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Michael Kelbaugh, 31, had already put in a long day on a job that millions of teenage boys would kill for--play-testing video games for Nintendo in Seattle. But he and half a dozen colleagues were happy to stick around late one night two weeks ago until a certain piece of software arrived from corporate headquarters in Japan. When it finally showed up--packeted across the Pacific over a high-speed data line--they could hardly wait to dive in. "We were here until 2:30 a.m. playing it," said a groggy Kelbaugh the next morning...
...Nintendo 64--a game system that is scheduled to be unveiled in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, marketed in Japan in June and arrayed on U.S. store shelves in September--represents a multimillion-dollar gamble by the company that practically owned the hearts and minds of the video game-playing world for much of the 1980s--until they were stolen in 1991 by Sega and a speedy blue hedgehog named Sonic...
...beat the Z's and get his A's, Leverett legend Carl F. Engstrom '98 resorts to Nintendo and other video games...
...Sometimes when I stay up till three in the morning, I'll start playing Nintendo or Doom. That way I get into the game and your brain works faster because of the adrenaline," said Engstrom. After playing these games, the rush usually carries him for another hour or two, he said...
...prediction turns out to be true, the situation could play into the hands of Nintendo, which is gambling that there is still some life left in the underpowered 16-bit systems. With an impressive piece of programming, Nintendo has managed to get games developed for the Ultra 64 to play on the old Super NES. The first of these was Donkey Kong Country, which conquered vidkids last year with its clever play and striking three-dimensional graphics. DKC ended up outgrossing most Hollywood movies (total number of copies sold in the U.S. so far: 3.5 million...