“The Story Of Nintendo” (**1/2 out of four) was an interesting documentary about the video-game revolution which started in the late 70’s and culminated in the capitalistic 80’s in which the game system Nintendo took over almost the entire market while continuing to battle it out with rival corporation Sega for the attention (and money) of millions as each one would try to outmaneuver the other for the remainder of the decade. An endearing look at a time many of us remember at the dawn of Nintendo’s arrival to the American marketplace and a vital artifact of the early-to-mid 80’s but still somewhat superficial and truncated as it doesn’t tell you all-that-much you probably don’t already know. “Running With Speed” and “Console Wars” were 2 additional documentaries on the same subject worth checking out.

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