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✅   45 Years Ago, Nintendo Was Just Getting Started

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They say idle hands are the devil’s playground. The implication is that when we’re not busy or distracted, we’ll get into trouble. If that’s true, then the devil must be awfully bored, because it’s hard to imagine anyone in the modern world going anywhere or doing anything without some sort of handheld digital distraction. From cell phones to Steam Decks to the Nintendo Switch 2, there’s no shortage of gadgets for un-idling our hands. This wasn’t always the case, though. Forty years ago, a chance encounter on a Japanese commuter train revolutionized our games, and our culture, forever.

Inverse     Apr 28, 2025