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The video game crash of 1983 (known in Japan as the Atari shock) [1] was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was attributed to several factors, including market saturation in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor quality .
On release the 8-bit computer versions of CJ's Elephant Antics received consistently positive reviews from major publications of the time receiving a 94% [3] from Zzap!64, a 93% from Raze, 85% [4] from Your Sinclair, and 81% [5] from Crash. CJ's Elephant Antics was also numbered #55 in Crash's retrospective top 100 ZX Spectrum games feature [6 ...
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Whiplash is a 2003 platform video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox where a long-tailed weasel named Spanx and a rabbit called Redmond find themselves chained to one another and follows their adventures as the pair endeavor to find a way out of the warehouse of the product testing corporation known as Genron, run by the animal-hating CEO Franklin D. Mann.
Game crash may refer to: video game crash of 1977, a glut in the market caused by manufacturers clearing older stock. video game crash of 1983; Crash (computing)
Running Wild is a racing video game developed by Blue Shift and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was released in North America by 989 Studios. The game was produced by Universal Interactive Studios, who also produced Crash Bandicoot and Spyro for Sony. Activision currently owns the rights to the game.
[24] [25] [26] E.T. is commonly cited, alongside Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, as the catalyst for a crash of the video game industry in 1983, as Atari had hoped that brand loyalty would help keep consumers buying their games regardless of quality. [26] [27] E.T. was universally panned by critics, with nearly every aspect of the game facing heavy ...
Rolo to the Rescue is a video game developed by British studio Vectordean and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, released in 1992. The game is a two-dimensional action game with platforming elements, starring Rolo the elephant. Several other animal characters are playable once Rolo rescues them.