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Nintendo actually had arcade cabinets with Mario, Zelda, and a few other console games in them but no one played those. Most of the really good arcade conversions were in the 16 bit era but you still had stuff like Punch Out, Rampage, Section Z, and I think even Contra started out as an arcade game. Zelda was really the first to have story and exploration as a major component, that was something you didn't get in arcades.