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Hiroshi Yamauchi
President that transitioned Nintendo into video game development
Hiroshi Yamauchi was a Japanese businessman who has served more than half a century as the president of Nintendo. Nintendo was founded by Yamauchi’s great-grandfather as a playing-card manufacturer where he became Nintendo’s third president. After Yamauchi assumed control of Nintendo, he expanded the company’s offering to toys and other novelties, a move that provided modest success for the firm.
As video games became increasingly popular in the late 1970’s, Yamauchi ushered Nintendo into the emerging video game market. Nintendo soon became a household name around the globe, with the introduction of the Family Computer in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America where they dominated the home console market throughout the 1980’s and early 90’s.
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Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Video game adaptation of comic book series
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is a first-person shooter video game developed by Iguana Entertainment and published by Acclaim for the Nintendo 64. The game was based on the 1992 revamp of the Turok comic book series by Valiant Comics. In 1994 Acclaim Entertainment acquired Valiant Comics’ parent company Voyager Communications and began creating numerous games based on Valiant properties such as Shadow Man, Iron Man and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.
The video game adaptation of the comic book places players in control of Tal’Set (Turok), a Native American time-traveling warrior. The title and responsibilities of Turok is passed down every generation to the eldest male who is in charge of protecting the barrier between Earth and the Lost Land, a primitive world that is inhabited by dinosaurs.
This Week In Gaming
Events That Took Place On May 28th | ||||
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31 Years Ago | ![]() | Kid Chameleon | Genesis | 1992 |
23 Years Ago | ![]() | Bomberman 64: The Second Attack! | Nintendo 64 | 2000 |
22 Years Ago | ![]() | Crazy Taxi 2 | Dreamcast | 2001 |
Events That Took Place On May 29th | ||||
41 Years Ago | ![]() | Pac-Man Fever (Album) | Reaches it’s peaks on Billboard | 1982 |
21 Years Ago | ![]() | Metal of Honor Frontline | PlayStation 2 | 2002 |
16 Years Ago | ![]() | Mario Party 8 | Wii | 2007 |
9 Years Ago | ![]() | Mario Kart 8 (Japan) | Wii U | 2014 |
8 Years Ago | ![]() | Splatoon | Wii U | 2015 |
Events That Took Place On May 30th | ||||
26 Years Ago | ![]() | Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (Japan) | Nintendo 64 | 1997 |
22 Years Ago | ![]() | Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 | Game Boy Advance | 2001 |
20 Years Ago | ![]() | Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection | PlayStation 2 | 2003 |
14 Years Ago | ![]() | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Japan) | Nintendo DS | 2009 |
Events That Took Place On May 31st | ||||
25 Years Ago | ![]() | Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. | Nintendo 64 | 1998 |
21 Years Ago | ![]() | Hiroshi Yamauchi Retires | 3rd President of Nintendo | 2002 |
21 Years Ago | ![]() | Satoru Iwata Appoint President of Nintendo | 4th President of Nintendo | 2002 |
Events That Took Place On June 1st | ||||
46 Years Ago | ![]() | Color TV-Game 6 | Console Launch | 1977 |
58 Years Ago | ![]() | Birth of Hiroyuki Kimura | Game Designer & Producer | 1965 |
32 Years Ago | ![]() | Battletoads | Nintendo Entertainment System | 1991 |
25 Years Ago | ![]() | Game Boy Camera | Camera Add-on | 1998 |
Events That Took Place On June 2nd | ||||
35 Years Ago | ![]() | Altered Beast | Arcade | 1988 |
34 Years Ago | ![]() | Mega Man 2 | Nintendo Entertainment System | 1989 |
34 Years Ago | ![]() | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Nintendo Entertainment System | 1989 |
29 Years Ago | ![]() | Top Gear 2 | Genesis | 1994 |
Events That Took Place On June 3rd | ||||
63 Years Ago | ![]() | Sega (Service Games) | Founded | 1960 |
37 Years Ago | ![]() | Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels (Japan) | Famicom Disk System | 1986 |
24 Years Ago | ![]() | WWF Attitude | PlayStation | 1999 |
21 Years Ago | ![]() | Resident Evil Gaiden | Game Boy Color | 2002 |
3 Years Ago | ![]() | Game Gear Micro | Console Reveal | 2020 |