Since then the video gaming world has evolved so much to see\u00a0eight generations of video game consoles passing by with the latest\u00a0generation including Nintendo’s “Wii U”, Microsoft’s “Xbox One”, and Sony’s “PlayStation 4”.<\/p>\n
Interesting Video game Facts and fun trivia-<\/h2>\n1. Facts about\u00a0Nintendo’s Mario Series- best fun game to play<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"donkey](\"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/donkey-kong-mario.jpg\")
<\/a>Image: DonkeyKong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDid you know this video game fact that M![\"\"](\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/3\/36\/MarioSMBWalk.gif\")
ario was created by the\u00a0Nintendo’s Japanese video game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto and is the best selling video game\u00a0franchise of all time?<\/p>\n
The character (Mario) first debuted as “Jumpman” in the arcade game Donkey Kong on July 9, 1981.<\/p>\n
Mario in this game is a carpenter who has a pet ape named Donkey Kong, who later escapes and kidnaps Jumpman’s girlfriend. the game is all about to take the role of jumpman and to rescue the girl.<\/p>\n
The character was later on renamed as Mr. Video Game and finally as Mario on the name of the landlord of Nintendo\u2019s first warehouse Mr. Mario Segale. whats the best fun trivia about the Mario series game is that the character Mario has been present in more than 200 games.<\/p>\n
2.<\/strong>\u00a0The first coin operated video games![\"arcade](\"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1108984894.jpg\")
<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\nArcade games or coin operated video games are usually installed in public business premises, such as restaurants, bars, and particularly amusement arcades.<\/p>\n
The first coin-operated pinball machines emerged in the 1930’s, however, the golden era for coin-operated video games started in\u00a0the late 1970s to the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n
Space Invaders, Galaxian, Pac-Man, Battlezone, Defender, and Bosconian were few of the most popular Arcade games of all times.<\/p>\n
Gamers loved to play these games with too much fun.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Game Controller or Input devices for Video Games\u00a0![\"game](\"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Joystick_-_Microsoft_Sidewinder_3D_Pro.jpg\")
<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nA game controller is a device to control the game by providing inputs to control the character or an object in the game.<\/p>\n
The earlier primary input for video games has been handheld\u00a0controllers and since then it has evolved to cameras to detect motions, speakers or microphones for voice commands touch screens and more.<\/p>\n
The addition of Game controller made it lots of fun to play video games.<\/p>\n
4. The Sony PlayStation<\/strong>![\"sony](\"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1376859098067_168x168.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h3>\nThe Sony PlayStation was originally\u00a0brought as\u00a0a CD add-on to the Super Nintendo (a partnership between Nintendo and Sony).<\/p>\n
But Sony later decided to\u00a0develop the playstation as a complete gaming console of its own after it started facing problems with licensing.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia-<\/strong> The original PlayStation was released on\u00a0December 3, 1994. The PlayStation was the first video game console to ship 100 million units within 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch.<\/p>\n5. Cheating in Video Games using cheatcodes<\/strong><\/h3>\nCheatcodes, yes its a fact that they have existed in video games for almost their entire history. Cheat codes usually provide an advantage to the gamer providing ease in the game.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia-<\/strong> The first cheat codes were put in place for playtesting purposes. Playtesters had to rigorously test the mechanics of a game and introduced cheat codes to make this process easier.<\/p>\n6. Rovio’s Angry birds![\"Rovio's](\"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/RedBird.png\")
<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nRovio’s Angry Birds mobile video game\u00a0took only 35 days<\/a> to do what telephone took 75 years, the Internet took 4 years and Facebook 3.5 Years in order to reach\u00a050 million users. Did you know about this video game trivia?<\/p>\nThe game was first released for Apple’s iOS devices in December 2009 and since\u00a0October 2010, 12 million copies of the game were purchased from Apple’s App Store.<\/p>\n
The game was later released for Android, Symbian, Windows platform, gaming consoles, and PCs.<\/p>\n
The original Angry Birds has been called “one of the most mainstream video games out right now”, “one of the great runaway hits of 2010”, and “the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far”.<\/p>\n
7. Pac-Man![\"pac](\"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/220px-Pac-man.png\")
<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/5\/5f\/Pacman.gif\")
Pac-Man is an arcade video game created by Namco and was released\u00a0in Japan on May 22, 1980.<\/p>\n
Toru Iwatani the man who developed\u00a0Pac-Man earlier said that the idea about this game came into his mind while he was eating a pizza. he\u00a0repeatedly stated that the character’s shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia about this video game is that this was only the half fact and the character design\u00a0was also inspired by\u00a0the Japanese character for mouth, Kuchi, which Toru later confirmed.<\/p>\n
8. Nintendo’s Gameboy<\/strong><\/h3>\nNintendo’s Gameboy sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is the worlds most successful game system ever. little known video game trivia? Right!<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Konami code\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nKonami code or the gamers code is a set of cheat code which is present in most of the ![\"Untitled\"](\"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Untitled17.png\")
Konami video games and some other games too.<\/p>\n
The code was first released in 1986 with shooting games of Konami however it gained popularity by the Nintendo Entertainment System version of contra named as\u00a0“Contra Code” and “30 Lives Code”, the code provided a full set of power-ups to the player.<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis is one of the most interesting video game fun trivia, The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is\u00a0190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Did you know this video game fact that Mario was created by the\u00a0Nintendo’s Japanese video game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto and is the best selling video game\u00a0franchise of all time?<\/p>\n
The character (Mario) first debuted as “Jumpman” in the arcade game Donkey Kong on July 9, 1981.<\/p>\n
Mario in this game is a carpenter who has a pet ape named Donkey Kong, who later escapes and kidnaps Jumpman’s girlfriend. the game is all about to take the role of jumpman and to rescue the girl.<\/p>\n
The character was later on renamed as Mr. Video Game and finally as Mario on the name of the landlord of Nintendo\u2019s first warehouse Mr. Mario Segale. whats the best fun trivia about the Mario series game is that the character Mario has been present in more than 200 games.<\/p>\n
2.<\/strong>\u00a0The first coin operated video games<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\nArcade games or coin operated video games are usually installed in public business premises, such as restaurants, bars, and particularly amusement arcades.<\/p>\n
The first coin-operated pinball machines emerged in the 1930’s, however, the golden era for coin-operated video games started in\u00a0the late 1970s to the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n
Space Invaders, Galaxian, Pac-Man, Battlezone, Defender, and Bosconian were few of the most popular Arcade games of all times.<\/p>\n
Gamers loved to play these games with too much fun.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Game Controller or Input devices for Video Games\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nA game controller is a device to control the game by providing inputs to control the character or an object in the game.<\/p>\n
The earlier primary input for video games has been handheld\u00a0controllers and since then it has evolved to cameras to detect motions, speakers or microphones for voice commands touch screens and more.<\/p>\n
The addition of Game controller made it lots of fun to play video games.<\/p>\n
4. The Sony PlayStation<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\nThe Sony PlayStation was originally\u00a0brought as\u00a0a CD add-on to the Super Nintendo (a partnership between Nintendo and Sony).<\/p>\n
But Sony later decided to\u00a0develop the playstation as a complete gaming console of its own after it started facing problems with licensing.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia-<\/strong> The original PlayStation was released on\u00a0December 3, 1994. The PlayStation was the first video game console to ship 100 million units within 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch.<\/p>\n5. Cheating in Video Games using cheatcodes<\/strong><\/h3>\nCheatcodes, yes its a fact that they have existed in video games for almost their entire history. Cheat codes usually provide an advantage to the gamer providing ease in the game.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia-<\/strong> The first cheat codes were put in place for playtesting purposes. Playtesters had to rigorously test the mechanics of a game and introduced cheat codes to make this process easier.<\/p>\n6. Rovio’s Angry birds<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nRovio’s Angry Birds mobile video game\u00a0took only 35 days<\/a> to do what telephone took 75 years, the Internet took 4 years and Facebook 3.5 Years in order to reach\u00a050 million users. Did you know about this video game trivia?<\/p>\nThe game was first released for Apple’s iOS devices in December 2009 and since\u00a0October 2010, 12 million copies of the game were purchased from Apple’s App Store.<\/p>\n
The game was later released for Android, Symbian, Windows platform, gaming consoles, and PCs.<\/p>\n
The original Angry Birds has been called “one of the most mainstream video games out right now”, “one of the great runaway hits of 2010”, and “the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far”.<\/p>\n
7. Pac-Man<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nPac-Man is an arcade video game created by Namco and was released\u00a0in Japan on May 22, 1980.<\/p>\n
Toru Iwatani the man who developed\u00a0Pac-Man earlier said that the idea about this game came into his mind while he was eating a pizza. he\u00a0repeatedly stated that the character’s shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia about this video game is that this was only the half fact and the character design\u00a0was also inspired by\u00a0the Japanese character for mouth, Kuchi, which Toru later confirmed.<\/p>\n
8. Nintendo’s Gameboy<\/strong><\/h3>\nNintendo’s Gameboy sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is the worlds most successful game system ever. little known video game trivia? Right!<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Konami code\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nKonami code or the gamers code is a set of cheat code which is present in most of the Konami video games and some other games too.<\/p>\n
The code was first released in 1986 with shooting games of Konami however it gained popularity by the Nintendo Entertainment System version of contra named as\u00a0“Contra Code” and “30 Lives Code”, the code provided a full set of power-ups to the player.<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis is one of the most interesting video game fun trivia, The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is\u00a0190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nA game controller is a device to control the game by providing inputs to control the character or an object in the game.<\/p>\n
The earlier primary input for video games has been handheld\u00a0controllers and since then it has evolved to cameras to detect motions, speakers or microphones for voice commands touch screens and more.<\/p>\n
The addition of Game controller made it lots of fun to play video games.<\/p>\n
4. The Sony PlayStation<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\nThe Sony PlayStation was originally\u00a0brought as\u00a0a CD add-on to the Super Nintendo (a partnership between Nintendo and Sony).<\/p>\n
But Sony later decided to\u00a0develop the playstation as a complete gaming console of its own after it started facing problems with licensing.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia-<\/strong> The original PlayStation was released on\u00a0December 3, 1994. The PlayStation was the first video game console to ship 100 million units within 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch.<\/p>\n5. Cheating in Video Games using cheatcodes<\/strong><\/h3>\nCheatcodes, yes its a fact that they have existed in video games for almost their entire history. Cheat codes usually provide an advantage to the gamer providing ease in the game.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia-<\/strong> The first cheat codes were put in place for playtesting purposes. Playtesters had to rigorously test the mechanics of a game and introduced cheat codes to make this process easier.<\/p>\n6. Rovio’s Angry birds<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nRovio’s Angry Birds mobile video game\u00a0took only 35 days<\/a> to do what telephone took 75 years, the Internet took 4 years and Facebook 3.5 Years in order to reach\u00a050 million users. Did you know about this video game trivia?<\/p>\nThe game was first released for Apple’s iOS devices in December 2009 and since\u00a0October 2010, 12 million copies of the game were purchased from Apple’s App Store.<\/p>\n
The game was later released for Android, Symbian, Windows platform, gaming consoles, and PCs.<\/p>\n
The original Angry Birds has been called “one of the most mainstream video games out right now”, “one of the great runaway hits of 2010”, and “the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far”.<\/p>\n
7. Pac-Man<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nPac-Man is an arcade video game created by Namco and was released\u00a0in Japan on May 22, 1980.<\/p>\n
Toru Iwatani the man who developed\u00a0Pac-Man earlier said that the idea about this game came into his mind while he was eating a pizza. he\u00a0repeatedly stated that the character’s shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia about this video game is that this was only the half fact and the character design\u00a0was also inspired by\u00a0the Japanese character for mouth, Kuchi, which Toru later confirmed.<\/p>\n
8. Nintendo’s Gameboy<\/strong><\/h3>\nNintendo’s Gameboy sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is the worlds most successful game system ever. little known video game trivia? Right!<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Konami code\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nKonami code or the gamers code is a set of cheat code which is present in most of the Konami video games and some other games too.<\/p>\n
The code was first released in 1986 with shooting games of Konami however it gained popularity by the Nintendo Entertainment System version of contra named as\u00a0“Contra Code” and “30 Lives Code”, the code provided a full set of power-ups to the player.<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis is one of the most interesting video game fun trivia, The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is\u00a0190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.<\/p>\n
5. Cheating in Video Games using cheatcodes<\/strong><\/h3>\nCheatcodes, yes its a fact that they have existed in video games for almost their entire history. Cheat codes usually provide an advantage to the gamer providing ease in the game.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia-<\/strong> The first cheat codes were put in place for playtesting purposes. Playtesters had to rigorously test the mechanics of a game and introduced cheat codes to make this process easier.<\/p>\n6. Rovio’s Angry birds<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nRovio’s Angry Birds mobile video game\u00a0took only 35 days<\/a> to do what telephone took 75 years, the Internet took 4 years and Facebook 3.5 Years in order to reach\u00a050 million users. Did you know about this video game trivia?<\/p>\nThe game was first released for Apple’s iOS devices in December 2009 and since\u00a0October 2010, 12 million copies of the game were purchased from Apple’s App Store.<\/p>\n
The game was later released for Android, Symbian, Windows platform, gaming consoles, and PCs.<\/p>\n
The original Angry Birds has been called “one of the most mainstream video games out right now”, “one of the great runaway hits of 2010”, and “the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far”.<\/p>\n
7. Pac-Man<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nPac-Man is an arcade video game created by Namco and was released\u00a0in Japan on May 22, 1980.<\/p>\n
Toru Iwatani the man who developed\u00a0Pac-Man earlier said that the idea about this game came into his mind while he was eating a pizza. he\u00a0repeatedly stated that the character’s shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia about this video game is that this was only the half fact and the character design\u00a0was also inspired by\u00a0the Japanese character for mouth, Kuchi, which Toru later confirmed.<\/p>\n
8. Nintendo’s Gameboy<\/strong><\/h3>\nNintendo’s Gameboy sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is the worlds most successful game system ever. little known video game trivia? Right!<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Konami code\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nKonami code or the gamers code is a set of cheat code which is present in most of the Konami video games and some other games too.<\/p>\n
The code was first released in 1986 with shooting games of Konami however it gained popularity by the Nintendo Entertainment System version of contra named as\u00a0“Contra Code” and “30 Lives Code”, the code provided a full set of power-ups to the player.<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis is one of the most interesting video game fun trivia, The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is\u00a0190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.<\/p>\n
6. Rovio’s Angry birds<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nRovio’s Angry Birds mobile video game\u00a0took only 35 days<\/a> to do what telephone took 75 years, the Internet took 4 years and Facebook 3.5 Years in order to reach\u00a050 million users. Did you know about this video game trivia?<\/p>\nThe game was first released for Apple’s iOS devices in December 2009 and since\u00a0October 2010, 12 million copies of the game were purchased from Apple’s App Store.<\/p>\n
The game was later released for Android, Symbian, Windows platform, gaming consoles, and PCs.<\/p>\n
The original Angry Birds has been called “one of the most mainstream video games out right now”, “one of the great runaway hits of 2010”, and “the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far”.<\/p>\n
7. Pac-Man<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nPac-Man is an arcade video game created by Namco and was released\u00a0in Japan on May 22, 1980.<\/p>\n
Toru Iwatani the man who developed\u00a0Pac-Man earlier said that the idea about this game came into his mind while he was eating a pizza. he\u00a0repeatedly stated that the character’s shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia about this video game is that this was only the half fact and the character design\u00a0was also inspired by\u00a0the Japanese character for mouth, Kuchi, which Toru later confirmed.<\/p>\n
8. Nintendo’s Gameboy<\/strong><\/h3>\nNintendo’s Gameboy sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is the worlds most successful game system ever. little known video game trivia? Right!<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Konami code\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nKonami code or the gamers code is a set of cheat code which is present in most of the Konami video games and some other games too.<\/p>\n
The code was first released in 1986 with shooting games of Konami however it gained popularity by the Nintendo Entertainment System version of contra named as\u00a0“Contra Code” and “30 Lives Code”, the code provided a full set of power-ups to the player.<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis is one of the most interesting video game fun trivia, The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is\u00a0190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.<\/p>\n
The game was first released for Apple’s iOS devices in December 2009 and since\u00a0October 2010, 12 million copies of the game were purchased from Apple’s App Store.<\/p>\n
The game was later released for Android, Symbian, Windows platform, gaming consoles, and PCs.<\/p>\n
The original Angry Birds has been called “one of the most mainstream video games out right now”, “one of the great runaway hits of 2010”, and “the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far”.<\/p>\n
7. Pac-Man<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nPac-Man is an arcade video game created by Namco and was released\u00a0in Japan on May 22, 1980.<\/p>\n
Toru Iwatani the man who developed\u00a0Pac-Man earlier said that the idea about this game came into his mind while he was eating a pizza. he\u00a0repeatedly stated that the character’s shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice.<\/p>\n
Fun trivia about this video game is that this was only the half fact and the character design\u00a0was also inspired by\u00a0the Japanese character for mouth, Kuchi, which Toru later confirmed.<\/p>\n
8. Nintendo’s Gameboy<\/strong><\/h3>\nNintendo’s Gameboy sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is the worlds most successful game system ever. little known video game trivia? Right!<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Konami code\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nKonami code or the gamers code is a set of cheat code which is present in most of the Konami video games and some other games too.<\/p>\n
The code was first released in 1986 with shooting games of Konami however it gained popularity by the Nintendo Entertainment System version of contra named as\u00a0“Contra Code” and “30 Lives Code”, the code provided a full set of power-ups to the player.<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis is one of the most interesting video game fun trivia, The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is\u00a0190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.<\/p>\n
Pac-Man is an arcade video game created by Namco and was released\u00a0in Japan on May 22, 1980.<\/p>\nNintendo’s Gameboy sold more than 100 million units worldwide and is the worlds most successful game system ever. little known video game trivia? Right!<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Konami code\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nKonami code or the gamers code is a set of cheat code which is present in most of the Konami video games and some other games too.<\/p>\n
The code was first released in 1986 with shooting games of Konami however it gained popularity by the Nintendo Entertainment System version of contra named as\u00a0“Contra Code” and “30 Lives Code”, the code provided a full set of power-ups to the player.<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis is one of the most interesting video game fun trivia, The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is\u00a0190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.<\/p>\n
Konami video games and some other games too.<\/p>\nThis is one of the most interesting video game fun trivia, The Nintendo GameCube’s proprietary disc held 1.5 gigabytes of data which is\u00a0190 times more than what an N64 game cartridge could hold.<\/p>\n