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Nintendo Koppai was originally founded as a card company by Fusajiro Yamauchi.
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The name of the company was changed to Nintendo Playing Card Co. Ltd.
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In 1959, actualy date unknown, Nintendo made a deal with Disney to have their characters on their playing cards.
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In 1963, actual date unknown, the company's name was changed from Nintendo Playing Card Co. Ltd. to Nintendo Co., Ltd.
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In 1970, actualy date unknown, maintenance engineer Gunpei Yokoi made "The Ultra Hand", which was the companys first big blockbuster and sold over one million products.
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A laser clay shooting system was invented. It was a rival to bowling at the time in Japan.
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With Mitsubishi Electric, Nintendo makes a video game system using an electronic video recording player.
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Nintendo of America is opened in New York City
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In 1981, date unknown, Donkey Kong was developed. The most popular video game at the time.
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This is when the first handheld game system was invented. The gameboy.
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In 1995, date unknown, Nintendo produced its one billionth game cartridge.
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This is when the Nintendo DS was first released.