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== It was caused by [[Doctor Who |
== It was caused by [[Doctor Who|a massive explosion of horrible]]. == |
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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. |
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. |
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But, as things often do, [[Doctor Who |
But, as things often do, [[Doctor Who|the combination of the terrible ShaqFu and atrocious Kazaam caused a massive explosion in space-time, cracking the universe and erasing thousands of good things]] — Nikolai Tesla's inventions, ''Love's Labour's Won'', Hemmingway's suitcase, etc. [[Doctor Who|But it also time-nommed]] ''Atari's Ultima'', [[Doctor Who|thus causing the massive video game crash of '83.]] |
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[[Doctor Who|To prevent this happening, Atari invented a time machine and travelled to 2001. They sealed Shaquille O'Neal in a giant metal prison, doomed to be trapped forever, then created a plastic replica of Shaq to stand in. Despite this, Atari's time machine broke down and they were trapped in 2001...and the explosion still happened. Thus. Atari was doomed.]] |
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== It's Custer's ''real'' revenge. == |
== 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. == |
== If the crash didn't happen, Nintendo would still be a major gaming company in America. == |
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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 ''[[ |
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 ''[[Mario Bros]].'' — ''Return Of Mario Bros.''-er, ''[[Super Mario Bros.]].'' Essentially, the same thing that happened in Japan to the MSX would happen here. Nintendo's console would have won out against the 7800 because it had the ability to ''scroll the screen smoothly'', an essential element in almost any game made since. |
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