heres an old maxim that history is written by the victors, and thats as true in video games as it is anywhere else. Nowadays youd be forgiven for thinking that the Nintendo Entertainment System was the only console available in the mid to late 1980s. If you were brought up in Nintendos target markets of Japan and North America, this chunky contraption essentially was the only game in town – the company had Mario after all, and its vice like hold on third party developers created a monopoly for
