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  1. MoistLasagna

    WI: Sonic '06 killed the Sonic franchise

    I'm sure that we all know Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. Known for it's glitches, long loading times and a romantic relationship between a hedgehog and a human princess, Sonic '06 caused significant damage to the franchise's reputation, and has painted Sonic as a laughing stock in the eyes of game...
  2. MoistLasagna

    WI: Nintendo and Sony were on the same team

    As you may know, Nintendo made a deal with Sony in 1988 to develop a CD-ROM add-on for the SNES, as well as a SNES-compatible CD-based console called the PlayStation. However, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi began to grow wary of Sony and deemed the deal unacceptable upon realising that it...
  3. MoistLasagna

    AHC: Nintendo and Sega more powerful than Sony

    So, your challenge here is to have Nintendo and Sega be more dominant in the console market than Sony, with Nintendo winning the console wars in 1st place, Sega in 2nd place and Sony in 3rd place.
  4. MoistLasagna

    AHC: Make the 3DO successful

    As the title says, your challenge here is to make the 3DO console a success.
  5. MoistLasagna

    WI: Sony teamed up with Microsoft

    I’ve seen plenty of Nintendo-Sony team-up TLs, some Sega-Microsoft TLs and a couple of Nintendo-Microsoft TLs, but not a single Sony-Microsoft TL. It’s known that before the public announcement of the PlayStation 2, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates approached Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei about wanting Sony...
  6. MoistLasagna

    DBWI: Sega-Philips partnership in the early 90s

    I’ve heard that Philips, after getting rebuffed by Nintendo, entered talks with Sega in 1992 about producing a CD-ROM add-on for their Mega Drive, but ultimately decided to go solo with the CD-i, which became a failure, which leaves me wondering. What if Sega teamed up with Philips in the early...
  7. MoistLasagna

    WI: Nintendo competes more directly with the Sega Saturn and the PS1

    What if instead of releasing the Nintendo 64, Nintendo released a next-gen successor to the SNES at the same time the Sega Saturn and the PS1 came out, and this ATL SNES successor would be CD-based and have equal power to the Sega Saturn and the PS1? How would this happen? How would this affect...
  8. MoistLasagna

    AHC: Have Nintendo win the console wars

    So, your challenge here is to have Nintendo be the winner of the console wars.
  9. MoistLasagna

    WI: Nintendo-Sega partnership in the early 90s

    This might sound ASB-ish, but what if Nintendo and Sega stopped being rivals in the early 90s and joined forces to develop a new console? (the Neptune?) How would this happen? How would it affect Sony and Microsoft? How would it affect Silicon Graphics and Hitachi? What would happen to the 32X...
  10. TheAltHistoryGuy

    Photos of Games That Should Have Been
    Threadmarks: Intro & Peacetank

    As you know, games are considered a work of art and a new way of life, as it allows gamers and developers to experience our world like never before. I was inspired by the Photos from Alternate Worlds II to post games that should have been, no matter if they are made on the web or on consoles. I...
  11. A True Game-Changer

    "You can't just butcher a deal like this; you're looking at the next big thing!" - Bill Enders Ralph Baer had spent at least a year at Sanders Associates bringing his idea of a home arcade cabinet to life, and had been spending even longer to bring it to the market. First, he and the team...
  12. Images from the Player Two Start Saga

    So inspired by the Footprint of Mussolini, Kaiserreich, Featherston's Confederacy, and TNO images thread, here is a thread to post images tied to both official canon and your own personal headcanon in RySenkari and Nivek's Player Two Start trilogy.
  13. WI: Atari's (semi)glorious return in the 90's

    The POD is simple, when Atari was trying to ressurect the brand as renown hardware maker, they actually have some idea how to support Atari Jaguar, system have much less problems with hardware bugs, and Atari actually have some help for potential third parties ready to make games. Is less...
  14. MoistLasagna

    AHC: Have Nintendo and Sega Swap Successes

    So, your challenge here is to have Nintendo and Sega swap successes. Ideally, Nintendo would leave the console market in the sixth generation and become a third-party developer, with the Mario franchise going downhill, leading to game journalists like IGN viewing Mario in a overly negative light...
  15. MoistLasagna

    AHC: Screw over both Nintendo and Sega

    With a POD no earlier than 1988, your challenge here is to screw over both Nintendo and Sega, to the point where they leave the console market in the sixth generation of game consoles and become third-party developers.
  16. MoistLasagna

    WI: Sega 64?

    I’m sure we all know and love the Nintendo 64, right? Well, there was a time where the Nintendo 64 was almost Sega’s. You see, Tom Kalinske was never impressed by the plans for the Saturn hardware, which led to him to propose a deal with Silicon Graphics to use a alternative graphics chip for...
  17. MoistLasagna

    WI: The Sega Jupiter Was Released

    The Sega Jupiter was a unreleased console by Sega that was going to be a cartridge-based 32-bit system with similar specs to the Sega Saturn. It was also said to retail for ¥30,000 (with the Saturn’s price at the time being set at ¥50,000) and could have been converted into a Saturn by...
  18. MoistLasagna

    WI/AHC - Ultra Competitive Videogame Console Wars (REDUX)

    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...
  19. MoistLasagna

    WI: No Sega Mega-CD

    So, what if Sega never released the Mega-CD? How would that happen without ASBs? What would happen to Sonic CD, one of the Mega-CD’s famed games? How would that affect the future of Sega? Would Sega still release a 32X-like add-on? What would happen to the Mega-CD’s FMV games? Would Sega still...
  20. MoistLasagna

    WI: Sega-CD was successful (REDUX)

    Original version: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-sega-cd-was-successful.408935/ What if the Sega CD was a success? How would this happen? And how would this change Sega? (Would they still make consoles?)
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