Nintendo did it first!

[Omni]

diffx's apparant location makes up for any harm he may have done in the past.

[sethsez]

Did I cross that line, love?

You can be an opinionated condescending twat, but at least you occasionally contribute something worth reading, and obviously know your stuff.

remnant's worthless in every possible way, and I'm convinced he has no cognitive abilities whatsoever if he's actually offended by this thread.

[Korly]

Sony evolved the industry, Nintendo involved the and Sega in their crazy way evolved it the most.

Wait, what?

THE TRUCK HAVE STARTED TO MOVE!

[MechDeus]

your facts Saint, your facts

...Was that supposed to make any sense?

Ah, of course not. Good ol' Remnant.

[Dolemite]

NeoZeedeater is just overflowing with gaming info. I seriously love his threads. Good stuff, dude.

[Shakey]

great subject Neo, too bad there's so many idiots.

are there many other myths like this across gaming? or do they seem to com mostly from Nintendo?

[Frogacuda]

Who cares who did it first. You would not be playing many side scroller games if not for mario.

Lol, you can't honestly beleive that.

Do you honestly mean to imply that if Mario never came out people would have given up on using scrolling (even though they had been using it in games for many years in titles like Zaxxon and Defender) as just a fad and gone back to single screen games? Seriously, now.

I know that you know this isn't true. Let's not shit on a good thread.

[LOL]

I think this is the first time I've seen an awesome Neo thread get absolutely murdered by ignorance.

[gamevet]

Except the industry was still viable, and some of the best games ever came out during the so-called slump. Commodore and friends made ton of money from 1983-1985. Im not speaking hypotheticals, Im speaking facts. Its just that the 2600 ran out of steam and all the best games started coming out for computers. Nintendo didnt save the industry because the industry didnt need saving. All that shit about Nintendo saving videogames is just Nintendo propaganda. The winner writes the history, after all.

It wasn't just the fact that the 2600 was running out of steam though. The Colecovision was a very viable console and had graphics on par with that of the NES. Nothing could have saved console gaming at that time. Home computers were becoming the next big thing and everyone wanted a peice of that action.

People didn't just want to play the games; they wanted to have a hand a making them as well. The home computer was the answer. Look at a movie like War Games. It was a huge hit, but hardly a great storyline or movie to be exact. Yet, the movie related to the times. People wanted to feel like they were a part of the cutting edge and were doing something beyond gaming.

Nintendo just happened to step in, when the computer fad had worn down. Computers like the Atari ST and Amiga had a small gathering of devoted users, but for the most part, the general public was ready to get back into the pure basics of gaming. Nintendo fit the bill and Mario was a huge springboard to setting that idea back in motion.

[Survival Kid]

Let's not shit on a good thread.

That happened as soon as remnant opened his mouth.