RolStoppable said:
I don't think that's how it went down. It wasn't that the NES proved itself as a viable platform, it was that the home computers of that time proved themselves as not viable platforms. If it weren't for the home computers failing left and right, the Western developer community would have sticked with them. |
They did stick with them, and they died. EA and Activision are the only ones who made the transition.
Almost all the major third parties that survive till today started into gaming in the mid eighties or later; Ubisoft, Capcom, Konami, Squaresoft etc. (not gonna list out all the later ones..)
A game I'm developing with some friends:
www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm
It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.







