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  2. Video game crash of 1983 - Wikipedia

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    The video game crash of 1983 (known in Japan as the Atari shock) [1] was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was attributed to several factors, including market saturation in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor quality .

  3. Crackpots - Wikipedia

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    The video game was released during the video game crash of 1983. Dan recalled that the Crackpots "hit the shelves for $30 when games were selling for $2 so I don't think it had a chance." [5] Dan planned to follow-up the game with a sequel to his brother's game Keystone Kapers, with the game being in a Western-setting.

  4. 1983 in video games - Wikipedia

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    A major shakeout of the North American video game industry ("the crash of 1983") begins. By 1986, total video games sales will decrease from US$3.2 billion to US$0.1 billion. [43] December - Sente Technologies, a division of Pizza Time Theater, launches and demonstrates its first title Snake Pit.

  5. Zimag - Wikipedia

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    The 2600 games are from Bit Corporation ported from PAL to NTSC and with different names. [2] The Atari 8-bit games were developed by Syncro, Inc. [3] Zimag's four Atari 2600 releases received more promotion than the relatively obscure computer games, but they were released during the video game crash of 1983.

  6. Console war - Wikipedia

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    The United States video game industry suffered a severe market crash in 1983 from numerous factors which led to a larger market recession and increasing popularity of personal computers as a video game platform. A key contributing factor to the crash was the loss of publishing control for console games.

  7. Third generation of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    However, since Atari understood that Adam was a home computer, they postponed signing the agreement with Nintendo and asked the company to resolve the issue with rights. [13] The problem was resolved, but during this time, the video game crash of 1983 had occurred and Atari began to lose influence in the market. With this, Nintendo had no ...

  8. Monstermind maker: Facebook games 'will be like the Atari ...

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    Now, this is just getting out of hand. Bossa Studios co-founder Henrique Olifiers seems to think that, if the copycatting practices in social games persist, then the industry is doomed. In so many ...

  9. Atari - Wikipedia

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    In 1984, as a result of the video game crash of 1983, the assets of the home console and computer divisions of the original Atari Inc. were sold off to Jack Tramiel's Tramel Technology Ltd., which then renamed itself to Atari Corporation, [6] [7] while the remaining part of Atari, Inc. was renamed Atari Games Inc. [8] In early 1985, Warner ...