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It's hard now to appreciate how strange it was that they got so close to Nintendo so early. The NES was not taken seriously in the UK until the SNES had practic
by fidotron 3y ago
It's hard now to appreciate how strange it was that they got so close to Nintendo so early. The NES was not taken seriously in the UK until the SNES had practically arrived, and even many that were aware thought the Amiga would wipe it out through technical superiority.
What they managed to make the Spectrum do was basically inconceivable.
- boringg 3y agoNES didn't get traction in the UK? That's surprising I would have though with its dominance in North America that would have swept up the UK as well. Maybe not a targeted market?
- fidotron 3y agoThe UK basically skipped 8 bit consoles in favour of home computers. The mass market shifts were something like Spectrum -> Amiga (500)/Megadrive (the Genesis in NA) -> SNES -> Playstation.
- timc3 3y agoWell I remember going around to friends houses and them having 8 bit consoles.
- darrenf 3y agoI'm not convinced we skipped 8-bit consoles! Quite apart from having a bunch of friends at the time who had an NES or Master System, if this magazine can be trusted then Sega sold 150,000 Master Systems in the UK in 1990 alone (after the Mega Drive came out): https://retrocdn.net/images/b/be/SegaPower_UK_18.pdf https://retrocdn.net/images/b/be/SegaPower_UK_18.pdf - page 6
- benj111 3y ago>Amiga (500)/Megadrive I suspect this is probably based on your specific age (mid 40s?) I'm a bit younger an knew plenty with a master system, less with a nes. None with an Amiga?!?