Nintendo Research & Development 1

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Nintendo Research & Development 1 (often abbreviated as Nintendo R&D1) was Nintendo's first internal development team. Its founding actually predates Nintendo's entry in the video game market, it being created in 1970 to focus on the manufacturing of toy guns and other products. It was managed by Gunpei Yokoi for most of its existence. In addition to developing games, R&D 1 designed hardware, including the Game & Watch, the Game Boy and the Virtual Boy. In 2004, all of the R&D departments were dissolved due to a corporate restructuring. Most of the staff were folded into Nintendo EAD or the newly-created Nintendo Software Planning & Development Group #1. Mario Games Developed By Nintendo R&D 1 Arcade Game Release date Donkey Kong 1981 Donkey Kong Jr. 1982 Donkey Kong 3 1983 Mario Bros. 1983 Home consoles NES Game Release date Wrecking Crew 1984 Dr. Mario 1990 Yoshi's Cookie 1992 SNES Game Release date Mario Paint 1992 Tetris & Dr. Mario 1994 Wrecking Crew '98 1998 Nintendo 64DD Game Release date Mario Artist: Talent Studio 2000 Mario Artist: Polygon Studio 2000 Nintendo GameCube Game Release date WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!‎ 2003 Handheld systems Game & Watch Game NA release Ball 1980 Flagman 1980 Vermin 1980 Fire 1980 Judge 1980 Manhole 1981 Helmet 1981 Lion 1981 Parachute 1981 Octopus 1981 Chef 1981 Egg 1981 Turtle Bridge 1982 Fire Attack 1982 Oil Panic 1982 Donkey Kong 1982 Donkey Kong Jr. 1982 Greenhouse 1982 Donkey Kong II 1983 Mario Bros. 1983 Mario's Cement Factory 1983 Rain Shower 1983 Mario's Bombs Away 1983 Spitball Sparky 1984 Boxing 1984 Donkey Kong 3 1984 Donkey Kong Circus 1984 Donkey Kong Hockey 1984 Super Mario Bros. 1988 Mario the Juggler 1991 Game Boy Game Release date Alleyway 1989 Super Mario Land 1989 Dr. Mario 1990 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 1992 Yoshi's Cookie 1992 Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 1994 Tetris Attack 1996 Wario Land II 1998 Virtual Boy Game Release date Mario Clash 1995 Mario's Tennis 1995 Virtual Boy Wario Land 1995 Game Boy Color Game Release date Game & Watch Gallery 2 1998 Wario Land II 1998 Game & Watch Gallery 3 1999 Wario Land 3 2000 Game Boy Advance Game Release date Wario Land 4 2001 WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! 2003 Notable members Goro Abe Takahiro Harada Takehiko Hosokawa Takehiro Izushi Hiroji Kiyotake Hirofumi Matsuoka Ryuichi Nakada Satoru Okada Yoshio Sakamoto Ko Takeuchi Hitoshi Yamagami Masao Yamamoto Katsuya Yamano Gunpei Yokoi References [Edit] Companies Game companies Divisions and subsidiaries of Nintendo 1-UP Studio • iQue • Mario Club Co., Ltd. • Nintendo • Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development • Nintendo Research & Development 1 • Nintendo Research & Development 2 • Nintendo Software Technology Corporation • Nintendo Software Planning & Development • Nintendo System Development • Retro Studios • Nd Cube • Treehouse Third Parties AlphaDream • Arika • Artoon • Arzest • Bandai Namco Entertainment • Bullet-Proof Software • Camelot Software Planning • Capcom • CAProduction • Game Arts • Game Freak • Good-Feel • GungHo Online Entertainment • HAL Laboratory • Hudson Soft • Ikegami Tsushinki‎ • Intelligent Systems • Interplay • Jupiter • Konami • Monster Games • Next Level Games • NovaLogic • Paon • Racjin • Radical Entertainment • Rare Ltd. • Royal Philips Electronics • SEGA • Silverball Studios • Softnica • Sora Ltd. • Spike Chunsoft • Square Enix • St.GIGA • SUZAK Inc. • TOSE Software Co. • Treasure • Ubisoft Other companies Book publishers Prima Games • Scholastics • Shogakukan • Valiant Comics Animation studios DIC Entertainment • Illumination Entertainment • Medialab • Nelvana • Pacific Rim Productions, Inc. • Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd. Collectible / toy makers Bioworld • Furuta • Kenner • K'NEX • PopCo Entertainment • S.H. Figuarts • San-ei Co., Ltd. • Toy Biz