December 13, 2005

NEC's Ups and Downs

Originally posted by Regine from we make money not art, reBlogged by ts

The Nintendo Entertainment System entered the US market 20 years ago with graphics capabilities well beyond those of other consoles. It dominated the market with a 90% share. Twitch Guru looks back at NES.

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Nintendo’s innovative and crazy (sometimes brilliant) ideas did not always turn up to be successful: the Virtual Boy console to play “true 3D” games; R.O.B., or Robotic Operating Buddy, the 64DD… and of course awful games.

Via Crazy Japan!