This article originally appeared on Motherboard. The year is 1992. Nirvana's Nevermind has just displaced Michael Jackson's Dangerous at the top of the Billboard Album charts, and another critical moment in music history is about to occur. I'm referring, of course, to the release of Mario Paint for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.The game, which came packaged with a mouse and mousepad, was a basic drawing utility that also allowed users to create looping animations similar to GIFs. It also featured a music composer that was driven by classic Nintendo sound effects.
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