Nintendo developed in 1982, by Yokoi for a "Donkey Kong" version. Proven to be popular, the design was patented by Nintendo. It later earned a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award. In 1983, Nintendo launched the Family Computer (colloquialised as "Famicom") home video game console in Japan, alongside ports of its most popular arcade games. In 1985, a cosmetically reworked version of the system known outside Japan as the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES, launched in North America. The practice of bundling the system along with select games helped to make "Super Mario Bros." one of the best-selling video games in history.
Hamtaro (video game series) Hamtaro (video game series) Hamtaro is a series of video games based on the "Hamtaro" anime series. "Tottoko Hamtaro: Tomodachi Daisakusen Dechu" (とっとこハム太郎: ともだち大作戦でちゅ) was released in Japan for the Game Boy Color in 2000. It was the ninth best selling game on the Game Boy Color platform in Japan, with 343,950 copies sold. is a Hamtaro adventure video game developed by Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color handheld video game console. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 2001, and was later released in North America on October 28, 2002, and in