The Mario theme joins your old tweets in the Library of Congress
“The amount of data that we could use for music and sound effects was extremely small, so I really had to be very innovative and make full use of the musical and programming ingenuity that we had at the time,” Kondo told the Library of Congress. “I used all sorts of genres that matched what was happening on screen.
Kondo, who said it was an honor to have his work placed in the National Recording Registry, is still working for Nintendo. Most recently, you may have heard his work inGreat deals on consumer electronics delivered straight to your inbox, curated by Engadget’s editorial team.
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