There is a detailed reader article from the community that illuminates the decades-long battle between gaming PCs and game consoles – which in the end “doesn't know a winner” and continues to this day. A story from the first PCs and consoles to Xbox Series X | S (test) and PlayStation 5 (test).
PC vs Home computer vs. game console
ComputerBase reader and community member “DJMadMax” enters his reader's article “A decade-old battle that knows no winner” with the beginnings of the golden era of home computers, which are operated with systems such as the Sinclair ZX81 and the Commodore 64 as well as the VC20 and C16 started. The classic TV console with Pong and the Atari 2600 have also found their place in the article.
The author has divided his reader's article into a total of seven chapters that are worth reading, including current affairs how to deal with the collapse of the video game industry in the USA, the so-called Video Game Crash, between 1983 and 1985.
- The beginnings of game consoles
- The Beginnings of Personal Computers
- The Video Game Crash and Who Profited From It
- The Rise of Visually Appealing PC Games
- Two survived, but only one lives still
- The same suffering for almost 30 years
- The year that changed everything
In addition to the home computer and later the PC as the main competitor, all popular game consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Super NES, the Sega Mega Drive and portable gaming systems such as the Nintendo Game Boy and the Sega Game Gear are illuminated in the context of their time considered.
- Reader's article “A decades-old battle that knows no winner”
In addition, legendary computer systems such as the Apple I and the Apple II, for many the first real full-fledged home computer, make their appearance in the reader's article by” DJMadMax “.
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