8̶ 1̶6̶ 3̶2̶ Bit More Console History

(Season 4) Episode 2
[Gaming Arc 2/6]

The video game crash of 1983 nearly destroyed the video game market, so how did we get to a world where the latest consoles are always in high-demand? Find out as we continue our history lesson, starting with the third generation of video game consoles!

As always, sources are available on our website.

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[Gaming Arc 2/6]

The video game crash of 1983 nearly destroyed the video game market, so how did we get to a world where the latest consoles are always in high-demand? Find out as we continue our history lesson, starting with the third generation of video game consoles!

Sources:

All Generations: BBC Archive, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “The 8 Generations of Video Game Consoles”Third Generation of Consoles:University of Michigan Library (CVGA Disassembled), Accessed: 23 August 2021, “Third Generation (1983-1990) VGLegacy.com, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “3rd Generation of Video Game Consoles”Sega SG-1000:SegaRetro.org, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “SG-1000”Nintendo Famicom/NES:Nintendo Life, 16 July 2013, “Feature: The History Of The Famicom, The Console That Changed Nintendo’s Fortunes“SegaRetro.org, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “Sega Master System”Fourth Generation of Consoles:VGLegacy.com, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “TurboGrafx-16”Wikipedia.org, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “Satellaview”Venturebeat, 28 November 2015, “The art and legacy of the ’90s console war“Fifth Generation of Consoles:Medium.com, 7 September 2020, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “Nintendo 64: Architecture and History”IGN, 24 September 2011, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “Nintendo 64: Launching a Legacy“University of Michigan (CVGA Assembled), Accessed: 23 August 2021, “Fifth Generation (1993-2001)”Sixth Generation of Consoles:CNET, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “Sega Dreamcast Specs”University of Michigan (CVGA Assembled), Accessed: 23 August 2021, “Sixth Generation (1998-2009)“The Guardian, 4 March 2020, “PlayStation 2 at 20: the console that revealed the future of gaming“PCMag, 26 October 2020, “20 Years Ago, the PS2 Launched With Terrible Games But Still Won the Generation“The Verge, 21 May 2020, “Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online“

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Opening Music: Dark Synthwave by MOKKA