In 1986, Kondo wrote the music and sound effects for ‘The Legend of Zelda’, which was second in popularity only to ‘Super Mario’ itself. In 1985, he wrote the music and sound effects for the super hit game ‘Super Mario Bros’ a game which would be later be called ‘The Greatest Game of All Time’. Kondo is most known for writing the themes to arguably the most popular melodies in the video game industry and probably, world over. Kondo also played an essential role in selling the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Famicom platform in North America during the 1983 North American Video Game Crash. Stroke & Match: Golf”, “Golf”, and “Devil World”. Kondo’s other composition assignments for 1984 included the themes for “Vs. He then wrote an instruction manual on how to program the Famicom using the peripheral Family BASIC. Kondo then went on to work on the Famicom platform, which gained great popularity in Japan in the early 1980’s.

Kondo’s first assignment was for the game titled “Punch- Out” in 1984. Koji Kondo was hired alongside Hirokazu Tanaka and Yukio Kaneoka, all of whom were assigned to create scores and sound effects for Nintendo’s games. Although Kondo had no formal training in classical music, he was very well versed in electronic music. Kondo had a huge passion for LCD and Arcade Games, and when Nintendo sent him a recruitment message in 1984 for the position of a sound programmer, he happily accepted. For much of his youth, he remained part of a cover band that focused on mainstream music. At the age of five, Kondo started taking lessons in electronic organ.

Koji Kondo was born on Augin Nagoya, Japan.

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