- criticalmass33
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.