NUTS FOR NINTENDO! (20/20 report from 1988)
Join John Stossel as he tries to figure out why kids of 1988 loved video games!
Thrill as he gets yelled at by kids for asking dumb questions!
Interesting note, this report also mentions the video game crash of 1983, and the Dragon Quest fad in Japan. It even lightly touches on the video game violence controversy, which we will be seeing much more of on this blog over the next week or so.
Oh yeah, and according to this report, there were only 2 CATEGORIES OF VIDEO GAMES... sports and adventure.
... also there were LINES FOR SUPER MARIO BROS. 2... which may or may not have been created by limited production runs.
SMB2 is indeed one of my favorite games ever... but apparently not as much as this one kid:
Stossel: What do you like about it?
Kid: Birdo. It shoots eggs out of its nose.
Well said, kid. Well said.
Source: ABC, 20/20
