dolomite33 Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 Can anyone tell me how many total games the 2600 had ... have a bet with a friend on this .. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushie2600 Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 You're gonna lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 Original US releases were somewhere in the neighborhood of 520-530 total. New homebrews, repros, and hacks-on-cart keep pushing the number up, however, if you’re inclined to count them. I don't really know how many non-US exclusives there were. ( PS - Bushie cracks me up everytime! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 According to CloneSpy the total number (incl. all released prototypes and PAL originals) of original games is about 520. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanman Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 counting label variations and prototypes, 860 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Who knows for sure, just keep on buying all the games you don't have till you can't find anything else to buy then you will know how many there are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Oh that wacky ATARIPITBULL !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 counting label variations and prototypes, 860 Everything depends on how you define "different". So if you count even minor variations, I suppose there are more than 1500 different ones then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 counting label variations and prototypes, 860 Everything depends on how you define "different". So if you count even minor variations, I suppose there are more than 1500 different ones then. If you count label and manufacturer variations, I'm sure there should be some 5,000 Atari 2600 games out there. Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 If you count label and manufacturer variations, I'm sure there should be some 5,000 Atari 2600 games out there. 5,000 == more than 1,500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 If you count label and manufacturer variations, I'm sure there should be some 5,000 Atari 2600 games out there. 5,000 == more than 1,500 That's a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK WOMBLE Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Thomas Jentzsch wrote: vanman wrote: counting label variations and prototypes, 860 Everything depends on how you define "different". So if you count even minor variations, I suppose there are more than 1500 different ones then. If you count label and manufacturer variations, I'm sure there should be some 5,000 Atari 2600 games out there. Cheers, Marco Thats gonna be expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 If you count label and manufacturer variations, I'm sure there should be some 5,000 Atari 2600 games out there. 5,000 == more than 1,500 100% correct! you get an A+ if you count NTSC,all PAL types, label and manufacturer variations. i would bet it's much more then 5000. good thing i'm not into label and manufacturer variations! Take care, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 You could probably change it up somemore if you want to count pirates. A lot of people as I understand don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Grr. Pirates. You know they are everywhere these days.... Ok, that is my stupid post for the week. Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 for those who only play atari, there is about 520 games out there! for those who who collect atari there is many many more .... i'd go with marco estimations as i will sooner or later pass the 1500 cartridge mark and i still have so much games on my mind that i am still missing (even within the 520 games list) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 So far I have 711 individual titles listed in the index of the forthcoming 2nd edition of ABC To The VCS. And I don't include pirates or hacks (except for the Panda and Froggo games) And I'm not done yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 I calculated the lowest possible number of cartridges needed to have all official US-released games to be 411. That means no label or manufacturer variations. No pirates, hacks or homebrews. No single-enders that are available on double-enders, and no overlapping of double-enders. No "utility" carts. Even then I'm still only 66% done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 According to CloneSpy the total number (incl. all released prototypes and PAL originals) of original games is about 520. Is that only for dumped ROMs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Is that only for dumped ROMs? Yup! And no pirates, hacks or homebrews included. But some games with very different prototypes found are counted twice (or more). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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