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Subject: Saved Gaming....
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silverjx 29.07.12 - 02:07pm
*disclaimer thi isn't meant to start a fanboy war but meh prob will* ...Was having a convo with a mate the other day, bearing in mind he's in his 30's and from the UK, he claimed Mario and Nintendo saved the Gaming industry in the early 80's from the crash but i pointed out it only saved the USA, the rest of the world gaming was thriving with zx,c64,atari and english programers...true? * +

guillium 29.07.12 - 02:14pm
Console gaming was never that big in the UK it started to grow in the MegaDrive and SNES era. So yeah. The 8 and 16 bit computers were bigger than the consoles. I remember havimg the choice between a MegaDrive or an Amiga for my birthday, my 15th I think. I nearly got a MegaDrive, but in the end I decided on the Amiga. Didn't know any console gamers at school. I'd go as far to say consoles didn't really become big here til near the end of the that era when console ports and clones started... * +

guillium 29.07.12 - 02:17pm
...and then the Playstation's arrival killed the 16bit computers completely. If he is from the UK then he must have been a console gamer back then and in the minority. * +

silverjx 29.07.12 - 02:26pm
Thats what i recall Gol was only around 5/6 at the time but can remember my brother and his mates Gaming on the tapes and floppy systems, think Console gaming took off here round 88 (minus the Atari)and them LCD machines from Argos was big aswell. Can't see where he got the Nintendo saved the world thing from * +

silverjx 29.07.12 - 02:30pm
Sure he mentioned having a Amiga/c64 chin

sure even Samco mentioned he was Gaming on those machines aswell early on * +

guillium 29.07.12 - 02:34pm
It's exactly how it was silver nod

Everyone on my first 2 year college course I knew gamed had Amigas, even tho we were learning on PCs. * +

popcap 29.07.12 - 02:36pm

@ guillium - 29.07.12 - 02:14pm
Console gaming was never that big in the UK it started to grow in the MegaDrive and SNES era. So yeah. The 8 and 16 bit computers were bigger than the consoles. I remember havimg the choice between a MegaDrive or an Amiga for my birthday, my 15th I think. I nearly got a MegaDrive, but in the end I decided on the Amiga. Didn't know any console gamers at school. I'd go as far to say consoles didn't really become big here til near the end of the that era when console ports and clones started...

what a load of nonsense . consoles have always been more popular since the NES and master system . Nobody I knew had an Amiga and they were seen as cr*p everyone had a NES or master system then when the snes was released console gaming exploded everyone had one with street fighter 2 and Mario kart , sonic on the mega drive * +

silverjx 29.07.12 - 02:43pm
Most people i knew was gaming on the Floppys/tapes or trying to be home programers with those Giant binders full of codes that came with them lol

How old are you popcap? because before the Nes/master system home computer gaming was in full flight and churning out decent games like mad, what i can recall Nes and Master system came out but was steady for a year then the 90's *it with the Megadrive, then the SNES came out was just about the best system out by then but * +