Quote Originally Posted by SparTonberry View Post
Well, I guess now that sites like GameFAQs track release dates, it's easier to add that info as soon as it's released?

And with GameStop/amazon pushing preorders, publishers could have more incentive to announce release dates.

I've found that release dates are pretty accurate post 1995. It's 1994 and before that is much more sketchy. (especially before 1992) For example, there is probably a very accurate, chronological listing of every USA PS1 game that was released. We might have the same thing for the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64. It's the gaming systems that came out before them that the records are a bit sketch.

Ideally, there would be somebody that used to work at Software ETC or Babbages or Electronics Boutique back in the early 90's, that had a ton of printouts that showed the actual days they got their inventory in, and the day that it was put up for sale. Such a list would be worth it's weight in gold, in trying to actually have accurate release date info for the very late 80's and early 90's game releases. I'm sure there is some kind of listing or printout that exists. Maybe a Toys-R-Us database or something. Problem is, most of these companies have changed over their computer systems several times by now, so unless they backed up all that info, you'd never get it. Plus, we are talking about records from the very late 80's and early 90's. Would these companies really hold onto these records ?