To: Tell It Right
To me, Jumpman will always be a carpenter, not a plumber. LOL
You played the original arcade game, where he was in fact "jumpman". Very good! My father worked on the ColecoVision and told me about the Mario nickname that was passed areound internally before it became commonly used.
3 posted on
01/16/2025 1:38:32 PM PST by
Dr. Sivana
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To: Dr. Sivana
I remember when I learned that Atari was an American company, that they picked a Japanese sounding name so that they'd sound cool. LOL My first impression of a video game was the cabinet game Stunt Cycle by Atari.
https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/stunt-cycle
4 posted on
01/16/2025 1:45:51 PM PST by
Tell It Right
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To: Dr. Sivana
Mario was named after the landlord of the building that Nintendo of America had. He even looked like “Jumpman” so they used his name for the character.
5 posted on
01/16/2025 1:47:05 PM PST by
Ciaphas Cain
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