Zero to 100: Videogames by the numbers

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

Words: Brett Elston on March 31, 2009

Numbers. Man, there must be millions of ‘em. Seems like every other game on the shelf has a number in it. Boy, I bet you could count to a hundred using just videogame titles and related items. Let’s see if I’m right:

 

Resident Evil Zero (GC)

Final Fight One (GBA)

Street Fighter II (Arcade)

P.N.03 (GC)

Left 4 Dead (multi)

Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast)

Rainbow Six (PC)

Killer 7 (GC)

Vigilante 8 (PSone)

Wild 9 (PSone)

Final Fantasy X (PS2)

Winning Eleven (multi)

C-12 (PSone)

XIII (multi)

14… mainline Pokemon games

15… Achievement Points for beating any level of Resident Evil 5

TurboGrafx 16

B-17: Fortress in the Sky (DS)

18 Wheeler: Pro American Trucker (Dreamcast)

19… average Metacritic score for Wii’s Balls of Fury

20… years of Nintendo Power

WWE Wrestlemania 21 (Xbox)

Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 (PSone)

23… Michael Jordan’s jersey number when he starred in SNESterpiece Chaos in the Windy City (SNES)

Le Mans: 24 hours (multi)

25 to Life (multi)

OMG 26: Our Mini Games (DS)

Su 27 Flanker (PC)

28… million Xbox 360s sold as of 2009, according to Microsoft

29… tracks on the F-Zero X soundtrack

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (multi)

March 31… today, also the release date of Major Minor’s Majestic March (Wii)

32… Helghast symbols in Killzone 2

33… legendary Pokemon

34… age of Jill Valentine (born in “1975”)

35… Shin Megami Tensei games (including spin-offs)

36… Final Fantasy games (excluding the Chocobo series, we think)

Centigrade 37 pinball (also your current temperature)

38… regular enemies in The Legend of Zelda

39… average Prinny height, in inches

40 Winks (PSone)

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  • ratman

    ratman  - 2 years, 7 months ago  - Report

    Characters remaining: 5000
  • SandroTheMaster

    SandroTheMaster  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    When I got to 76 and saw no Interstate there, I was kind of gloomy... then I saw Interstate at 82, and all was well.

    I believe this was the best Battle Cars genre game ever. Well done, highly customizable, unlike the "TPS on cars" like Twisted Metal and the like. Good memories of these faceless bastards (literally, they had no face back then, only polygonal heads with some features, none of it part of a face, although it had the odd mustache or dark glasses.)

    Good list, BTW.
  • pogo

    pogo  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    very interesting article
  • 435

    435  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    Shouldn't KoF'97 be listed for the Neo Geo primarily?


    reCaptcha: jacked gropes
  • somerandomchap

    somerandomchap  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    thanks now i can count over 10!!!
  • SunshineHobo

    SunshineHobo  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    I thought 24 was the highest number? Great article, you made me question everything i've ever come to know as true Brett...Thanks a bunch.
  • GamesRadarBrettElston

    GamesRadarBrettElston  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    There are 96 EXITS in Super Mario World, I thought. Fewer worlds but a few stages have more than one way to complete.
  • twishart

    twishart  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    @ViolentLee - Several of the levels had TWO seperate ways of beating them, creating new routes - each star on the main screen indicates a 'level completion', not necessarily an actual level. Each of the Star Road levels are perfect examples - beating them at the goal will send you back on your path to the last level, while finding the key will progress on. I think Brett is correct on this one.
  • ViolentLee

    ViolentLee  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    There were a total of 96 levels in Super Mario World. That includes special stages, etc. Basically, when you get the little star by your save saying you've 100%'ed it, there's a 96 there. I did it countless times as a bored youth.
  • Harmon20

    Harmon20  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    # 85 lol
  • Hinro

    Hinro  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    Theres actually 35 or 36 legendary pokemons (depending on whether you consider rotom a legendary pokemon. the list of legendary pokemons are: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres,Mewtwo,Mew, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Ho-oh, Lugia,Celebi, Regirock, Regice. Registeel, Latias, Latios, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Uxie, Azelf, Mesprit, Rotom, Cressilia, Darkrai, Shaymin, Palkia, Dialga, Giratina, Manaphy, Phione, Heatran, Regigigas, and finally Arceus. These are the list of approved legendary pokemon (Rotom is considered by some people to not be considered a legendary pokemon so that is why I said 35 or 36)
  • deathrebellion

    deathrebellion  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    well now math seems all easy. 50 cent blood on sand + 50 cent blood on sand = Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War lolz
  • SlightlyBetterName

    SlightlyBetterName  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    And batman, nice reference.
  • SlightlyBetterName

    SlightlyBetterName  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    That had to take a whole hell of a lotta time Brett.


    Way to go.
  • Cwf2008

    Cwf2008  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    Huh so Obama likes videogames? Maybe he'll finally get the damn Congress off our ass then.
  • Smeggs

    Smeggs  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    Lulz, you obviously had trouble with 68.
  • Samael

    Samael  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    Sweet article, but man some were a stretch. Specifically 68 and 73. Oh and 43. Because it's stretch to call a Wii a video game system these days! ZING! KAPOW!
  • Defguru7777

    Defguru7777  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    How is Vault 92 an important location? The only Vaults you go to are 101, 112, and 87. Maybe I'm being too critical.

    Also, 2 BioShock references? Man you guys do love that game.
  • norid

    norid  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    woops posted twice sorry
  • norid

    norid  - 2 years, 10 months ago  - Report

    @ animeman sorry but Snorlax is way better
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