Justin Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Historicnerd dives into the story of how Atari almost had the Sega Genesis with a deal that could have pushed Atari back into the forefront of the console wars. Atari under Jack Tramiel was in negotiations with Sega for the worldwide manufacturing and distribution rights (sans Japan) to the Sega Tomahawk, and was effectively responsible for renaming the console "Genesis". A fascinating footnote in classic gaming history. Absolutely worth a watch! RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Seems the video is gone... Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 17 hours ago, TrekMD said: Seems the video is gone... The video's creator re-uploaded the video as he felt the prior video had audio issues. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 Very interesting indeed. But let's be honest...if this had come to pass, Atari would have screwed up the Genesis. Cheap, cheap, cheap just wouldn't have worked. Genesis didn't really reach it's stride against Nintendo until the Tom Kalinske era, when they had Sonic and other games that really showed off the system, and their brilliant and risky marketing (Genesis does what Nintendon't, Blast processing, the Sega scream, etc). With Atari in charge, none of that would have happened, and Nintendo would have killed them. MistaMaddog, RadioPoultry and Justin 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 Ah, cool. I have saved it to watch it! Justin 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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