timp29

Interesting to hear that Europe was shielded from the video game crash of the early 80s.
I remember having a C64 and video game piracy was wild. I think the first game I ever actually paid for was last ninja 2.

In Australia it was a pretty even split between NES / master system but probably was a little in Nintendo’s favour… but I would be super biased because I probably got a NES because my friends had a NES.

I wonder if translation had an impact too? The wizard teased Mario 3 and was in itself early marketing genius. But I could see France not really being into American trends? Would love to see more French people talk about their video game experience growing up to see what influenced things… like local developers and not much translated American / UK influence? It’s a pretty big country with a decent population and in the early days I could totally see a vibe that they might shun foreign stuff? I got the vibe they’re a pretty proud people.

This game blew me away as did contra/probotector IV. SNES was really dominating at this time

I felt this was the definitive version of PoP with extra levels and challenges. If this hit the SNES virtual console I would honestly drop everything for a playthrough. The real magic of the PC version was the immersive sound which came with the early sound cards. Props to sound blaster if anyone remembers that era and transitioning from the beeps and boops of early PC speakers 🤣

I want to hear Miyamoto confirm this, but seriously he has a freaky talent that just knows when something will work

Goldeneye shoe? How about the ocarina hover shoe. That would impress me 🤣

The Last Ninja was my introduction to gaming and courtesy of nostalgia I will get this upon release. I’m sure time won’t have been kind, but the music in ninja 1 and in particular ninja 2 was just so phenomenal for its time.
Thank you to the system 3 team for allowing 5-8 year old me to really get into ninja back in the late 80s. I was obsessed.

Most ‘experts’ on the internet just aren’t. You have a platform which requires no qualifications, just popularity. So YouTube historian is a dubious title.

But I’m inclined to agree with the overall theme of the article. Many people had Nintendo exposure. The amiga/Atari/Commodore 64 and early pc and Apple gaming didn’t get much exposure by comparison. Being born in 1980 I dabbled in them all but not enough to really know much. And I was in Australia so exposure was further limited. But wow when the NES hit their market share and therefore the exposure to their product was next level.

So yeah more people know Nintendo by sheer volume of Nintendo’s success. And early 80s and prior gaming is a bit murky with the video game crash.

Also other systems like 3DO were super niche. I was lucky enough to own one and really enjoyed it but there are still a ton of other systems I missed out on. No one other than some of the serious collectors would have all of the dinky little systems that never took off.

Long story short, I’m super dubious at anyone on the internet who says they are a gaming historian… maybe 1/100 deserve the title. And I think it’s reasonable to make the argument that Nintendo’s market saturation influences video game ‘history’.

Regretting going in 2014. I stared at the Nintendo HQ and that was about it for me (street pass on my 3DS went bonkers though)

Enjoyed that. Thank you for whatever that was….

This would have been more exciting 10-15 years ago. It is the barest of glimpses too. Still this will be exciting for some

Happy birthday. Came out and I first played it when I was 17. Ouch I’m old. But that game was a masterpiece at its time of release.

Hanging out for this remaster.

I also rate the SNES OG Prince of Persia version with extra levels.

I think I was young at the time, but also loved PoP2 with the sound blaster - even though the story was so contrived and weird the atmosphere of the game was amazing and showed how much quality sound added at the time.

I honestly can’t remember if I knew this. If I did I was too uncoordinated to play that way. I probably didn’t know though. I poured hours into this game.

I'm pretty sure Arnie would be dismayed to hear that he is the centre of the gaming universe.
Pretty sure he was aiming to be the centre of the ENTIRE universe