Video Games Around The World: South Africa

This was originally written on April 16, 2020 and published on LinkedIn. I’ve decided to move the posts here for better searchability. Those that know me well, know that I am a video game history researcher, and this is just some of my random published articles. Preface Nintendo’s domination in North America is well documented with a plethora of books, magazines, wikis, and forums, all dedicated to information pertaining to the release of the Nintendo NES and the nearly one thousand games released for the console in the country. Likewise, Nintendo’s history in Japan has been extensively researched (albeit with limited English-oriented resources.) Outside of these two countries, however, there are very limited resources for both researchers and collectors to find history about Nintendo in their countries. The European (or otherwise) side of Nintendo’s operations are usually just a tidbit in publications, and less official publications extrapolate Nintendo’s American operations…