Remember the gaming industry back in 1983? Well, I don't. I can't. I was born in 1997. But I've been playing some classic games lately and reading a lot, and I'm bringing back the memories of two important events that paved the way for the gaming landscape of today.
The first was the North American video game crash, set in motion by the failures of Pac-Man and ET on the Atari 2600. The market had been flooded with low-quality shovelware, and gamers started to abandon the hobby completely. The chances of a profitable, healthy industry seemed slim. But at the same time, halfway around the world, a little Japanese company named Nintendo geared up for the release of their first console, the Famicom, which sent the video game market booming and saved our hobby from going extinct.
I have to give a personal thanks to Nintendo for being a brilliant team, and saving the video game industry back in the day. You know, a lot of people hate on the Wii because it is family-oriented and most of us are seclusive hermits who cringe at the thought of social interaction. But we don't recognise, they've always kind of been family-oriented with their systems...? Maybe we gave them crap for the Wii because we were excited for a motion sensor platform (even though we knew about the PS Move years before). But I don't think they deserve it. We owe Nintendo a huge thanks and a huge "hell yeah, Nintendo kicks ass."
Thank you, Nintendo. You saved us in the 80's, kind of like how the fictional characters you created save worlds every day. Maybe you aren't so fictional. Or maybe I'm just really corny. Thank you.
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