The first video game I remember playing was a platformer: Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES. It wasn’t my console; I played at a friend’s house. I was very young, no more than 7. My parents wouldn’t allow video games into the house for another few years and the jury’s out on whether that was a good decision or not. Mario is synonymous with Nintendo and gaming as a whole, but for a very long time, every platform maker had its platformer, and each carried a mascot into the consciousness of everyone who enjoyed games. Nintendo had Mario and Banjo-Kazooie, Sega had Sonic, Sony had Spyro and Crash Bandicoot and later Jax and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank but Microsoft… well, Microsoft was the...
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