Today, the video game industry generates hundreds of billions of dollars.
But in the 1980s, home video game systems had to go from proving they could even work to becoming the next big thing in home entertainment.
Eventually, consumers began to open their wallets — by which I mean kids begged their parents relentlessly until they caved.
There were a lot of games from that era that became ubiquitous in homes across America — but only one made the most moola of the decade. Which game was it?
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Correct Answer: Super Mario Bros.
The answer is: Super Mario Bros. Hey, I had an Atari 2600. I even had a Commodore 64. But let's get serious: Home video games didn't matter until the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) hit the market.And alongside the NES was the best-selling home video game of the '80s — no big surprise here that Super Mario Bros. takes that crown, selling over 40 million copies in the 1980s alone. Although, it's maybe a little surprising that the first one in the series held strong, even after Super Mario Bros. 3 kind of changed my life.In fact, five of the top 10 best-selling home video games of the '80s were Mario games (assuming you count Donkey Kong, which you better).Source
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