Tokyo, Jan 16, 2025 (AFP) - Playing cards to plumbers: key dates for Nintendo

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Here are some key dates in the history of Nintendo, a video game giant that started life making playing cards: 1889: Founder Fusajiro Yamauchi starts manufacturing Japanese playing cards called "hanafuda" in Kyoto. Western-style cards follow years later. 1962: Listed on the Osaka and Kyoto stock exchanges. 1977: Nintendo launches first home video game machines, known as TV Game 15 and TV Game 6. 1978-1981: Starts selling arcade game machines, op......

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