frybread on 25 January 2009
| melbye said: http://kotaku.com/gaming/(no,-really)/brand-spankin-new-famicom-game-255716.php |
That is awesome, but doesn't apply to this list since it's unofficial :(
| TWRoO said: Just to let you know Frybread. The NES hardware was still being shipped all the way into 2003.... which would be 20 years from release. But even by your software definition. The NES was still selling new software in 1999... then Nintendo stopped the software flow, but re-started it in Japan for 2002-4. The Gameboy was selling software still in 2007 for "others" region, and 2006 for Japan and Americas I could give you similar information for the SNES, N64 etc. |
Crazy, that would further complicate a hardware-method of judging lifespan that so many above suggested! No wonder Wikipedia went with the method in the op. And just to add to the confusion of what hardware support means, Nintendo continued to "support" (as in repair) NES hardware until 2007.
"But even by your software definition. The NES was still selling new software in 1999."
I'm going by last release date, rather than sale date. Were these newly released, officially licensed games? I went with Adventure Island IV which is widely believed to be the last licensed game released on NES.
