The origins of handheld gaming consoles came in the late 1970s and gained momentum in the industry from the 1980s through the early 1990s when the many celebrated names of the "video game console" world jumped onto the bandwagon deeming it a lucrative business. There were names like Nintendo, Sega, Atari and NeoGeo, offering a different spectrum of games to consumers. Although some did not last as long as others (Nintendo), they did provide countless amounts of joy in their time.
It’s a scientific fact that even the worst films can be improved by 200% if there is a cool car in it. And it’s not difficult to work out why – we love cars. Simple. We just can’t get enough of them. Sure, they may be destroying our planet and cost us a packet to run, but how else are you get from A to B in style? Public transport? Do us a favour. Walking? Get lost!
Besides, everyone knows that owning a cool car makes you 60 times more attractive to the opposite sex. You can’t argue with those odds.
So in honour of our four-wheeled friends, we have come up with coolest cars ever to appear in movies. It was a difficult task. Let’s just say, there is a load of movies with cars in them. But just so you know, Driving Miss Daisy does not feature on this list.
It's carnival time again in Rio de Janeiro which means the whole of Brazil will party for almost a week, day and night. The four-day festival ends on Tuesday 8 March. Thousands of spectators will enjoy a visual display of colors, dancers, floats, streamers and costumes all set to the sounds of samba music.