> massively popular (for PC games) And there's the problem. "Massively popular for PC games", at the time, would equate to "a serious flop for a first-party co

> massively popular (for PC games) And there's the problem. "Massively popular for PC games", at the time, would equate to "a serious flop for a first-party console game". People would buy an NES so their kids could play a popular game. Almost nobody who didn't already have one would buy a PC for similar reasons. And anyone who already had a PC almost certainly already had a console as well, so there'd be no meaningful additional market in PC ports. Nintendo had every reason in the world to make the decision they did, and none whatsoever to do otherwise. > graphics and gameplay that were what I would consider SNES-like You might, but no one else would. The Keen series's graphics are better than the NES could manage until very late into its lifecycle if at all, but they're certainly not up to what the SNES could do, even without the Mode 7 coprocessor.