The Gaming Historian - The Video Game Crash of 1983

From Revver: "Also known as The Video Game Crash of 1984 (or The North American Video Game Crash), this event severely impacted the video game industry. The Gaming Historian covers the major reasons for the crash ..."
shuacsays...

I know I'm not privileged (and Siftbot will surely say so) but this sift is *long which is OK with me, as I love these kinds of vids: ones that go into detail about why something fails. No one goes into "the why" of things anymore. It's all opinion backed by hyperbole. So, upvote!!

SDGundamXsays...

Heh, I remember this. My brother and I thought it was great that we could get Intellivision games for $5, but we were bummed that no new software was coming out. That's why as soon as the NES came out we saved up our allowances to get one.

Believe it or not, guys like Tod Frye are still around making games. He worked at 3DO a few years ago when I was there. Can you imagine how trippy that must be to go from writing games like Pac-Man on the 2600 all the way through to the current bleeding edge stuff?

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