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NoOne=NBA=:

Donkey Kong and Pacman were the epitome of 80's culture though.

You only have to look at the amount of "non-arcade" products they spawned to see how integral they were to life in that era.

Donkey Kong spawned the entire NES phase of the 80's, which was the largest event in 80's video games--bar none.

MaximRecoil:


--- Quote ---Donkey Kong and Pacman were the epitome of 80's culture though.
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I don't know if I would say "epitome"; but either way, they were not inspired by existing 80's culture; they created their own aspect of 80's culture. They don't really fit into the theme of that article.

--- Quote ---You only have to look at the amount of "non-arcade" products they spawned to see how integral they were to life in that era.
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Exactly, which is the opposite of what the article was focusing on. He wasn't looking for games that spawned culture; but rather; culture that spawned games.

--- Quote ---Donkey Kong spawned the entire NES phase of the 80's, which was the largest event in 80's video games--bar none.
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How do you figure? Donkey Kong for the NES wasn't particularly popular and certainly not the main driving force behind its sales. Donkey Kong did a lot more for the success of the ColecoVision than it did for the NES. If any one game could be credited for the success of the NES, it would be Super Mario Bros. Now I realize that the Mario character debuted in Donkey Kong (as "Jumpman"), but that is pretty much where the similarities end between the two games. SMB would have been just as successful had DK never existed. I know that Donkey Kong never even crossed my mind the first time I played SMB.

TOK:

Some of those picks were good, Rush N Attack is perfect. Others, not so much.
For me, it's somewhat ironic that the "most 80's" game was released a year to late Michael Jacksons Moonwalker.

Wrestling was huge in the early 80's, so the lack of any wrestling games is a pretty large oversight. Perhaps the whole TV/Movie liscense thing was a bad step, because Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a much bigger relection of the 80's than Road Blasters. Interesting read, but flawed list.


NoOne=NBA=:


--- Quote from: maxim_recoil on September 10, 2005, 01:49:28 pm ---
--- Quote ---Donkey Kong spawned the entire NES phase of the 80's, which was the largest event in 80's video games--bar none.
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How do you figure?
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Donkey Kong made Nintendo what it was (and is to this day).
It also introduced the character of Mario.
Mario was directly responsible for making the NES what it was, and has subsequently made every successive Nintendo console a hit.

If we are looking at 80's culture that spawned 80's culture, Donkey Kong spawning Mario/NES culture HAS to be included.
The key word in that is "spawn".
Fish don't "spawn" fingerlings, they spawn eggs that BECOME fingerlings, that BECOME fish.

MaximRecoil:


--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on September 10, 2005, 04:18:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: maxim_recoil on September 10, 2005, 01:49:28 pm ---
--- Quote ---Donkey Kong spawned the entire NES phase of the 80's, which was the largest event in 80's video games--bar none.
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How do you figure?
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Donkey Kong made Nintendo what it was (and is to this day).
It also introduced the character of Mario.
Mario was directly responsible for making the NES what it was, and has subsequently made every successive Nintendo console a hit.

If we are looking at 80's culture that spawned 80's culture, Donkey Kong spawning Mario/NES culture HAS to be included.
The key word in that is "spawn".
Fish don't "spawn" fingerlings, they spawn eggs that BECOME fingerlings, that BECOME fish.

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First off, my point was fully made here:


--- Quote from: maxim_recoil on September 10, 2005, 01:49:28 pm ---
--- Quote ---Donkey Kong and Pacman were the epitome of 80's culture though.
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I don't know if I would say "epitome"; but either way, they were not inspired by existing 80's culture; they created their own aspect of 80's culture. They don't really fit into the theme of that article.

--- Quote ---You only have to look at the amount of "non-arcade" products they spawned to see how integral they were to life in that era.
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Exactly; which is the opposite of what the article was focusing on. He wasn't looking for games that spawned culture; but rather; culture that spawned games.

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Now, as a side note I disagreed with your claim of:


--- Quote ---Donkey Kong spawned the entire NES phase of the 80's, which was the largest event in 80's video games--bar none.
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And I replied to it as a separate argument. But, the point remains; Donkey Kong has nothing to do with the 80's. The designers of the game didn't give Mario a mullet or high-top sneakers or a giant boom box for example. The girl he is trying to rescue doesn't have big hair, tight-rolled acid washed jeans and aerobic shoes on. There was no ongoing problems with apes kidnapping women and holding them hostage upon large steel structures in the 80's. There is nothing about the game that ties it to 80's culture or social/political events. It got meshed in with 80's culture after it was a success but like I said before, that is the opposite of what the author of the article was [semi-succesfully] focusing on.

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