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RIP Masayuki Uemura

Issun

Issun

(He/Him)
He brought joy to so many lives, and none of us here would know each other, or even be the people we are without him. Godspeed, good sir.
 
lincolnic

lincolnic

can stop, will stop
(he/him)
I don't think it's an exaggeration. Wasn't it the NES that rocketed video games back into the mainstream after the big Atari market crash?
 
Torzelbaum

Torzelbaum

????? LV 13 HP 292/ 292
(he, him, his)
True. But if it didn't then would something else have possibly done it? Or would video games only just exist on PCs in that alternate universe?
 
Phantoon

Phantoon

I cuss you bad
lincolnic said:
I don't think it's an exaggeration. Wasn't it the NES that rocketed video games back into the mainstream after the big Atari market crash?
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Speaking from a UK perspective, yes. There was a thriving computer scene, and I can't believe something as fundamentally fun as video games would just stop existing. Without the NES who knows what form it would have taken though.
 
Ixo

Ixo

"This is not my beautiful forum!" - David Byrne
(Hi Guy)
Phantoon said:
Speaking from a UK perspective, yes. There was a thriving computer scene, and I can't believe something as fundamentally fun as video games would just stop existing. Without the NES who knows what form it would have taken though.
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[Clive Sinclair has entered the chat.]

In an alternate universe, Chris Pratt is on deck for voicing Chucky Egg in his upcoming movie.
 
RT-55J

RT-55J

space hero for hire
(He/Him + RT/artee)
In that alternate universe Sega, Microsoft, and some descendant of Sinclair Research or Commodore are the three major console manufacturers, and the mascot wars of the 90s were fought between Sonic and Plok. (Sony makes iPhones.)
 
Issun

Issun

(He/Him)
Torzelbaum said:
True. But if it didn't then would something else have possibly done it? Or would video games only just exist on PCs in that alternate universe?
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Phantoon said:
Speaking from a UK perspective, yes. There was a thriving computer scene, and I can't believe something as fundamentally fun as video games would just stop existing. Without the NES who knows what form it would have taken though.
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I just don't really think they would have been as big or have affected so many people. I don't think they would have escaped the realm of computer hobbyists, so they would still have been neat, but we would not have seen the explosion of diversity in the medium that's happened over the last 35 years. Remember, Doom only happened because a guy stayed up all night trying to program one level of Super Mario Bros. 3 to run on a PC.

The NES was lightning in a bottle and that's not hyperbole. Nintendo also managed to market it with incredible savvy, but without Uemura and Miyamoto, video games are very likely small fry forever.
 
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