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- Caveats:
- This data wasn't really meant to be interpreted in terms of individual gaming consoles, and the sample size per console probably isn't really enough to provide more than interesting comparative snapshots. Sort of an 'ooh, that's possibly worth looking into further' topic starter. The main purpose was to make a categorical and comprehensive assessment of 280 games from across gaming history.
- All titles are listed by platform they were first spotted on, on a 'best selling' or 'critically acclaimed' list.
- Please keep in mind that this data is useful for the points I will be making about gaming in general, if not consoles being compared directly. You may find data points in here you disagree with. I encourage you to PM me about mistakes, and I will correct them. Please don't turn the comments section into nothing but railing against individual data points, the overall numbers here aren't going to change considerably. With that being said, here you go:
- NES:
- Bionic Commando: FAIL
- Castlevania: FAIL
- Contra: FAIL
- Dragon Warrior: FAIL
- Dragon Warrior II: PASS
- Dragon Warrior III: PASS
- Dragon Warrior IV: PASS
- DuckTales: PASS
- Final Fantasy: FAIL
- Mega Man: FAIL
- Metroid: PASS
- Ninja Gaiden: FAIL
- Punch Out: FAIL
- River City Ransom: FAIL
- Super Mario Bros: FAIL
- Super Mario Bros 2: PASS
- Super Mario Bros 3: FAIL
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: FAIL
- The Legend of Zelda: PASS
- Zelda II: FAIL
- 35% Pass out of 20
- SNES:
- Chrono Trigger: PASS
- Contra III: FAIL
- Donkey Kong Country: FAIL
- Donkey Kong Country 2: PASS
- EarthBound: PASS
- EarthWorm Jim 2: FAIL
- FZero: FAIL
- Final Fantasy II: PASS
- Mega Man X: FAIL
- Secret of Mana: PASS
- Star Fox: FAIL
- Street Fighter II: FAIL
- Super Mario Kart: FAIL
- Super Mario World: FAIL
- Super Mario World 2: FAIL
- Super Metroid: PASS
- 38% Pass out of 16
- N64:
- Banjo-Kazooie: PASS
- Banjo-Tooie: PASS
- Conker's Bad Fur Day: FAIL
- Diddy Kong Racing: FAIL
- Donkey Kong 64: PASS
- GoldenEye 007: FAIL
- Jet Force Gemini: PASS
- Mario Kart 64: FAIL
- Paper Mario: FAIL
- Perfect Dark: PASS
- Rayman 2: FAIL
- Resident Evil 2: PASS
- Star Fox 64: FAIL
- Super Mario 64: FAIL
- Super Smash Bros: FAIL
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask: FAIL
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: PASS
- Turok 2: PASS
- 44% Pass out of 18
- GameCube:
- Animal Crossing: PASS
- Beyond Good & Evil: PASS
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem: PASS
- Luigi's Mansion: FAIL
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!: FAIL
- Mario Party 4: PASS
- Metroid Prime: PASS
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: PASS
- Pikmin: FAIL
- Pikmin 2: FAIL
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: PASS
- Resident Evil IV: FAIL
- SSX 3: PASS
- SoulCalibur 2: FAIL
- Super Mario Sunshine: FAIL
- Super Smash Bros Melee: FAIL
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker: PASS
- TimeSplitters 2: PASS
- Viewtiful Joe: FAIL
- Zelda: Twilight Princess: PASS
- 55% Pass out of 20
- Wii:
- Cave Story: PASS
- Donkey Kong Country Returns: FAIL
- La-Mulana: PASS
- Link's Crossbow Training: FAIL
- Little King's Story: PASS
- Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games: PASS
- Mario Kart Wii: PASS
- Mario Party 8: PASS
- Metroid Prime 3: PASS
- New Super Mario Bros Wii: FAIL
- Okami: PASS
- Rayman Origins: PASS
- Skyward Sword: PASS
- Super Mario Galaxy: FAIL
- Super Mario Galaxy 2: FAIL
- Super Smash Bros Brawl: FAIL
- Xenoblade Chronicles: PASS
- Zack and Wiki: PASS
- 67% Pass out of 18
- Nintendo DS:
- Animal Crossing: Wild World: PASS
- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow: PASS
- Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies: PASS
- GTA: Chinatown Wars: FAIL
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: FAIL
- Mario Kart DS: FAIL
- Mario Party DS: PASS
- Mario and Luigi Partners In Time: PASS
- New Super Mario Bros: FAIL
- Pokemon Black 2 and White 2: PASS
- Pokemon Black and White: PASS
- Pokemon Diamond and Pearl: PASS
- Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver: PASS
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future: PASS
- The World Ends With You: PASS
- Zelda: Phantom Hourglass: PASS
- Zelda: Spirit Tracks: PASS
- 76% PASS out of 17
- Mega Drive/Genesis:
- Aladdin: FAIL
- Altered Beast: FAIL
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: FAIL
- Mortal Kombat 3: FAIL
- Mortal Kombat II: FAIL
- Ms. Pac Man: PASS
- Sonic: FAIL
- Sonic & Knuckles: FAIL
- Sonic 2: FAIL
- Sonic 3: FAIL
- 10% PASS out of 10
- Dreamcast:
- Crazy Taxi: PASS
- Grandia II: PASS
- Jet Grind Radio: PASS
- Marvel Vs Capcom 2: PASS
- Phantasy Star Online: PASS
- Resident Evil Code: Veronica: PASS
- Samba de Amigo: PASS
- Seaman: NO NO NO NO NO
- Shenmue: PASS
- Sonic Adventure: PASS
- Sonic Adventure 2: PASS
- Soulcalibur: PASS
- 92% PASS 8% SWEET JESUS WHY out of 12
- PSX:
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: PASS
- Chrono Cross: PASS
- Crash Bandicoot: FAIL
- Crash Bandicoot 3: PASS
- Final Fantasy IX: PASS
- Final Fantasy VII: PASS
- Final Fantasy VIII: PASS
- Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone: PASS
- Metal Gear Solid: PASS
- OddWorld: Abe's Exodus: FAIL
- PaRappa the Rapper: PASS
- Silent Hill: PASS
- Spyro: Year of the Dragon: PASS
- Street Fighter Alpha III: FAIL
- Tekken 3: FAIL
- Tomb Raider: PASS
- Tomb Raider II: PASS
- Tomb Raider III: PASS
- Vagrant Story: FAIL
- Xenogears: PASS
- 75% PASS out of 20
- PS2:
- Devil May Cry: PASS
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King: PASS
- Final Fantasy X: PASS
- Final Fantasy XII: PASS
- GTA: San Andreas: FAIL
- GTA: Vice City: FAIL
- GTA III: PASS
- God of War: PASS
- God of War II: PASS
- ICO: PASS
- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy: PASS
- Kingdom Hearts: PASS
- Klonoa 2: PASS
- Metal Gear Solid 2: PASS
- Metal Gear Solid 3: PASS
- Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando: FAIL
- Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal: FAIL
- Red Faction: PASS
- SMT: Persona 3 FES: PASS
- SSX: PASS
- SSX Tricky: PASS
- Shadow of the Colossus: PASS
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4: PASS
- Silent Hill 2: PASS
- Sly 2: Band of Thieves: PASS
- SoulCalibur 2: PASS
- 85% PASS out of 26
- PS3:
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood: FAIL
- Assassin's Creed II: PASS
- Batman: Arkham City: FAIL
- Battlefield 3: PASS
- BioShock: PASS
- CoD: Black Ops: FAIL
- CoD: MW2: FAIL
- CoD: Modern Warfare: FAIL
- CoD: Modern Warfare 3: FAIL
- Demon's Souls: FAIL
- Fallout 3: PASS
- Far Cry 3: FAIL
- Final Fantasy XIII: PASS
- GTA IV: FAIL
- God of War III: PASS
- InFamous: FAIL
- LittleBigPlanet: PASS
- Metal Gear Solid 4: PASS
- Ni No Kuni: PASS
- Persona 4 Arena: PASS
- Portal 2: PASS
- Red Dead Redemption: FAIL
- Resident Evil 5: PASS
- Super Street Fighter IV: FAIL
- The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series: PASS
- Uncharted 2: FAIL
- Uncharted 3: PASS 27
- 51% PASS out of 27
- PSP:
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII: FAIL
- Daxter: FAIL
- Dissidia: Final Fantasy: PASS
- GTA: Liberty City Stories: FAIL
- God of War: Chains of Olympus: PASS
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta: PASS
- Monster Hunter Freedom: PASS
- Monster Hunter Freedom 2: PASS
- Monster Hunter Freedom Unite: PASS
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd: PASS
- 70% PASS out of 10
- XBOX:
- Counter-Strike: FAIL
- Dead or Alive 3: PASS
- Fable: PASS
- Halo: FAIL
- Halo 2: FAIL
- Splinter Cell: FAIL
- Star Wars: Battlefront: PASS
- Star Wars: KOTOR: PASS
- Star Wars: KOTOR 2: PASS
- TES III: Morrowind: PASS
- Panzer Dragoon Orta: PASS
- Jade Empire: PASS
- Max Payne: PASS
- Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay: FAIL
- Psychonauts: PASS
- 60% PASS out of 15
- XBOX 360:
- Assassin's Creed: FAIL
- Batman: Arkham Asylum: FAIL
- Bayonetta: PASS
- Bioshock 2: PASS
- Borderlands 2: PASS
- Call of Duty 2: FAIL
- Cod: World At War: FAIL
- Dark Souls: PASS
- Dead Space: PASS
- Dead Space 2: PASS
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution: PASS
- Fallout New Vegas: PASS
- Gears of War: FAIL
- Gears of War 2: FAIL
- Gears of War 3: PASS
- Halo 3: FAIL
- Halo 3: ODST: FAIL
- Halo: Reach: PASS
- L.A. Noire: FAIL
- Left 4 Dead 2: PASS
- Mass Effect: PASS
- Mass Effect 2: PASS
- Mass Effect 3: PASS
- TES IV: Oblivion: PASS
- TES V: Skyrim: PASS
- 65% out of 25
- PC:
- Baldur's Gate: PASS
- Baldur's Gate II: PASS
- Battlefield 2: FAIL
- Civ IV: PASS
- Civilization II: PASS
- Crysis: FAIL
- Deus Ex: FAIL
- Diablo: PASS
- Diablo III: PASS
- Dishonored: PASS
- Dragon Age: Origins: PASS
- Grim Fandango: FAIL
- Guild Wars: PASS
- Half-Life: FAIL
- Half-Life 2: FAIL
- Mark of the Ninja: PASS
- Myst: FAIL
- Neverwinter Nights: PASS
- Planescape: Torment: PASS
- Portal: PASS
- StarCraft: FAIL
- System Shock 2: PASS
- Team Fortress 2: FAIL
- The Longest Journey: PASS
- Thief: The Dark Project: PASS
- World of Warcraft: PASS
- 65% PASS out of 26
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