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A missing slice of pizza inspired Namco's Toru Iwatani to create Pac-Man. It was the first arcade hit to appear on a home console. Ms. Pac-Man became the best-selling arcade game of all time to strike a blow for gender equality.
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Shigeru Miyamoto created the character, Mario who was featured in Nintendo Donkey Kong and became the star of a later game by Nintendo.
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Disney tapped into the video game craze by releasing the movie, Tron and an arcade game featured many of the contests from the movie and became a hit.
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M.U.L.E was created by Dan Bunten, a game in which players compete to gather the most resources while saving their colony on the planet of Irata.
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Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris, a puzzle game in which Nintendo bundles it with every new Game Boy.
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The Nintendo Corporation released it as Famicom in Japan two years before reviving an ailing United States video game industry.
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Releasing Reader Rabbit Program made the emerging educational software market leap ahead with the introduction of The Learning Company.
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Shigeru Miyamoto created the game and SSI wins the video game license for Dungeons and Dragon and the game, Leisure Suit Larry created by Sierra gives players a different kind of adult role in the game.
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John Madden Football introduced gridiron realism to computer games and made this game and many console sequels perennial best sellers.
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It popularized handheld gaming and It charmed users with its good game play, ease of use, and long battery life.