"Fourth Game Machine Wars" that draws fierce share fight of game machines in war form

Nintendo's new hard "Wii U" announced at E3 2011Although it is now more intense to compete for game hard hegemony, from the era of Nintendo, a movie depicting continuous battle and a battle"Game Machine Wars"A new work "Fourth Game Machine Wars" has appeared in the series.

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At the end of the 4th, Super Nintendo has finally appeared, fighting fierce battle with mega drive and PC engine, but for those who have not yet watched the game machine war, we will review about the flow of "game machine war" so far I will try.

◆ Early "Game Machine War" (First Game Machine Wars): from game machines from Japan until the introduction of NES

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In the first "game machine war", Japan's first home game machine"TV tennis"From the appearance, the history of the appearance of Nintendo was drawn.


Characteristics of various hardware that appeared in this era and the battle in the market will be developed in war form.


Game machines that are scattering in the fight.


In the first game machine war, many impressive game machines appeared. This is Tommy's"Pyuta".


At that time, boasted the largest share of overseas"Atari series"It depicts Japan's visit to Japan.


Power situation before the appearance of Nintendo.


And finally NES Nintendo appeared.


Before the overwhelming strength of Nintendo, each company going backwards without doing it.


◆ "Second Game Machine Wars": Nintendo's overwhelming hegemony established by Nintendo

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In the second, after the introduction of Nintendo, the battle of the hard lost who lost before its overwhelming popularity is drawn. This is the Gakken's"TV Boy".


Japanese products (NICHIBUZU)"My vision"It was distinctively characterized by its form that only mah - jong is conscious.


All game hard will be driven out by NES.


"Sega · Mark III"I will reward NESON to NESCON ... ...


What a world of big titles after the end"Super mario bros"Appeared. Nintendo's hegemony will continue.


◆ "Third Game Taisen Battle": The Mikuni Ringship System with Next-Generation Machine (16-bit Machine) Appearance

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In the 3rd, Negami began to appear in Nintendo of NES, so as to reduce the cost of software"Disk system"Will be introduced.


And finally it is the next generation aircraft"PC engine"Appeared from NEC.


In the market that was the monopoly system of NESCON, the PC engine stands out as a strong rival.


It became a social phenomenon here"Dragon Quest III"Negotiate your own team, NES Never draw a step towards next-generation machines.


From Sega"Mega Drive"Appeared.


Thus the long Three Kingdoms era with Nintendo, NEC and Sega began curtain.


Nintendo, which is inferior to other companies in terms of hardware performance,"Super Mario Bros. 3"Compete with powerful software such as.


Furthermore, it develops information tactics which is said to be "Super Famicom leaving out fraud".


Users who think about switching to next-generation machines, such as PC engines and mega drives, will think that "If Super Nintendo is coming soon, I will end up with Nintendo in the Nintendo", we will be in a strategy to connect shares.


In order to pierce the NESCON which keeps robust resistance one step further, Sega is a killer content"Tetris"A plan to introduce. We will install a sublicense from Tengen Corporation which was a subsidiary of Atari at that time.


But here is a strong reinforcement to Nintendo"Game Boy"Appeared.


Moreover, despite the circumstances that were in the midst of the Cold War, we negotiated directly with the Soviet Foreign Trade Association and concluded an exclusive license agreement on software sales for home game machines. Tetris was decided to be released from Game Boy, not from Mega Drive.


◆ "Fourth Game Machine Wars": Super Nintendo Entering
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In the 4th, NES will play the final fight against next generation aircraft.


Super Nintendo is steadily being developed behind it.


Moreover, CD-ROM drive will be installed and its name is "Playstation".


Meanwhile, Sega weakened by the Tetris incident, weakens the somewhat weak.


NEC overcome the "we can not save" that was the weakest point of the PC engine,Backup unitWill be released.


NEC who got on the momentum subsequently introduced variants of the PC engine one after another.



Despite being dying, Nintendo continues desperately resisting until the appearance of Super Nintendo Entertainment. 1990 was the year when Famicom soft appeared the most,"Doctor Mario""Fire Emblem Dark Dragon and Light Sword""Dragon Quest IV""Final Fantasy III"We have all the masterpieces such as.


Ultimate high-spec machine that the arcade title can be played with SNK from the main body of 58,000 yen, and software one about 30,000 yen"NEO · GEO"Will be released.


And finally the appearance of Super Nintendo.


But behind it is a shadow of terrible rasubos ...


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