Year with the most active systems

[nester]

It seems farily ridiculous how many different systems were all producing games in the early 90s. It seems that 1995 was just about the apex. Lets see if I can keep all these straight. In 1995 there was:

 

3D0

Atari Jaguar

Atari Jaguar CD

CDI

Neo Geo AES

Neo Geo CD

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Super Nintendo

Sega CD

Sega Game Gear

Sega Genesis

Sega 32X

*Sega Nomad

Sega Saturn

Sony Playstation

 

 

If my count is correct, that's 15 systems all making games (plus one that came out but didn't have any original games) at the same time. That seems fairly ridiculous by today's standards. Anyway, I think that's right, but there may be another year with even more systems. What do you think about that?

Edited January 5, 2008 by nester

[ApolloBoy]

You repeated the Game Boy...

[BSA Starfire]

At least in europe I think the Amiga CD32 were still having games released. Also the PC Engine CD in Japan & also the FM towns.

[thomasholzer]

Yep, CD32.

also early 90s we had: Atari VCS 2600 (Acid Drop 1992), Atari XE-GS, C64GS, Amstrad GX4000, Sam computer, Supervision, but I guess all those were into homebrew territory by 1995

Edited January 5, 2008 by thomasholzer

[ovalbugmann]

Jaguar & JaguarCD is the same system, of course, just cart & CD formats. Yeah, there was a lot to choose from in '95, today it's the big three and that's it.

[christianscott27]

Its also amazing to think how much crap was being shoveled out in that year, its kind of a low point in gaming for quality. The ugly and lame attempts to work Full Motion Video into games was in full swing. I collect for the CDi, 3DO, Sega Cd etc and I feel like I own 3 or 4 versions of the same crappy game on different platforms. Its always some barely playable Soccer title or some cringe worthy Game Show title. Looking back almost all of those systems ended up being legendary flops like the Virtual Boy, the Jaguar and the 32X. I kinda think we're doing better now with a more mature market that produces better supported consoles.

[Atarifever]

It seems farily ridiculous how many different systems were all producing games in the early 90s. It seems that 1995 was just about the apex. Lets see if I can keep all these straight. In 1995 there was:

 

3D0

Atari Jaguar

Atari Jaguar CD

CDI

Neo Geo AES

Neo Geo CD

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Game Boy

Super Nintendo

Sega CD

Sega Game Gear

Sega Genesis

Sega 32X

*Sega Nomad

Sega Saturn

Sony Playstation

 

 

If my count is correct, that's 16 systems all making games (plus one that came out but didn't have any original games) at the same time. That seems fairly ridiculous by today's standards. Anyway, I think that's right, but there may be another year with even more systems. What do you think about that?

The biggest assortment of consoles I can think of outside of that was probably around 1982. There were a lot of systems still being sold, and unlike in 1995, most of those were worth owning.

 

2600

Astrocade

O2

Intellivision

Colecovision

Vectrex

5200

Arcadia

Edited January 5, 2008 by Atarifever

[+RangerG]

How about a couple years ago when you had several portable like the SP, N-Gage, Gizmodo, and the Zodiac plus the X-box, Playstation 1 + 2, Gamecube, and Dreamcast - I think the Dreamcast and PS1 were still supported?

[chrisbid]

before i read this thread, i was thinking 1994

 

after reading it, i have to agree, and i wasnt far off

[thomasholzer]

It seems farily ridiculous how many different systems were all producing games in the early 90s. It seems that 1995 was just about the apex. Lets see if I can keep all these straight. In 1995 there was:

 

3D0

Atari Jaguar

Atari Jaguar CD

CDI

Neo Geo AES

Neo Geo CD

Nintendo Game Boy

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Game Boy

Super Nintendo

Sega CD

Sega Game Gear

Sega Genesis

Sega 32X

*Sega Nomad

Sega Saturn

Sony Playstation

 

 

If my count is correct, that's 16 systems all making games (plus one that came out but didn't have any original games) at the same time. That seems fairly ridiculous by today's standards. Anyway, I think that's right, but there may be another year with even more systems. What do you think about that?

The biggest assortment of consoles I can think of outside of that was probably around 1982. There were a lot of systems still being sold, and unlike in 1995, most of those were worth owning.

 

2600

Astrocade

O2

Intellivision

Colecovision

Vectrex

5200

Arcadia

 

 

Don't forget Atari 800, C64, Apple ][, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Dragon 32, IBM, as far as gaming computers are concerned.

[nester]

before i read this thread, i was thinking 1994

 

Yeah, I originally started out listing the 1994 systems. That's why I accidentally listed the Game Boy twice. But then I noticed how many systems had their first year in '95 and "corrected" it.

 

Also, does the Jaguar CD count any less than the 32X or the Sega CD. It seems like the Sega ones would always have different sections in the magazines, but Jaguar CD games would always just be listed with the regular Jaguar games. I wonder why that is.

[8th lutz]

Europe had2 sms games released in 1995 in Championship hockey, and Cheese Cat-astrophe starring Speedy Gonzales. This is without counting Brazil.

[nester]

Yeah, I was mostly talking about the US with my list. It's where I live so it's the one I tend to think about the most. The SMS had a ridiculously long lifespan outside of this country.