So for the last two weeks there have been numerous articles from multiple sources detailing the exploits of a documentary crew, set to bust a long held urban myth of the video game industry. The supposed burial of countless numbers of unsold cartridges of the legendary poor E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial video game. Continue reading
Nintendo had already established itself as a major video game developer by the mid 80’s. Smash hit titles such as Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. had put the company on the map and increased its market share of the American arcade sector. Now Nintendo wanted to tap into the lucrative console market. Continue reading
The year of 1982 was a dark period for the video game industry. Early in the year the port of the popular arcade game Pac-Man was released. Atari bet on the game selling well and thus produced 12 million cartridges, however in the end it only sold 7 million units. Atari were facing into a bleak financial period and would soon to be facing completion from within. Continue reading
The video game industry currently is riding a wave of unprecedented economic success, with over $25 billion dollars in revenue being generate every year. However at one point in the industries rise to prominence it nearly all came crashing down with only a Japanese company coming to save the day. Continue reading