How The Nintendo NES Game Console Changed the World

Yes, I am part of the generation that grew up with the original Nintendo gaming system … and sometimes I even feature it in my keynote talks. This year is the 40th anniversary of the console and my fellow geeks over at Engadget have put together an illuminating history of exactly why this system was so formative on the world of gaming for generations to come.

To start, it was the first console that introduced the D-pad instead of using a joystick … a design choice that has been copied by almo...