The Giga Impact of the NES After I was prompted to write an essay about an important event in history I decided to go to an event that helped shape the world, yet barely anybody realizes how much of an impact it had on the world, the release of the NES. Now this may sound like a stupid and silly event to choose, but trust me, it’s extremely important. I decided to do this because there is a lot of depth to it and people really need to thank the NES for some of the things that we have today, and think about it, if the NES didn’t save the video game market, we may not have some of the amazing games that we have today like Undertale or even worse for some parts in the internet, Call of Duty, I know, it’s frightening. The goal I have set out
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On an article on Ars Technica done by Andrew Cunningham he says, “In the Atari era, everyone from Sears to Quaker Oats tried to grab a slice of the gaming pie. The fact that basically anyone could design and sell hastily-coded Atari 2600 with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable junk. This in turn led to gun-shy retailers and consumers.” (Cunningham). Everybody thought the home console gaming industry was long gone, but then the savior of the gaming industry arrived, the NES. When Nintendo released the NES in America they didn’t try to sell it as a console, they tried to sell it as a toy. So they made a super bundle which came with not just the console, but R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy), his games, the Light Gun, and Duck Hunt game were included with it. And it worked, it had saved the gaming industry from its near death, and hey, some of your favorite video games may have not existed if it wasn’t for the NES. Now let's flash back to the present where the Nintendo Switch is going strong to this day and keeping the Nintendo spirit alive and well. Nintendo is still taking revolutionary step after revolutionary step with their games such as Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. Who knows, they may bring back some of their old series like F-Zero or Metroid. All we do know is that we should look towards the future and wait on this cruise ship that we call
On an article on Ars Technica done by Andrew Cunningham he says, “In the Atari era, everyone from Sears to Quaker Oats tried to grab a slice of the gaming pie. The fact that basically anyone could design and sell hastily-coded Atari 2600 with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable junk. This in turn led to gun-shy retailers and consumers.” (Cunningham). Everybody thought the home console gaming industry was long gone, but then the savior of the gaming industry arrived, the NES. When Nintendo released the NES in America they didn’t try to sell it as a console, they tried to sell it as a toy. So they made a super bundle which came with not just the console, but R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy), his games, the Light Gun, and Duck Hunt game were included with it. And it worked, it had saved the gaming industry from its near death, and hey, some of your favorite video games may have not existed if it wasn’t for the NES. Now let's flash back to the present where the Nintendo Switch is going strong to this day and keeping the Nintendo spirit alive and well. Nintendo is still taking revolutionary step after revolutionary step with their games such as Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. Who knows, they may bring back some of their old series like F-Zero or Metroid. All we do know is that we should look towards the future and wait on this cruise ship that we call