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I'll follow Shadow 1980, it's statistics time. So I went counting and calculating. Even if most statistics here maybe aren't that interesting to a lot of you guys, it helps me understand my own gaming habits a little better, and it's just fun to know!

  • Best Year: 1998, 7 titles.
  • Best Decade: '90s, 25 titles.
  • Average Year: 1999.2 (~ February 1999)
  • Average Game by Age: SimCity 3000 (PC), January 31st 1999, #26
  • Median Game by Release Date: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64), December 11th 1998, #1
  • Most Featured Genre: Action-Adventure, 10 titles. Platforming, 12 titles when combining sub-genres.
  • Most Represented Platform: PC, 12 titles (inc. Mac 16 titles). Nintendo 64, 7 titles.
  • Most Represented Generation: 5th, N64+PS+GB(C)+PC, 16 titles
  • Most Successful Developer: Nintendo, 18 titles; Including subsidiaries, 21 titles.
  • Most Successful Franchise: Mario, 7 titles.
  • Most Successful Series: The Legend of Zelda, 5 titles.
  • Oldest Game: #14: Gunfighter (G7000 (ODY2)), 1979, #50
  • Newest Game: Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS), 2013, #41
  • Highest Newcomer: Metroid Fusion (GBA), 2002, #23

Some fun observations; As I suspected, 1998 has the most entries and the 5th generation as a whole wins. Also, the nineties as a decade win easily as every year except 1990 has at least one entry in my list. The latter part of the decade is the heaviest, understandably, as that was the 5th generation.  Also, the median entry, so the game that was released right in the middle release-date wise in list, is none other than my #1 entry. Talk about perfect, there's as much games released before that game as there are ones released afterwards in my list. Also, the game most near to the average age of games on my list is indeed one I could very well be identified with. Lastly, the PC wins as the most represented platform, but naturally that one just spans all generations .