Quem é que não lembra do Atari, ou os mais “adultos”, do Intelivision ou PC400? É, já se passaram mais de 30 anos desde o lançamento dos primeiros videogames, que pelo visto não foram suficientes para que os fabricantes parassem de cometer erros grotescos. Reportagem sugerida por Jean, e retirada de um site gringo. Veja abaixo que interessante, e aproveite para matar a sede de nostalgia.

Outro aspecto interessante desta reportagem, é que através dos erros dos fabricantes, você consegue identificar as razoes do marketshare de cada uma das empresas atualmente. O declínio da Sega, o declínio da Nintendo, o surgimento da Sony, dentre outros. Espero que gostem

1977 – RCA Studio II

Problema 1. Cade o Joystick???? É ali mesmo, no computador, ou seja, ARGHHH. Alguem tem alguma dúvida do porque após criado, o controle se chama JOY – STICK? rsssss

Problema 2. A Energia vem pelo cabo RF da TV (vc lembra disso???)

1979 – Intellivision (Eu tive um desses!!!!!)

Problema 1. Controle que parece um telefone e não um controle

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1982 – Atari 5200

Problema 1. Controle que quebrava mutio facilmente, e botões que desbotavam

Problema 2. Energia pelo Cabo RF. Veja você mesmo: um erro repetido 3 anos depois por outro fabricante.

1984 – Atari 7800

Problema 1. Chip de Som usado era do Atari 2600, de 1974! Ninguém entendeu o downgrade.

1985 – Nintendo (NES)

Problema 1. Qualquer toquinho no console, adeus jogo, qualquer toquinho no jogo, adeus jogo. Enfim, era extremamente instável e reiniciava por qualquer motivo.

1993 – Atari Jaguar

Problema 1. O Controle, mais uma vez ele. Apesar do design interessante, possuia poucos botoes. Após um tempo, lançaram um controle denominado PRO, mas veio tarde demais.

1994 – Sega Saturn

Problema 1. O sistema operacional possuia dois chips e 5 processadores, o que tornava o desenvolvimento de games muito complexo. Resultado: a Sega perdeu muito mercado, dando lugar ao novato Playstation da Sony que dominou o mercado pelo restante da era de 32 bits

1995 – Nintendo Virtual Boy

Problema 1. Parece um brinquedo daqueles dos anos 60, tipo aquela mão de ferro que possuia chave de fenda, dentre outras ferramentes quase inúteis no dia a dia.

Problema 2. Parece um alienígena do Matrix, aqueles que andavam nos campos de humanos, nos cultivando.

Problema 3. A tela era monocromática vermelha e não, não estávamos em 1960. O ano do lançamento foi 1995.

1996 – Nintendo 64

Problema 1. Os cartuchos RAM. Ao invés de usar CDs, muito mais baratos de se fabricar, a nintendo usava cartuchos caros de se produzir. Resumo, caso um jogo nao fizesse sucesso, a produtora do game ficava com um estoque absurdo de um produto caro. Resultado, o declínio de 10 anos da nintendo, que deixou de possuir parceiros. Estes parceiros, obviamente migraram para o Playstation, iniciando o domínio da Sony e Microsoft na era dos videogames.

2001 – Nintendo Gameboy Advanced

Problema 1. Tela de Cristal Líquido escura demais, o que dificultava os jogos e consumia energia.

2001 – XBox

Problema 1. O controle lançado com ele originalmente nos EUA era simplesmente GIGANTESCO com mil e um botoes e difícil de segurar. Meu Deus do céu, os fabricantes CONTINUAM cometendo erros no Joystick??

2003 – Nintendo GameBoy Advanced SP

Problema 1. Não possuia entrada para fones de ouvido. Meus Deus, é pra ser portátil ou nao? Caso você quizesse usar fones, deveria comprar um adaptador e conectar na entrada de enrgia. Ou seja, se vc usa fones, não pode conectar na tomada.

por Juliano Todeschini / jutodes@gmail.com

Found this good article on the history of Atari. Twenty comprehensive pages, this is a good look at the beginnings and development of the company that made video games a house hold term.

Not the first company to create video games, they were the ones to popularize them.So much so that many people forget that Magnavox came out with Ralph Baer’s creation, the Odyssey a couple of years before Atari was even a company.

Is you’re reading this blog, then you are probably going to like this article.

Here it is:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2000/the_history_of_atari_19711977.php

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It’s time to podcast and chew bubblegum – and we’re all out of gum!  Just like 3D Realms is all out of money!  We talk about that and a plethora of other topics including Battlefield Heroes, Free Realms, that hot new Jaguar game, You’re In The Movies, the TMNT: Turtles In Time remake, and Polyphony Digital’s unreasonable lobby fountain.  Grab the podcast directly at the link above, or subscribe to the ‘cast in iTunes or the Zune marketplace!

We unfortunately have to break that tabletop RPG Daily chain we’ve had going this week.  No news was quite as big today as Blizzard opening up enrollment to beg to get into the upcoming Starcraft II beta.  The link is to a Giant Bomb article that kindly points out that one of the requirements is that you own a Blizzard game tied to your Battle.net account. 

My Google feeds weren’t entirely unkind to the world of grids today though.  Wizards of the Coast has a few stat block previews from their upcoming Monster Manual 2 that you can find on their facebook page.  So far they have put up blocks for the iron dragon, clay golem, and warforge resounder.

I wish certain parts of posts could be tagged, because this certainly deserves to be filed under “WTF?”.  Kotaku is reporting that the Atari Jaguar will be getting a new game called Mad Bodies this year.  It is described as a Break-Out style shooter that has been in development for 6 years.  Following the maze of links from Kotaku to their source who in turn got it from another source will get you to the game’s home page.  It looks like they’re taking orders for the first run.

Hello everybody!

Now that the pirates have been thoroughly Menaced I thought I should do the decent thing and return to base.

Now that I’m back its time to put you all out of your misery and open my box!

What will be inside? My Thai bride? Fighting ferrets? Enough cocaine to make Scarface look like a teenage weed dealer?

Let the opening commence!

So there it is !

An ATARI JAGUAR!

and that means we have a winner! After sifting through the countless emails and comments

Mr Jenkinson

was the closest and will be receiving a signed copy of Athlete Kings for the Sega Saturn! You lucky lucky boy!

Congratulations to him and commiserations to everyone else. The prize is as they say “In the Post”.

MONDAY! MONDAY! MONDAY! First day of the week and trying to get going but I’m slow out of the hole. If everyone is like me you will not get going until Tuesday.

Now on the the subject at hand. Please help if you can in the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. Toxic chemicals in our environment threaten our rivers and lakes, our air, land, and oceans, and ultimately ourselves and our future.

You can check out the project ideas and what we are trying to do on the about page. Please help if you can it does not matter if it is 1 or 100 games just so they don’t go in a landfill. Thanks for coming.

Well up and running on a Sunday. Bloging a little late today because my back was hurting today along with a headache. Two for the price of one today. Anyway you can see why I’m asking for donation to be sent. I can’t get out to much sometime.

Back to the project at hand. I’m just asking for donation to help keep toxic chemical out of landfills and to help some kids along the way. Please help if you can and if you want to know where to send items just check out my about page and you can get the address.

Thanks for all your help in advance.

Update of the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. It’s unlucky day 13 of the project lets hope it will be lucky instead. There will more then likely only be one update today. Not feeling to good with back problems the last few days.

Nothing yet for kids or to save the environment from heavy metals in landfills. If you have any old video games, systems or anything to do with video games please send them to me and they will go to a good cause.

Thank you in advance for all your help.

Well it’s the close of day 12 of the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. the weekend is here and it should be a little slow until Monday. Not to much going on the weekend. If anyone needs to get a hold of me check the about page and you can also see what the project is all about. Everyone have a good night.

Opening of Day 12 of the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. I missed yesterday because I didn’t feel to good and didn’t do any updates yesterday. But I’m up and rolling today after sleeping 12 hours last night.

So if anyone would like to get a hold of me about donating anything please let me know and I will get back as soon as I can. I’m trying to make the planet a safer place and help some kids along the way. Check my about page to learn more about the project and myself.

Thanks in advance for everyone’s help.

Well another day has come and gone on the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. Working hard to get some video games for some kids and to keep the e-waste from electronic products out of landfills. e-waste containing toxic chemicals and heavy metals that cannot be disposed of or recycled safely. Please help the cause and I will dispose of the electronic products the right way at a e-waste disposal program.

Did sleep to well last night had a lot on my mind and could not turn it off. Anyway up and running of Day 11 of the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. I just want everyone to know a reason why I’m doing this.

Landfills are feeling up with e-waste more and more everyday. “The world is consuming more and more electronic products every year. This has caused a dangerous explosion in electronic scrap (e-waste) containing toxic chemicals and heavy metals that cannot be disposed of or recycled safely.” – “Toxic chemicals in our environment threaten our rivers and lakes, our air, land, and oceans, and ultimately ourselves and our future.” – Greenpeace

Please do nt just throw your video game in the dumpster. If you send your video game and systems to me working or not I will dispose of the correctly. We have a e-waste disposal program twice a year and I will dispose of the games and systems the right way if I can not use them. Please do not send any money I just want video game, system and accessories. Thank you for all of your help in advance.

Day 10 of the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project didn’t go to well. When I woke up my hip and back was hurting. I went to the doctor and she gave me a treatment but I still feel in pain. Oh well enough about me and on to the project. I hope everyone is awake to help out on the project. All I ask is for you to send me some game you are going to throw out anyway. Keep them out of landfills and help the Environment. Until tomorrow.

It is the close of day 9 of the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. Monday are not the greatest days for most people so I can understand why it was a slow day. It only been about a week and a half from the start of the project and I’m sure it will take a little more time to get the word out. Well that’s all for now check back to see if we received any donation for the project.

The open of day 9 is here and we are up and running. Monday people are a little slow seeing it’s the first day of the week. My back is a little better today but still a little hard to get around. Now the doctor tells me I have to go and see another doctor because I’m having the same problem with my neck now. Oh well one more doctor is not going to kill me, I guess. Until later.

Lazy day today seeing that it is Sunday. It may pick up tomorrow the first of the week. I have been sleeping a lot today. Not sure way but we will see how it goes tomorrow. My back is hurting today and I have a headache also. Going to see a doctor later this week and I hope he can help. Can’t play any games today because of it. Oh well life goes on and until tomorrow.

We are up and running on the 7th day of our Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. Not a lot of action today it is the weekend but hopefully it will pick up. If you need answers on anything just email me and I’ll get back to you. You can also check the about page for more information.

Well the end of day 6 has come and gone. Things maybe looking up seeing I received a few emails today. I don’t really know if anything will come of it but it’s a start. Please help if you can and if you would like to donate to the project video games anonymously you check about page can send them to:
Rusty Z.
3930 Turnbridge Ct. #201
Brunswick, Ohio
44212-3080
USA

Thank you very much and as always.

I DO NOT WANT ANY MONEY JUST THE VIDEO GAMES, SYSTEMS and ACCESSORIES. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!!!

Early here on day 6 of the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. Not to much action as of yet but I’m not to upset. the word still needs to get out and then maybe there will be some help. Only time will tell and I’ll keep pulling away. Thanks for all your help and come back soon to see how we are doing.

Hurt my back last night and not sure how I did it. I did some dishes yesterday and I can’t walk very good at all today. Anyway nothing today but we hope it picks up in the next few weeks. Will keep everyone posted on what is coming in and from who. Thanks to everyone and see you tomorrow.

Day 5 is here and we are up and running. Hope we get some more response today but it’s still early in the project and we are going to stick it out for sometime until we can get some people to hear us and maybe get some games. Well until tonight’s update good bye.

Still no taker on the Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. Maybe some people sent me something without telling me. I guess only time will tell. Please let everyone know that I have this project going and I’ll keep moving forward with it. Until tomorrow everyone have a good night.

The start Day 4 of Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. Still nothing yet but I’m not to upset Rome was not built in a day and this program will not be. It would be nice to get some kind of response but I will wait and see how it goes. I’ll keep to updated as thing move forward.

It’s the end of day 3 of Video Game Recycling/Donate Project. Still early in the project so I’m not to worried. It would be nice to get some games and systems I could give to some kids that are sick. Well only time will tell and no one can say I didn’t try when I die. Please help if you can and have a good one.

It’s the start of day 3 of Video Game Recycling/Donating Project. Still no video games but it’s still early in the project. I can’t be to upset because it has not even been a week and the word has not got out. Hopefully I can get some responds in a few weeks. If not I’ll keep pluging away and maybe someday it will happen. That’s all for now and I’ll keep you updated as we move forward.