Changing the Game

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StomperYoshi

Ok, so I've neglected this for too long that I forgot where I was on it. I still have a few ideas floating around for the industry's future, but I'd need some help with getting myself back on track. Anyone wanna co-author?
 

connorCD

StomperYoshi said:
Ok, so I've neglected this for too long that I forgot where I was on it. I still have a few ideas floating around for the industry's future, but I'd need some help with getting myself back on track. Anyone wanna co-author?
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I think I could concur with a few ideas but I'm unsure what I could offer nor would you be interested
 
nick_crenshaw82

nick_crenshaw82

StomperYoshi said:
As Mattel expanded into a new industry, so did Atari. Whereas the home computer landscape had an array of successful firms like Apple with the Apple II line, Tandy with their TRS-80 series, and Commodore with the PET line, Atari made their computing debut in 1979 with the Atari 400 and the Atari 800. The computers used cartridges like the VCS for ease of use. However, Atari's involvement in the computer industry would be shorter than expected due to unforeseen circumstances back in 1979.
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I love your timeline (I'm rereading it for the second time to possibly help you) but at this point my personal timeline splits at this point with Atari accepting Steve Jobs offer for funding for Apple.
 
Electric Monk

Electric Monk

nick_crenshaw82 said:
I love your timeline (I'm rereading it for the second time to possibly help you) but at this point my personal timeline splits at this point with Atari accepting Steve Jobs offer for funding for Apple.
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Doesn’t work. Yeah Bushnell regretted it, but he was also enough of a grown-up (eventually) to admit that it wouldn’t have worked. Without Mike Markkula—which doesn’t happen if Bushnell invests—Apple isn’t going anywhere to be honest. Bushnell was super-important in sending the Steve team over to Don Valentine though, which leads to Markkula.

Although the other fun merge is that Steve Jobs considered buying Amiga in 1983…
 
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nick_crenshaw82

nick_crenshaw82

Electric Monk said:
Doesn’t work. Yeah Bushnell regretted it, but he was also enough of a grown-up (eventually) to admit that it wouldn’t have worked. Without Mike Markkula—which doesn’t happen if Bushnell invests—Apple isn’t going anywhere to be honest. Bushnell was super-important in sending the Steve team over to Don Valentine though, which leads to Markkula.

Although the other fun merge is that Steve Jobs considered buying Amiga in 1983…
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I think we can still include Mike Markkula at Apple. I see Nolan Bushnell turning Apple into a subsidiary of Atari in 1976, but run by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak who brought in Markkula in 1977,but that's just me.
 
Gaming in 1986 - An Overview, Part III: The Computers
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    The American computer market around this point was a four-way competition between Apple (already on the third version of what would would eventually be named Mac OS), Commodore and their Amiga brand, Compaq, and Microsoft's Windows.
    While it slipped under everyone's radar at first, this would be the year Lucasfilm would expand into video games, with an adventure game based on the cult classic film Labyrinth.
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    Its underground success would lead Lucasfilm Games to try out another adventure game based on a movie; this time Little Shop of Horrors. While not quite as successful, both games kept the newly-founded division afloat.
     
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