Category: Sega Genesis

Best selling video games of all-time

Taken from here with complete list of sources –

Minecraft180,000,000[b]Multi-platformNovember 18, 2011[c]MojangXbox Game StudiosGreen tick[3]
Tetris170,000,000[b]Multi-platformJune 6, 1984ElektronorgtechnicaVarious[d]Green tick[5][e]
Grand Theft Auto V115,000,000Multi-platformSeptember 17, 2013Rockstar NorthRockstar GamesGreen tick[9]
Wii Sports82,880,000WiiNovember 19, 2006Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[10]
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds50,000,000Multi-platformDecember 20, 2017PUBG CorporationPUBG CorporationGreen tick[11]
Super Mario Bros.48,240,000Multi-platformSeptember 13, 1985NintendoNintendoGreen tick[f]
Pokémon Red/Green/Blue/Yellow47,520,000Multi-platformFebruary 27, 1996Game FreakNintendoGreen tick[g]
Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus43,800,000WiiDecember 1, 2007Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[10]
Mario Kart Wii37,240,000WiiApril 10, 2008Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[10]
Wii Sports Resort33,110,000WiiJune 25, 2009Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[10]
New Super Mario Bros.30,800,000Nintendo DSMay 15, 2006Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[18]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii30,280,000WiiNovember 11, 2009Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[10]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [19]30,000,000Multi-platformNovember 11, 2011Bethesda Game StudiosBethesda SoftworksGreen tick[20]
Diablo III and Reaper of Souls30,000,000Multi-platformMay 16, 2012Blizzard EntertainmentBlizzard EntertainmentGreen tick[21]
Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal29,490,000Game Boy ColorNovember 21, 1999Game FreakNintendoGreen tick[h]
Duck Hunt28,300,000NESApril 21, 1984Nintendo R&D1NintendoGreen tick[23]
Wii Play28,020,000WiiDecember 2, 2006Nintendo EADNintendo☒[10]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas27,500,000Multi-platformOctober 26, 2004Rockstar NorthRockstar Games☒[24]
Mario Kart 8/Deluxe27,450,000Multi-platformMay 29, 2014Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[i]
Terraria27,000,000[b]Multi-platformMay 16, 2011Re-LogicRe-LogicGreen tick[27]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 326,500,000Multi-platformNovember 8, 2011Infinity Ward
Sledgehammer Games		ActivisionGreen tick[28]
Red Dead Redemption 226,500,000Multi-platformOctober 26, 2018Rockstar StudiosRockstar GamesGreen tick[9]
Call of Duty: Black Ops26,200,000Multi-platformNovember 9, 2010TreyarchActivisionGreen tick[28]
Grand Theft Auto IV25,000,000Multi-platformApril 29, 2008Rockstar NorthRockstar GamesGreen tick[29]
Pokémon Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon24,740,000Nintendo 3DSNovember 18, 2016Game FreakNintendo / The Pokémon CompanyGreen tick[j]
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum24,730,000Nintendo DSSeptember 28, 2006Game FreakNintendo / The Pokémon CompanyGreen tick[k]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II24,200,000Multi-platformNovember 12, 2012TreyarchActivisionGreen tick[28]
FIFA 1824,000,000Multi-platformSeptember 29, 2017EA CanadaElectronic ArtsGreen tick[32]
Kinect Adventures!24,000,000Xbox 360November 4, 2010Good Science StudioXbox Game StudiosGreen tick[33]
Sonic the Hedgehog23,982,960[b]Multi-platformJune 23, 1991Sonic TeamSegaGreen tick[l]
Nintendogs23,960,000Nintendo DSApril 21, 2005Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[18]
Mario Kart DS23,600,000Nintendo DSNovember 14, 2005Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[18]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 222,700,000Multi-platformNovember 10, 2009Infinity WardActivisionGreen tick[28]
Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald22,540,000Game Boy AdvanceNovember 21, 2002Game FreakNintendo / The Pokémon CompanyGreen tick[m]
Borderlands 222,000,000Multi-platformSeptember 18, 2012Gearbox Software2K GamesGreen tick[40]
Super Mario World20,972,500Multi-platformNovember 21, 1990Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[n]
Frogger20,000,000Multi-platformJune 5, 1981KonamiSega☒[41][42]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City20,000,000Multi-platformOctober 27, 2002Rockstar NorthRockstar Games☒[43]
Lemmings20,000,000Multi-platformFebruary 14, 1991DMA DesignPsygnosis☒[44]
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt20,000,000Multi-platformMay 19, 2015CD Projekt RedCD ProjektGreen tick[45]
Brain Age19,010,000Nintendo DSMay 19, 2005Nintendo SPDNintendoGreen tick[18]
Super Mario Bros. 319,000,000Multi-platformOctober 23, 1988NintendoNintendoGreen tick[o]
Call of Duty: Ghosts19,000,000Multi-platformNovember 5, 2013Infinity WardActivisionGreen tick[47]
Mario Kart 718,470,000Nintendo 3DSDecember 1, 2011Nintendo EADNintendoGreen tick[30]
Super Mario Land18,370,500Multi-platformApril 21, 1989Nintendo R&D1NintendoGreen tick[p]
Grand Theft Auto III17,500,000Multi-platformOctober 22, 2001DMA DesignRockstar Games☒[43]
The Last of Us17,000,000Multi-platformJune 14, 2013Naughty DogSony Computer EntertainmentGreen tick[50]
Pokémon X and Y16,420,000Nintendo 3DSOctober 12, 2013Game FreakNintendo / The Pokémon CompanyGreen tick[30]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild16,040,000Multi-platformMarch 3, 2017Nintendo EPDNintendo☒[q]
The Sims16,000,000Multi-platformJanuary 31, 2000MaxisElectronic Arts☒[52]
Need for Speed: Most Wanted16,000,000Multi-platformNovember 11, 2005EA Black BoxElectronic Arts☒[53]

The Atari is overrated

I know, I know. The Atari was groundbreaking. They made playing video games at home “cool” and the norm. If I had to make a top 10 list of best consoles ever made, I would list the Atari 2600. With that said, was the Atari really that good? For every decent game on the console there were 100 shitty ones. The Atari 5200 was a flop. The 7800 didn’t do well. And the Atari Jaguar…. Yeah, let’s just move on.

This article won’t be me wasting your time on the entire history of the Atari. To make a long story very short, the Atari was known for home computers. Then they got into video games. The Atari 2600 is still one of the best known video gaming consoles ever made. We all know their logo. The Atari is as 1980’s as big hair, hair bands and MTV were to the era.

(The Atari 2600. One of the most important video game consoles of all-time.)

Atari gave us the experience to play such classics as Space Invaders, Pitfall and Asteroids in the luxury of our own homes. They dominated the early era of video gaming. They were also the near downfall of home video gaming. Disasters such as ET and Pac-Man almost destroyed home gaming. Atari wasted millions to produce these games to little fanfare. ET is considered by most to be one of the most broken video games in history. Their home version of Pac-Man suffered from glitches and was not even half as fun as the arcade version.

(ET, one of the biggest flops and worst video games in history. Myths and legends have been made about this game.)

Sadly Atari did not learn from their mistakes. Their next system the Atari 5200, was junk. It suffered from numerous controller malfunctions and lacked a library of good games. The Atari 7800 was also a flop, coming in third in sales behind both Nintendo and Sega. The Atari tried a comeback during the 16-bit wars, only to be laughed out of the market. The Atari Jaguar, a misleading 64-bit system was a complete flop, selling between 100,000 and 200,000 units. The SNES and Sega Genesis had sales of 49.1 million and 30.7 million, easily dominating Atari. The Atari also got into the handheld gaming world with the Lynx, also a flop.

(A 32-bit system that misled the public about having 64-bit graphics. Still got destroyed by the 16-bit SNES and Sega Genesis.)

We all know those Atari fanboys. They love their Atari. Look, I’m not saying everything they did sucked. I wasted a many hours myself playing Donkey Kong and Space Invaders. When you look at the entire history of Atari, the bad outweighs the good. Atari had about a five year window of greatness and about 15 years-worth of failure. While I respect what the Atari 2600 did, overall, Atari is overrated. Nintendo, Sega and the newer systems such as PlayStation and the Xbox have all done more for the video gaming world.