Talk:History of video game consoles (third generation)
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[edit] Renaming the article
Would anyone be opposed to renaming this "History of video games (Late 8-bit era)" or "Post-crash era", with the pre-crash systems like the 2600 fitting in the "History of video games (Early 8-bit era)" or "Pre-crash era"? --24.114.252.183 17:35, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- "History of video games (8-bit era)" would be fine if you did this for all similar pages, but I don't really think its necessary. This page should not be named "Nintendo era" regardless That shows favor to Nintendo in an era when there were other systems including Sega's Master System. Should be renamed "8-bit era" at the very least. K1Bond007 00:03, May 9, 2005 (UTC)
- I suggested the longer title because it was the format already in use for 16-bit era and 32-bit era (take a look at them) --24.114.252.183 01:10, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
- I agree with the above. For one thing, here (Britain), the term "8-bit era" is often used in connection with computers as well as consoles. That being so, I think the longer title is better. Loganberry 01:13, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
- If there's concensus for a longer title, that also brings up the question of whether it should be extend further into "History of computer and video games (8-bit era)", in order to match the root article History of computer and video games. And then doing the same for the 16 and 32 bit eras and all the other articles. --24.114.252.183 01:18, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
- I agree with the above. For one thing, here (Britain), the term "8-bit era" is often used in connection with computers as well as consoles. That being so, I think the longer title is better. Loganberry 01:13, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
Who calls this time period the "Nintendo era" or did someone just make this up? does this cover the USA or Japan or Europe or south america? What's the point of this?
- 8-bit era would perhaps be more accurate. Nintendo fanboyism or ignorance, I don't know. The PC Engine had a fair amount of success in Japan, and the Sega Master System was very popular in Europe and South America during the so-called "Nintendo era". ~ FriedMilk 08:04, 2004 Aug 29 (UTC)
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- i realise no has replied to this for two years, but still, the nintendo era is actually generations 3 and 4 and can be refered to as such because they dominated the global market durring those two generations. gens 1 and 2 are the atari era and gens 5 and 6 are the sony era. I beileve that Nintendo will dominate the market in gens 7 and 8 with their motion sensory technology, as history show that the most inovative console is always the victor so long as the inovation is in the area of game play, thus making gens 7 and 8 the second nintendo era. Gens 9 and 10 will probably be the Microsoft era as they will most likely incorporate holographic technology from their touchlite into the x-box 4 making it the most inovative. the point being that calling something the ninto era or sony era dosn't show favotatism to that company durring that time it just refers to who sold the most colsole.
[edit] Famicom to 2003?
How can this be right? Andre (talk) 21:31, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
- I have no idea. Someone added the Famicom and certain other systems to every gen up to sixth until I and someone else cleaned up some of it up. All of these generation articles need to be cleaned up IMHO. Please note theres an ongoing discussion about the naming of these articles at Wikiproject CVG. K1Bond007 01:07, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] What makes a game a franchise?
I don't think some games like Kid Icarus should be on the list, considering they only had 2 titles or so. Otherwise, we would have to include many more game series on the list that only had 1 or 2 games, like Ikari Warriors or Startropics for example.
- It does seem a bit overcrowded. I think a franchise would suggest that it still has relevance today, whereas a game followed up by a couple of sequels might not count. - Diceman 15:57, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
Can we add Sweet Home? It's a Capcom survival horror game for Famicom(NES). Some people consider it the first game in the Biohazard/ Resident Evil series.
[edit] Commodore 64 GS?
I don't recognise this console. How does it differ from the normal Commodore 64 that had a keyboard? Garglebutt / (talk) 01:27, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
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- It had less connection options, less functionality, S-video, was only availiable in Europe and it's pretty hard to find. For some reason the C64GS doesn't play cart based C64 games without a lot of bugginess. GameJunkieJim 15:47, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] NEC PC Engine
This console is wrongly listed as belonging to the "8 bit era", and should be removed. If you follow the link you will see that it is refered to as a "16 bit" console everywhere else
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- It had 2 Processors, one 16 bit just for graphics, and an 8 bit main processor. It was technically an 8-bit console, but it came out in the 16-bit era, and had 16-bit graphics. GameJunkieJim 15:34, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Games Computers
Shouldn't 8-bit games computers such as the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum be mentioned alongside these consoles, for completeness? Gp100mk 10:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)]
- They are not technically consoles, but neither was the Famicom, it evolved into one. The Commodore did that as well, with the Commodore Games System, I think they merit a mention though, since their main purpose was gaming. But it should be noted that they did function nominally as personal computers, and only as a side note. I think the Atari Computer line should also be mentioned. GameJunkieJim 15:27, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
