Nintendo

Founded in Kyoto to make playing cards; later toys and from the 1970s and 80s electronic games such as the Game Boy (1989).

Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo in Kyoto to make hanafuda, Japanese playing cards. In the 1960s the company moved into toys, and the engineer Gunpei Yokoi developed new games.

The Famicom family computer of 1983 and the Game Boy of 1989 made Nintendo a leading maker of games. Mario and Zelda by Shigeru Miyamoto became known all over the world.

Model number and year of manufacture on the label under the console.

• Toys