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TIL Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company in Kyoto, Japan. They made traditional Japanese 'hanafuda' cards and didn't start making video games until the 1970s.

Sept. 23, 1889: Success Is in the Cards for Nintendo

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Is there anybody out there really thinking Nintendo was making video games in the 1800's?
- Saddly im sure there are.
Oh.....Nintendo has QUITE the colorful past. Heh.
Wait until you read about the 60s....
- Is that around the time they were supposedly managing love hotels?
  
  Shhhhhh, I specifically didn't say that so he'd actually research it, and be like "They did WHAT???"
  Don't spoil it!
Surely by now this is one of Nintendo’s most well known facts?
- I don’t know and don’t call me Shirley.
  
  Edit: For those who don’t know the history:
They also have a history with gambling that they really want you to forget.
Now I just need a new game about Mario saving his brother
- From court
I still play with Nintendo hanafuda several times a week!
No one started making video games til the 70s
Wait, they weren't making video games in 1889? Huh
- It would have been really hard with the technology of that era. They barely had the electricity, let alone the "video" part.
  
  It was the style at the time
TIL I've read my last complimentary article.
video was not even a decade old, and still all on film. Makes sense that they waited until the tech was more mature before trying to use it for games

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