Nintendo has been shaping gaming memories since it dropped the NES in 1985, turning living rooms into pixel playgrounds with Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. The Game Boy hit in 1989 and basically owned every kid’s backpack through the ‘90s, later leveling up with the color screen in 1998. The SNES (1991) cranked up the graphics and gave us classics like Super Metroid and Donkey Kong Country, and then the Nintendo 64 (1996) blew minds with 3D worlds and four controller ports—perfect for GoldenEye marathons. By the time the GameCube launched in 2001 with its tiny discs and quirky controller, Nintendo had cemented itself as the king of fun-first gaming that defined a whole era.