The face of gaming hits the big 2-5 today.
By
BafflingBeerMan,
Posted on: 2010-09-13 03:41 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Yup, Happy Birthday Super Mario Brothers! ^_^
I remember the days as a kid playing the first game, and then talking with friends about strategies and tips on playing it.
There's also a Nintendo UK video about the occasion, I've embedded it here. It's the second video.
And of course, Japan is celebrating with a 25th Anniversary website, where the video from Kotaku came from. If you can understand Japanese, check it out here.
I think Pong is 40.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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Pong doesn't have a face though (or an enormous marketing campaign trumpeting the fact that today is its birthday, and incidentally did you know there's a new one out?)
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Originally Posted by SwellGuy
I think Pong is 40.
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Not to mention the date being innacurate as he first appeared in the Donkey Kong arcade game back in 1981 
Still, alongside Sonic the Hedgehog and, arguably, characters such as the Street Fighter gang, Lara Croft, Snake and more, he truly is the icon of gaming
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Pacman is 30. Although maybe he's just the mouth of gaming.
A mere 25 years? That's nothing...
The first versions of Spacewar! were developed as far back as the early 60s. 
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Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan on September 19 1985. The North America release didn't happen until March.
Now will be a good time for Nintendo to release Mario All-Stars for the Wii to US too.
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