The Beginning of a New Groove
Somewhere, in the early 1980s, Atari and Nintendo had plans for releasing the Famicom outside of Japan. But due to some unfortunate setbacks such as the Great Video Game Crash of 1983, something involving Coleco showing a demonstration of a prototype of Donkey Kong for its forthcoming Coleco Adam home computer system in the CES, and a failed contract, things fell apart, but luckily for Nintendo, they managed to release the Famicom outside of Japan in 1985, and it was named the “Nintendo Entertainment System”. Because of that, the world wasn’t the same thanks to the release of the NES.
Now, in our timeline, we are all impressed by Nintendo’s legacy after the release of the NES, even with some mishaps along the way, and it’s very weird…
But however, what if Atari and Nintendo actually managed to release the Famicom outside of Japan? If we were to do that, here are four ideas I had in mind.:
And on a side-note, the SwordQuest competition ended up becoming successful thanks to no 1983 video game crash ITTL. Therefore, all four games get released in time. We all don’t know who the winners are, but that’s a story for another time.
And thus, Atari and Nintendo actually managed to release the Famicom outside of Japan! However, it had to be renamed to the “Atari-Nintendo Advanced Video System”. It was released in Autumn of 1984. Even if it’s released, the Atari 2600 is still on sale until it ceases production in the year 1986.
Should I explain some details about the Atari-Nintendo Advanced Video System? Please stay tuned.
Now, in our timeline, we are all impressed by Nintendo’s legacy after the release of the NES, even with some mishaps along the way, and it’s very weird…
But however, what if Atari and Nintendo actually managed to release the Famicom outside of Japan? If we were to do that, here are four ideas I had in mind.:
- Coleco shows a demonstration of a different game that isn’t Donkey Kong for its forthcoming Coleco Adam home computer system in the CES
- Atari creates the pat-pended Atari Seal of Quality, which’ll later on be known as the Atari-Nintendo Seal of Quality, and then the Nintendo Seal of Quality (as a result of what’s to come)
- The 1983 video game crash is prevented by actual good copies of Pac-Man being released and E.T. not getting a video game adaptation (at the time).
However, Pac-Man’s prototypes (Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 IOTL) and E.T. 's Atari 2600 games are found in the future (through Atari’s vault) and lead to a cult following.
- Oh! And Atari was bought by someone other than Warner.
And on a side-note, the SwordQuest competition ended up becoming successful thanks to no 1983 video game crash ITTL. Therefore, all four games get released in time. We all don’t know who the winners are, but that’s a story for another time.
And thus, Atari and Nintendo actually managed to release the Famicom outside of Japan! However, it had to be renamed to the “Atari-Nintendo Advanced Video System”. It was released in Autumn of 1984. Even if it’s released, the Atari 2600 is still on sale until it ceases production in the year 1986.
Should I explain some details about the Atari-Nintendo Advanced Video System? Please stay tuned.