Anotherfluke
04-17-2009, 02:16 PM
Hey all,
Those of you in the Pacific Northwest might have heard of Sakura-Con, the annual anime convention. There's also a large gaming section in this particular con (which numbers a shade under 20,000 attendees), so I've been running a classic console room for them for a number of years, often with the collaboration and much-needed help of the other NWCGE staffers.
This year I had a checkout system in place which tracked individual user sessions, length of play time, etc. I collected those stats, and added a few interesting numbers of my own, and I thought I'd share them with the folks here.
:)
Classic Console Checkout and Performance Statistics, Sakura-Con 2009
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Overall
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15 Televisions (8 NES, 2 SNES, 2 Dreamcast, 1 Genesis, 1 Saturn, 1 Atari 2600)
323 Games (all consoles)
712 Total Checkouts
150 Unique games checked out
4.7 Average # of times a game was checked out
21439 Minutes played across all sessions
357.3 Hours played across all sessions
14.9 Days played across all sessions
Games
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17 Games checked out 10 or more times
55 Games checked out 1 time
66 Most times a game was checked out (Super Mario Bros.)
1552 Most Total time played on a game (all sessions) (Super Mario Bros.)
104.7 Highest average of minutes played per checkout (single game) (Earthbound 0 Fan Translation)
23 Games checked out 3 times or less but played for more than an hour
Individual sessions
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57 Individual gaming sessions that lasted more than 1 hour
5 Individual gaming sessions that lasted more than 2 hours
29.5 Average minutes played per session (all games)
FTW
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1 Number of guys who beat Rygar in one sitting. It was rad!
9 Number of simultaneous people playing Saturn Bomberman on Friday
99 Number of extra lives this lolita girl got by bouncing on the skeleton turtles in world 2-3
5 Number of people who will correct me that it's not world 2-3, it's world 2, first mini-fortress
7 Number of attendees playing games featuring the character they were dressed as
1 Old-ass Mario
2 Number of Captain Ns
11 Krispy Kremes (Don't ask me where the last one went, I know nothing)
1 Number of Easter egg baskets brought by the Easter bunny
3 Number of Staff/Attendees who lent games and systems to Classic Console
4 Particularly awesome Con Staffers (you know who you are!)
FTL
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13 Number of fools who foolishly tried to beat Battletoads (fools!)
7 Number of people who tried to blow on the NES game cartridge (It's bad for the game, don't do it!)
0 Number of Dr. Marios :(
0 Number of Epic Captain N vs. Dr. Mario battles in the Dr. Mario Tournament
0 Number of Dr. Mario Tournaments (next year I promise!)
4 Trips to the storage unit to grab that one stupid thing
3 Minutes it takes to realize that Fun'N'Games has the most annoying sound effects ever
45 Number of minutes an attendee played Fun'N'Games at full volume
1 Number of attendees who totally wouldn't leave while we were tearing down
12 Total number of paddles on-hand for Atari 2600 Warlords 4-player awesomeness
2 Total number of paddles on-hand for Atari 2600 Warlords that actually worked
WTF
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1 Number of guys totally bummed that I didn't bring the 3D0 with Dragon's Lair this year
4 Number of Mountain Dew: Code Reds consumed by a diabetic (me)
3 Number of nasty-ass containers of soup or something god what was that stuff?
15 Number of times I wished the Minibosses were at the con
1 Number of Persocoms who totally helped out in Classic Console
3 Number of guys dressed as Terry Bogard who came into Classic Console
1 Number of guys dressed as Terry Bogard who actually played Fatal Fury (WTF other Terry Bogards?)
10 Number of kids who played TMNT IV: Turtles in Time that probably never heard of the 80's cartoon or movies
5 Number of guys who played TMNT IV: Turtles in Time that probably never heard of the 00's cartoon or movies
4 Number of guys who said we were awesome for actually having that one game, then left without playing it
8 Relationships ruined by Balloon Fight
19 Relationships saved by Bubble Bobble
6 Number of people who freaked out when I told them I own all the games and systems in Classic Console
?? Number of people who said they'd be front and center for Classic Console at PAX
Top 20 Titles (by # of times checked out):
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GameID.......................System...Times Checked out...Total Time Played (minutes)
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt NES 66 1552
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Dreamcast 31 1168
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES 25 932
Tetris (Tengen) NES 21 658
Super Mario World SNES 20 664
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! NES 19 675
Bubble Bobble NES 19 517
Contra NES 17 444
Dr. Mario NES 16 377
TMNT IV: Turtles in Time SNES 15 601
Mega Man 2 NES 15 572
Battletoads NES 13 419
Soul Calibur Dreamcast 13 376
Super Mario Bros. 2 NES 12 355
Saturn Bomberman Saturn 11 416
Jet Grind Radio Dreamcast 11 319
Earthbound (Unlicensed) NES 10 1047
Super Smash Bros N64 8 372
Rampage NES 8 299
Honorable Mentions:
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GameID.......................System...Times Checked out...Total Time Played (minutes)
Legend of Zelda NES 5 382
Pokemon Stadium 2 N64 7 316
Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle SNES 8 283
NiGHTS Into Dreams Saturn 8 268
Super Star Wars SNES 4 259
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Genesis 7 257
Killer Instinct SNES 6 251
Shadowgate NES 3 235
Marble Madness NES 2 154
Phantasy Star Online Dreamcast 3 141
Mario Party N64 3 131
Dragon Warrior NES 2 114
Cadash Genesis 1 86
Rygar NES 1 75
NBA Jam Tournament Edition Genesis 1 64
Gradius NES 1 64
Those of you in the Pacific Northwest might have heard of Sakura-Con, the annual anime convention. There's also a large gaming section in this particular con (which numbers a shade under 20,000 attendees), so I've been running a classic console room for them for a number of years, often with the collaboration and much-needed help of the other NWCGE staffers.
This year I had a checkout system in place which tracked individual user sessions, length of play time, etc. I collected those stats, and added a few interesting numbers of my own, and I thought I'd share them with the folks here.
:)
Classic Console Checkout and Performance Statistics, Sakura-Con 2009
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Overall
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15 Televisions (8 NES, 2 SNES, 2 Dreamcast, 1 Genesis, 1 Saturn, 1 Atari 2600)
323 Games (all consoles)
712 Total Checkouts
150 Unique games checked out
4.7 Average # of times a game was checked out
21439 Minutes played across all sessions
357.3 Hours played across all sessions
14.9 Days played across all sessions
Games
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17 Games checked out 10 or more times
55 Games checked out 1 time
66 Most times a game was checked out (Super Mario Bros.)
1552 Most Total time played on a game (all sessions) (Super Mario Bros.)
104.7 Highest average of minutes played per checkout (single game) (Earthbound 0 Fan Translation)
23 Games checked out 3 times or less but played for more than an hour
Individual sessions
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57 Individual gaming sessions that lasted more than 1 hour
5 Individual gaming sessions that lasted more than 2 hours
29.5 Average minutes played per session (all games)
FTW
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1 Number of guys who beat Rygar in one sitting. It was rad!
9 Number of simultaneous people playing Saturn Bomberman on Friday
99 Number of extra lives this lolita girl got by bouncing on the skeleton turtles in world 2-3
5 Number of people who will correct me that it's not world 2-3, it's world 2, first mini-fortress
7 Number of attendees playing games featuring the character they were dressed as
1 Old-ass Mario
2 Number of Captain Ns
11 Krispy Kremes (Don't ask me where the last one went, I know nothing)
1 Number of Easter egg baskets brought by the Easter bunny
3 Number of Staff/Attendees who lent games and systems to Classic Console
4 Particularly awesome Con Staffers (you know who you are!)
FTL
---
13 Number of fools who foolishly tried to beat Battletoads (fools!)
7 Number of people who tried to blow on the NES game cartridge (It's bad for the game, don't do it!)
0 Number of Dr. Marios :(
0 Number of Epic Captain N vs. Dr. Mario battles in the Dr. Mario Tournament
0 Number of Dr. Mario Tournaments (next year I promise!)
4 Trips to the storage unit to grab that one stupid thing
3 Minutes it takes to realize that Fun'N'Games has the most annoying sound effects ever
45 Number of minutes an attendee played Fun'N'Games at full volume
1 Number of attendees who totally wouldn't leave while we were tearing down
12 Total number of paddles on-hand for Atari 2600 Warlords 4-player awesomeness
2 Total number of paddles on-hand for Atari 2600 Warlords that actually worked
WTF
---
1 Number of guys totally bummed that I didn't bring the 3D0 with Dragon's Lair this year
4 Number of Mountain Dew: Code Reds consumed by a diabetic (me)
3 Number of nasty-ass containers of soup or something god what was that stuff?
15 Number of times I wished the Minibosses were at the con
1 Number of Persocoms who totally helped out in Classic Console
3 Number of guys dressed as Terry Bogard who came into Classic Console
1 Number of guys dressed as Terry Bogard who actually played Fatal Fury (WTF other Terry Bogards?)
10 Number of kids who played TMNT IV: Turtles in Time that probably never heard of the 80's cartoon or movies
5 Number of guys who played TMNT IV: Turtles in Time that probably never heard of the 00's cartoon or movies
4 Number of guys who said we were awesome for actually having that one game, then left without playing it
8 Relationships ruined by Balloon Fight
19 Relationships saved by Bubble Bobble
6 Number of people who freaked out when I told them I own all the games and systems in Classic Console
?? Number of people who said they'd be front and center for Classic Console at PAX
Top 20 Titles (by # of times checked out):
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GameID.......................System...Times Checked out...Total Time Played (minutes)
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt NES 66 1552
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Dreamcast 31 1168
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES 25 932
Tetris (Tengen) NES 21 658
Super Mario World SNES 20 664
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! NES 19 675
Bubble Bobble NES 19 517
Contra NES 17 444
Dr. Mario NES 16 377
TMNT IV: Turtles in Time SNES 15 601
Mega Man 2 NES 15 572
Battletoads NES 13 419
Soul Calibur Dreamcast 13 376
Super Mario Bros. 2 NES 12 355
Saturn Bomberman Saturn 11 416
Jet Grind Radio Dreamcast 11 319
Earthbound (Unlicensed) NES 10 1047
Super Smash Bros N64 8 372
Rampage NES 8 299
Honorable Mentions:
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GameID.......................System...Times Checked out...Total Time Played (minutes)
Legend of Zelda NES 5 382
Pokemon Stadium 2 N64 7 316
Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle SNES 8 283
NiGHTS Into Dreams Saturn 8 268
Super Star Wars SNES 4 259
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Genesis 7 257
Killer Instinct SNES 6 251
Shadowgate NES 3 235
Marble Madness NES 2 154
Phantasy Star Online Dreamcast 3 141
Mario Party N64 3 131
Dragon Warrior NES 2 114
Cadash Genesis 1 86
Rygar NES 1 75
NBA Jam Tournament Edition Genesis 1 64
Gradius NES 1 64