![Matt Alt on Twitter: "Happy birthday to a little Kyoto playing card company that you might know: Nintendo, founded 131 years ago yesterday! (Sept. 23, 1889.) https://t.co/4CaLvbu0Wx" / Twitter Matt Alt on Twitter: "Happy birthday to a little Kyoto playing card company that you might know: Nintendo, founded 131 years ago yesterday! (Sept. 23, 1889.) https://t.co/4CaLvbu0Wx" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiqYwnzXcAAdFBR.jpg)
Matt Alt on Twitter: "Happy birthday to a little Kyoto playing card company that you might know: Nintendo, founded 131 years ago yesterday! (Sept. 23, 1889.) https://t.co/4CaLvbu0Wx" / Twitter
![HISTORY TV18 on Twitter: "#ThisDayInHISTORY 1889 – @Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi as Nintendo Koppai, to make playing card games. http://t.co/QjIhfpVqYp" / Twitter HISTORY TV18 on Twitter: "#ThisDayInHISTORY 1889 – @Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi as Nintendo Koppai, to make playing card games. http://t.co/QjIhfpVqYp" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPlE_bTVEAAbqI6.png)
HISTORY TV18 on Twitter: "#ThisDayInHISTORY 1889 – @Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi as Nintendo Koppai, to make playing card games. http://t.co/QjIhfpVqYp" / Twitter
Empire Code - Nintendo was founded in 1889 which meant they existed way before computers. What did they sell then? From 1889-1956, Nintendo focused on the playing cards industry. Till this day,
![Van Gogh's Starry Night was painted in the same year that Nintendo was founded : r/BarbaraWalters4Scale Van Gogh's Starry Night was painted in the same year that Nintendo was founded : r/BarbaraWalters4Scale](https://preview.redd.it/fxor1r7rd5v41.jpg?auto=webp&s=a7df058ed1eef431bead48b87b856ce93b1b7b7c)
Van Gogh's Starry Night was painted in the same year that Nintendo was founded : r/BarbaraWalters4Scale
![Nintendo was founded as a card company in late 1889, originally named Nintendo Koppai. | Old nintendo, Card games, Mario Nintendo was founded as a card company in late 1889, originally named Nintendo Koppai. | Old nintendo, Card games, Mario](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9c/5a/78/9c5a7873e2199c7ea3d7fafc3ac18c02--old-nintendo-building-signs.jpg)