Nintendo's Arcade History -

We’re joined by Mia Crystal Peppsi to talk about the history of Nintendo’s arcade games. From the early days to the success of Donkey Kong to the Mario Kart and F-Zero arcade entries, we cover it all. We also go over all the gaming and Nintendo news, too, including new Super Switch leaks, Embracer Group splitting into three distinct entities, controversies around Stellar Blade, why Samus isn’t in Fortnite, and much more. As always, we close with the games we’ve all been playing. Listen to Super Switch Headz on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you enjoy podcasts.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:08:27 News and Rumors
0:42:41 Nintendo’s Arcade History
1:34:04 Games We're Playing

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Arcade games discussed this episode:

Classic Era

16mm games - Laser Clay Shooting System - 1973 / Wild Gunman - 1974 - Sky Hawk - 1976
EVR Race (Nintendo refers to this as first game) - 1975
Breakout Clones - Block Fever - 1978 / Monkey Magic - 1979 / Bomb Bee-N - 1979
Sheriff - 1979
Heli Fire / Space Firebird / Radar Scope - 1980
Donkey Kong - 1981 / Donkey Kong Jr. - 1982 / Donkey Kong 3 - 1983
Sky Skipper - 1981
Popeye - 1982
Mario Bros. - 1983
Punch-Out!! - 1984 / Super Punch-Out!! - 1985 / Arm Wrestling - 1985
VS. Series (Arcade versions of NES games produced 1984-1990)

“Modern Era” (most of these are collabs)

Cruis’n USA - 1994 / Cruis’n World - 1996 / Cruis’n Exotica - 1999 (with Midway)
Killer Instinct - 1994 / Killer Instinct 2 - 1996 (with Rare)
F-Zero AX - 2003 (developed by Amusement Vision/distributed by SEGA)
Mario Kart Arcade GP - 2005 / Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 - 2006 (with Namco)
Rhythm Tengoku - 2007 (with SEGA - NAOMI cabinet)
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX - 2013 / Mario Kart Arcade GP VR - 2017 (Bandai Namco)
Luigi’s Mansion Arcade - 2015 (with Capcom)
Mario and Sonic and the Olympic Games Rio - 2016 / Tokyo - 2020 (SEGA)
Cruis’n Blast - 2016 (developed by Raw Thrills)
Star Fox Arcade (canceled, alongside Star Fox Assault, was to be developed by Namco)