8 mars 1990 - Nintendo World Championships (NWC)

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The Nintendo World Championships (NWC) is a nationwide video game competition series, organized by Nintendo of America at no particular interval.

The first Nintendo World Championships was held March 8th–11th 1990, in the Fair Park's Automobile Building in Dallas, Texas, and toured 29 cities across the United States. Players from three separate age groups (11 and below, 12–17, and 18 and above) competed across three days. The top two scorers then competed for the title of City Champion. The finalists won a trophy, US$250, and a trip for two to the World Finals at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The runners-up won a Power Pad and a Game Boy.

The World Finals were held December 7th–9th, 1990, conducted similarly to the City Championships and were located at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California within the Star Trek Theater, now DreamWorks Theatre. There, contestants played a special Nintendo World Championships 1990 cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

The cartridge contains three customized minigames based upon the popular games Super Mario Bros. (1985), Rad Racer (1987), and Tetris (1989). The objective is to achieve a high score according to a custom cumulative scoring formula across all games, within a total time limit of 6 minutes and 21 seconds.

Three 1990 World Champion titles were given. Jeff Hansen won in the under-11 category, Thor Aackerlund won in the 12–17 category, and Robert Whiteman won in the 18+ category. There was no official competition round to crown a single winner. However, after the competition ended there was an informal face-off between the three winners, with Thor Aackerlund taking first place, Jeff Hansen taking second, and Robert Whiteman finishing third. The top winner in each age category was awarded a $10,000 U.S. savings bond, a 1990 Geo Metro Convertible, a 40" rear-projection television, and a golden Mario trophy. Runners up in each age category received a $1,000 U.S. savings bond and a silver Mario trophy.[citation needed]

Immediately after winning the NWC, Thor Aackerlund became the official video game spokesperson for Camerica Corporation, a direct competitor to Nintendo. Jeff Hansen later became the United States representative to Japan to win the World Championships title in Tokyo, Japan, and again in Las Vegas at a rematch with the Japanese champion, Yuichi Suyama.

Nintendo sponsored similar competitions including the Nintendo Campus Challenge in 1991 and 1992, Nintendo PowerFest '94, and revived the Nintendo World Championships in 2015 & 2017.

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