Official Bob-Omg Social: Count to 300 bob-ombs!

[Fluttershy]

199

"The Dorf Patrol Mentioned you in a post"

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

198
I guess that GIF is custom made, eh? I can't find it.
inb4 this ruins the count

200

 

[Prometheus16]

Hey guys, I've been doing research, and I think the gaming market is due for another crash....

The market is becoming too saturated for its own good...

201

 

[JayTheUnseen]

201

200

You saved the count, SG. *claps*
Thanks.

 

[Metalbro]

203 bob-ombs

 

[JayTheUnseen]

203

Hey guys, I've been doing research, and I think the gaming market is due for another crash....

The market is becoming too saturated for its own good...

201

I don't know...I think games have gotten too big for people to just stop playing them. There is always free games these days as well.

 

[Fluttershy]

205 ponies

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Hey guys, I've been doing research, and I think the gaming market is due for another crash....

The market is becoming too saturated for its own good...

Maybe, but the games are still good, compared to the ones that created the 1983 crash

2056 DAMN YOU, AOL!!!!

 

[JayTheUnseen]

207
True, as well.

 

[Fluttershy]

208 ponies

 

[JayTheUnseen]

209
Still, the days are changing regardless. Will consoles disappear entirely and transfer to the PC? I'm pretty sure handhelds will be around for a long time, though. Unless the phones get so good they can play games as well as the 3DS/Vita can.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

210 E.T. videogames
Yup, I said it! You can burn me at the stake now ^_^

 

[JayTheUnseen]

211

Spoiler

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

212 glowing fingers

 

[JayTheUnseen]

213
But seriously...what about Action 52? Or was it Action 51? Can't remember. Anyway...
52 games on there, and every single one is terrible. Some are unfinished.
It's a truly amazing thing.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

214

Have you ever heard of what Atari did with E.T. The Videogame?

 

[JayTheUnseen]

215
Landfills of cartridges they couldn't sell due to over production? Yes.
Also, hey Hokori, now known as the Dorf Patrol...

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Landfills of cartridges they couldn't sell due to over production? Yes.

Did you knew the part where they took every Atari 2600 and every ET cartridge that didn't sell and buried them under concrete in the middle of a desert?

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[JayTheUnseen]

217

Did you knew the part where they took every Atari 2600 and every ET cartridge that didn't sell and buried them under concrete in the middle of a desert?

216

Not quite that far. Burying the shame, eh?

 

[Felix the Slayer]

Did you knew the part where they took every Atari 2600 and every ET cartridge that didn't sell and buried them under concrete in the middle of a desert?

216

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I find that to be hilarious

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Not quite that far. Burying the shame, eh?

Eeyup. I've also heard it's been dug up a few months ago for a documentary. Something about the 1983 crash, IIRC.

I find that to be hilarious

I know right?

219

 

[Fluttershy]

XD I see TDP has come

220

 

[JayTheUnseen]

221
I did hear that ET was made by like, one guy in just a few weeks. To his credit, he was at least able to pull off something.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

221
I did hear that ET was made by like, one guy in just a few weeks. To his credit, he was at least able to pull off something.

Calling it something is an insult to the world, IMO
And yeah, 6 weeks, IIRC, instead of the planned 6 months.

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[JayTheUnseen]

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Hey, it was playable, I hear. I doubt Atari hardware lent itself to speedy development, either.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

I doubt Atari hardware lent itself to speedy development, either.

They actually did because they wanted the game on store shelves before Christmas!

224

 

[Fluttershy]

225

Rokoh Patrol

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

226

The Dork Police is gone! Let's party again!!

 

[JayTheUnseen]

227

They actually did because they wanted the game on store shelves before Christmas!

224

What do you mean, exactly? That the Atari had developer friendly hardware?

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

227

What do you mean, exactly? That the Atari had developer friendly hardware?

228

Nevermind, (re)did some research, and the 6 (actually 5 and a half) weeks was the original developement time.

 

[Fluttershy]

229

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Let's party again!!

 

[JayTheUnseen]

230

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Nevermind, (re)did some research, and the 6 (actually 5 and a half) weeks was the original developement time.

My original point was that, with only 6 weeks, his time to develop the game was shortened further due to having to create the graphics, music, code, etc, which would take even longer because the Atari was probably hard to create assets for.

 

[Prometheus16]

203

I don't know...I think games have gotten too big for people to just stop playing them. There is always free games these days as well.

Yes, but the market is slowly having it's good games be over-shadowed by crappy, unoriginal games, when the crap games are advertised as "The next big thing."

Maybe, but the games are still good, compared to the ones that created the 1983 crash

2056 DAMN YOU, AOL!!!!

Yes, but they are slowly becoming more and more terrible...

Here's the link/URL/whatever it wants to appear as to the article that I had read:
DISCLAIMER: Don't ask me to vouch for the credibility of this article, because I can't...

http://tay.kotaku.com/are-we-on-the-cusp-of-another-video-game-industry-crash-1635286847

231

 

[MewtwoMaster2002]

231 Bob-ombs

 

[KingofPhantoms]

233

I didn't know the E.T. game was made THAT quickly. I mean, I remember reading that Atari wanted it rushed to the market for the Christmas season or something along those lines, but I didn't know that only one guy made it and only had a matter of weeks to do so...

The cartridges being buried in a landfill is an interesting piece of history, too. It was actually sort of an urban legend until April last year where the landfill was finally dug up, and indeed, many old Atari cartridges were found, most of them being E.T. cartridges.

 

[JayTheUnseen]

234

Yes, but the market is slowly having it's good games be over-shadowed by crappy, unoriginal games, when the crap games are advertised as "The next big thing."

Yes, but they are slowly becoming more and more terrible...

Here's the link/URL/whatever it wants to appear as to the article that I had read:
DISCLAIMER: Don't ask me to vouch for the credibility of this article, because I can't...

http://tay.kotaku.com/are-we-on-the-cusp-of-another-video-game-industry-crash-1635286847

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It is possible the industry will collapse-on the higher levels. The bigger companies may eventually end up having to contract upon themselves and grow smaller, and have to lower their sights and focus more on just making good games...

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Yes, but the market is slowly having it's good games be over-shadowed by crappy, unoriginal games, when the crap games are advertised as "The next big thing."

You're 15 years too late

235

 

[Felix the Slayer]

236

 

[Metalbro]

237 landfills of ET cartridges

 

[Felix the Slayer]

238 @ JayTheUnseen what is that in your avi?