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Title: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Macawmoses on November 30, 2008, 10:50:08 PM
http://www.sporcle.com/games/videogame_systems.php

I got 40 on it....and that was a stretch. I haven't heard of half of those.

So, tell me how you do, and discuss some of the more obscure ones on the list.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Silverhawk79 on November 30, 2008, 11:23:18 PM
You got 36 out of 68 Video Game Systems (released in the U.S.).
Damn. That was harder than I thought.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Macawmoses on November 30, 2008, 11:23:51 PM
especially the game.com D:

Some were so dumb...
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Silverhawk79 on November 30, 2008, 11:24:36 PM
Quote from: mackormoses on November 30, 2008, 11:23:51 PM
especially the game.com D:

Some were so dumb...
I forgot all about the Odyssey series of consoles, which killed my score.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Macawmoses on November 30, 2008, 11:27:13 PM
I only put the Master Series once.....not thinking they'd want em all. Oh well.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: PsychoYoshi on December 01, 2008, 12:44:16 AM
31/68, would have been 32 if I remembered the name of the Odyssey (all I remembered was "Magnavox ______), 33 for the Turbografx (dumb mistake).
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: ThePowerOfOne on December 01, 2008, 09:40:54 AM
I got like... 11 >_>

Then again I wasn't really trying.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: SkyMyl on December 01, 2008, 09:53:30 AM
32 out of 68.

I straight out forgot some of them, but what the HELL is game.com!?
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Silverhawk79 on December 01, 2008, 10:09:47 AM
Quote from: PsychoYoshi on December 01, 2008, 12:44:16 AM
31/68, would have been 32 if I remembered the name of the Odyssey (all I remembered was "Magnavox ______), 33 for the Turbografx (dumb mistake).
Same, I got the Magnavox, but couldn't remember Odyssey for the life of me.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Macawmoses on December 01, 2008, 07:59:29 PM
Quote from: MasterYoungLink on December 01, 2008, 09:53:30 AM
32 out of 68.

I straight out forgot some of them, but what the HELL is game.com!?
game.com was like the DS, but not as good.

You don't say the "." either.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Tupin on December 01, 2008, 08:07:09 PM
Quote from: mackormoses on December 01, 2008, 07:59:29 PM
Quote from: MasterYoungLink on December 01, 2008, 09:53:30 AM
32 out of 68.

I straight out forgot some of them, but what the HELL is game.com!?
game.com was like the DS, but not as good.

You don't say the "." either.
Oh, and it was the pretty much the first handheld to have online.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Java on December 01, 2008, 08:16:58 PM
I got 34 out of 68.
After a while, I started to cheat, so that should tell you something...

...Also how cheap, they wouldn't give me Game & Watch because I didn't write "Nintendo Game & Watch".
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Level_9_Chao on December 01, 2008, 08:19:18 PM
35... At least I remembered the N-Gage.

I also have fond memories of TurboExpress. Wouldn't have known a thing about them if my friend didn't own 5 for some reason.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Tupin on December 01, 2008, 08:47:41 PM
Quote from: Level_9_Chao on December 01, 2008, 08:19:18 PM
35... At least I remembered the N-Gage.

I also have fond memories of TurboExpress. Wouldn't have known a thing about them if my friend didn't own 5 for some reason.
They were like $250 each.  :|
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Eizweir on December 01, 2008, 08:57:13 PM
23, and I completely forgot about some obvious one like Atari.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Macawmoses on December 01, 2008, 11:54:13 PM
Quote from: Marth Xero on December 01, 2008, 08:57:13 PM
23, and I completely forgot about some obvious one like Atari.
lol, I forgot Atari Pong, but when I typed in another Atari one it registered it.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Kaz on December 02, 2008, 12:05:37 AM
I got 54. Not too bad. I wasted time by trying all the Wonderswan things though...guess they were never released in the US?

Also, no Pippin? Was that also non-US?

But yeah, forgot a couple versions of the Odyssey, the Lynx (dunno how i forgot it), and some other random stuff.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Matt on December 02, 2008, 12:11:51 AM
I keep getting "We are experiencing technical difficulties. We are trying to fix them as fast as possible and should be back up shortly. Sorry!"... I got that same message tonight, and last night.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Macawmoses on December 02, 2008, 12:18:00 AM
Quote from: Kaz on December 02, 2008, 12:05:37 AM
I got 54. Not too bad. I wasted time by trying all the Wonderswan things though...guess they were never released in the US?

Also, no Pippin? Was that also non-US?

But yeah, forgot a couple versions of the Odyssey, the Lynx (dunno how i forgot it), and some other random stuff.
holy intercourse  is that good, I didn't know some of them by any means.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Kaz on December 02, 2008, 02:31:26 AM
Quote from: mackormoses on December 02, 2008, 12:18:00 AM
Quote from: Kaz on December 02, 2008, 12:05:37 AM
I got 54. Not too bad. I wasted time by trying all the Wonderswan things though...guess they were never released in the US?

Also, no Pippin? Was that also non-US?

But yeah, forgot a couple versions of the Odyssey, the Lynx (dunno how i forgot it), and some other random stuff.
holy intercourse  is that good, I didn't know some of them by any means.

I really only know these things because of hundreds of hours wasted on Wikipedia. There was a time in my Wikipedia-ness where the topic of research was the history of video game consoles...so yeah, I remember a lot.

However, if the quiz had been more specific, I would have got a lot less. For most of them you luckily don't have to know the creator of the console...because I didn't remember, for example, who created the Arcadia 2001.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Friendly Hostile on December 02, 2008, 10:07:36 AM
20

However it's missing the GB Pocket, GBA SP and Micro and refused to take my Nintendo 64 submission.  And then I just never heard of half of them.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Shujinco2 on December 02, 2008, 12:37:19 PM
32

Not bad, actually.

I forgot how to spell Calecovision and Jaguar. :|
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Triforceman22 on December 02, 2008, 01:53:53 PM
53.

Fricken Game.com D:
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Tupin on December 02, 2008, 02:23:48 PM
Quote from: Triforceman22 on December 02, 2008, 01:53:53 PM
53.

Fricken Game.com D:
One of the first I remembered, and this list is actually missing a few.

And yes Kaz, the Pippin was released in the USA.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Mutilator7 on December 02, 2008, 03:44:19 PM
I know my systems pretty well, all those systems, not so much
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Kaz on December 02, 2008, 05:06:54 PM
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on December 02, 2008, 10:07:36 AM
20

However it's missing the GB Pocket, GBA SP and Micro and refused to take my Nintendo 64 submission.  And then I just never heard of half of them.

I just typed "n64" and it took it. It uses abbreviations for possible submissions for most of the Nintendo consoles, but not all of them. Just try every name.

And by the way, if you had actually read the stuff at the top of the page, it mentions that there are no expansions, re-releases, updated versions, etc. of consoles on the list, thus rendering GBP, GBASP, and GBM disqualified.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: WiiGuy on December 02, 2008, 05:21:54 PM
You got 21 out of 69

i knew a lot of them, i just couldn't think of them  :-\
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Qsmash on December 02, 2008, 05:43:14 PM
26 out of 69

How the hell did I forget CD-i? >_>
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Hishipi on December 02, 2008, 06:25:21 PM
only 19 I hadn't even heard of most of them, still kicking myself for forgetting the game & watch though. D=
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Friendly Hostile on December 02, 2008, 06:33:57 PM
Quote from: Kaz on December 02, 2008, 05:06:54 PM
I just typed "n64" and it took it. It uses abbreviations for possible submissions for most of the Nintendo consoles, but not all of them. Just try every name.

And by the way, if you had actually read the stuff at the top of the page, it mentions that there are no expansions, re-releases, updated versions, etc. of consoles on the list, thus rendering GBP, GBASP, and GBM disqualified.
Ah, I didn't really read it, so that would be why I missed that.  Though I tried every conceivable way of typing n64 and it didn't take it.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: jnfs2014 on December 02, 2008, 06:36:45 PM
30. Decent for me.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Mutilator7 on December 06, 2008, 12:22:29 PM
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa232/Mutilator7/allgames.jpg)

Man that was alot of typing.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Indigo on December 06, 2008, 02:17:00 PM
I got 31 of 69, about 2 or 3 of which I tole from this thread.

I thought it was linux, and called it Master Console  :D
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Mystic on December 07, 2008, 09:19:51 PM
First time was 50 something.
Second time was 62.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: DIMENTIO1 on December 11, 2008, 01:16:38 PM
i got 34. how the intercourse  did i miss PSP? LOL
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Tupin on December 11, 2008, 01:21:26 PM
I had no idea so many systems came out in 2005...
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Lotos on December 11, 2008, 03:11:34 PM
25/69 systems correct

Couldn't spell Turbografx.  I had XaviXPORT on my mind, as I remembered that it had the same letters for beginning and end.

I forgot about HyperScan, Sega Game Gear, Neo Geo, six Ataris (only four of which I knew), N-Gage.  I didn't even think of the Nintendo Game & Watch.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Doodle on December 11, 2008, 03:42:11 PM
22/69
What the heck? How am I supposed to know most of those!?
Game.com, Milton Bradley Vectrex, Magnavox Odyssey, Fairchild Channel F? WOW. >:(
I just guessed on a lot of the Atari ones by adding random numbers after "Atari."
But I missed a few obvious ones.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: _GanonMetroid_ on December 11, 2008, 05:35:27 PM
31. Meh. I remembered the N-Gage, which I'm proud of.
Title: Re: How well do you know your game systems?
Post by: Mystic on December 13, 2008, 02:34:43 PM
How do you not know Magnavox Odyssey?