The Ultimate History of Video Games - Post 6

The Ultimate History of Video Games - Pg 271-330
5 Strong comments about characters or plot
- It's about time Nintendo becomes the video games giant it deserves to be.
- I always thought that Mario Bros. was the original side scroller that sold the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), but it was actually Super Mario Bros.
- I remember playing the original Mario Bros, it was one of my favorite games to play because it was a bonus feature found on Super Mario Bros. 3.
- It's pretty dumb of people to not accept the NES as a video game console but as an entertainment system even though they are the same thing.
- I love Nintendo's easter eggs found in their games like how Donkey Kong was in the crowd in the game Punch-Out.

4 Insightful Questions
- How did the Sega do against the NES?
- Did the Stamper brothers every make a game for Nintendo in the future?
- How did the Acclaim make Tiger Heli for the U.S even though Taito rejected that it be made in the U.S?
- Why didn't Activision create games for Nintendo even though it was obvious that Nintendo resurrected the home video game console?

3 Vocabulary Words and Definitions
- Burgeoning (pg 285): the act of budding or sprouting; a bud or branch; a new growth or expansion of something; that buds, grows or expands
- Arduous (pg 296): characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- Clout (pg 312): pull; special advantage or influence

2 Examples of Literary Terms
- Personification - "Children could place tapes in the recorder, and the bear's mouth would move as it appeared to tell stories and talk" (Kent 301).
- Simile - "Internally developed products later referred to as "first-party" games, would eventually become a defining component in the operation of a video game company" (Kent 306).

1 Summary Sentence
- As the effects of the Gaming Crash blow away, Nintendo finally enters the American video game market and resurrects the video game market in America.