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Kōji Kondō
Japanese Music Composer
Kōji Kondō is a Japanese music composer, pianist, and sound director at Nintendo. Kondō is one of the most famous and accomplished video game music composers in the history of the industry. Best known for composing some of the most well-known music from the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.
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The Simpsons Arcade Game
popular arcade side-scrolling beat 'em up
The Simpsons Arcade Game is a side-scrolling beat ‘em up video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. Based on the television animated series The Simpsons, the game was released in North American arcades on March 4, 1991 midway through the second season of the television show.
Released in arcades only under the title “The Simpsons” the game was rebranded as “The Simpsons Arcade Game” when it was ported to the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS later in the year. This was done to both inform customers that the game was a port of the Arcade game and to distinguish it from other Simpsons games on the market as well as in development.
This Week In Gaming
Events That Took Place On August 7th | ||||
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35 Years Ago | ![]() | Rad Racer (Japan) | Famicom | 1987 |
30 Years Ago | ![]() | Snatcher: The Pilot Disk | PC Engine Super CD-ROM² | 1992 |
25 Years Ago | ![]() | Metal Slug | PlayStation | 1997 |
Events That Took Place On August 8th | ||||
39 Years Ago | ![]() | Universal City Studios vs. Nintendo Lawsuit | Decision In Favour of Nintendo | 1983 |
29 Years Ago | ![]() | Top Gear 2 | Super Nintendo | 1993 |
16 Years Ago | ![]() | Dead Rising | Xbox 360 | 2006 |
9 Years Ago | ![]() | SteamWorld Dig | Nintendo 3DS | 2013 |
Events That Took Place On August 9th | ||||
32 Years Ago | ![]() | Super Monaco GP (Japan) | Mega Drive | 1990 |
31 Years Ago | ![]() | Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge | Game Boy | 1991 |
31 Years Ago | ![]() | OutRun (Japan) | Mega Drive | 1991 |
26 Years Ago | ![]() | Harvest Moon (Japan) | Super Famicom | 1996 |
22 Years Ago | ![]() | Seaman | Dreamcast | 2000 |
Events That Took Place On August 10th | ||||
88 Years Ago | ![]() | Birth of Hiroshi Ikeda | Producer | 1934 |
28 Years Ago | ![]() | Breath of Fire | Super Nintendo | 1994 |
23 Years Ago | ![]() | Mario Golf (Japan) | Game Boy Color | 1999 |
Events That Took Place On August 11th | ||||
57 Years Ago | ![]() | Birth of Shinji Mikami | Director Producer | 1965 |
31 Years Ago | ![]() | The Simpsons Arcade Game (Japan) | Arcade | 1991 |
27 Years Ago | ![]() | Chrono Trigger | Super Nintendo | 1995 |
24 Years Ago | ![]() | WWF War Zone | Nintendo 64 | 1998 |
22 Years Ago | ![]() | Paper Mario (Japan) | Nintendo 64 | 2000 |
9 Years Ago | ![]() | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team | 3DS | 2013 |
Events That Took Place On August 12th | ||||
34 Years Ago | ![]() | Famicom Wars (Japan) | Famicom | 1988 |
34 Years Ago | ![]() | The Adventures of Bayou Billy (Japan) | Famicom | 1988 |
8 Years Ago | ![]() | P.T. | PlayStation 4 | 2014 |
Events That Took Place On August 13th | ||||
61 Years Ago | ![]() | Birth of Kōji Kondō | Composer | 1961 |
18 Years Ago | ![]() | Doom 3 (Europe) | PC | 2004 |
9 Years Ago | ![]() | Payday 2 | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 PC | 2013 |