It was released in 85 but was not really widely available at that time.
My expectations of this thread have been satisfied.
It's still so wild to me how big mobile gaming is...I'm sure it was a popular opinion at the time. The market was heavily shrinking by 1986.
I don't think the gaming scene was that big in most counties in 1986.For the US at that time, sure. Everywhere else, gaming was very much alive.
I still find mobile controls insanely cumbersome outside of a select few specialized genres which makes it hard for me to understand how people can overcome that obstacle. Sure you can connect a bluetooth controller to your phone but then it loses its portability advantage so I doubt most people would bother doing that.Really? It's not hard to see that most people have a highly capable gaming device right in the palm of their hand would be a huge market.
I still find mobile controls insanely cumbersome outside of a select few specialized genres which makes it hard for me to see how people can overcome that obstacle. Sure you can connect a bluetooth controller to your phone but then it loses its portability advantage so I doubt most people would bother doing that.
To people saying that the NES "came out" in 1985... Not really. The NES was released in test markets at the tail end of 85, but it was not nationally available until fall of 86.
I thought hating minorities killed disco.
Ah that makes senseIt was released in 85 but was not really widely available at that time.
I'm sure it was a popular opinion at the time. The market was heavily shrinking by 1986.
Larry King: "Videogames are dead."
Videogames: "Larry King is dead."
But in all fairness when videogames said it, they assumed Larry King would get another life.
maybe this old game?
It was released in 85 but was not really widely available at that time.
it's exactly that. just pure bigotry.I never got American's sheer utter hatred for Disco or why they "killed" it (ignoring it was still popular around the world, helped influence many local genres and help make new ones due to no Disco coming from the US etc), like you do realize making pyre in football pitches, causing riots, radio presenters calling for a genre's death etc ISN'T NORMAL behaviour for not liking a genre of music right?
Quite bluntly, given how POC and LGBTQ+ friendly a lot of disco was in the US back then, it just comes across as an early example of how white supremacy was growing in the US and using it's power to shut things down it didn't like. I can't see American's making fun of "Deader then Disco" as nothing more stealth homophobia and racism because they didn't like LGBTQ+ and black people being more popular then their "Real art" rockers.
Also why I give stinkeye to 80s rockers that many of rock bands that benefited and these people trying to kill Disco moved or claim was superior music. So many times have I seen it called "real" or "true" music, yet to me it comes across as just being white and "edgy" and unoriginal (oh, you're using devil imagery, use the same types of instruments as other rock bands, like acting "edgy and dress the same how "original").
It's not the fact that the market is big...its the fact that people are spending so much money in the market that always blows me away no matter how much sense it makes...Really? It's not hard to see that most people have a highly capable gaming device right in the palm of their hand would be a huge market.
it was kind of a fair take in 1986, I think
but they obviously came back in a big way
Not that it was big, but it certainly was alive. Home computers were quite successful in Europe (the Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum, Amiga, etc.) while consoles were massive in Japan.I don't think the gaming scene was that big in most counties in 1986.
The world was very different in 1986.
I was still very interested as a child in games in 1986 having an Atari, NES and loved going to the arcade but honestly amongst kids at the time I would say that the amount of people who were into games at that time was the minority. The NES really changed that but it took a few years and it just kept getting more popular every year afterwards.
But honestly even though the NES was amazing gaming was not that mainstream at the time.
Yeah, and the Commodore 64 was successful by '80s computer standards in North America, too. Even if consoles had died out, there would have always been games in the growing personal computer market.Not that it was big, but it certainly was alive. Home computers were quite successful in Europe (the Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum, Amiga, etc.) while consoles were massive in Japan.
how dare you post this on any day that isn't a friday
At the time, he may have been right. The NES didn't really take off until later that year, and Atari did a really good job of killing things off for a few years.
Home computers were successful in America too but it was definitely not mainstream in 1986. It might seem that way if your friends were into the same thing but here at least most people didn't have one.Not that it was big, but it certainly was alive. Home computers were quite successful in Europe (the Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum, Amiga, etc.) while consoles were massive in Japan.
On a related note, I miss Compucentre (it was a computer/console store in Canada). Checking out the new Nintendo and Sega machines there in 1986 was a lot of fun as they always had several screens on display. Here's a flyer from that Christmas:
Expected Disco Elysium but I'll certainly take this.
Home computers were successful in America too but it was definitely not mainstream in 1986. It might seem that way if your friends were into the same thing but here at least most people didn't have one.
I was reading a transcript of Larry King's interview with Vince McMahon and the most interesting part was actually when they discussed fads. Here's what he stated to Vince McMahon.
King: Before we take our next call. Are you a little worried, that one thing Americans are, we are faddish. For example, video games are gone. They were the hottest thing in the world; they're gone. Discos. What happen to discos? Are you a little worried that one day, you're gonna wake up, and it's gone? And they like tiddywinks again.
Full interview transcript here:
Vince McMahon Interview 1986
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A play on the old quote, "Nietzsche: God is dead. God: Nietzsche is dead."
A play on the old quote, "Nietzsche: God is dead. God: Nietzsche is dead."