Where would we be now if the NES didn't come when it did?

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Manos on 26 July 2009

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Gaming on PCs would be stronger maybe?

Were there that many good games on computers back then? I know PC's were not nearly as wide spread as they are now. I know I had some good games on my Commodore 64 back in the day as a kid, but those got blown away by just about everything on the NES.

There were many more good games on computers than there were on NES.

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richardhutnik on 26 July 2009

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How much of the NES's success was attributed to good timing, being released after the video game crash of 1983? Was it a sudden lack of competition that helped? Obviously the NES was a quality console the likes of which we hadn't seen before. I'm just glad Nintendo came with the NES when they did, rising out of the ashes of fallen gaming companies to save gaming.

Nintendo took a LOT of risks to get the NES into stores. It is possible Atari may of did something, but Nintendo help to revamp the industry, and put in procedures (quasi-legal) to help things not burn out a second time. Even during the crash, Atari was still selling around a million Atari 2600 units.

It is possible PC gaming would of been MUCH larger, if the console business didn't make a comeback. PC here is not only the IBM PC compatible market, but home computers in general. I also believe Nintendo approached Atari for distribution of the NES, but Atari said no, an decided to go with the 7800.

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richardhutnik on 26 July 2009

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The industry would have recovered somewhat, but narrative-driven gaming may never have existed.

Narrative drive games existed on computers. They had home originally in the area of adventure games (text first, then graphics). So, I believe it would of been a matter of time before they made the jump.

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richardhutnik on 26 July 2009

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if not NES, something else would have come along, even if weren't as influential. the NES wasn't that revolutionary, no need to put it on a pedestal.

Yes it was.

Nintendo invented the D pad which is now standard. Plus it introduced us to games like Mario and Zelda which were breaktrhough back then.

Atari was about dead and practically no one even heard of master system.

That reminds me of the first time I saw an NES in a KMart near I was. I was used to joystick controller, and wondered where they heck the controller was for the NES. The store employee in the electronics department pointed to the D pad controller, and I was like, "You GOT to be kidding me". Well, I did get an NES and did get used to it. But the D-Pad definitely killed off maze games. Pac Man like games generally SUCK with a D-Pad.

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sguy78 on 26 July 2009

Manos said:

sguy78 said:

solidpumar said:
Gaming on PCs would be stronger maybe?

Were there that many good games on computers back then? I know PC's were not nearly as wide spread as they are now. I know I had some good games on my Commodore 64 back in the day as a kid, but those got blown away by just about everything on the NES.

There were many more good games on computers than there were on NES.

I don't know about that.