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History of the 90s
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The Death of the Video Game Industry
Blake harris says a certain extra terrestrial game released by a tarry is often tied to that moment. In 19 83, nintendo introduced something called the fama com, which was short for family computer. After successful sales in japan, natendo president huroshi yamauchi was eager to get the famacom into the north american market. But his son in law, minoro arakawa, wanted to wait a little longer,. giving retailers and others burned by the 19 83 video game crash little more time to recover.
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