1983

Mario Bros.

This page consists of Nintendo-related events that occurred in 1983.

Events

• According to Nintendo, total video game sales for 1983 are $3.2 billion USD. 1

Notable r eleases

• Mario Bros., the Game & Watch version, is released, introducing the character of Luigi.
• Mario Bros. is released as a one or two player arcade game.
• The Gunpei Yokoi-developed puzzle game Crossover is released. It is among the last major non-electronic toys Nintendo ever released.

Other media

• September 17: Saturday Supercade, which featured cartoons based on the Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. video games, premiered on CBS.

Hardware

• 15 July: Nintendo releases the Family Computer console in Japan. Shortly after its release, complaints begin to surface about rampant system instability, prompting Nintendo to issue a product recall and to rerelease the machine with a new motherboard.

Lawsuits

• MCA Universal files suit against Nintendo, claiming that the latter company's video arcade hit Donkey Kong violated Universal's copyright on King Kong. After a brief trial, the judge determined that the rights to the original Kong had passed into the public domain. The case was dismissed, and MCA Universal paid $1.8 million USD in damages to Nintendo.

Character debuts

• Mario Bros.: Luigi
• Donkey Kong 3: Stanley

Games released in 1983

Arcade

• Mario Bros.
• Donkey Kong 3

Family Computer

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• Japan

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9 games were released in Japan.

Title	Publisher	Release Date	Source
Donkey Kong(JPJapanese: ドンキーコング Romaji: Donkī Kongu)	Nintendo	1983-07-15July 15, 1983	[1]
Donkey Kong Jr.(JPJapanese: ドンキーコングJR. Romaji: Donkī Kongu Junia)	Nintendo	1983-07-15July 15, 1983	[2]
Popeye(JPJapanese: ポパイ Romaji: Popai)	Nintendo	1983-07-15July 15, 1983	[3]
Gomoku Narabe Renju(JPJapanese: 五目ならべ 連珠 Romaji: Gomoku Narabe Renju)	Nintendo	1983-08-27August 27, 1983	[4]
Mahjong(JPJapanese: 麻雀 Romaji: Mājan)	Nintendo	1983-08-27August 27, 1983	[5]
Mario Bros.(JPJapanese: マリオブラザーズ Romaji: Mario Burazāzu)	Nintendo	1983-09-09September 9, 1983	[6]
Popeye no Eigo Asobi(JPJapanese: ポパイの英語遊び Romaji: Popai no Eigo Asobi Meaning: Popeye's English Game)	Nintendo	1983-11-22November 22, 1983	[7]
Baseball(JPJapanese: ベースボール Romaji: Bēsubōru)	Nintendo	1983-12-07December 7, 1983	[8]
Donkey Kong Jr. no Sansū Asobi(JPJapanese: ドンキーコングJrの算数遊び Romaji: Donkī Kongu Junia no Sansū Asobi Meaning: Donkey Kong Jr.'s Fun Math)	Nintendo	1983-12-12December 12, 1983	[9]

Births

• June 8 - Mamoru Miyano - Voice actor of Cilan in Pokémon the Series: Black and White
• June 13 - Saori Yamashita - Graphic designer at NDcube
• June 23 - Laura Post - Voice actress
• July 1 - Adam Howden - Voice actor of Shulk in Xenoblade Chronicles
• August 4 - Yuka Terasaki - Voice actress
• October 13 - Elizabeth Maxwell - Voice actress of Urbosa in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• November 11 - Tatsuhisa Suzuki - Voice actor
• Date unknown - Takumi Wada - Japanese illustrator