(Season 4) Episode 3 – 8̶ 1̶6̶ 3̶2̶ Bit More Console History (Gen 3-6)

[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!

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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