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The day after its release, I discovered on Itch.io the video game Social Democracy: An Alternate History by Autumn Chen, a creator whose games I've already played and enjoyed. In this game, you start in 1928 in Weimar Germany as the SPD and you have to run in legislative and presidential...

A Man Can Dream: Yet Another Collaborative Timeline About Indrema, Gaming, and Pop Culture by KPyall (and others) Introduction Oh, hello. KP here. This is the third Indrema Revolution thing I’ve posted. This is gonna be a collaborative timeline. I’ve retconned many things by this point. I’ll...

As we all know, Rare was a huge supporter of Nintendo during the days of the SNES and N64, and really only made 2 games for the Sega Genesis(Battletoads and Battletoads/Double Dragon). But, what if Rare was a close partner for Sega instead of Nintendo, and how could this affect both Sega and...

Author's Note: Megatech Software was the first licensor of ‘eroge’, or video games with erotic content depicted in anime-style illustrations. The company was apparently founded prior to 1992 by Kenny Wu, in Torrance, California. The company prided itself as being the only licensor and...

Hi all. As mentioned in the original thread, I have decided to reboot this TL under a new title "Re-Shuffling the Stars". To avoid getting burnt out this time, I have decided to omit a few sports games yet keep the more important ones (Mario Golf, Mario Tennis and the first Mario Strikers). And...

Hi this is my first alternate history timeline, so writing tips and constructive criticism is appreciated. Plus there aren't a lot of “Nintendo buys Sega in the 2000s' ' timelines out there. Inspiration came from Player Two Start by Nivrk and RySenkari and Burying the Hatchet by Gaminguy010, and...

Ralph Baer, inventor of the first video game console, claimed that he first devised the concept of an interactive television set in 1951. If he had pursued that idea back then, How would a video game system invented then effect the long-term trajectory of the field? How would the culture develop...

Let's say that, sometime around say, the mid 2000s, Apple got the courage to give the gaming industry another shot. We all know that the Apple Bandai Pippin failed so bad that it led Apple nearer to bankruptcy and Bandai almost merged with Sega, but by the mid 2000s, Apple was pretty much at...

Hello, and welcome to Dear Pesky Partners! Before we get into the timeline proper, I'd like to make a short introductory post addressing a few things about it. What is this timeline's focus? While video games are one of this timeline's main focuses, this timeline will also take a look at pop...

After 9/11 gta3 was almost cancelled. The reason why is because Rockstar offices were right next to the wtc. Just for you to know Vice City was in development at the time so there still would have been a Gta 3.

NOTE: This version of the TL is no longer being worked on. Check out the new version here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-indrema-revolution-revamped-an-alternate-history-of-indrema.547990/ The Indrema Revolution by KPyall Howdy, the name's KP! This is my first timeline...

So what is this TL? Simple, basically the same thing with my Disney Shuffled TL but with Mario this time. I previously wanted to do this after my Disney TL is done, but I might as well do it now as it would be somewhat fun. Most of the Mario games including the spinoffs would be shuffled...

November 16th, 1985. Tokyo, JP. Nintendo Headquarters: Shigeru: “Electricity is the phenomena associated with the presence of motion and matter that has a property of an electric change.” Yamauchi: “What are you talking about this time, Miyamoto?” Miyamoto: “Electricity in entertainment is...

Different Console Manufacturers Names Nintendo: Same as the OTl Sega: Atari 3DO: Same as the OTl Atari: Arcadia Atari's development studios and their franchises Atari AM1: CueBall, Happy Bird, Zaxxon, Half-Beast Atari AM2: Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner, Benji the Hedgehog, Mad...

“I thought Megatech would only last four years, folding like the companies that popped up during the nineties anime boom, but now we’re the biggest licensors of anime games in America. It really feels astounding for a company, founded by a college graduate, specializing in niche titles. I got to...

Duke Nukem Forever needs no introduction if you are into FPS games, or video games in general really, there are countless wiki articles and youtube videos that detail the mythology surrounding this game, it was in development between 1996 to 2011, 14 years, being a peak example of vaporware, it...

Inspired by these three threads: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-best-movies-never-made.11413/ https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/top-tv-shows-never-made.51488/ https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/best-tv-episodes-never-made.538711/ Ever watch an anime...

The year is 1996 and Ubisoft is looking for investors to donate to its growth. Knowing they could use a developer to further their grip in Europe alongside Rare the Big N decides to invest into the company. A start up company like this would be going places; especially, after hearing of...

The idea was simple, launch the Donkey Kong arcade game and let it see how the American market would react. Instead, the game had a bug that made the game play terribly or simply not at all, Donkey Kong would have to be shelved. With all the monitors now needing to be recalled something had to...

For those who aren't familiar with a bit of anime fandom history, Megatech Software was the first licensor of anime games in the United States of America. Unlike JAST USA, Megatech usually reformulated their games instead of directly porting it during translation of Japanese video games. In the...