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About The Video Game Collector's Field Guide

How the Game Collector Field Guide started:


I LOVE VISUAL CHECKLISTS. I absolutely do and not enough of them exist. For the average and hardcore collector out there, a visual checklist or even just a list of games really puts into perspective how much media is out there for a given video game console. Collecting video games is hard enough but for a completionist of game sets or subsets, collecting without a list is a fool's errand.


During the beginning of COVID back in 2020 and right after Kickstarting the First Edition of the Video Game Console Collector's Field Guide, I found myself with an abundance of free time. As a fun side project I started to make visual checklists for some of the obscure game consoles that I personally collect for such and the Gizmondo, Nuon, Tapwave Zodiac, etc. I did this because to my knowledge, no one else has. Just like the console guide before it, I never intended to make a full on published book but as I got deeper and deeper into my personal project, it only made more and more sense to try and do so.





3 VOLUME BOX SET


VOLUME ONE A - O


VOLUME TWO P - Z




RULES TO THIS GUIDE

  • No game variants (unless I felt like including them :P)

  • Lists over 200 games might not get the full picture treatment. It was entirely up to my discretion whether or not I would include pictures of certain libraries. There are books out there that focus solely on certain libraries that I would recommend over my book if you want in depth information about the games within.

  • All lists were checked and cross checked against at least 3 sources if possible.

  • I live in the US and don’t collect any UK/European games. I’m sorry UK/European aficionados but I didn’t include many (if any) UK libraries in the visual checklists.

  • I included some obscure consoles but not ALL obscure consoles. Some of them are simply too difficult to find reliable information on.

  • Homebrews & reproductions are in their own bonus section in the back of Vol. 2.

  • No visual libraries until after it’s considered a “dead” console. If I included anything it was by mistake or I simply broke my own rule.

  • Omissions or mistakes in these lists are possible. I did everything in my power to try and ensure that these are the most complete lists available. If you find anything amiss please just know that I did my best to give you the most complete collector guide ever made thus far. And if you aren’t satisfied with my product, by all means please make a better one!


TABLE OF CONTENTS


· APPLE PIPPIN

· ATARI 2600

· ATARI 5200

· ATARI 7800

· ATARI JAGUAR

· ATARI JAGUAR CD

· ATARI LYNX

· ATARI XEGS

· BALLY ASTROCADE

· BANDAI DESIGN MASTER

· BANDAI PLAYDIA

· BANDAI WONDERSWAN

· BANDAI WONDERSWAN COLOR / SWANCRYSTAL

· CASIO LOOPY

· CASIO PV-1000

· COLECO COLECOVISION

· COLECO TELSTAR ARCADE

· COMMODORE AMIGA CD32

· COUGAR USA COUGAR BOY

· ENTEX ADVENTURE VISION

· EPOCH CASSETTE VISION

· EPOCH SUPER CASSETTE VISION

· FAIRCHILD CHANNEL F

· FUJITSU FM TOWNS MARTY

· FUNTECH SUPER A’CAN

· GAMEPARK GP32

· GCE VECTREX

· MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY2

· MATTEL HYPERSCAN

· MATTEL INTELLIVISION

· MICROSOFT MSX

· MICROSOFT XBOX

· MICROSOFT XBOX 360

· MILTON BRADLEY MICROVISION

· NEC PC ENGINE + CD

· NEC PC-FX

· NEC SUPERGRAFX

· NEC TURBOGRAFX 16

· NEC TURBOGRAFX CD

· NINTENDO FAMICOM

· NINTENDO FAMICOM DISK SYSTEM

· NINTENDO NES

· NINTENDO SNES

· NINTENDO 64

· NINTENDO 64DD

· NINTENDO IQUE

· NINTENDO GAMECUBE

· NINTENDO WII

· NINTENDO WII U

· NINTENDO GAME & WATCH

· NINTENDO GAME BOY

· NINTENDO GAME BOY COLOR

· NINTENDO GAME BOY ADVANCE

· NINTENDO VIRTUAL BOY

· NINTENDO POKEMON MINI

· NINTENDO DS

· NINTENDO 3DS

· NINTENDO PLAYCHOICE

· NINTENDO SUPER SYSTEM

· NINTENDO VS. SYSTEM

· NOKIA N-GAGE

· PANASONIC 3DO

· PHILIPS CD-I

· PIONEER LASERACTIVE

· RCA STUDIO II

· SAMSUNG NUON

· SEGA SG-1000

· SEGA MASTER SYSTEM

· SEGA GENESIS

· SEGA 32X

· SEGA CD

· SEGA SATURN

· SEGA DREAMCAST

· SEGA GAME GEAR

· SEGA PICO

· SNK NEO GEO AES

· SNK NEO GEO CD

· SNK NEO GEO X

· SNK NEO GEO POCKET / POCKET COLOR

· SONY PLAYSTATION

· SONY PLAYSTATION 2

· SONY PLAYSTATION 3

· SONY PLAYSTATION PORTABLE

· SONY PLAYSTATION VITA

· TAPWAVE ZODIAC

· TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TI99/4A

· TIGER GAME.COM

· TIGER R-ZONE

· TIGER TELEMATICS GIZMONDO

· WATARA SUPERVISION

· WELBACK HOLDINGS MEGA DUCK

· WORLDS OF WONDER ACTION MAX

· ZAPIT GAME WAVE


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The Video Game Collector's Field Guide has not yet gone to print but is about 90% complete weighing in at 3 books and an estimated 700 pages each. I plan on Kickstarting these books in early 2023.

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