video game console

Ralph Baer, inventor of the first video game console, claimed that he first devised the concept of an interactive television set in 1951. If he had pursued that idea back then, How would a video game system invented then effect the long-term trajectory of the field? How would the culture develop...

Different Console Manufacturers Names Nintendo: Same as the OTl Sega: Atari 3DO: Same as the OTl Atari: Arcadia Atari's development studios and their franchises Atari AM1: CueBall, Happy Bird, Zaxxon, Half-Beast Atari AM2: Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner, Benji the Hedgehog, Mad...

Original thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-ahc-ultra-competitive-videogame-console-wars.435365/ While the subject of video game consoles has come up a number of times, what if the video game console wars became even more ultra competitive and over-saturated compared to...

So, your challenge here is to have Microsoft enter the console market at a plausible date earlier than 2001.

So, your challenge here is to have Sega stay in the console market to this day without ASBs.

So, what if the video game crash of 1983 never happened? How would that happen without ASBs? Would companies like Nintendo and Sega still enter the console market? What would the gaming industry look like as of now without the video game crash of 1983 ever happening?

The Sega Saturn is a home video game console developed by Sega and released in 1994 in Japan and 1995 in both North America and Europe as the fifth-generation successor to the Sega Mega Drive (or the Sega Genesis in North America). It was a success in Japan, with it having sold 5.75 million...

I'm sure that most of us know about Sony. Founded in 1946 in Japan, it's one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic products, one of the world's largest music companies, one of the world's largest film studios, making it one of the most comprehensive media companies. Sony first...

Y’all remember that one thing in E3 2013 with that one Xbox One announcement, right? Well, it has gone through an overly negative reception because of that, but since Microsoft changed the Xbox One up a bit before release, it started to slowly improve, and of course, did it sell so well? That’s...

I'm sure that most of us know about the Nintendo Switch. It's a hybrid console that was released in 2017 after the failure of the Wii U and has since became a success, with it and the Nintendo Switch Lite having sold more than 89 million units worldwide. So, what if the Nintendo Switch was a...

We all know the Master System, right? Its a 8-bit home video game console released by Sega in 1985 to compete with the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was a success in Europe and Brazil with the Master System's lifespan still going on in the latter country. However, it was a failure in Japan...

We all know the Virtual Boy, a 32-bit tabletop portable video game console from Nintendo released in 1995. It was a critical and commercial failure, for its high price, monochrome display, unimpressive stereoscopic effect, lack of true portability and health concerns, therefore earning its place...

We all know that back in the day, Sega was Nintendo’s rival and in our current day, Sega is Nintendo’s friend. However, I was thinking of making a timeline where Nintendo and Sega work together on consoles and such since around the 1980’s, but how can I create such a TL without ASB?

Sega Saturn was originally developed with backward compatibility with his predecessor, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. That's the main reason why the console have cartridge set and Yamaha YMF292 as sound chip. If succesfull, it would let Sega to use quite imprresive SG's library of games as starting...

Welcome Back to the Arcade, ladies and gentlemen! I'm your host, Awesome Sauce and this is a reboot of the Turing-Nash TL. This time around, it isn't just pop culture, now everything is allowed (as along as it is not ASB or violate the rules of this site) on this thread (of course with my...

I'M BACK BITCHES William Higinbotham A name familiar to anyone who knows about video game history, He created the game Computer Tennis, a revolutionary game simulates a game of, well, tennis in 1958 to display it at the annual public convention of Brookhaven National Laboratory, the critical...

After having a conversation with Mr_ Bondoc, I decided to start a new TL with him. And yes, this is a collaborative effort so anyone who wants to join in and share your ideas, you can with, (of course) our permission. So here's the POD: POD: June 7, 1954: Alan Turing refuses to commit suicide...

This was a weird idea I got, but what if rather then merge with Sammy, what if Microsoft bought SEGA and thus Sonic and the other SEGA characters became xBox exclusives? Maybe around 2004 this would happen. I’d have no idea what could prompt this, but maybe Sony buying RARE after Microsoft...

While the subject of Videogame Consoles has come up a number of times, what if the Videogame Console Wars became even more ultra competitive and over-saturated compared to OTL from the 4th-5th generation onwards up to the present day? And what would be the best way to bring about a scenario...

The Wii U is infamous for being Nintendo's lowest selling console, and as a result brought them economic harm (later resulting in them creating the Switch). So, I beg the question - how can we save the Wii U? It was already a fine console with some great 1st-party games, but how could we make...