Curated category
2000s toys
- PlayStation 3Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi announced a partnership with Toshiba and IBM on the 9th of March 2001.
- PlayStation (console)On the morning of the 27th of January 1991, Howard Lincoln stepped onto a stage in Las Vegas and announced that Nintendo had abandoned its partnership with…
- GameCubeIn May 1998, ArtX entered into a partnership with Nintendo to undertake the complete design of the system logic and graphics processor.
- PlayStation 3On the 9th of March 2001, Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi stood before a press conference and announced a partnership with IBM and Toshiba…
- WiiOn the 24th of September 2001, Nintendo began collaborating with Gyration Inc., a company that held several patents in motion-sensing technology.
- PlayStation 2Ken Kutaragi began working on a second console around the time of the original PlayStation's launch in late 1994. He reportedly kept details of the…
- Xbox 360Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360 on the 12th of May 2005, during a special program titled MTV Presents Xbox: The Next Generation Revealed.
- Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemOn the 9th of September 1987, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi revealed the development of the Super Famicom in a newspaper article published by Kyoto…
- Game Boy AdvanceIn the early 1990s, a team led by Satoru Okada began experimenting with color screens for Nintendo's handheld line. They developed a prototype codenamed…
- Nintendo 64In 1993, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi met with Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark to discuss a new console partnership.
- Game Boy ColorIn the early 1990s, a team led by Satoru Okada experimented with color displays for Nintendo's handheld line. Their prototype carried the codename Project…
- Game BoyOn the 10th of June 1987, division director Gunpei Yokoi informed R&D1 that Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi wanted a successor to the Game & Watch series…
- Nintendo DSIn mid-2002, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi stepped down from his executive role to become an advisor. He proposed a new system built around two screens.
- DreamcastIn 1997, Sega faced a crisis that would define its future. The company had just reported its first consolidated net loss since listing on the Tokyo Stock…
- PokémonSatoshi Tajiri was born on the 28th of August 1965 in Machida, a suburb of Tokyo. He spent his childhood collecting insects and small creatures in the ponds…
- Nintendo Entertainment SystemOn the 15th of July 1983, the Famicom console arrived in Japanese stores with a price tag of ¥68,000. Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi had demanded a…
- G.I. Joe: A Real American HeroThe 1982 relaunch of G.I. Joe began with a chance encounter in a men's room between the presidents of Hasbro and Marvel Comics.
- Dragon BallAkira Toriyama sat in his studio in 1983, surrounded by reference books on Hong Kong martial arts films. He had just finished a one-shot manga called Dragon…
- XboxIn November 2001, Microsoft launched the original Xbox console in North America. This move marked the company's first entry into the home video game market…