Console Wars

The **Console Wars** are a bunch of competitions/wars over video game consoles.

Winner: Magnavox Odyssey

Loser: SG-0001

After the SG-0001 was released in 1881 BC, lots of guys started dreaming of it. They really wanted it, but they couldn't buy it. The reason is because they were poor and it was too expensive. And those who already had it hated it because it was too big and hard to use. So, IBM founded a division called Magnavox in 1877 BC. After almost 10 years (9 years), they finally released the first console that wasn't made by SEGA. It was the Magnavox Odyssey. It was small and had controllers. 17% of the world got rid of their SG-0001s and switched to the Odyssey. Sonic (the CEO of SEGA) knew it didn't go right and he discontinued the SG-0001. Also, he ported Sonic 1 (the launch title of the console) to the Odyssey. 2 years later, after realizing almost nobody had a console made by SEGA, Sonic made the SG-0002. It was better, as it had two controllers which came with it. It made it much better at the market than the SG-0001, as it was much easier to use. However, the Magnavox Odyssey won anyways because the SG-0002 was still an arcade cabinet.

It was the first time SEGA and Magnavox ever appeared on the market.

#### Market share

1. Magnavox Odyssey
2. SG-0002
3. SG-0001

### Console War 2

Competitors: The SG series (SG Mk 3 and SG-1000) vs Atari's consoles (Atari 2600 and Atari 600)

Winner: The SG series, especially the SG Mk 3

Loser: Atari 2600

Sonic wanted revenge. He didn't give up, as he released the SG Mk 3. The Atari 2600 was already on the market, however. But everyone started to buy the SG Mk 3 because it had more complex hardware. Atari decides to bootleg two famous games (Pong and Pac-Man) as Ping-Pong Table Tennis and Hack-Man. Ping-Pong Table Tennis did pretty well, but Hack-Man was considered the worst game of all time. Because of that, the SG Mk 3 won. The Atari 2600 completely failed. Atari went really pissed, as they made new copies of Hack-Man with fake reviews. Every copy was then destroyed and the guys that created Hack-Man got in jail. Afterwards, the Atari 2600 and Hack-Man were banned because of deceptive business practices used behind the scenes. Meanwhile, the SG-1000 safely came out without any trouble. The Atari 600 came out, as Atari's revenge on SEGA. The SG-1000 already was more superior than both every Atari console at the time and the SG Mk 3. Atari decided to piss SEGA off, by making a bootleg/ripoff of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was called ET the Extra Terrestrial. Also, Atari launched a campaign "Want edgy games? Let's go Atari.". The campaign didn't go well, as ET sucked really much. The SG-1000 won. The Atari 600 did much better than the Atari 2600.

It was the last console war before Christmas and the last original console war. It was the first time Atari ever appeared on the market.

#### Market share

1. SG Mk 3
2. SG-1000
3. Atari 600
4. Atari 2600

### Console War 3

Competitors: Master System vs the Color TV Game series

Winner: Master System

The war started when the SEGA Master System appeared on lots of magazines, being known as the best gift for Thanksgiving. A new company called Qualcomm created the Color TV Game series. The Color TV Game series failed almost immediately, because the SEGA Master System supported cartridges.

It was the first time Qualcomm ever appeared on the market.

### Console War 4

Competitors: Game Gear vs Game Boy vs Coleco Telstar

Winner: Coleco Telstar

Loser: Game Boy

SEGA can't stop making consoles every war so they made a handheld called the SEGA Game Gear. Qualcomm wanted revenge since the last war so they made the Game Boy. The Game Boy was the worst console ever because it was inferior to every console in the world. The Game Boy already did terribly. Suddenly, a new company called Coleco appeared. They made the Coleco Telstar. It immediately completely destroyed the Game Boy. The Game Gear did good but the Coleco Telstar was superior than the Game Gear.

It was the last time Qualcomm ever appeared on the market and the first time Coleco ever appeared on the market.

#### Market share

1. Coleco Telstar
2. Game Gear
3. Game Boy

### Console War 5 (The golden age of video games)

Competitors: SEGA's consoles (SEGA Genesis, Mega CD and Pico) vs Dendy vs Atari's consoles (Atari 5200, Atari VCS and Atari 800) vs TurboGrafx-16 vs PC Engine vs ColecoVision vs Nintendo's consoles (Computer TV Game and NES) vs Magnavox Odyssey 2 vs Philips CD-i vs Commodore 64 vs Polenovsoft BehoveX vs UnAnything Shaming System vs Capcom Power System vs SNK's Neo Geo series (Neo Geo Mk 1, Neo Geo Mk 2, Neo Geo CD and Hyper Neo Geo 64)

Winner: SEGA's consoles, especially the SEGA Genesis

Loser: Atari 5200

It all started when the SEGA Genesis came out. Everybody wanted it. And the console's owners loved it. This attracted lots of companies. Most were new, for example Dentendo, Hudson Soft, Philips, Commodore, Polenovsoft, Capcom, SNK, UnAnything Wiki, NEC and Nintendo. Some were returning after other console wars (SEGA doesn't count because it is involved in every console war), like the successful Coleco, the partner Magnavox and the failed prehistoric Atari. Dentendo made the Dendy to compete with the SEGA Genesis. Atari wanted revenge since the second Console War, so they made the Atari 5200. It did better than the Atari consoles the last time they appeared. Hudson Soft made the TurboGrafx-16, but they realized they had a more superior competitor. It was NEC's PC Engine. It beat the Atari 5200 to death, along with SEGA's "It's very deadly to go Atari for AGES." campaign. The UnAnything Shaming System came out, but it was beaten by the SEGA Genesis, Hudson Soft's TurboGrafx-16, NEC's PC Engine and the Magnavox Odyssey 2. The gaming computer industry rised, as 3 computers came out. The computers were the Atari VCS, the Commodore 64 and the Computer TV Game. Commodore 64 turned out to be bad for gaming, so it lost the war. Then the Computer TV Game got blasted away along with the TurboGrafx-16. The PC Engine was fighting the Atari VCS, while everyone kept admiring the SEGA Genesis. The ColecoVision and Polenovsoft BehoveX came out. A new disk-based gaming industry appeared, after SEGA released the SEGA Mega CD. Philips were jealous, so they released the CD-i. After Philips announced that they will have developers making educational games for the CD-i, SEGA released the SEGA Pico to beat the hell out of the CD-i. Because the SEGA Pico got positive reviews, Philips decided to do deceptive business practices. They stole The Legend of Zelda from Nintendo. They ruined the franchise's reputation. However, after 3 children got kidnapped by a cursed copy of Majora's Mask, Philips got sued resulting in Majora's Mask being banned and Nintendo getting the rights back to The Legend of Zelda. Nintendo made Mario vs Donkey Kong for the Dendy. Meanwhile SEGA completely blasted the CD-i. So, Nintendo's only real game for the CD-i was Hotel Mario and it was the best rated game on the console. It was released before Philips stole The Legend of Zelda. Despite the CD-i blasted the Commodore 64, lots of guys (even Atari VCS) blasted the CD-i. The Atari VCS was still on the market, but Polenovsoft BehoveX, PC Engine, the SEGA Genesis and the new Capcom Power System beat it to death. The Magnavox Odyssey 2 was still surviving on the market and tried to keep going. The Neo Geo Mk 1 came, with the NES following it. The NES was more superior to the Dendy. The Magnavox Odyssey 2 was beaten to death by the NES, Atari 800, Neo Geo Mk 1, the Dendy and the SEGA Genesis. The NES and the Dendy also went to blast the Neo Geo Mk 1. Meanwhile back at SEGA, Sonic was being very happy about the SEGA Genesis' success. Atari and Capcom were watching quietly. Suddenly, SNK made a campaign called "Neo Geo does what Dentendon't!". After that, everyone went insane and started to try to beat the Neo Geo Mk 1 to death. The first one who started it was Atari with "Don't want to learn Neo Geography? Let's go Atari!" and the last one was SEGA with "SEGA does what Neo Geon't!". The Neo Geo Mk 1 was finally blasted to death. The Capcom Power System started to fight with the NES. Meanwhile, Nintendo and SEGA beat Dendy to death with the "SEGA Nintendoes what Dentendon't!" campaign. After Dendy was finally blasted, those who remained were SEGA, the Atari 800, PC Engine, the ColecoVision, NES, Polenovsoft BehoveX and the CPS. Donkey Kong Jr for the NES was a big failure. The best games for the NES were Super Mario Bros and Mario vs Donkey Kong. Nintendo tried to blast the Atari 800, but it was too late. Nintendo was blasted by almost everyone except for Atari and SEGA. The NES was beaten to death. SEGA wanted revenge on Capcom for blasting their friend Nintendo. SEGA launched a campaign called "SEGA does what Nintendoes and Capcon't!", which defended the NES and accused the CPS. Everybody blasted the CPS. They then went on to blast the Atari 800. Instead of discontinuing it when it was beaten to death, Atari gave up instantly. They released its best-selling game "Nyan Cat's Rainbow Adventures" for the SEGA Genesis and discontinued the Atari 800, thus quitting the console market and becoming a third-party developer. SNK wanted revenge, so they made the Neo Geo Mk 2. In 1906, Polenovsoft said it's the last year when the BehoveX would be supported because they were running out of money. Polenovsoft quit the console market which made the Neo Geo Mk 2 more popular. That pissed SEGA off. They made a new "SEGA Nintendoes what Neo Geon't!" campaign. Everybody hated Neo Geo. SEGA, Coleco and NEC helped each other beat Neo Geo Mk 2 to death. But SNK didn't give up, as they made the Neo Geo CD. They wanted to compete with the SEGA Mega CD, but it was inferior to it. It was blasted quickly. That pissed SNK, so they made the Hyper Neo Geo 64. The ColecoVision was blasted, as the Hyper Neo Geo 64 was more superior than it. However, SEGA and NEC blasted SNK for being inferior than them. Coleco quit by themselves. Only NEC and SEGA remained. Eventually, NEC gave up because it couldn't get more popular than SEGA.

This was the biggest console war with over 14 competitors and was considered the golden age of video games.

#### Blasted consoles in order

1. Atari 5200
2. UnAnything Shaming System
3. Commodore 64
4. TurboGrafx-16
5. Computer TV Game
6. Philips CD-i
7. Atari VCS
8. Magnavox Odyssey 2
9. Neo Geo Mk 1
10. Dendy/NES
11. CPS
12. Atari 800
13. Polenovsoft BehoveX
14. Neo Geo Mk 2
15. Neo Geo CD
16. Hyper Neo Geo 64
17. ColecoVision
18. PC Engine

#### Companies that quit

1. UnAnything Wiki
2. Commodore
3. Hudson Soft
4. Philips
5. Magnavox
6. Nintendo
7. Capcom
8. Atari
9. Polenovsoft
10. SNK
11. Coleco
12. NEC

#### Market share

1. SEGA Genesis
2. SEGA Pico
3. PC Engine
4. Mega CD
5. ColecoVision
6. Atari 800
7. NES
8. Polenovsoft BehoveX

### Educational Console Wars

Competitors: SEGA (Pico and Pico 2) vs LeapFrog (Leapster and Didj) vs Atari Jaguar vs Philips CD-i

Winner: SEGA's consoles, especially the SEGA Pico 2

Loser: Philips CD-i

## Best and worst consoles

Best: SEGA Genesis and Xbox

Worst: Game Boy, SG-0001 and Atari 2600