Can you name the Video Game Systems (released in the U.S.)?
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Can you name the Video Game Systems (released in the U.S.)?
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I got 33, as with you, the rest I've never heard of (and I even got the Zodiac!)
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I got 50...but I had no idea there were that many damn Odyssey systems! (I only remembered the original and the 2.....)
I do agree that a couple of the answers were questionable, based on the statement that:
"Does not include special editions, expansions or single game systems"
Really? Then why is the Sega Master System 2 listed as its own separate system when it was in essence the exact same as the original SMS but lacked the card input? Isn't that more like a special edition then? Should Playstation 3 be listed twice, once for the original models with PS2 backwards compatibility, and then another for the new ones that lack the feature?
(I actually got the SMS2 answer, but it bothered me that it got a listing and not, say, the 32x...)
I do agree that a couple of the answers were questionable, based on the statement that:
"Does not include special editions, expansions or single game systems"
Really? Then why is the Sega Master System 2 listed as its own separate system when it was in essence the exact same as the original SMS but lacked the card input? Isn't that more like a special edition then? Should Playstation 3 be listed twice, once for the original models with PS2 backwards compatibility, and then another for the new ones that lack the feature?
(I actually got the SMS2 answer, but it bothered me that it got a listing and not, say, the 32x...)
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I got 41. I too, had no idea that there were that many iterations of the Magnavox. It took me FOREVER to spell Turbografx correctly, but I got Turbo Duo right out of the gate.
However, there were some oddities on there...I agree with the thoughts on the Master System 2, because if that was the case, then the Gameboy Micro, Pocket, and GBA SP should have been on there, along with the Lynx II. Other notable omissions...the Goldstar 3DO or the version 2, the Sega 32X, JVC X-Eye, Wonderswan, Jaguar CD, and the Atari XE computer.
But it was fun...
However, there were some oddities on there...I agree with the thoughts on the Master System 2, because if that was the case, then the Gameboy Micro, Pocket, and GBA SP should have been on there, along with the Lynx II. Other notable omissions...the Goldstar 3DO or the version 2, the Sega 32X, JVC X-Eye, Wonderswan, Jaguar CD, and the Atari XE computer.
But it was fun...
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I got 42 but the ones I never could have remembered:
all the different magnavox incarnations
astrocade
arcadia 2001
pv-1000
supervision
mega duck
laseractive
zodiac
xport
gp2x
hyperscan
all the different magnavox incarnations
astrocade
arcadia 2001
pv-1000
supervision
mega duck
laseractive
zodiac
xport
gp2x
hyperscan
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I got 32. I could not for the life of me remember the name of the Nokia N-Gage even though I knew they made a system. I remembered Game Gear, but forgot to put it in there. I knew only the original Odyssey and I missed almost everything before 1981 since I wasn't even born yet.
Can't believe I forgot the TurboGrafx, Lynx, and their portable versions. I never owned them, but I remember reading about them in gaming magazines. I saw all the blanks in the current decade and was wondering what the hell I was missing, but I have never heard of things like the Gamepark 32, Zodiac, Xavi, Gizmondo, Atari Flashback, etc. It was an interesting quiz, but I really was disappointed to not see the 32x, Micro, SP etc. on there. If you aren't doing expansions why is the SegaCD on there? It's as much of an expansion as the 32x was.
Can't believe I forgot the TurboGrafx, Lynx, and their portable versions. I never owned them, but I remember reading about them in gaming magazines. I saw all the blanks in the current decade and was wondering what the hell I was missing, but I have never heard of things like the Gamepark 32, Zodiac, Xavi, Gizmondo, Atari Flashback, etc. It was an interesting quiz, but I really was disappointed to not see the 32x, Micro, SP etc. on there. If you aren't doing expansions why is the SegaCD on there? It's as much of an expansion as the 32x was.
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Got 32 even though I typed Game & Watch and nothing happened. Also couldn't spell Turbografx and Colecovision (typed double L) correctly. Fogot about 7800 and Lynx - haven't heard of the rest.
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About 30, then got stuck and started cheating. Agree that a few are questionable and some things left out. Looks like the quiz might have come almost entirely from the wikipedia history of video game consoles pages.
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I do agree that a couple of the answers were questionable, based on the statement that:
"Does not include special editions, expansions or single game systems"
Really? Then why is the Sega Master System 2 listed as its own separate system when it was in essence the exact same as the original SMS but lacked the card input? Isn't that more like a special edition then? Should Playstation 3 be listed twice, once for the original models with PS2 backwards compatibility, and then another for the new ones that lack the feature?
"Does not include special editions, expansions or single game systems"
Really? Then why is the Sega Master System 2 listed as its own separate system when it was in essence the exact same as the original SMS but lacked the card input? Isn't that more like a special edition then? Should Playstation 3 be listed twice, once for the original models with PS2 backwards compatibility, and then another for the new ones that lack the feature?
I got 43. BTW, was the GP2X actually released in America? I knew that one, but I was surprised to see it because I thought it had to be imported.
The Pong one is a gimme because you type in "Atari" with the intention of then adding 2600, 5200, etc., but they fill it in after the first word.