The Most Common Games Found In The Wild

[Cambot]

Sports games don't count. (No "Madden, Madden, Madden, Madden, Madden, Madden, Madden, Madden, Madden, Madden, Madden")

Here's your template:

Atari 2600:
ColecoVision:
Sega Master System:
NES:
Sega Genesis:
GameBoy:
SNES:
Sega CD:
Saturn:
PlayStation:
GameBoy Color:
Nintendo64:
Dreamcast:
Playstation 2:
GameCube:
GameBoy Advance:
XBOX:

I'll Start.

Atari 2600:
Space Invaders

ColecoVision:
Donkey Kong

Sega Master System:
Safari/Hang-On

[mailman187666]

Atari 2600:
Space Invaders
Combat

ColecoVision:
Donkey Kong

Sega Master System:
Safari/Hang-On

Saturn:
Virtua Fighter

NES:
Mario/Duck Hunt

SNES:
Super Mario World

Sega Genesis:
Mortal Kombat

PlayStation:
Spyro the Dragon

[incubus421]

Atari 2600: Combat

NES: Blades of Steel

Sega Genesis: Sonic 2

GameBoy Color: Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (surprising, but I find it a lot)

Nintendo64: Goldeneye, SMB64, Zelda OoT, Star Fox (everyone had these games and everyone eventually trades them in around here)

[Nebagram]

Sega Master System: The Ninja seems to crop up everywhere.
NES; Don't see many of these nowadays, but believe it or not, in the last retro store I went into, the only one they had more than 1 of was... Zelda 1. Though at £23 a pop, that's not all that surprising.
Sega Genesis: Sonic 1. All over the place.
GameBoy: Tetris.
SNES: Dk Country
Sega CD: Sega Classics 5 in 1
Saturn: Virtua Fighter 1
PlayStation: Anything from the Ridge Racer series
GameBoy Color: Perfect Dark, amazingly enough
Nintendo64: Mortal Kombat 4
Dreamcast: Toy Racer by miles
Playstation 2: San Andreas
GameCube: Resi Evil 2
GameBoy Advance: Always a pokemon in there somewhere
XBOX: Rainbow Six 3

[tom]

in my local second hand shop there are on display 4 Dragon Ball Final Bout, Bandai PAL version for PSX.

[diskoboy]

Atari VCS:
Pac-Man
Combat
Asteroids
Pitfall

Odyssey 2:
KC Munchkin!
KC Krazy Chase!
UFO!
Alien Invaders - Plus!

Inty:
Astrosmash
Space Hawk
Night Stalker
Space Armada

Colecovision:
Donkey Kong
Smurfs
Venture

SMS:
Astro Warrior/Hang on or Safari Hunt/Hang On
Space Harrier
Phantasy Star (I still wonder why it fetches so much money)

NES:
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 3

Genesis:
Shaq-Fu
Sonic 1 & 2
Altered Beast

SNES:
Super Mario World
Star Fox
F-Zero
Super Mario All Stars

Saturn:
Panzer Dragoon 2
Battle Arena Toshinden
Virtua Fighter 2

Sony PSX:
Army Men XX (take your pick)
Crash Bandicoot XX (again, take your pick)
FF7

N64:
Star Fox 64
Goldeneye
Killer instinct Gold

Dreamcast:
Jet Grind Radio
Crazy Taxi 1 & 2
Power Stone 2
Shenmue

PS2:
SSX (take your pick)
Fantavision (I feel sorry for the poor schmucks who actually bought this game, at any price)
Final Fantasy 10
Gran Turismo 3

Gamecube:
Super Mario Sunshine
Luigi's Mansion
Resident Evil 4

Xbox:
Halo 1 & 2
PGR 2
Jade Warrior
GTA 3 or Vice City.

[Deadman]

I'm only writing ones in for systems that I actually SEE at stores once in a while, but here goes:

Atari 2600: Missile Command by far, Asteroids second

ColecoVision: Donkey Kong

Sega Master System: n/a

NES:Super Mario/DUck Hunt

Sega Genesis: Sonic 2 (must have outsold Sonic 1 by like 3 million!?!)

GameBoy: n/a

SNES: n/a

Sega CD: n/a

Saturn: n/a

PlayStation: n/a

GameBoy Color: Pokemon red/blue

Nintendo64: 007 Goldeneye

Dreamcast: Crazy Taxi

Playstation 2: GTA - they're everywhere

GameCube: Naruto

GameBoy Advance: Spongebob Squarepants

XBOX: racing games like "Ford GT", "Corvette", "Ford Racing", "Chevy vs. Yugo" geez who cares anyway??

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Atari 2600: Donkey Kong (don't see a lot of 2600 games in the wild though)
ColecoVision: Donkey Kong
Sega Master System: Never seen a Master System game in real life
NES: SMB/Duckhunt
Sega Genesis: Sonic 2 and 3
SNES: Super Mario World or Doney Kong Country
Sega CD: Ecco the Dolphin
Saturn: Can't remember last time I saw a game
PlayStation: Crash Bandicoot
Nintendo64:Armorines, Donkey Kong 64, Waverace 64
Dreamcast: Crazy Taxi
Playstation 2: Devil May Cry
GameCube: Metal Arms, some sort of Sonic Collection
XBOX: Any Tom Clancy Game (especially Splinter Cell series)

[xtremegamer]

N64: Turok 2
Genesis: Sonic 2
NES: Mario/Duck Hunt
Xbox: Halo 2
SNES: Donkey Kong Country

[Snapple]

Every system starting with PS1, the answer is Madden. Any other answer is wrong.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

I think the OP wasn't saying that it wasn't Madden, but more like, he didn't want that to be an answer- because everyone, like you, would say "Madden." He also excluded all sports games too.

[Cambot]

I think the OP wasn't saying that it wasn't Madden, but more like, he didn't want that to be an answer- because everyone, like you, would say "Madden." He also excluded all sports games too.

Yeah, I realize there's no Madden for NES or Sega MS. Specialty sports games might be interesting to mention like "Blades of Steel" which someone listed. You can mention games like Madden and NCAA Football, but I just thought that would make the thread a little less interesting.

[calgon]

Sonic 2, smb1/DH and Super Mario Kart seem to appear everywhere I go.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Agreed... I understood what you're doing- some people just look for things to disagree with or someone to tell they're wrong.

[cyberfluxor]

Atari 2600:
Pac-Man, Space Invaders, E.T.
ColecoVision:
Frogger
Sega Master System:
Hang-On
NES:
Mario Bros., WWF Wrestlemania
Sega Genesis:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
GameBoy:
Super Mario Land 2
SNES:
Super Mario World
Sega CD:
Prize Fighter
Saturn:
NBA Action, Daytona USA
Dreamcast:
NFL 2k1, NHL
Playstation 2:
Final Fantasy X
XBOX:
NBA something or another.

[ryborg]

Recently I've noticed a million Super Scope 6 cartridges everywhere, with no Super Scope itself to be found. Also, every single place around here has had the same ultra-common R1 2600 games for the last six months or so. For $3/each, they're not going anywhere.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Recently I've noticed a million Super Scope 6 cartridges everywhere, with no Super Scope itself to be found. Also, every single place around here has had the same ultra-common R1 2600 games for the last six months or so. For $3/each, they're not going anywhere.

Come to think of it, I've been seeing a lot of them too... could you buy the game without the gun? I know of a comic store that has 3 or so.

[Cambot]

Come to think of it, I've been seeing a lot of them too... could you buy the game without the gun? I know of a comic store that has 3 or so.

Wow, same here. I guess all the scopes are still in people's closets and garages all across North America. In a way, I hope I never come across one, because I know I'd buy it, and I really don't have any more room.

[Fuzzball24]

NBA 2K1 is just -_______-


My local pawn shop has atleast 10 of those.

[bangtango]

I added a few systems to the original list at the top of this thread. I always see these games below. I respected the original poster by not including Madden but even if I had chosen to, those are not the most common games where I look. So this list is actually accurate. Note that I did NOT include Mario/Duck Hunt, so I used the two NES games that are next on my list locally (since they are in the same series anyway and virtually identical).


Atari 2600: E.T.

ColecoVision: Carnival

Atari 5200: Missile Command

Atari 7800: Ms. Pac Man

Sega Master System: Gangster Town

NES: Bases Loaded & Bases Loaded 2 (I excluded Mario/Duck Hunt)

Sega Genesis: NFL 94

GameBoy: Tetris

SNES: WWF Super Wrestlemania

Game Gear: Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Sega CD: Sewer Shark

Sega 32X: Metal Head

3DO: Gex

Atari Jaguar: Checkered Flag

Saturn: Daytona USA

PlayStation: none actually, too f**king many games in the PS1 library so I rarely see the same game twice no matter where I am looking

GameBoy Color: Pokemon Silver

Nintendo 64: NFL Quarterback Club 99

Dreamcast: NBA 2K1

Playstation 2: Power Drome followed by NFL 2K3

GameCube: Blowout

GameBoy Advance: The Incredibles

XBOX: NCAA Football 2003

[Cambot]

Oh, NFL Quarterback Club '99. Good call.


NES:
Double Dribble, SuperC
Sega Genesis:

GameBoy: Tetris

SNES: Killer Instinct

Sega CD: Texas ground Zero (down here), Mickey Mouse

Saturn: Croc

PlayStation:
GameBoy Color:
Nintendo64:
Dreamcast:
Playstation 2:
GameCube:
GameBoy Advance:
XBOX:

[Sosage]

Yes. I also keep bumping into the loose super scope cart pack-in, but not one super scope. Same with Battleclash.

I'm gonna stray away from the obvious choices and go with carts that just happen to pop up a lot recently. Two NES games I keep running into this season are Lee Travino's Fighting Golf and Jeopardy 25th Anniversary Edition. I've got around 3 copies of each and I still run into these carts every weekend. World Class Track Meet is another (yeesh...some times they are over taking the SMB/Duckhunt carts). One of these days I'm gonna find a Stadium Events amongst these damn WCTM carts.

The stock usually shuffles around out here every couple of months. I remember one period where Track n' Field was everywhere. Now no one has it. One period everyone had a copy of Dynamite Headdy. Same thing, now no one has it.

[colicub]

First off, ryborg, your SDRE userpic makes me bow down and worship you.

And in terms of common games....

NES: Mario/DH, Pinbot
Mega Drive: Sonic, Sonic 2, Rise Of The Robots, Ballz
N64: F1 World Grand Prix, Pokemon Snap
Saturn: Tomb Raider, Wipeout, Virtua Fighter 2
PSX: too many to list, but the Army Men games and any crappy racing game are at the front of the pack.
PS2: GTA San Andreas (and the others), Enter The Matrix, Ultimate Spiderman, and FIFA or Pro Evo game.

[ryborg]

First off, ryborg, your SDRE userpic makes me bow down and worship you.

Haha, good to know that one of my favorite bands still has fans out there.


Saturn: Tomb Raider, Wipeout, Virtua Fighter 2I haven't seen ANY Saturn games in the wild over the last few years. I think my definition of "the wild" is a little bit different than some. I don't consider a used game store or ebay "the wild," while I do consider it thrift stores, pawn shops, flea markets and garage sales. I mean, it's a game store/internet, it's supposed to have thousands of games.

[8bitgamer]

What's interesting to me is that the most common Atari 2600 cartridges (Ms Pac-Man, Combat, Asteroids) are some of the best games in the library while the best games in the Odyssey2 library are some the rarest (Turtles, Killer Bees).

Classic Home Video Games 1972-1984 (http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Home-Video-Games-1972-1984/dp/0786432268/ref=sr_1_1/102-4833994-2708962?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180844138&sr=8-1)

[diskoboy]

What's interesting to me is that the most common Atari 2600 cartridges (Ms Pac-Man, Combat, Asteroids) are some of the best games in the library while the best games in the Odyssey2 library are some the rarest (Turtles, Killer Bees).

Classic Home Video Games 1972-1984 (http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Home-Video-Games-1972-1984/dp/0786432268/ref=sr_1_1/102-4833994-2708962?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180844138&sr=8-1)

Remember - O2 was the red-headed step child of the Atari VCS/Inty generation - Odyssey was even uncommon, back in those days. I was the only person I ever knew, that had one. Before I got my Atari in 1981, I was treated like a freak for even having one (that changed when it turned out that the O2 had the better version of "Pac-Man").

And as with most consoles, most of the rarest games on any system, come out at the end of the system's shelf life. Killer Bees and Turtles were both at the end of the O2's lifesapn. Turtles was the last new Odyssey game I remember buying, back in 1983. I wanted Power Lords, but I never saw it at any store. Even our local Magnavox store never had it.

And speaking of Odyssey 2 - I'll add Monkeyshines to my list. Every time I see a bunch of O2 games for sale, in the wild, or on Ebay, Monkeyshines is always in there.