Video: Since Shigeru Miyamoto first designed Donkey Kong in 1981, he’s been called “the father of modern video games”! – See how the inventor of Mario designs a game!
Right after Donkey Kong’s release, the North American video game market came close to collapse in the early 1980s. Console sales alone peaked at over $3 billion in 1983 before plummeting to around $100 million by 1985. Miyamoto’s subsequent games (Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox) are often credited with jumpstarting the industry in North America.
