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by ewmailing
2864 days ago
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> So instead of finding the NES next to your other PCs at the time, it was near the toy aisle? > Anyone who maybe was able to witness the revival able to comment with their anecdotes? That is NOT my recollection. I bought my Atari games from the same isle I bought my NES games from at Toys R Us (obviously in different years). I think there is truth that game console marketing shifted into its own more toy like thing, distinct from computers, but I think that shift was already underway by the heyday of the 2600. I remember an entire display of just video games (2600, ColecoVision, and others), which was separate from other software, computers, and the consoles. With the Toys R Us closure, I wrote an article about my memories of Toys R Us and The Great Video Game crash (and recovery) that tries to fill in for people what living through the crash actually felt like. https://playcontrol.net/ewing/jibberjabber/memories-of-the-g... |
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