Witchfynde Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 One thing I've always wondered is how many games were released for the 2600...usually the magic number for a long-running console is 800, like for the Genesis (not counting the 32X and CD) and Super Nintendo (which probably had closer to a thousand). Is 800 about right (not including the later homebrewed games, of course)? More? Less? Anyone know? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Including Europe the number is >1000 I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchfynde Posted October 22, 2002 Author Share Posted October 22, 2002 That's cool, I've always wondered...plus I was bored the other week and decided on coming up with a list of all the 2600 games I've ever played. I've come up with over 100 and I've yet to go through several old mags with lists and ads for games, which will increase my total (plus my total will go up anyway, thanks to flea markets and emulation, heh heh). So I've (roughly) played a little over a tenth of all the games made (probably NOTHING compared to people on here who own 300-600 games, or what-not, but hey, it's all good!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyImpmon Posted October 22, 2002 Share Posted October 22, 2002 Not counting NTSC/PAL variations and not counting games with different title/label/company (ie Sears) there's probably about 500 unique games for the 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Not counting NTSC/PAL variations and not counting games with different title/label/company (ie Sears) there's probably about 500 unique games for the 2600. For some reason, I'm remembering the number 520. I may be off a little here or there but Impmom's right, it's somewhere around 500 unique games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 Here's a thread that might help. http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.p...hlight=clonespy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Master Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 No one knows how many games were made for the 2600... Some probably haven't been dug up yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchfynde Posted October 25, 2002 Author Share Posted October 25, 2002 Probably the way is to go through all of 'em listed under the 2600, not counting duplicates or prototypes, but that'd take damn near forever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 Probably the way is to go through all of 'em listed under the 2600, not counting duplicates or prototypes, but that'd take damn near forever... That's excactly what CloneSpy tries to do. BTW: Marco, are you still busy with your list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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