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The D-Pad is a Gaming Podcast that focuses on the history of Video Games, starting from the early days of Arcades all the way to the Modern days of streaming and 4K graphics. We aim to teach enthusiastic Gamers about when and where their favorite Consoles, Games, and Mechanics come from. For example, our Name! The D-Pad! Join me, Tian Chen, as we delve through time to explore the wonderful stories and people that make up the gaming world today!
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Surprisingly, this isn't about the Konami Code. Nintendo once saw themselves with a huge problem, one of their first gaming devices needed a control interface that could move a player in all four cardinal directions. Being Nintendo, they didn't just decide to use normal buttons, but rather they invented a button that would change gaming forever. Ch…
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No, not that type of "taking over" Rob the Robot was a shiny new product made by Nintendo to be released alongside the North American launch of the Family Computer, also known as the Nintendo Entertainment System, and Rob certainly helped the NES succeed so well. So how did this little bunch of bolts capture the eyes of every kid and adult in the U…
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