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Video Game Industry: A Look At The Rise Of The Nintendo NES

Author: Justin Oliver

In 1985, the United States video game console market was all but dead. Even popular games like Pac Man and Asteroids weren’t doing well in arcades. What brought the market down was the flood of cheap knockoff titles that came into distribution a couple years earlier selling for a messily two to three dollars a piece. The low quality of these games put a black mark on the video game industry. The over saturation made it hard for even quality game manufactures to get their name out to the public, typically, forcing them to shut their doors permanently.

This downfall continued until a corky little Japanese company came into the mix. Nintendo broke into the console market in Japan in 1983, breaking out with Famicom, or NES in America. With a slumping U.S. console market, many console producers were abandoning the industry. Former players such as the Colcovision and Intellivision simply no longer sold. This ended up being the perfect situation for the console to be unleashed on America.

At the end of 1985, stores had the NES for sale and instantly it was a success. Breathing life back into the industry, many game makers were eager to create games for this new console. This caused an interesting dilemma for the Japanese console manufacturer. The flood of games that hit the market was the reason for the previous crash. To counter this from happening, game publishers were only allowed to produce five games for sale per year.

This turned out to be a risky maneuver. However, because their console was absolutely dominating the market, many developers reluctantly had to comply. Nintendo also demanded that all games that were made for their console be exclusive for a period of one year, thus forcing games to be exclusive and only on the NES for sale.

They also introduced the concept of security chips in game cartridges. This allowed protection against hackers and made it so only their console could play NES games. It also forced developers to use Nintendo as a manufacturer of there games, which was another way the company forced quality control on the American video game industry.

Nintendo took many strong handed tactics to get on top of the video game industry. These tactics later became the subject of scrutiny for many years afterwards but it’s no doubt that Nintendo was an opportunistic company that used every thing in its power to break them into the video game industry. They may have been underhanded, but the company is one of the few from that era still standing today.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/computer-games-articles/video-game-industry-a-look-at-the-rise-of-the-nintendo-nes-478355.html

About the Author

Justin Oliver loves classic consoles and typically has nes for sale and colecovision for sale.

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We have seen graffiti, which was once considered a vulgar expression of inner-city youth, become a tool for marketers and embraced as a creative outlet for urban artists.

This was made apparent on a recent episode of ‘The Apprentice’, Donald Trump’s reality program aimed to select a candidate from a group of smart, resourceful and business minded men and women. One of the tasks given to them on the series included creating an advertisement for a new game. They were to create a graffiti inspired advertisement on the side of a building to be used as a billboard.

Well, if Donald Trump has given his approval

Speaking of games, another big hit in the 80′s was video games – Pac Man, Mario Brothers and others were played by most teens at one time or another. These teens are now adults looking back with a hint of nostalgia at their youth, despite the fact that it was only 15-20 years ago. But technology changes quickly and so these icons of the 80′s are now being featured in art galleries like Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight in Hollywood.

The gallery features pieces that take a contemporary look at video games and is possibly helping to create a new genre in the field.

A painting depicting Pac Man as over-the-hill and on a drip of pellets went for $3000 according to a Reuters press release.

The artist, Greg Simkins, claimed he started out by painting graffiti in back alleys before working with canvas. And he’s not the only one bringing this strange combination of video and art to the public.

So what should we expect in the next five years? Well, for the art world change is always good, although often criticized in its formative years. So we may have to wait and see if ‘video-game art’ will make a solid stand in the art community. What we do know is that the original game players are now coming into their 40′s and anyone under that age will have grown up with video games as a part of their childhood, just as ‘I Love Lucy’ was a part of another generations’. Because of that, the images will likely have an emotional pull and impact on new and existing collectors today.

About the Author
Gregg Hall is a business consultant and author for many online and offline businesses. For fine artful gifts go to fine artful gifts go to http://www.fineartfulgifts.com

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I guess Bumble Bee wasn’t as appealing in the 80′s as he is now. In fact I remember Bumble Bee as a character in Transformers but forgot what he transformed into! A little research brought it all back to me….. A VW Beetle!
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Is that old Nintendo NES acting a little flaky? Maybe not working at all? Gray screen? Games lock up? Screen garbled? If so, it may be easier to fix your Nintendo NES than you think.
The problem with the Nintendo NES is that the 72 pin connector that holds the game just plain wears out. I have tried all the tricks and quick fixes to get the connector to work and have had to replace every one of them. Actually replacing the connector is easier, in my opinion, than trying clean or repair it!
Installation is not very complicated. All that is required is a Phillips head screwdriver and about 15 minutes (my estimate, your time may vary).

Some things are just classics. Take the standard NES for example. It’s easy to use and a true classic. Wouldn’t it be great to use this on the computer? Well now you can! while there are integrated units for this, I prefer this unit for the following reasons:

1. If the controller breaks, you can fix or replace that portion of it.
2. You can use your controller on both your PC AND NES console!!

NOTHING is more frustrating than powering up your game system only to find it’s broken! Not only are you frustrated, but now you have to wonder WHERE in the world can you find the parts? Fortunately for you, 80sWeb.com is on the case. We have located NEW REPLACEMENT CONTROLLERS FOR THE NINTENDO NES! If your controller is broken or worn, looks shabby, is sticky, or just plain looks like it could bite the dust at any given moment, this could be just what you need! After all, you can’t play the game without the controller!

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