/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5387995
>Was ET that big of a thing back then to make them that confident that it would sell world record amounts? The movie always seemed really boring

It was the biggest movie of 1982, and ET merchandise was everywhere as well. I was never a fan of ET. But it was huge.

>>5387404
>It wasn't just that, it was a requirement that games actually be completed, beatable, and not crash on you, and that they met Nintendo's content guidelines. Developers were also required to provide assurance that they had suffiicent funds to complete a game.

Basically, Nintendo did everything they could to prevent another situation of over flooding their market with bad and/ or unlicensed games.