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Failure

A topic index of Randy Charles Johnson videos that use failure as the framing word for console and port retrospectives.

A source index for Randy Charles Johnson videos that frame consoles, controllers, and arcade ports as failures.

Catalogued sources

  1. Coleco and Parker Brothers Failures —
    Role: randy commentary
    Randy relationship: Randy is the commentator evaluating the ports against the arcade originals.
    Sentiment: negative

    Randy reviews Atari 2600 versions of Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Popeye, arguing that the Coleco and Parker Brothers ports failed because they were missing features or played awkwardly.

    hello today's video is about three of nintendo's arcade games that reported over to the atari 2600

  2. The Failure Of The Atari Jaguar —
    Role: randy commentary
    Randy relationship: Randy is the commentator judging the Jaguar as a failed console.
    Sentiment: negative

    Randy argues that the Atari Jaguar flopped, questions the 64-bit marketing, and criticizes the controller while noting that he liked Doom on the system.

    hello today's video is about the jaguar and i'm not talking about a cat or a car i'm talking about the atari jaguar a video game console that flopped

  3. The Failure Of The Atari 7800 —
    Role: randy commentary
    Randy relationship: Randy is the commentator weighing the 7800's strengths against its commercial failure.
    Sentiment: mixed

    Randy compares the Atari 7800 with the 5200, notes strengths such as 2600 compatibility, and still presents the 7800 as a failure in the face of stronger competition from Nintendo and Sega.

    hello today's video is about the failure i made a previous video about the failure of the atari 5200

  4. The Failure Of The Atari 5200 —
    Role: randy commentary
    Randy relationship: Randy is the commentator explaining why he sees the 5200 as unsuccessful.
    Sentiment: negative

    Randy explains why he thinks the Atari 5200 failed, focusing on price, the 1983 video game crash, the controller, and competition from the ColecoVision.

    hello today's video is about the failure of the atari 5200 now i used to like the atari 5200

  5. Sega Saturn's Failure —
    Role: randy commentary
    Randy relationship: Randy is the commentator explaining why he thinks the Saturn failed.
    Sentiment: negative

    Randy argues that the Sega Saturn failed mainly because of its price and weak differentiation from other systems, while also comparing it to the PlayStation and Dreamcast.

    hello today's video is about the sega saturn a man on youtube gave a few reasons why the saturn failed but he forgot to include one of the main reasons

References

  1. Randy Johnson, Coleco and Parker Brothers Failures — (randy commentary), archived transcript.
  2. Randy Johnson, The Failure Of The Atari Jaguar — (randy commentary), archived transcript.
  3. Randy Johnson, The Failure Of The Atari 7800 — (randy commentary), archived transcript.
  4. Randy Johnson, The Failure Of The Atari 5200 — (randy commentary), archived transcript.
  5. Randy Johnson, Sega Saturn's Failure — (randy commentary), archived transcript.
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