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Super Rare Sony SNES CD-ROM Controller on eBay Again, Still Looks Uncomfortable [Gaming]...controller that never got released. Before the PlayStation, Sony and Nintendo teamed up to create a CD-ROM add-on to compete with Sega, who was experimenting with their own (destined for failure) add-on. This would have been the controller... In this article: EBay, Sony, Nintendo, Sega, PlayStation, Cd-rom, and Sega CD |
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
Hotel Mario
...been spoofed on YouTube and other video sharing web sites. In May 1991, Philips agreed to Nintendo's request to develop a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was also decided that upcoming CD-based Nintendo games...
In this article: Hotel Mario, Mario, Mario, CD-i, Luigi, Bowser, Princess Toadstool, and Philips
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
...players around the country. During the SNES's life, Nintendo contracted with two different companies to develop a CD-ROM-based peripheral for the console to compete with Sega's CD-ROM based addon, Sega CD. Ultimately, negotiations with...
In this article: Sega, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Zsnes, Snes9x, Cd-rom, F-Zero, and Donkey Kong Country
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Kotaku | April 24, 2009
Edge Explores The Genesis Of The PlayStation [History]
...post to another site The history of Sony's original PlayStation is largely well known to gamers, born of a disagreement with Nintendo, who it once partnered with to provide a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. That disagreement, which...
In this article: PlayStation, Sony, Cd-rom Drive, Tekken, Sega, Norio Ohga, Ken Kutaragi, Phil Harrison, and Super Nintendo
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Life123 | August 19, 2009
A Brief PlayStation History
...the PlayStation was born. Nintendo resisted the release of a CD-ROM based video game console, but the PlayStation was a widely popular video game system and ultimately led to the demise of cartridge-based systems. The PS One and PS2 emerge...
In this article: PlayStation, Sony, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Cd-rom, Blu-ray, and PlayStation Portable
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PlayStation
...developed by Sony and Philips. Nintendo had later declined Phillips. Nintendo approached Sony to develop a CD-ROM add-on, tentatively titled the "SNES-CD". A contract was signed, and work began. Nintendo's choice of Sony was due to a...
In this article: PlayStation, Sony, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Philips, Metal Gear Solid, Injunction, Cd-rom, and Square
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History of Nintendo
...Sega CD, Nintendo terminated the contract and went with Philips. Nintendo announced their alliance with Philips at the same conference that Sony announced their CD-ROM drive. Nothing happened about the add-on drive in regard to the SNES, but...
In this article: Gunpei Yokoi, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo 64, Sony, Japan, Sega, Sekiryo Kaneda, Atari, and Europe
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Ars Technica | September 14, 2007
We come not to bury Kutaragi, but to praise him
...as a maverick is well-earned. After Nintendo snubbed Sony while they were working on a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Famicom, the betrayal caused Sony to launch their own system: the PlayStation. The disc-based system took off and...
In this article: Sony, Ken Kutaragi, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, DVD, Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and Filed
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Portal:Sony PlayStation/Selected article/5
...data, allowing all to be accessed simultaneously) came out, Nintendo was interested. CD-ROM/XA was being simultaneously developed by Sony and Philips. Nintendo approached Sony to develop a CD-ROM add-on, tentatively titled the "SNES-CD".
In this article: PlayStation, Cd-rom, Sony, DVD, Sony Computer Entertainment, PocketStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 3
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Who Invented PlayStation?
...of unlikely circumstances. Sony and Nintendo: an unlikely partnership. In 1988, Sony and Nintendo were working together to develop a protocol called the Super Disc. The two companies were working together to develop a CD-ROM based system,...
In this article: PlayStation, Sony Corporation, Ken Kutaragi, Wii, PlayStation 3, Sony Music, and Revenue
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Nintendo Company Ltd. is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel. Eventually, Nintendo developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company, with a market value of over US$85 billion. In 2007, Nintendo ranked eighth on the list of largest software companies in the world. Besides video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. According to Nintendo's Touch! Generations website, the name "Nintendo" translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven". As of October 2, 2008, Nintendo has sold over 470 million hardware units and 2.7 billion software units.
- Name:
- 任天堂株式会社
- Type:
- Public
- Location:
- Kyoto, Japan
- Founded:
- September 23, 1889
- Industry:
- Card games (previously)
- Video games
- Key People:
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- Minoru Arakawa: Former head of NOA
- Satoru Shibata: President of NOE
- Gunpei Yokoi (deceased): Creator of Game Boy, Game & Watch and Metroid video game series
- Shigeru Miyamoto: Game Designer
- Satoru Iwata: President and CEO
- Conrad Abbott: President of NOC
- Hiroshi Yamauchi: Former President and Chairman
- Reggie Fils-Aime: President and COO of NOA
- Rose Lappin: Managing Director of Nintendo Australia
- Products:
- Game Boy line, Color TV Game, NES, SNES, Virtual Boy, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii and various video games
- Revenue:
- ¥1.672 trillion (2008)
- Operating Income:
- ¥487.22 billion (2008)
- Net Income:
- ¥257.342 billion (2008)
- Assets:
- ¥1.8 trillion (2008)
- No. of Employees:
- 3,768 (2008)
- Market Cap:
- ¥4.7813 trillion (2008)
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