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Mario Segale, Inspiration For Nintendo's Hero Plumber, Has Died
Mario Segale, who inspired the plucky plumber Mario — one of the most recognizable characters in the world, let alone in video games — has died at age 84. Segale was Nintendo's landlord outside Seattle when the company created Donkey Kong, the classic game that launched the overalls-wearing Mario.
[...] The Mario character went on to become a franchise, appearing in dozens of games, from car racing to tennis. He also shared a game cartridge with Nintendo's other classic hit, Duck Hunt (we've clarified this point in the story to avoid confusion).
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words
return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02 2018, @09:53PM (2 children)
The wop had it coming. Fucking guido.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Saturday November 03 2018, @09:08PM (1 child)
Am I the only one who laughed? It's dark humor for sure, but nonetheless...
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 06 2018, @09:54PM
After a whole life being rediculed by Nintendo, I'm sure he can take it.
(Score: 2) by mr_mischief on Friday November 02 2018, @09:57PM
There was also the three-game cartridge with Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, and Track and Field. I have one of those.
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Friday November 02 2018, @10:07PM (3 children)
Might as well toss this one here: https://screenrant.com/super-mario-flashback-pixel-art-game/ [screenrant.com]
compiling...
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02 2018, @10:11PM (1 child)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in6RZzdGki8 [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02 2018, @10:54PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHoE590hC68 [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by edIII on Saturday November 03 2018, @11:54PM
Thanks for sharing. Really is beautiful pixel art.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday November 02 2018, @10:30PM (2 children)
I guess he ran out of green mushrooms.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02 2018, @10:46PM (1 child)
Or just ODd?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday November 02 2018, @11:49PM
Here he is about to whoop the shit out of [game-art-hq.com] some commie Antifa faggots.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02 2018, @10:41PM
And don't forget to check for gold coins behind those clouds!
(Score: 3, Funny) by Bot on Friday November 02 2018, @10:44PM (2 children)
He not die, he WENT TO ANOTHER CASTLE!!! arrivederci Mario 😭😭😭
Note, AFAIK the story goes like this. Nintendo had a platformer called popeye, with popeye blutus and olivia but the popeye IP holders did not permit it or not renew the contract, so they relied on Mario the plumber. Now Popeye entered the public domain, while Mario is probably guarded 24h by an army of lawyers with uzis shooting copyright infringement notices.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02 2018, @10:53PM (1 child)
Itsa me! SHARIAOOO!
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday November 02 2018, @10:59PM
SHARIAooo? do you behead the turtles with a machete and get killed by pork chops?
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 03 2018, @04:54PM
Base on what I heard the story actually went like this, the original Jumpman sprite looked like NoA's landlord, so they ended up using the name Mario instead of Jumpman.