here we go..sorry for the double post but it took ages to find this thread..
Originally posted by ESB -1138
Early cartridges were 2KB ROMs for Atari 2600 and 4K for Intellivision. This upper limit grew steadily from 1978 to 1983, up to 16KB for Atari 2600 and Intellivision, 32KB for Colecovision. Bank switching, a technique that allowed two different parts of the program to use the same memory addresses was required for the larger cartridges to work.In the game consoles, high RAM prices at the time limited the RAM (memory) capacity of the systems to a tiny amount, often less than a Kilobyte. Although the cartridge size limit grew steadily, the RAM limit was part of the console itself and all games had to work within its constraints.
By 1982 a glut of games from new third-party developers less well-prepared than Activision began to appear, and began to overflow the shelf capacity of toy stores.
In part because of these oversupplies, the video game industry crashed, starting from Christmas of 1982 and stretching through all of 1983.
In 1984, the computer gaming market took over from the console market following the crash of that year; computers offered equal gaming ability and since their simple design allowed games to take complete command of the hardware after power-on, they were nearly as simple to start playing with as consoles.
In 1985, the North American video game console market was revived with Nintendo's release of its 8-bit console, the Famicom, known in the United States under the name Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was bundled with Super Mario Bros. and suddenly became a success. The NES dominated the North American market until the rise of the next generation of consoles in the early 1990s. Other markets were not as heavily dominated, allowing other consoles to find an audience like the PC Engine in Japan and the Sega Master System in Europe, Australia and Brazil (though it was sold in America as well).
Without Mario video games would have ceased to be.
I highly doubt that other videogames wouldnt have existed if it wasnt for Mario. How owuld that be even possible anyway? Some idiot told me that if it wasnt for Pac-Man, videogames wouldnt exist. You expect me to believe you when there are other dumb A's saying the same thing but different game names? No I wont!
Just to answer this forum, Ganon wins.
Look, I'm sorry if I'm being ignorant. I came to this site because I like to chat about videogames. I never wanted to pick an argument with anybody. I have been talking crap because I've been having a very bad day. Can we just please forget what's been happening in the past and just talk about what we're supposed to talk about in here? I promise not to be ignorant and I also promise to keep insults about videogames to myself, okay?
Ganondorf wins. In the games, only the Master Sword (and sometimes Silver/Light Arrows) can damage Ganondorf.
Bowser doesn't need any special conditions to be met for him to take damage from Mario or Luigi.
Ganondorf might not necessarily be stronger physically (considering Bowser did hold up a massive collapsing section of a castle in Super Paper Mario, and it must take a massive amount of concentrated power to jump as high as he did in Super Mario 64 with his size), but he's most likely a better fighter with his superior agility and magic.
Then again, Ganondorf did kill a Sage with one punch (though this is probably not the best argument for his strength considering Link is okay whenever he gets hit like that unless he's like already dying or something).
Also, if you google "killermovies bowser vs ganondorf", you will see that a thread like this already exists here that was made back in October 29, 2005 (it's at the top of the page).
And:
Quote taken from Peach in Video Game Versus Rules:
"12. Certain characters are known to be omnipotent or invulnerable canonically. Examples of such are Pyron, whose actual limitations are not known, Pyramid Head, who is essentially an incorporeal manifestation of psychological issues, and Ganon, who cannot be defeated without the Master Sword and/or Light Arrows."
"We will allow these characters only if the first post specifies that they have lost that unbeatable element, enough so that the opponent(s) have, at the very least, a chance of winning."
I don't have anything to add to this thread, honestly.
But I will direct you to the other versus forums since you're new.
Movie Versus
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f102/
Anime/Manga Versus
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f104/
Comic Book Versus
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f77/
And lastly
Cross Genre Versus
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f89/
Our Cross Genre forum has basically eaten the VG forum, no one really posts here anymore.