Gamer Dude

After Atari introduced the video game console in the 1970s the Video game market exploded. The market didn't even see its true success until the 1980s. In 1985 Nintendo introduced their new console called "Nintendo Entertainment System" to the world. The NES went on to become the best-selling video game console of all time. In the 80s people finally realized that the video game entertainment market was

going to be huge after the release of the NES. Because of this hype the market was flooded with bad games and even worse consoles. This resulted in the Video game crash of 1983. Nintendo singlehandedly brought the video game market back from the dead by selling tons of NES's.

Nintendo did this by introducing the third-party developer market to the video game market. Before this games were only being made by the consoles manufacturer. Nintendo standardized this business model which allowed other companies to release software one their console. This allowed for higher quality software to be released more often. To us now this is the norm, but back then it wasn't allowed by companies such as Atari for other companies to produce games for their console.The games is what made the NES so amazing. Not only were the first-party games created by Nintendo awesome, the third-party ones were also selling extremely well. Some of the games produced for the NES are regarded as some of the best video games ever created.

The NES was so good that Nintendo continued to produce the system for 20 y

ears even after releasing its next generations: the SNES(Super Nintendo Entertainment System) in 1990 and the N64 in

1997. Many adults viewed the video game industry as a fad after the Video Game Crash of 1983. Nintendo turned an industry otherwise forgotten about into a multi-million dollar money making machine. The NES's controller was also revolutionary. It introduced something know as a D-Pad (or directional pad) which consisted of 4 directions in which the player could choose to select. Before the invention of the D-Pad consoles often included some sort of wonky Joystick which was a pain to use as well as it being rather bulky. Nintendo won multiple awards for their controller design years after the NES debuted. The controller is now a pop culture icon. Kids grew up playing with it for hours on end and loved it like their best friend. Nearly every game system to come after the NES included some kind of D-Pad.

With one system Nintendo singlehandedly changed the video game industry forever. They changed how a game system was marketed, how it was played, how games were made, and generally how the video game console business model should function. Nintendo still continues to innovate in the video game market with co-

nsole such as the quirky Wii and new 3DS (has a 3D screen). Even though Nintendo's consoles are generally underpowered compared to their competitors they still hold the top spot in the industry with the Wii. There is no other product quite like the NES though. In my mind it still reigns supreme and I still continue to emulate some games on my computer even to this day.