How do you control the characters in your video games? In the beginning it was Gunpei Yokoi who imaginated how LCD technology in a calculator might be used to create a miniature game.

DID YOU KNOW That Nintendo, founded in 1889 and famous for producing video games including Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Pokemon originally produced handmade Hanafuda 花札 (or ‘flower’) playing cards? Playing cards were introduced to Japan by the Portuguese traders during the mid-16th century.

The game credited with starting the ‘Golden Age’ of arcade gaming turns 40 this month (June 2018). Bikkuri! Wow! Space Invaders is the two-dimensional shooter game where the player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at the descending aliens.