I just learned I was born the same year as the videogame crash. Coincidence, I think NOT!
NotStreamerNinja on
The NES was actually marketed like a toy because of that. In Japan it was the Famicom (Family Computer) but because the video game industry was in the gutter in the US they instead decided to call it the Nintendo Entertainment System (no mention of computers or video games) and included a light gun and a robot (R.O.B.) so they could market it as a toy instead. It worked.
Vexonte on
I don’t get it, how did a single poorly made video game crash the entire industry
Nafeels on
They pioneered lockout chips and actually reviewed their game devs so no family would _accidentally_ purchase something similar to Custer’s Revenge or worse, E.T.
Oh, and they also won a huge lawsuit against Universal Studios, thus allowing us to have Donkey Kong and Kirby.
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I just learned I was born the same year as the videogame crash. Coincidence, I think NOT!
The NES was actually marketed like a toy because of that. In Japan it was the Famicom (Family Computer) but because the video game industry was in the gutter in the US they instead decided to call it the Nintendo Entertainment System (no mention of computers or video games) and included a light gun and a robot (R.O.B.) so they could market it as a toy instead. It worked.
I don’t get it, how did a single poorly made video game crash the entire industry
They pioneered lockout chips and actually reviewed their game devs so no family would _accidentally_ purchase something similar to Custer’s Revenge or worse, E.T.
Oh, and they also won a huge lawsuit against Universal Studios, thus allowing us to have Donkey Kong and Kirby.