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Why the Nintendo 64 Lost Final Fantasy VII

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Nintendo 64: in September 1995 Square announced a company to make N64 games; in February 1996 it signed with Sony.

How Nintendo lost Japan before the machine went on sale, and why the cartridge was only part of it.

Subject
The Nintendo 64, 1996
Chapters
9
Sources
8
Credits
35
Corrections
0

Sources

8
  • Article4
  • Interview3
  • Archive1

Numbered in the order the description lists them. Read dates are when the page was consulted; the live page may have changed since.

  1. [1]
    Interview David Sheff, with new chapters by Andy Eddy, *Game Over: Press Start to Continue* (CyberActive / GamePress, 1999): the chapter

    Sonic Boom

    archive.org/download/0966961706/0966961706_djvu.txt ↗
  2. [2]
  3. [3]
    Archive Steven L. Kent, *The Ultimate History of Video Games* (Prima, 2001; the archive.org item titled

    Revisited

    archive.org/download/ultimatehistoryofvideogamesrevisited/TheUltimateHistoryOfVideoGames_Revisited_djvu.txt ↗
  4. [4]
  5. [5]
  6. [6]
  7. [7]
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Image & music credits

35
  • License unknown20
  • CC BY 2.05
  • CC BY-SA 2.03
  • CC BY-SA 3.03
  • CC BY-SA 4.02
  • CC BY 3.01
  • CC BY 4.01

35 photos, from the hosts linked below. Each file name links to the file's page, which carries the full license terms.

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1 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nintendo-64-wController-L.jpg Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons (public domain) License unknown
2 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nintendo-64-Console-FL.jpg Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons (public domain) License unknown
3 Photo https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-016/page/n15 archive.org License unknown
4 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PlayStation SCPH-1000 outputs 20070713.jpg Nicholas Wang, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) License unknown
5 Photo Downtown Chicago in 1985 - Photo 3.webp Michaelklump1 CC BY-SA 4.0
6 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/64DD-Attached.png Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) License unknown
7 Photo Rainbow on CD-ROM.jpg Yann Droneaud from Paris, France CC BY-SA 2.0
8 Photo 19950904 04 Diversey Harbor (5374185650).jpg David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA CC BY 2.0
9 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SNES-Mod1-Console-Set.jpg Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons (public domain) License unknown
10 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nintendo Playstation Prototype (25399439107).jpg Mats Lindh, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) License unknown
11 Photo Super Mario World cassette on Super Nintendo Entertainment System 20080610.jpg Dhscommtech CC BY-SA 3.0
12 Photo CD-i-910-Console-Set.png Evan-Amos CC BY-SA 3.0
13 Photo Tokyo Japan 1987.jpg Phillip Capper CC BY 2.0
14 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PSX-Console-wController.jpg Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons (public domain) License unknown
15 Photo Silicon Graphics Indigo (1).jpg James O'Gorman CC BY-SA 2.0
16 Photo SGI Indy Graphics Workstation IRIX.jpg Bruno Cordioli CC BY 2.0
17 Photo https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-014/page/n0 archive.org License unknown
18 Photo https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-014/page/n38 archive.org License unknown
19 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Virtual-Boy-Set.png Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons (public domain) License unknown
20 Photo https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-014/page/n38 archive.org License unknown
21 Photo https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-016/page/n15 archive.org License unknown
22 Photo https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-021/page/n150 archive.org License unknown
23 Photo Nintendo 64 with a Mario 64 cartridge (7973388038).jpg Digital Game Museum CC BY 2.0
24 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nintendo-64-Controller-Gray-Flat.jpg Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons (public domain) License unknown
25 Photo N64 Clear Blue with Super Mario 64 20100603.jpg Noa Kosanovic CC BY 3.0
26 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nintendo-64-Rumble-Pak.jpg Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons (public domain) License unknown
27 Photo Shigeru Miyamoto cropped.jpg Sklathill CC BY-SA 2.0
28 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PlayStation SCPH-1000 and PlayStation Controller 20070713.jpg Nicholas Wang, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) License unknown
29 Photo assets/supplied/gamemachine-1995-11-01-p26-square.png Game Machine No. 506, November 1, 1995, p. 26 (Amusement Press, Osaka), via onitama.tv License unknown
30 Photo SGI Indigo2 back.jpg Rules666 CC BY-SA 4.0
31 Photo SGI Indigo2 (1).jpg unicron1bot CC BY 2.0
32 Photo KyotoOutline.jpg unknown author CC BY-SA 3.0
33 Photo https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-020/page/n23 archive.org License unknown
34 Photo Nintendo logo neon sign.jpg Nintendo, Peter Häll, Tekniska museet CC BY 4.0
35 Photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GameCube-Set.jpg Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons (public domain) License unknown

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