The Complete History of the Console Wars

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    A riveting tale of the age old Console Wars
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    Chapters
    0:00 - Intro
    1:20 - 1st Gen Pong Boys
    3:43 - 2nd Gen Golden Age
    29:12 - The Crash
    41:49 - 3rd Gen 8 bit
    1:01:55 - 4th Gen 16 bit
    1:30:12 - 5th Gen 3D
    2:01:05 - 6th Gen Online
    2:15:30 - 7th Gen HD
    2:29:15 - 8th Gen Top Tech
    2:35:09 - 9th Gen Current
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  • @calic737
    @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I think it's awesome that everyone is dropping comments.
    I really appreciate all your support.

    • @Retrogameplayer8000
      @Retrogameplayer8000 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Nah they aren't comments. They are admirations. With the occasional mistake, mispronunciations and occasional ticked off viewers....but hey a click is a click.....keep it up

    • @Retrogameplayer8000
      @Retrogameplayer8000 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hell we can bother you all night

    • @damin9913
      @damin9913 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      1:02:30 When Sega genesis was born❤❤❤❤

    • @damin9913
      @damin9913 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      1:04:12 it does means alot to us Americans the hell you mean it's nothing people always trying to bash Genesis all the time and I'm sick of it😡this is what started the console wars now!

    • @damin9913
      @damin9913 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      1:07:51 bro chill just because snes had graphics and good sound doesn't mean it was better the genesis still holds the better attention then super nintendo not all the games was that great just a few

  • @rickyrock-nt4ii
    @rickyrock-nt4ii หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    I love how this starts

    • @MiggerPlease
      @MiggerPlease หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'm gay

    • @G.G.___162
      @G.G.___162 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Definitely an epic intro!

    • @MiggerPlease
      @MiggerPlease 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@G.G.___162 yummy

    • @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s
      @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Had me dying

    • @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s
      @observer.b_e_l_l_i_s 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​kylekorona Soooo...it made you..happy?

  • @Retrogameplayer8000
    @Retrogameplayer8000 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    I cannot believe you held my attention this long......i can't believe i hid in the back of a work truck for two hours and didnt get caught....good to be a ghost thanks man

  • @astroster1648
    @astroster1648 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Such a good video, only just found your channel and i never wouldve guessed you only had 600 subs, you deserve way more!!!!

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Hey I really appreciate that. I'm glad you're here!

    • @terran0797
      @terran0797 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree, very impressed with this vid and I’m not even done watching it yet.

  • @Fakeanghey_Clownwrld
    @Fakeanghey_Clownwrld หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I’m saving this video to watch later, and will watch the whole thing with my 10 year old son. Great first 5 minutes!

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's awesome I hope you guys have a good time!

    • @Bubba__Sawyer
      @Bubba__Sawyer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Have you watched it yet?

  • @opaljk4835
    @opaljk4835 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Blast Processing was actually a term coined by a sega engineer referring to ways to get more colors on the screen , and the marketing team took that phrase and ran with it as a way to describe its very fast CPU, which did really benefit the console.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I didn't know that, so it actually does mean something!

  • @KevinGreenHunt
    @KevinGreenHunt หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The presentation is gripping. I was just going to check it out and finish it later but now I have to finish.

  • @JSR_
    @JSR_ หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I got in before 700 subs. Can't wait to look back on this in 3 years when you're at 700k. Great video, so well-written and spoken, and entertaining. Flew by in a flash, and I learned a lot as well! GG!

    • @JSR_
      @JSR_ หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      LMAO I meant to type 70k but ya know, why not? 😂

  • @KengKirk
    @KengKirk หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Fantastic video!

  • @earlusmcdivett
    @earlusmcdivett 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This was such an awesome video. I can only imagine how many hours, days and week you spent on this. You also have a great voice, don’t try to be a comedian and don’t use obnoxious acronyms like “SNESSS”. It’s like sitting down with a friend you’ve known for years. Awesome job. New subscriber and can’t wait to see what you have coming next!

  • @aguynamedguy309
    @aguynamedguy309 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I grew up with both Snes and Genesis, but I was lucky enough to have a 6 button, and I had never even heard of the *start* function key.. my friends had to bring their own controller if we wanted to play against each other.

    • @johnwilliamson8367
      @johnwilliamson8367 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same. I was fortunate enough to have the Nes, Snes, and Genesis when I had to get rid of a system like the Nes I ended up with a Sega CD but tbh honest I'd prefer to have just kept the three original systems.

    • @aguynamedguy309
      @aguynamedguy309 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @johnwilliamson8367 yeah, my snes broke right around Christmas of 95 and I ended up with a Saturn instead of waiting for the PS1... long story short, I got the PS1 the next Christmas... wish I would have kept panzer dragoon though

    • @johnwilliamson8367
      @johnwilliamson8367 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@aguynamedguy309 my mom broke my Genesis in a fit of rage that sucked. Granted I only played it every so often. Had an Addams Family Game that I played to the point of ad nauseam. It was a platformer and pretty decent one.

    • @johnwilliamson8367
      @johnwilliamson8367 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      PS1 I regretted not getting just due to the sheer volume of titles. I ended up with the N64 had a bit of a wrestling obsession. N64 had titles that were good just not many that genuinely interested me. I admit though at the time Goldeneye 007 had me obsessed along with Resident Evil 2. I eventually ended up with a PS2 which somewhat made up for it

  • @mortimore4030
    @mortimore4030 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The Colecovision certainly does flicker. That's why I always preferred the Intellivision.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Do you feel like it flickers as much or about the same as the other ones from that era. Everyone always talks about how smooth it was.

  • @rockergaming6230
    @rockergaming6230 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I just found this after watching the Xbox documentary, watched the whole thing and I am sad it was over even at over 2:44 hours, this was great dude. So many nostalgic memories.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      That was a really good one too.

  • @carzybacon47
    @carzybacon47 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Great video

  • @Funnylittleman
    @Funnylittleman 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    You have an incredible way with words. Describing the sound of the Atari 7800 as "threatening" had me crying for some reason.

  • @xenodroid
    @xenodroid 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Amazing work. Love to see the passion with documenting this important history!

  • @someguywithaquestionablese9465
    @someguywithaquestionablese9465 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Bro cooked that intro Ong

  • @joesaiditstrue
    @joesaiditstrue 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I live in the US, Illinois to be exact, I never saw a single commodore 64 growing up, was in grade school from 86 to 92, we only had IBM's and apple 2's

  • @Jsmall86
    @Jsmall86 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    "To get it home and have it look like this... That'll be a bill please." lol

  • @jaytahoe
    @jaytahoe หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was fantastic Calic! This channel is criminally under viewed . The effort you put into these really shows!

  • @stevenanders8631
    @stevenanders8631 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    So I've watched a few of these documentary's on this and this one is the newest one and most complete Great job watched it completely.

  • @zombiedearth
    @zombiedearth 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The Japanese has pretty much owned all gamers souls since 85

  • @RetroGamePlayers
    @RetroGamePlayers 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Seriously epic video dude, I can't imagine working on something this long. Great job compiling all the clips / commercials and facts. One small thing I noticed, the Atari Jaquar controller you showed is the 2019 Pro version. It actually is a fanastic redesign, with more responsive buttons and the 3 addition buttons making it the first 6 button controller for the system. The original controller only had 3 buttons (plus the num pad allowed for overlays - AVP for example).

    • @calic737
      @calic737  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Oh really I didn't know we had a new controller for it. I did notice that there were two different kinds, but I didn't know it wasn't an original design. I love all of the fan made and independent games.

  • @Retrogameplayer8000
    @Retrogameplayer8000 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    PORT MONT A EWE
    Translation
    Port Mon Toe
    God i get a kick outta that....
    By the way that old guy comparing intellivision to atari is George Plimpton. He had that special voice everybody loved. Well at least before Robert Stack came along and narrated Unsolved Mysteries.
    Seriously I could listen to either of them read the phone book cover to cover....
    Ryan Seacrest aint got shite on them lol

    • @calic737
      @calic737  29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I know and I said it so confidently too lol. I love all of those marketing mascots like Mr. Intellivision.

    • @Retrogameplayer8000
      @Retrogameplayer8000 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@calic737 Mr. Intellivision is turning over in his grave once he found out about Tommy Tallarico trying to become the new face of the company. Especially once he learned about the lies, cheats, and theft with the stupid Amico console

  • @kageris6
    @kageris6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent video and very informative! I remember arguing for team Nintendo while riding the school bus back in the day. Lol. Keep up the great work and your channel will grow fast! Subbed!

  • @Retrogameplayer8000
    @Retrogameplayer8000 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yamauchi-san your gold plated toilet paper is here.....ahhh mushi mushi.....now i show you whos master of dim sum

  • @j.makison1547
    @j.makison1547 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Wow. This video blew me away. You deserve WAY more subscribers!

  • @benkizer9509
    @benkizer9509 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nice video on the history of console gaming. I think the Switch has become my favorite console of all time. The hybrid portability, the big library of games and how easy it is to turn on and play got me back into gaming after quitting video games for years.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I also think the switch is great. Pretty much all of the first party Nintendo games are really good too. I also really appreciate the growing library of retro games you can play on it.

  • @christophervanroekel8550
    @christophervanroekel8550 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Well played Sir. Very good documentary. You captured more than most.

  • @Pinkwire
    @Pinkwire หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Awesome video!

  • @ThomasHostvedt
    @ThomasHostvedt วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Nice! Thanks for your diligent work putting this together, exceptional!! Very entertaining and well narrated.

  • @chrisd6287
    @chrisd6287 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your sense of humor and jokes are incredible. Thank you.

  • @dj2bklyn
    @dj2bklyn 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    when you have MJ sponsoring genesis in a commercial say goodbye to Nintendo lol

    • @calic737
      @calic737  26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      They straight dunked on 'em with that one.

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      depends on the market, in my country Mario was king and Sega was almost unknown outside the arcade hall it was 80% nintendo -20% sega

    • @Bubba__Sawyer
      @Bubba__Sawyer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Blackadder75 I bet everyone in your country knew Michael Jackson though.

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Bubba__Sawyer yes, even my grandmother, because he would be in the newspapers for breaking some records set by elvis or the beatles

    • @mortimore4030
      @mortimore4030 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Bubba__Sawyer Unfortunately.

  • @jackofallgamesTV
    @jackofallgamesTV หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You forgot about how 3D Blu-ray helped in 2010 and 2011 by making the PlayStation 3 the world's cheapest 3D Blu-ray player especially if you already owned the PlayStation 3 is the world's cheapest Blu-ray player. They also made the world's best 3D screen for gamers the PlayStation 3D TV. But what killed 3D shortly after that was the promised Super Bowl that was reneged on. It was it was abandoned because it was found that 70% to 90% of people would be unable to watch the Super Bowl if it was broadcast in 3D due to 2D incompatibility.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you're right I completely left out the whole 3D blue ray thing, that would have been a good segment to have in there

  • @heathRocco
    @heathRocco 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My first ever home console i played & owned was the Sega Master System 1.
    I was 3 years old at the time & since then grew up to be playing Sega & then later Sony Playstation ❤

  • @Chris-techgamesfood
    @Chris-techgamesfood หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video man! I love these long games videos that I can just sit back and enjoy.
    Takes me right back to my childhood.

  • @methro-nome
    @methro-nome หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    subscribed at minute 2 when I caught on how back you went :D, can't wait to watch it all

  • @joshmiller887
    @joshmiller887 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love this video! The N64 didn’t initially have a pack-in game. You had to buy Mario 64 separate if you wanted to play it at launch. Keep em coming!

  • @marr3456
    @marr3456 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    i actually watched this 3 hour long video… had to subscribe 😂

  • @conman2k1
    @conman2k1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is quite the undertaking and very well done. Nice work!

  • @opaljk4835
    @opaljk4835 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    The problem with the 7800 was that it was tech from 1983 so it was pretty outdated by the time it came out. I realize it’s only a year behind the famicom but they desperately needed to add some sound hardware and whatnot

  • @IrishSloppyDad
    @IrishSloppyDad 21 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Respect for the work you put into this :)

  • @BlueGarys
    @BlueGarys หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great video! I love the way you tell stories

  • @McRcFly
    @McRcFly 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    War.... war never changes.
    Epic video thank you.

  • @andrewnagavelli1215
    @andrewnagavelli1215 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great video man keep on doin your thing. Good combo of editing and knowledge

  • @raymondjames336
    @raymondjames336 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Really enjoy the video and your voice is so relaxing and easy to listen to I look forward to checking out more of your content

  • @Jsmall86
    @Jsmall86 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great content! Thank you Calic.

  • @winstonslone2797
    @winstonslone2797 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I can assure you those "ass" graphics looked amazing. We had never seen anything like that before back then.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh Definitely. Having a home console back then would have been the coolest thing.

  • @damin9913
    @damin9913 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Now this is retro history kids nowadays don't know about

  • @jq8166
    @jq8166 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video!! I watch a lot of gaming history channels, going to be watching your channel really closely!

  • @zombiedearth
    @zombiedearth 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm a 40 yr old millennial, games was pretty much always good for me. I mean at 4 I played Atari and loved it because it was better than board games. But a year later I got an NES and I was amazed and loved it. Then sega Genesis, 64, PlayStation, PS2...etc. It was incredible to see the evolution of gaming since I was a kid. Corporations are pay to win is ruining gaming now though. I find I love indie titles on PC the past few years. Nintendo still has my heart of course.

  • @zackmeaders6199
    @zackmeaders6199 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Shoutout to the snow dogs DVD game lol

  • @bishopjerrime
    @bishopjerrime 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Awesome work 👏 👌 on the research and great choices on the commercials and game clips. Keep up the work as you just got a new subscriber.

  • @AcidGubba
    @AcidGubba 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    To be honest, I only wanted to take a quick look because 3 hours is a bit daunting. I would recommend making the whole video into 6 or 12 parts. Don't get me wrong, I think it's really good, but I suspect you'll scare a lot of people off with 3 hours. The first 2 hours are much more detailed, which I liked.
    The last 20 years definitely went too fast for me.
    I watched the whole thing anyway;)

    • @calic737
      @calic737  21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I was actually thinking about that. I also thought about doing separate parts and then putting them all together as a big video after they're all out.

  • @CymruNerdCave
    @CymruNerdCave หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video! I love this sort of stuff. I also love Paul Rudd being in the SNES commercial.

  • @werd7043
    @werd7043 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cannot believe your subscriber count after seeing this amazing video! So good dude, keep it up :)

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I really appreciate that, we're just getting started!

  • @SteveMayCAFC
    @SteveMayCAFC 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video! Instant subscription.

  • @rd400d
    @rd400d 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The golden age was not before the crash. The golden age was the NES-PS2 era.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      yeah that was a golden age for me too

    • @joelrosario9407
      @joelrosario9407 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      PS1-PS2 was the peak for gaming imo. 1998-2004 specifically because of the sheer amount of revolutionary games that came out during this stretch. I still have a special places in my heart for the 1993-1997 years as well.

    • @camrunner6633
      @camrunner6633 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Facts.

  • @natec5373
    @natec5373 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Competition is good for the consumer, once the industry is monopolized horrendous monetizing will only get worse :/

    • @calic737
      @calic737  14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I feel like we're already seeing the negative effects of some monopolies in the game industry

  • @thelightwielder
    @thelightwielder หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I think Microsoft is testing out streaming by streaming XBox Series games to an XBox One. They will probably start putting an XBOX app on TVs so you don't need a console and they will just stream it like Stadia did

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Stadia would have been really cool if it wasn't so slow. I feel like once they iron out that process it will be really cool.

    • @thelightwielder
      @thelightwielder หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@calic737 I didn't have an issue with it, but my internet is really solid since my work pays for it

    • @KnowToChill
      @KnowToChill หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Like Ubisoft sayd...Peopel will love to pay for Games without owning them ...maybe .At the Moment it looks more like X Box Consumers dont buy Games and still have not more GamePass Subcribers on PC/ Konsole then Switch or PS .Didtn MS say something about if they dont get 100 Mill Subscribers till 2028 they leaving Field? and make Games for Switch and Playstation couse PC Gamers dont buy theyr Games 2 Times on Steam for GamePass Dudes?😅

  • @stephencurah1059
    @stephencurah1059 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I really enjoyed this documentary on the history of the console wars. It was quite nostalgic hearing some of the audio used at some sections of the presentation

  • @von2300
    @von2300 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Man I'll never forget how jealous I was of the dude in my neighborhood who had the original Mortal Kombat for the Genesis and knew the Blood Code. My SNES copy was too dang squeaky clean lol!

  • @patrickdiggins85
    @patrickdiggins85 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent video, clearly a lot of time and patience went in to this. Only small critique is that you stated Mario 64 was a pack in title, which it wasn't. Great work overall though!

  • @wes773105333
    @wes773105333 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The funny thing about Sega's blast processing is that they claimed that it made games like Sonic possible and that Nintendo couldn't handle quick scrolling. There's a prototype game called Bio Force Ape for the NES that is just as fast, if not faster. It's a game that was developed during the NES' lifespan, but was never officially released. Turns out the NES had blast processing all along!

  • @Retrogameplayer8000
    @Retrogameplayer8000 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    41:51 there it is.....square button pre recall Famicom......I want one so bad

  • @UnicornRocko
    @UnicornRocko หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You did an awesome job with this video!

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks I really appreciate that!

  • @Retrogameplayer8000
    @Retrogameplayer8000 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hey kid, for Christmas your getting the Bally astrocade.....oh great thanks dad so much....oh but you can't pick it up till January .....ohhhhh man

  • @Retrogameplayer8000
    @Retrogameplayer8000 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    PORT MAN TOW.....CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah lol, I just discovered that I'd been saying it wrong all this time.

  • @YerlyYondere
    @YerlyYondere หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This video was really good

  • @Golemoid
    @Golemoid 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is the first time i hear 32X being talked about positively.

  • @ClERCE
    @ClERCE 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    excellent video

  • @justsomejojo
    @justsomejojo 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No matter how often I hear it said, it still feels surreal that the Gamecube was a financial failure. The Gamecube was the first home console I was allowed to have and at the time, it felt great to be a Gamecube owner - it had so many great games that also would go on to be well-remembered classics. So much so that it took me well into 2009 or 2010 to learn the console wasn't very successful. I never put much stock into the console wars mind you - it's just always such a stark dissonance.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I was so hyped to get my Gamecube. Metroid Prime and the Ocarina of Time Master Quest pre-order bonus thing were the ones I probably played the most.
      I was a teen in high school around that time and it was a fun thing to joke about which console was better. I don't think most people were that serious about it.

  • @costasvasilogiannakis7816
    @costasvasilogiannakis7816 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    amazing video great work really love it 5 stars

  • @Doktario_Mystario
    @Doktario_Mystario หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    honestly i kinda feel like console gaming is dying:
    1) Playstation & Xbox release their games on PC now
    2) with physical media dying off there is no benefit to get a console instead of buying games on PC
    3) hybrids are getting more populair and they have all the benefits of being a handheld & PC/console
    4) playing on PC is so much cheaper and accesable
    i used to be a Nintendo enjoyer but ever since i migrated to Steam and when i got my Steam Deck, i started to feel that consoles are just obselete. The only thing holding it back is the stereotype that you need to tinker a lot with PC games to get a good expierence which isn't really the case for me. Steam Proton has been able to fix most instances of a game not booting up for me.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I used to only ever play games on console but even I'm moving over to PC

    • @Sinn0100
      @Sinn0100 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Number 2- There is no benefit to getting a console." I would say the cost of a console alone being far, far cheaper than a PC ends that number pretty quickly. Further, this notion that all console games are coming to PC is just a blatant lie. Tell me, master race, how do you intend to play GTAVI? Moving along.
      Not every game releasing on consoles is fully digital. We (fiancee and I) own an Xbox Series X, PS5, Steam Deck, and Switch right now. I would say a good majority of my games are on disc and can be played offline. I do my utmost to buy everything physical because I'm not paying full price to rent my games. I would also say there are quite a few games that have not appeared on a PC, I'm afraid.
      Lastly, your attempt at logically trying to spin a PC as being better than a console doesn't really hold water. You say that we should just get a PC instead but still present the very same set of problems. Why in God's glorious name would I pay double+ for pretty much the exact same experience with tons of DRM? Nope.
      Unfortunately, PC gaming is just as screwed as console gaming. You do realize once Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo takeover full distribution of all console games, they will be coming for the PC next. Microsoft has already openly admitted they wish to aquire Steam and are fine with performing a hostile takeover. The video game industry, as we know it, is heading for a monumental crash, and there is nothing that is going to stop it. No matter your platform of choice, it's all gone. Thankfully, I'm prepared for this little eventuality...are you?

    • @Sinn0100
      @Sinn0100 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ooops... one more thing- The Steam Deck is neat but better than a console? It's better than the Switch but does not hold a candle to either the Series X or PS5. Although it is nice to play my Series X and PS5 games on our Steam Deck, that's pretty neat.

    • @Doktario_Mystario
      @Doktario_Mystario หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Sinn0100 PC is cheaper than console because everyone already has a PC (just not neccesairly the most powerful on the market). And if where talking prices and DRM, you don't have to limit yourself to Steam and there are plenty of (free) open source games on PC

    • @Doktario_Mystario
      @Doktario_Mystario หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Sinn0100 you say i'm a PC master race but i literally say in my comment that i used to be a Nintendo enjoyer. I don't care for the highest possible graphics (in fact i prefer older graphics over "modern graphics", the type of gameplay i enjoy is very broad (i only really strongly dislike multiplayer-only and Stealth games). i mostly play indie and fan-games. And lastly i don't discriminate a game for having a specific art style (visually i can pretty much enjoy anything with very rare exeptions like the current Pokemon games)

  • @chayftonjohnson7425
    @chayftonjohnson7425 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love this so much. But i especially appreciate that you're playing music from the SNES version of Gradius 3 in the background. Greta job. Now it's time to pull out the Suoer NES and do a playthrough of Gradius 3 😁

    • @calic737
      @calic737  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I love those classic rail shooters.

  • @Retrogameplayer8000
    @Retrogameplayer8000 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    As soon as Saturn said the special early sales are in stores early the Sony CEOs phone rang and said santa just dropped us a billion dollar check, goto the podium and repeat after me 299....don't you mean 399? Don't question me, but sir....do it.....rest is history

    • @rd400d
      @rd400d 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      and now the playstation is dying.

    • @Retrogameplayer8000
      @Retrogameplayer8000 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@rd400d ain't that the truth. I feel it's the hardon they got with specifications. Nintendo got it right, fun games and no crazy ass hardware. Just enough. But hey believe it or not, right now there's a guy at Sony making probably 300k a year, doing nothing, sitting in his dark office, just thinking about what people would want in a PS6.....

  • @weepingkoopa2862
    @weepingkoopa2862 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    52:20 A common misconception.
    The first Battery-Backed cartridge was Pop & Chips for the Epoch Super Cassette Vision.

  • @chriswheatley3146
    @chriswheatley3146 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    For games such as Street Fighter, I much preferred the sega 6 button layout vs the SNES layout. With the sega controller, you can hold the controller in such a way that your right hand fingers layed on the abc/xyz buttons. Capcom even made a 3rd party controller setup like that called the Capcom Pad Soldier for Genesis & SNES. This was not possible with the default SNES controller and required you to use the awkward left shoulder button. Modern controllers are not as bad since they have 2 buttons on the right shoulder.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh yeah, so it's like a mini fight stick with the button layout

  • @redpointt
    @redpointt หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome video and history wow

  • @Mezmorize99
    @Mezmorize99 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Keep it up with excellent content like this, and your channel will blow up :-)

  • @RetroRockGamer
    @RetroRockGamer หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was there, I was there 3000 years ago...

  • @Danakedgamer0523
    @Danakedgamer0523 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Im surprised a younger man is doing this documentary I'm a older millennial but I'm more old school not many younger generations understand how much Atari did to the gaming sector and the arcade crash of the 80s so much they buried the ET game in the middle of a desert as an embarrassment my first console was the SNES with mario world keep striving young buck with your channel i wish you good fortune

    • @calic737
      @calic737  18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks I really appreciate that.
      How different would the world be if Atari had been successful with any of their other consoles. Or if they had been the ones to publish the NES in America.

  • @Bhamloud47
    @Bhamloud47 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video.

  • @ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx
    @ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    2:02:00 I worked at a Blockbuster video the summer of 2000 and we rented tons of NES and SNES games. But NOT A SINGLE DREAMCAST GAME was ever rented and not a single console sold! The finally threw them in the bargain bin for pennies on the dollar! I still remember the games were only $3.99 and they still didn't sell!!!!

    • @opaljk4835
      @opaljk4835 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      That’s wild. I knew quite a few people with Dreamcasts. I wish I would’ve gotten one at the time

  • @Cute-Cowboy
    @Cute-Cowboy วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Watching the Legend of Zelda Link to the Past and really thinking about that sprite work and Mode 7 features and the music and the scope of the light/dark world; I knew it was special even back then but just look at it its a freaking work of art.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      A Link to the Past is one of my favorite games. It was also my first Zelda game. They could make a new one of those every year and I'd buy it.

  • @greggrsham-ri8sh
    @greggrsham-ri8sh 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    First games on genesis were WAY TOO SHORT or WAY TOO HARD.Until mid 90s and cheat devices made it MUCH MORE FUN.The nephews LOVED the light gun games

  • @mustangjones67
    @mustangjones67 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This was a great video into our history in gaming

  • @KennytheHedgehog619
    @KennytheHedgehog619 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    an amazing watch honestly.

  • @WarioSaysSo
    @WarioSaysSo 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I have been from the late 3rd generation = 8-bit up till 8th = UHD era. The 9th generation was when I felt I have been through enough and don't like what it has become.
    There is no general feel for the gaming business as it once was and I will remain between 3rd to 8th with games and consoles.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I pretty much only play indie games anymore if I actually buy a new game.
      I feel the same way and the way that a lot of games are monetized put me off from buying them.

    • @WarioSaysSo
      @WarioSaysSo 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@calic737 Fully understand that and agree!

  • @Retrogameplayer8000
    @Retrogameplayer8000 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    PORT MON TOE

  • @Sundaydish1
    @Sundaydish1 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Just to be clear, the gaming crash was only in America. There was no such thing here in the UK. Good video though mate. I don't often click the like button, but you deserve it. 👍

    • @calic737
      @calic737  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks I really appreciate that.

  • @sideburn
    @sideburn 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ballblazer was one of the first games put out by Lucasfilm games / Lucas arts. Best way to play 5200 games is with an Atari 8 bit computer.

  • @andrewhelms3875
    @andrewhelms3875 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amazing video, you know your shit

  • @zombee38
    @zombee38 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Keep the good work!

  • @1977TA
    @1977TA 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I'm going to assume that the 1984 film "Cloak and Dagger" was Atari's attempt at saving the 5200 and the video game industry. The movie is centered on a young gamer named Davey played by Henry Thomas who was a rising star fresh off his breakout role in ET. Davey spends most of his time playing video games. The plot of the film begins when Davey witnesses the murder of an FBI agent who with his dying breath gives him an Atari 5200 game cartridge that contains military secrets. Davey must now guard the important cartridge with his life and prevent it falling into the hands of an evil terrorist organization who are hell bent on getting ahold of the sensitive information it contains. Atari designed graphics for the fictional Cloak and Daggar game and got a lot of product promotion from their brand being featured in the movie. I consider it to be a timeless classic from my childhood. Unfortunately, it was released a year after the video game crash of 1983 which did not help it achieve the results Atari was hoping for. When you consider the poor performance of the Atari 5200 it is easy to see why the movie did little to restore public interest in video games.

  • @aaronlimitless
    @aaronlimitless 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Out of all the generations this one included. I’d say the GameCube Xbox and pS2 was definitely the most exciting time for me for games and definitely my most played video game era so many great games.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I think so too. Technology was advancing really fast and games were starting to become a more mainstream thing so there were a lot more people to play with.

  • @jeredalmeida1880
    @jeredalmeida1880 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hold on there, buddy. You stated that the Vectrex was a black and white console? One of the most interesting things about the system was that each game came with it's own plastic overlay that snapped onto the screen. The system itself was transmitted in black and white but the transparency provided the color.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      that's true it does have those tv overlays to make the screen other colors

  • @madspunky
    @madspunky 7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Glad to hear your perspective!
    I would add that plenty of Genesis games on both consoles were actually better because, ironically, the less amount of colors left space for more content. These games (especially the ones made by EA) were first programmed for Sega, so there was less time for polish on the SNES, and it showed (think: NHLPA '93 / Jungle Strike / FIFA / Flashback)
    Also: Street Fighter II was released a year earlier on the SNES, and that was a BIG deal. Looking at the sales figures, Nintendo caught up a bit with that release. But then the Genesis moved ahead again in 1993 because of Mortal Kombat and Aladdin.
    Then in 1994 the Super Nintendo came back with Donkey Kong Country and Super Metroid.

  • @terran0797
    @terran0797 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just wanted to say to anyone who reads all my comments, I don’t normally comment this much but this video was nearly 3 hours on a subject I’m passionate about lol. I personally could have handled it going longer.
    On that subject I’d like to say thank you, never have I ever seen a creator do such a wide scope of pretty much all the generations of consoles. I’d love for this video to be split up and extended into parts to have more time to talk about more things like the brown box, turbo grafx 16 and a few other obscure..ish consoles like the commadore 64gs. And if it were a series we could make it an all inclusive series with the mobile part of gaming with the game boy and such. Reuse the already great video here but like return of the king, make it super extended and in this case into parts. You’re the only one that’s come this close in everything I’ve ever seen anywhere so if you’d ever like any help on this research wise. I’d love to help. This even had facts I wasn’t aware of and that’s hard to find for me these days cause it’s pretty much half of what I watch lol. Take care I hope you make more content like this and I wish there was a way to love this and not just like it.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's a really good idea because we could easily do whole episodes on just particular consoles
      I also think I'm gonna do a long video soon on the history of mobile games to follow up the console wars. A handful of people are asking for that and I think that's also a great idea.

    • @terran0797
      @terran0797 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@calic737 you could, but to set you apart you’d have to go into mass detail about each and the more obscure you could bunch together. I was thinking more like a generation at a time which would include a fair amount of detail like you had for the more known systems in the long video but for as many as possible in each gen including anything mobile. Such as the Mattel electronics although some don’t consider it a part of consoles, I consider it at least a stepping stone if it’s not a first gen lol or the merlin. But the microvision could be in the segment, very few people talk about that for example and that’s definitely a console and the first to use cartridges technically. Anyway that’s just some ideas, let me know if I can ever help and I hope I get to see more like this. Oh and doing a mobile version long video would be wicked awesome.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@terran0797 That's an interesting thought. To make videos for a specific decade and then work through it chronologically
      There is certainly enough material to work with.

    • @terran0797
      @terran0797 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@calic737 ya decade per decade could work really well starting with technically the first video game or at least the precursor in 1940 nimatron. And then the actual first video game in 1952 oxo.
      Or you could go by generation. So start with a so called gen 0 from like 1966-1971 detailing Ralph Baer and such but you could even do an episode before that detailing all the game development up to “gen 0” then do gen 1 and so forth. There’s lots of ways of doing it.
      Decade to decade later may be a lot of work lol but generational could lighten the load and focus it more. It can get a little muddy too depending on the source for mobile gaming like with the original gameboy and switch. Some people think the GB is from the 3rd gen others the 4. Some say switch is 8th gen others say 9th. However if you just use when the console gen’s supposedly started, then again could give you and easier frame to work within.
      Again others will argue when the gen’s end, depending on when the last first party, third party games were made or the last console produced in the generation. So you could always mention those details and only state that the generation started at this time with that console. How I always look at it is this way: 0-1966 brown box, 1-1972 odyssey, and so on. This way you can go into detail and bring up how some mobile consoles in those gens are sometimes considered a part of one gen or the other. But also be able to really flush out details not only about the most known consoles but about the little known ones too. Like the zemmix lol.
      Hope I’m not annoying, it’s a subject I always get over excited about and I’d love to see more content like this that shows the whole story. Like where the gamegear may have been based on a prototype an engineer made up to buy Nintendo time while they were doing back door dealings making the original gameboy.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@terran0797 I really like the gen Zero idea. If nothing else that's a really cool idea on its own. It would also be a great first video to test out the template.

  • @WadeLife
    @WadeLife หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great upload the Atari 2600 started my gaming journey back in the early 80’s matter affect out of 43 years on this earth the 2600 is still the only console that I’ve managed to keep after all these years plus about 50 games and the boxes for everything.

    • @calic737
      @calic737  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh wow you still got the boxes. I only have one 2600 game in its box. I got Activision's Tennis still in the box lol.

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      probably because it was so bad that nobody wanted to buy it from you second hand, while your better consoles sold like hotcakes

    • @WadeLife
      @WadeLife 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Blackadder75 Never have ever thought about selling it mainly cause it was my first console and nostalgic purposes.