Friday, January 20, 2023

The Nintendo Switch almost has a library of games from all Nintendo home Consoles... almost



    The Nintendo Switch was released in March of 2017 and single-handedly saved Nintendo from the disaster that was the Wii U. Since the release of the Switch, it has gotten a good amount of Wii U games ported to its library of games. This makes sense because the Wii U had some great games, but because the console itself wasn't that great not very many people got to experience these games. Porting these games to the Switch caused them to basically be new games to a lot of people. These Wii U games ported to the Switch were deluxe versions of the game, sometimes getting new content added to their Switch versions (like Super Mario 3D World getting Bowser's Fury). Nintendo didn't stop with Wii U games though.

Sunday, January 15, 2023

How Sega lost the Console Wars

     "S-E-G-A!", Sega was a once great gaming giant sitting across from Nintendo with a huge ego. Sega used to be a video game developer/ publisher and console manufacturer. Sega is most famous for the Genesis and Sonic the Hedgehog. How did Sega go from making a video game console that caused the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to just a decent video game developer/ publisher, let's find out!

The Rise and Fall of Atari



    Atari Inc. was an American video game and computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari is often credited with bringing arcade games to the home market. Bushnell and Dabney wanted to create coin-operated games, so they joined Nutting Associates to manufacture their products. Bushnell and Dabney created an arcade game called Computer Space, but this game did not do very well. After the failure of their space-themed arcade game, Bushnell and Dabney decided to create a separate venture called Syzygy Game Company. They both provide an initial $250 USD as starting funds. They made sure that Nutting would put a "Syzygy Engineering" label on each of the duo's games to reflect their work on the products.