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== It was caused by [[Doctor Who
In 1983, Atari had just put the finishing touches on a brand new, revolutionary game that would make them king of the market — ''Atari's Ultima'', which despite being for the 2600 had amazing graphics, sounds, gameplay, etc. Boxes and booklets were printed, cartridges manufactured, and print advertisements drawn up. Atari had a large booth reserved just for ''Atari's Ultima'' at the Winter CES, planning to both show the new standard in gaming and make Activision look like a bunch of poor-quality hacks by comparison.
But, as things often do, [[Doctor Who
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== It's Custer's ''real'' revenge. ==
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== If the crash didn't happen, Nintendo would still be a major gaming company in America. ==
On the other hand, we need but look at the battle between the [[Atari 5200]] and the [[Colecovision]]. The former showed off ''Super Breakout'', while the latter showed off ''[[Donkey Kong]]''. Yes, '''that''' ''[[Nintendo|Donkey Kong]]''. Nintendo was already planning to release the Famicom in North America, and they still had exclusive rights to the sequel of ''[[
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