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*''(Supposedly mostly known as IBM-PC due to its hardware, instead of MS-DOS due to its OS, at the time of Donkey Kong 1 and for almost a decade afterwards?)''
*''(Supposedly mostly known as IBM-PC due to its hardware, instead of MS-DOS due to its OS, at the time of Donkey Kong 1 and for almost a decade afterwards?)''
===[[Donkey Kong (game)]]===
===[[Donkey Kong (game)]]===
[[File:Donkey Kong DOS.png|150px|right]]
*''(Check [[Donkey Kong (game)#Atari, Inc.]] for some bits of info.)''
*''(Check [[Donkey Kong (game)#Atari, Inc.]] for some bits of info.)''
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===1990's===
===1990's===
*''([[Mario is Missing]] through [[Mario's FUNdamentals]]; Windows 95 info where applicable.)''
*''([[Mario is Missing]] through [[Mario's FUNdamentals]]; Windows 95 info where applicable.)''
*''(Where would info about [[:Category:MS-DOS game covers]] and [[:Category:Windows games]] go? I'll also skip the French SWF games because they'd be simply put ridiculous.)''
*''(Where would info about [[:Category:MS-DOS game covers]] and [[:Category:Windows games]] go? I'll also skip the French SWF games because they'd be simply put ridiculous.)''
*''(Change the redirect of [[MS-DOS]] to this page once it's good enough for mainspace.)
*''(Change the redirect of [[MS-DOS]] to this page once it's good enough for mainspace.)
==[[Bill Gates]]==
==[[Bill Gates]]==
[[File:Bill Gates 2.jpg|150px|right]]
[[File:Bill Gates 2.jpg|150px|right]]

Revision as of 18:55, May 24, 2024

(As the creation of this page would be practically impossible to write in one go, I'm building it up gradually in userspace first.)

Microsoft page testing
Founded April 4, 1975
Current president Satya Nadella

Microsoft is an American software and hardware company based in the United States, whose software products have a long history between them and Nintendo's Super Mario franchise, in regards to Mario games released on MS-DOS and Windows 95, the long-lasting effects of when Microsoft bought Rare Ltd. from Nintendo as part of entering the home console market with the Xbox, and the two companies competing in the home console market since 2001.

MS-DOS

  • (Supposedly mostly known as IBM-PC due to its hardware, instead of MS-DOS due to its OS, at the time of Donkey Kong 1 and for almost a decade afterwards?)

Donkey Kong (game)

25m in the DOS/PC Booter/IBM/IBM compatible version of Donkey Kong.

1990's

Bill Gates

Screenshot from an obscure virtual magazine produced for the Satellaview peripheral of the Super Famicom (Japanese SNES). A crudely made doll of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates explains to plushes of Mario and Toad the true purpose of the Windows 95 operating system.

Rare Ltd.

RareMicrosoft.jpg

(Also: what happened to Donkey Kong 64 and/or DK Rap)

Diddy Kong Racing DS

The North American front box art for Diddy Kong Racing DS
  • (See if there's any other cases where Microsoft allowed Rare free choice in portable consoles; I could've sworn there were one or two on GBA.)

Banjo & Kazooie

Carbanjo.png

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Main article: Banjo ยง Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Banjo and Kazooie's standard special in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.