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« Last post by JonLeung on September 18, 2020, 01:41:27 PM »
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knows of a resource (web sites, lists, apps) that list how many games there are per console.
Sure, I've seen many listings thanks to Google, but it doesn't help if they aren't in an easy-to-use spreadsheet or list form. If they're going to be dynamic, they need filters - I don't care about hacks, homebrew/aftermarket, special editions, or variants based on the number of screws on the cartridge, etc.
I've known for a few years that for official North American releases, there are 677 NES cartridges, 718 Super NES cartridges, and 296 N64 cartridges. But it took me a bit of research to figure that all out and be comfortable with those numbers. I see that for the first two, now Wikipedia seems more accurate than they were five years ago - though they don't plainly say a number about the North American N64 releases though, other than 388 for all regions.
So I'm looking up official Sega Genesis games - North American, so, not Mega Drive - and Wikipedia says there are 713. Cool. But then I export the table to Excel, sort by NA release date, delete the rows that say "unreleased" or are later than 1998, and then I'm left with... 712? I did this three times and can't figure out why I'm not getting 713. I found another list elsewhere which lists 719 games (awfully close to the Super NES library, I didn't realize it was that close) and tried to find out what they had extra compared to Wikipedia. I removed Pier Solar from the list, since that game came later, but couldn't find any other obvious candidates (the post-1998 games) to get it down to 713.
And I don't feel like it should take so much work anyway, it should already be done. I mean, I just want a correct number and a proper list for the Genesis, and eventually I'd like to have that sort info on hand for any and all other consoles too. You'd think they shouldn't be that hard to find...
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