Summary:
- Nintendo, the famous video game company, was founded in Japan in 1889, but it didn't start making video games until the 1970s.
- In the 1980s, Nintendo released its first home video game console, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), which became a huge hit in the United States.
- The success of the NES helped Nintendo become a dominant force in the video game industry and paved the way for the company to release other popular consoles like the Super Nintendo and the Nintendo Switch.