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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 16:09:38 GMT 10
I tried to find out more information about this online, but couldn't.
How and when in 1983 did it start and when did it end?
How did this affect gaming in the mid 1980s and onwards?
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Post by slashpop on Feb 4, 2022 22:14:46 GMT 10
I tried to find out more information about this online, but couldn't. How and when in 1983 did it start and when did it end? How did this affect gaming in the mid 1980s and onwards? In late 1983 but it really didn't take full effect until some point in 1984, arcade gaming became massive in the mid to late 70s, atari 2600 was around since 1977 and atari games after pong in the arcades had been around since 1973-1974. The crash caused by oversaturation of games, too many choices, too many low quality titles, and difficult cryptic or very excessively difficult games that were getting tiring and the same atari formula was getting tiring, this also effected arcades. People point to horrible atari 2600 like ET which was just poorly made and massive flop alongside PAC-MAN for the console which had awkward controls and was too difficult, 1000s of unsold games were buried in some desert, games were seen as passing or dying fad some point that but home computer gaming and the nes brought gaming back to life shortly after, thats why people say the nes saved the video game industry, arcade slowly picked back up in 1984-1985 and 1986 with cutting edge newer games outside of the atari mold, both nes and arcades peaked most in the late 1980s into the 90s though, mid 1980s computer games were the biggest.
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Post by 10slover on Feb 4, 2022 22:29:27 GMT 10
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2022 18:36:39 GMT 10
I tried to find out more information about this online, but couldn't. How and when in 1983 did it start and when did it end? How did this affect gaming in the mid 1980s and onwards? In late 1983 but it really didn't take full effect until some point in 1984, arcade gaming became massive in the mid to late 70s, atari 2600 was around since 1977 and atari games after pong in the arcades had been around since 1973-1974. The crash caused by oversaturation of games, too many choices, too many low quality titles, and difficult cryptic or very excessively difficult games that were getting tiring and the same atari formula was getting tiring, this also effected arcades. People point to horrible atari 2600 like ET which was just poorly made and massive flop alongside PAC-MAN for the console which had awkward controls and was too difficult, 1000s of unsold games were buried in some desert, games were seen as passing or dying fad some point that but home computer gaming and the nes brought gaming back to life shortly after, thats why people say the nes saved the video game industry, arcade slowly picked back up in 1984-1985 and 1986 with cutting edge newer games outside of the atari mold, both nes and arcades peaked most in the late 1980s into the 90s though, mid 1980s computer games were the biggest. That was all I needed to know. Great points! It exactly seems to be the case from the different articles I read earlier before I checked this. Thanks!
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Post by slashpop on Feb 8, 2022 18:31:29 GMT 10
In late 1983 but it really didn't take full effect until some point in 1984, arcade gaming became massive in the mid to late 70s, atari 2600 was around since 1977 and atari games after pong in the arcades had been around since 1973-1974. The crash caused by oversaturation of games, too many choices, too many low quality titles, and difficult cryptic or very excessively difficult games that were getting tiring and the same atari formula was getting tiring, this also effected arcades. People point to horrible atari 2600 like ET which was just poorly made and massive flop alongside PAC-MAN for the console which had awkward controls and was too difficult, 1000s of unsold games were buried in some desert, games were seen as passing or dying fad some point that but home computer gaming and the nes brought gaming back to life shortly after, thats why people say the nes saved the video game industry, arcade slowly picked back up in 1984-1985 and 1986 with cutting edge newer games outside of the atari mold, both nes and arcades peaked most in the late 1980s into the 90s though, mid 1980s computer games were the biggest. That was all I needed to know. Great points! It exactly seems to be the case from the different articles I read earlier before I checked this. Thanks! These games came out in 1984-1985. They set the standard for games to follow, they were already 16 bit, marble madness was among the first, and resemble arcade games that would peak in the late 80s and games from the genesis/super nintendo era, around 4-6 years later. Most new arcade games looked like this in 84-1985, from what I understand, the shift was done early on and while there was massive gap between arcades, computer gaming which was huge and the barely existing console market which didn't even properly kick off worldwide until 1986-1987, they were no space invaders, pac man and centipede clones that were hot and popular, they were considered dated, and this was the new standard. The main difference is that those games prior to the crash were based on scoring, the games were mostly infinite, only a few people could truly master high scores which is why you had atari competition clubs and tv shows showing the highest pac and donkey scores, they were so difficult that it would take the average person months just to finish the first few levels, you couldn't even finish the game since it was infinite, part of that frustration of only getting past a few levels or barely being able to master the first, because of bad controls or ridiculously high or unrewarding difficulty is part of what made them lose appeal with time. The new era of arcade games in the mid 1980s were based on a start and an end structure, you could actually beat the game, the games were tuff as nails but the goals and playability is really what contributed to games being reborn and starting to gain appeal, pac-land inspired the platform genre which was nearly non-existent prior, and inspired super mario bros as well. I remember my brother's atari stuff is something I never even bothered to dig up in the early 90s because one of my friends who couldn't afford an nes had an atari 7800, which was just an 8 bit version with mostly the same games, which was still being sold in stores as a budget console in 1991-1992ish lol, and he always played tank which was always super frustrating and not fun, we would make fun of the game more than anything.
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