scope). So he hatched a plan. Back in Japan, a boyish, shaggy-haire d staff artist named Shigeru Miyamoto designed a new game for the unsold cabinets featur-ing an angry gorilla and a small jumping ma n a plumber named Mario. n 1981, Nintendo of America was a one-year-old business already on the brink of failure. Its president, Mino Arakawa...[Read more]