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Atari 2600 or NES


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#1 monkmonkey OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:10 AM

Which console do you think had more total games made for it? I'm not talking different titles but the total combined carts ever made. I'm thinking 2600. If so, do you think the 2600 had the most carts made for a game console?

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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:22 AM

NES

No contest, really.

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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:58 AM

Quick google search returned this site

it lists 2434 titles...

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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:31 AM

I think monkmonkey means carts ever made not total titles but total carts. In that case I would still go with the NES.

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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:16 AM

If you don't count variations of games, it's definitely NES. I don't know much about international games, but I know NES has over 800 games in their library, as I've entered them all in MS Access. I personally now have a good 510 of them or so. If you're looking to build an NES library, you can do it relatively easy for a buck a game for at least 300 of the titles. I've acquired the majority of my games for about a buck on both Ebay and in the wild. In fact I'm still getting games for a buck that I need, though now I'm willing to go up to $3-4 to start filling in more holes.

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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:20 AM

NES by far. 86 million consoles made for the NES. 26 million consoles made for the Atari 2600.

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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:38 AM

Thanks for the replies. It was just something I was pondering. I thought the E.T. landfill carts would have made it a close call along with the overload of crappy carts that caused the videogame crash. Would that make the NES the undisputed champion of total carts made for a console?

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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:42 AM

View Postmonkmonkey, on Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:38 AM, said:

Thanks for the replies. It was just something I was pondering. I thought the E.T. landfill carts would have made it a close call along with the overload of crappy carts that caused the videogame crash. Would that make the NES the undisputed champion of total carts made for a console?
For carts yes, but for total amount of games, that honor goes to the PS2.

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Posted Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:48 AM

Total amount of games made, like the total production run (amount) right? That is a tough one, atari 2600 had such a long life over seas and sold many pirates, etc.. but I don't think anyone has a clue to the production run of pirated stuff. Yes, games like Pac Man and ET were mass produced as well but I think the overseas aspect is the deciding factor here. For NES are you counting overseas (famicom) releases, if so I would say NES for sure then, the famicom had a crazy long life and had millions and millions of games produced in Japan.

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Posted Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:40 PM

http://en.wikipedia....st_of_nes_games
And
http://en.wikipedia....tari_2600_games

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PS:Try searching next time.

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Posted Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:45 PM

NES is for douchebags!

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Posted Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:52 PM

View Postiwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin, on Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:45 PM, said:

NES is for douchebags!

Beat me to it! +1

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Posted Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:44 PM

View PostPyromaniac605, on Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:40 PM, said:

Try reading next time. Those are just lists of game titles (and very incomplete, at least for the 2600). There is no mention at all of production quantities, which is what this topic is about.

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Posted Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:03 PM

For most carts produced I would still guess it is the NES.

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Posted Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:53 PM

As much as I favour the wonderful 2600 over the craptacular NES, I am sure the NES overall sold a lot more copies of games.

There's no explaining some folks' taste.

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Posted Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:57 PM

View Postls650, on Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:53 PM, said:

As much as I favour the wonderful 2600 over the craptacular NES, I am sure the NES overall sold a lot more copies of games.

There's no explaining some folks' taste.
I don't think it has anything to do with 'tastes'. Baiscally, back in 1977, computer games was not as widely accepted. It was the hobby of mainly young males and even then it wasn't considered 'mainstream'. By the time the NES came along, computer gaming was far more widely accepted, had become far more mainstream and the market had therefore grown considerably. All that led to higher sales

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Posted Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:46 PM

View PostDino, on Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:57 PM, said:

Baiscally, back in 1977, computer games was not as widely accepted. It was the hobby of mainly young males and even then it wasn't considered 'mainstream'.
Eh?
Speaking as a guy who was actually there, that's simply not true. The Atari and video gaming may have been "newfangled inventions" but it was very much mainstream. The Atari was heavily advertised in print media and TV ads. The first time I ever played with an Atari, it was featured in a major display at a Sears, surrounded by dozens of people of all ages. How could it be any more mainstream?

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Posted Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:48 PM

View PostPyromaniac605, on Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:40 PM, said:


Really?

2 Wikipedia links?

That's your contribution "after searching?"

Please.

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Posted Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:05 PM

View Postls650, on Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:46 PM, said:

View PostDino, on Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:57 PM, said:

Baiscally, back in 1977, computer games was not as widely accepted. It was the hobby of mainly young males and even then it wasn't considered 'mainstream'.
Eh?
Speaking as a guy who was actually there, that's simply not true. The Atari and video gaming may have been "newfangled inventions" but it was very much mainstream. The Atari was heavily advertised in print media and TV ads. The first time I ever played with an Atari, it was featured in a major display at a Sears, surrounded by dozens of people of all ages. How could it be any more mainstream?
I was there too and I can categorically state that there were, for example, very few young girls playing computer games in the 1970's and early 80's. I cant remember any of the girls that I knew back in the day owning an Atari or any other gaming console for that matter. They may have played their brother's from time to time, and taht's all. But these days, ALL the young girls i know, nieces etc, have Nintendo DS and Wiis etc. Just look at how many games are being released these days targetting young girls Those sort of games did not exist in the 1970s. Advertising is one thing, wide public acceptance is another.

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Posted Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:15 AM

View Postiwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin, on Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:45 PM, said:

NES is for douchebags!

booo hissss.

anywhoo, im gonna agree with everyone else, the NES. if were talking about titles, that would definately go to Atari.

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Posted Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:06 PM

View Postiwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin, on Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:45 PM, said:

NES is for douchebags!

-50000 :x

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Edited by Pyromaniac605, Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:08 PM.


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Posted Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:23 PM

The truth hurts. ;)




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