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Zero to 100: Videogames by the numbers

Rediscover the joy of counting, courtesy of your favorite television games

Words: Brett Elston, GamesRadar US

81… minigames in Mario Party 8

Interstate 82 (PC)

’83… year Mass Effect takes place (well, 2183)

84… songs in Rock Band 2

’85… the year the NES launched in the US, paving the way for Wii Music

’86… year Aperture Science began developing GlaDOS

Bosconian ’87 (C64)

’88 Games (Arcade)

’89… the year we found out just how bad the Power Glove really is

Galaga ’90 (TG-16, also Virtual Console)

Space Invaders ’91 (Genesis)

Vault 92, an important location in Fallout 3

Bomberman 93 (TG-16, Virtual Console)

NHL ’94 (Genesis, the best ever)

OXM Demo Disc 95 – on sale now! </shill>

Micro Machines Turbo Tournament 96 (Genesis)

The King of Fighters ’97 (PSone)

Nagano Winter Olympics ’98 (N64)

Ninety Nine Nights (360)

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War (multi)

What do you know, it worked. Well, just to finish it all off…

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52 Comments
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Cyberninja  - 8 months 3 days ago 
really interesting that they have this many numbers ...first i think
Dr.Mr.Gamer  - 8 months 3 days ago 
cooool
KREATIVEassassin  - 8 months 3 days ago 
I didn't think you could do it. Looks like I was wrong. Wrong as hell, actually.
chrisat928  - 8 months 3 days ago 
I want a new Hitman game damn it!
ELpork  - 8 months 3 days ago 
Wow..... That must have taken for ever.
GamesRadarCarolynGudmundson  - 8 months 3 days ago 
I'd like to make an honorable extra mention of #143 = Snorlax = I love you! Best Pokemon ever.
jamminontha1n2  - 8 months 3 days ago 
i am just wonderin how low long this list took to make. Just consider my mind blown.
John-117  - 8 months 3 days ago 
Now that's a list of things, I say make an official top 100 for every tuesday :P

Great article, very interesting solutions to some of the numbers.
cowsrule  - 8 months 3 days ago 
Now we have to count OVER 9000!!!!! with videogames. (sorry)
lava_lamp  - 8 months 3 days ago 
bet that was a bitch to research
TrevorISme  - 8 months 3 days ago 
Great work Brett! i loved reading it of course and i wasnt that surprised about like every game in history having some number in it but it did impress me
game-thugsta  - 8 months 3 days ago 
much respect on 8, a8, 47, 75, and 92... but SUPER SUPER SUPER props on 29.... (one of my fav games)
HungryBeaver  - 8 months 3 days ago 
man that must've taken a while to find out all that shit
mikeo1229  - 8 months 3 days ago 
Yay! N3 was on there, I heard a while back that there was a sequel announced for it, hope I see some news about it soon.
Romination  - 8 months 3 days ago 
i think there were a few copouts on there...but it's only to be expected. I almost think you just started thinking 'say, these games have numbers...why not?;

that opening was one of the funniest things i've read today.
Unoriginal  - 8 months 3 days ago 
68 was my favorite.
This must have taken some time, good job.
Corsair89  - 8 months 3 days ago 
You guys really dug deep into the archives to find some of these. Well done
sixboxes  - 8 months 3 days ago 
a couple of those were a bit of a stretch, but that list was more awesome than I could've imagined.
ThunderMuffinsMcgee  - 8 months 3 days ago 
Nice! I never realized the numbers in titles before. Good work.
animeman  - 8 months 3 days ago 
@ GamesRadarCarolynGudmundson I love Snorlax too he is awesome but Munchlax is the best.
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