Did The Video Game Crash of 1983 Even Really Happen?

<p>In 1982, the video game market was a booming seemingly-unstoppable multi-billion dollar juggernaut. Then third party game companies saturated the market with similar and clone hardware and low-quality games based on dog food and soda, culminating in Atari&rsquo;s Shakespearean mistake of releasing a lackluster&nbsp;<em>Pac-Man</em>&nbsp;port and so many copies of a game based on the movie&nbsp;<em>E.T The Extra-Terrestrial&nbsp;</em>they had to bury them in a landfill. Next thing anyone knew there was &mdash;</p> <p><strong>AN ENTIRE VIDEO GAME MARKET CRASH.</strong></p> <p><strong>BUT ONLY IN CARTRIDGE GAMES.</strong></p> <p><strong>BUT ONLY IN CARTRIDGES FOR CONSOLES.</strong></p> <p><strong>BUT ONLY REALLY ONE CONSOLE.</strong></p> <p><strong>LOCALIZED ENTIRELY IN NORTH AMERICA.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://ranibaker.medium.com/did-the-video-game-crash-of-1983-even-really-happen-62b50bdf6c9a"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>