Tagged: mario

From Donkey Kong's Mario making his debut to Andy Warhol's soup cans, July 9 is packed with pop-culture chaos and nostalgia.

Remember when Nintendo consoles ruled our living rooms and Mario was basically a member of the family? Let's revisit the golden age of jumping plumbers and cartridge blowing.

The coin chime, the death jingle, the start-screen fanfare — retro gaming reaches a part of the brain nothing else can. Why it hits harder now than it did then.