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Title: Can you name the Video Game Systems (released in the U.S.)?
Post by: vudu on December 04, 2008, 04:44:07 PM
Apparently there have been 69 video game systems released in the USA. How many of them can you name?
Click here to take the test. (http://www.sporcle.com/games/videogame_systems.php) Once you begin you'll have 12 minutes to finish.
Granted, some of these are completely bogus, but it's a fun time-waster nonetheless.
I managed to name 33 systems without cheating.
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Post by: UltimatePartyBear on December 04, 2008, 05:03:17 PM
I got 39. I would have hit 40, but I couldn't remember the right name for the TurboGrafx portable. Of the ones I missed, I might have been able to come up with 8 given infinite time.
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Post by: vudu on December 04, 2008, 05:26:34 PM
I had no idea there were FIVE versions of the Odyssey. That really hurt me. I also somehow completely blocked out the Virtual Boy. I'm so ashamed.
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on December 04, 2008, 05:30:41 PM
I got 30 and I feel bad.
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Post by: EasyCure on December 04, 2008, 07:25:46 PM
i got 0.
i hate test unless its multiple choice
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Post by: RABicle on December 05, 2008, 10:20:03 AM
I got 39. I clicked the link that ranks them from most guessed to last. I got the top 38 and number 40 (which I guess Odyssey2
I like the way that I actually own one of the console that I didn't guess because seriously, it shouldn't count. If you can buy a console for $20 at a supermarkt, it doesn't count.
Can't believe I forgot gme and watch and Gizmondo.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on December 05, 2008, 10:50:04 AM
I got 41. I got all of them within a few minutes (and a 42nd that I couldn't remember the exact name of) and then spent 8 minutes trying to think of more with no luck.
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Post by: DAaaMan64 on December 05, 2008, 10:53:42 PM
I got 43, and I couldn't get Game & watch to work. So I say I got 44.
And I spent a long time trtying to get Neo Geo Pocket Color but to no avail.
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Post by: Kairon on December 06, 2008, 01:23:14 AM
Darn only 39. I forgot some I SHOULD have gotten too. darn.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 07, 2008, 04:29:35 PM
34
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 07, 2008, 05:44:17 PM
i got 34 too. but there were some i couldn't get work TurboGrafix (i found out afterwards i was spelling it wrong) And plenty that I had forgot about (mostly sega systems)
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Post by: Athrun Zala on December 08, 2008, 12:26:17 AM
I got 50... technically 51, because for some reason, it didn't recognize Tapware Zodiac
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Post by: KDR_11k on December 08, 2008, 07:29:07 AM
Tapwave.
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Post by: Ian Sane on December 08, 2008, 03:49:23 PM
46 out of 69.
Missed the Arcadia 2001 because I forgot the 1. Tried variations of Arcadia 1000, 2000, 5000. I knew OF the console and remembered it but couldn't remember that one detail. I always just call it the Arcadia. Tripped up on Amiga CD32. I thought it was called the "Amiga 32CD", was unsure if it was released in America or just Europe and gave up.
There's some wishy-washy stuff about names. I had to type "Sega Master System" instead of just "Sega" but "Nintendo" works for Nintendo Entertainment System and when I typed "Atari" I meant "Atari 2600" and the thing acknowledged it for Pong?
And Sega Master System II and Intellivision II are NOT different consoles and shouldn't count. Same console, different packaging. If they count then renames like DS Lite and Game Boy Micro should as well. So I consider myself having got 46/67. But then technically the Nomad and TurboExpress shouldn't count either since they're portable versions of consoles already on the list. Ideally what FORMATs of games exist is what should really count. Like how games were made for the Genesis format and the Genesis, Nomad, and CDX can all play them.
I'm hitting myself for forgetting N-Gage and LaserActive. Other stuff is either something I've never heard of or something I typically wouldn't consider like the Atari Flashback. Non-programmable consoles are iffy inclusions anyway. Does every Tiger Electronics game count then? Shouldn't EVERY individual Game & Watch count? I tried to put in Stunt Cycle which is just as valid as Pong but it wasn't counted.
I was expecting add-ons like the Sega CD and 32X to be included and they weren't which really tripped me up. They didn't include Sega Pico but that's an iffy inclusion. They also excluded the Atari XEGS which though a repackaging of Atari 8-bit computers did have specific XEGS branded games made for it so for me it counts. It's really no different than the Amiga CD32.
This made me realize that I am a HUGE videogame hardware dork. I know a lot more about this stuff than I probably should. :)
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Post by: RABicle on December 08, 2008, 10:55:03 PM
It didn't mention teh Pippin either.
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Post by: Kairon on December 09, 2008, 03:37:43 PM
I know, that was one of the first ones I tried! It's so memorable because of it's PS3-arang trackball controller...
But did the Pippin ever come out?
I'm umm... hitting myself for forgetting... the N-Gage... and umm... the Dreamcast. *please don't hurt me*
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Post by: vudu on December 09, 2008, 03:45:33 PM
The Pippin's a computer, so it doesn't count for the same reason that the Commodore didn't.
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Post by: Kairon on December 09, 2008, 09:10:55 PM
The Pippin is as much a computer as the XBox was.
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Post by: King of Twitch on December 09, 2008, 09:21:30 PM
peasants, stop distracting me with nongame foolishness
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Post by: blackfootsteps on December 09, 2008, 10:08:39 PM
Sporcle is the greatest site ever, have a go at the Mario game quiz.
