Video game crash of 1983
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The video game crash of 1983 was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was attributed to several factors, including market
Atari VCS, also known as the Atari 2600, the most popular console prior to the crash
The Commodore 64 survived the crash and became one of the best-selling computers of all time.
Partially surviving cases and cartridges retrieved during the 2014 excavation of the Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill Atari had used in 1983. E.T., Centipede, and other Atari materials can be seen.
NES Console Set
The Nintendo Entertainment System is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released as the Family Computer in Japan on July 15, 1983, and as the NES in test markets in t
Video game crash of 1983
…The North American video game console industry recovered a few years later, mostly due to the widespread success of Nintendo's Western branding for its Famicom console, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), released in October 1985. The NES was designed to avoid the missteps that caused the 1983 crash and…
The prototype Advanced Video System, with cassette data drive and wireless accessories
Nintendo's display at a FAO Schwarz in New York City, 1986
New-Style NES
Sharp C1 Famicom TV (14-inch)