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jan 1, 1983 - Video Game Crash

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In 1983, the American video game market experienced a major crash due to competition with compute gaming, an oversaturated game console market, and a surplus of games that were low-quality despite the hype they gathered. One such game (arguably the most infamous) is E.T., which was created after the blockbuster movie of the same name and is considered "the worst video game of all time".

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jan 1, 1983
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~ 43 years ago