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Title: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: turf on August 07, 2012, 05:02:59 pm
I was curious.  Is there a way to see which game (or item) is in the most collections?  Does anyone know what would be the most popular game on VGCollect.com?
My guess would be Super Mario/Duck Hunt.
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: disgaeniac on August 07, 2012, 05:10:07 pm
I'd be curious, too...
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: soera on August 07, 2012, 05:24:24 pm
I bet it is SMB/DH
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: scott on August 07, 2012, 08:37:12 pm
Matt ran a query almost a year ago asking this same thing. It'd be interesting to see if the order changed over the last year, especially with all the new people that have joined since then. Here are last year's results:

102 - Super Mario World   
91 - Legend of Zelda, The: A Link to the Past
90 - Super Mario Bros. 2
83 - Super Mario 64
83 - Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt (With Nintendo Seal of Quality)
81 - Legend of Zelda, The (Gold Cartridge - 3 Screw Cartridge)
78 - Donkey Kong Country
78 - Final Fantasy X
78 - Super Mario Bros. 3 (Bros. above Mario's Head)
74 - Nintendo Entertainment System [NA]
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: clanhuntercrio on August 08, 2012, 02:21:19 am
That's really hard to hard to know, if your talking about outside of vg. I mean OK cod mw3 was the best selling game but if you go to any game store they have like 50 copies. Sure they sold more but people were line back up to get there money back so that wouldn't count. If I were to guess I would hope its super Mario 3 no game should be without that one in the collection but who know might turn out to be battle toads for all I know lol
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: disgaeniac on August 08, 2012, 09:09:57 am
I think that they were only talking about within the VGcollect community.

On THAT note - I'd like to know VGcollect's most-owned game...for EACH system!

(Or would that just be too hard/too much work to figure out)?
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: scott on August 08, 2012, 02:26:33 pm
I'm sure matt could figure something out. :)
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: turf on August 08, 2012, 02:48:30 pm
I'm sure matt could figure something out. :)
Yeah, he doesn't have anything else going on. 
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: scott on August 08, 2012, 03:04:56 pm
I'm sure matt could figure something out. :)
Yeah, he doesn't have anything else going on.

Exactly!
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: gamerboygu82 on August 12, 2012, 02:59:09 pm
it has to be a Mario game of some sort  :P
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: turf on March 21, 2014, 03:30:36 pm
I'm bringing one back from the dead! 

Did Matt ever run that query on this?
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: scott on March 21, 2014, 03:43:56 pm
Quick Answer?

No.

I'm super interested to see it though, I hope he gets a chance to soon.
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: matt on March 21, 2014, 04:31:25 pm
Holy Nintendo...

Total | Name | Item ID

995   Super Mario World   6095
929   Super Mario 64   5164
904   Legend of Zelda, The: A Link to the Past   6099
851   Donkey Kong Country   74
851   Super Mario Bros. 3 (Bros. above Mario's Head)   5372
804   GoldenEye 007   5011
790   Legend of Zelda, The: Ocarina of Time   5038
785   Legend of Zelda, The (Gold Cartridge - 3 Screw Car...   69
711   Mario Kart 64   5050
710   Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt (With Nintendo Seal ...   5404
704   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles   5602
694   Legend of Zelda, The: The Wind Waker   9643
680   Super Mario All-Stars   6096
655   Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Gold Cartridge)   5375
645   Tetris (Grey Cartridge)   5882
636   Dr. Mario   5864
631   Super Mario Bros. 2 (With Nintendo Seal of Quality...   5371
630   Donkey Kong 64   4979
615   Super Mario Galaxy   67
614   Sonic the Hedgehog 2   9242
611   Final Fantasy X   1062
611   Super Smash Bros. Brawl   101
604   Star Fox 64   5154
604   Legend of Zelda, The: Twilight Princess   58
602   Super Mario Kart   10683
598   Perfect Dark   5109
593   Metroid Prime   2123
584   Nintendo 64 - Black [NA]   14509
583   Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest   75
580   Super Smash Bros. Melee   5245
580   Final Fantasy VIII   6578
579   Super Smash Bros.   5165
571   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game   5603
565   Star Fox   8424
556   Final Fantasy IX   6573
551   Banjo-Kazooie   4935
551   Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars   8498
547   Wii Sports   4831
545   Super Mario Sunshine   5244
541   New Super Mario Bros. Wii   5345
538   Final Fantasy VII   4918
529   Pokemon Stadium   5114
526   Final Fantasy   5924
522   Diddy Kong Racing   4977
519   Super Metroid   8499
514   Legend of Zelda, The: Ocarina of Time 3D   16881
511   Final Fantasy X-2   1050
502   Mega Man X   70
501   Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island   15400
498   Final Fantasy III   9565
497   Ninja Gaiden   9143
483   New Super Mario Bros.   3315
478   Metroid (3 Screw Cartridge)   5661
474   Legend of Zelda, The: Collector's Edition   8449
473   Mario Kart: Double Dash!!   9881
471   StarTropics   5754
462   Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (3 Screw Cartridge)   9145
458   Mario Paint   8454
457   Super Mario 3D Land   20001
456   Batman   5369
454   Killer Instinct   11666
453   Mega Man 3   5532
451   Double Dragon   5713
450   F-Zero   10680
449   Nintendo Entertainment System [NA]   7893
448   Kingdom Hearts II   976
447   Legend of Zelda, The: Phantom Hourglass   43
445   Nintendo Wii - White [NA]   8166
443   Metal Gear   5660
442   Sonic The Hedgehog   71
438   Halo 3   40
436   Sonic & Knuckles   9572
434   Kingdom Hearts   1059
433   Dragon Warrior (Yellow Label)   5918
431   Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots   13318
427   Double Dragon II: The Revenge   5714
425   Sonic The Hedgehog 3   9243
420   Kirby's Adventure   5655
419   DuckTales   5809
419   Tetris   5265
413   Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty   1090
411   Pokemon: Blue Version   5274
411   Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire   5159
409   Final Fantasy XIII   13286
408   Legend of Zelda, The: Ocarina of Time / Master Que...   15445
407   Final Fantasy II   9564
407   R.C. Pro-Am   5898
404   Sonic Spinball   10477
404   Contra (Round Seal)   4775
399   Chrono Trigger   9912
398   Mario Kart DS   3316
396   Luigi's Mansion   2209
394   Gears of War   1
387   Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt (No Nintendo Seal of...   11714
387   Excitebike (3 Screw Cartridge)   5906
386   Metal Gear Solid   10780
386   Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble...   76
382   Halo 3: ODST   11378
380   Halo: Combat Evolved   278
380   Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (Oval Seal)   5373
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: scott on March 21, 2014, 04:42:44 pm
Only Simon's Quest made it on the list. :(
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: turf on March 21, 2014, 05:14:02 pm
There's 2 varients of SMB/DH on the list.  It's #1

Some of these are kind of blowing my mind.  There are more Collector's Edition Zeldas than MTPO.  Weird 

474   Legend of Zelda, The: Collector's Edition   844
462   Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (3 Screw Cartridge)   9145
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: foxhack on March 21, 2014, 05:15:39 pm
No PC or Steam games? I'm surprised at that. Then again we PC players are more or less the weird ones here.
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: Warmsignal on March 21, 2014, 07:02:07 pm
I feel special for having the Super Mario Bros. 3 version that didn't make the list. I wonder if people actually paid attention to the difference, or is head version really that much more common?
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 21, 2014, 08:42:55 pm
No PC or Steam games? I'm surprised at that. Then again we PC players are more or less the weird ones here.

I have over 100 games on PC, but those are digital and not really wanting to include them in my collection lol
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: foxhack on March 21, 2014, 09:16:42 pm
No PC or Steam games? I'm surprised at that. Then again we PC players are more or less the weird ones here.

I have over 100 games on PC, but those are digital and not really wanting to include them in my collection lol

A few collectors here don't add their digital stuff so you're not alone in that regard. I do though. :p Someone has to.
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: turf on March 21, 2014, 10:28:18 pm
I feel special for having the Super Mario Bros. 3 version that didn't make the list. I wonder if people actually paid attention to the difference, or is head version really that much more common?
It's pretty hard to find the label with the "bros." above the hand. I think it was just like that in the first printing.
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: teck on March 22, 2014, 01:15:49 am
No PC or Steam games? I'm surprised at that. Then again we PC players are more or less the weird ones here.

I have over 100 games on PC, but those are digital and not really wanting to include them in my collection lol

A few collectors here don't add their digital stuff so you're not alone in that regard. I do though. :p Someone has to.

Yep, I don't....  It'd be chaos, and I don't "collect" my PC stuff....  I have tons and tons of steam stuff, but I considering more like hoarding....
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: MJMaranan on March 22, 2014, 02:03:47 am
So, let me get this straight, the number on the right is VGCollect's item numbering and the first was Gears Of War?   :-\

Otherwise, cheers to The Legend Of Zelda fans!  I mean Legend Of Zelda, The fans...
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: Veilor on March 22, 2014, 02:42:26 am
That's a good list and all but....only for NA. There's like 90 more in EU that owns Super Mario World and 113 that owns Super Mario 64. It'd be better if it was more compiled to all users and not only NA/US. I know it's more work to do that, but we want to be included man! XD
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: 90snostalga on March 22, 2014, 04:34:54 am
No PC or Steam games? I'm surprised at that. Then again we PC players are more or less the weird ones here.

I have over 100 games on PC, but those are digital and not really wanting to include them in my collection lol

A few collectors here don't add their digital stuff so you're not alone in that regard. I do though. :p Someone has to.

Serious question for you Foxhack.  I know your big into the Steam games, do you still own or buy physical pc games old or new when ever you can, or do you just only prefer the Steam versions?  I'm just curious
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: scott on March 22, 2014, 09:33:42 am
So, let me get this straight, the number on the right is VGCollect's item numbering and the first was Gears Of War?   :-\

Ya. Gears of War was the 1st item in the database. Our database is based off of our old DigitalSomething.com website's Currently Playing feature. In that feature folks could add games to it and have a list of games in their profile that they were playing. Eventually the database grew to around 5,000 items and it began to be used as a collection listing. Unfortunately DigitalSomething died due to the difficulty of keeping up on gaming news and the massive server crash that almost wiped out VGC too.

When Matt started designing VGCollect, the item database from DigitalSomething was used as a jumping point to help give us something to build on. A lot of the first game listed are 360/PS3 era games, since that's what folks were playing.

Our first 10 titles are:

1. Gears of War - 360
2. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - PC
3. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 360
4. Guitar Hero II - PS2
5. Guitar Hero - PS2
6. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - DS
7. Battlefield 2142 - PC
8. Madden NFL 07 - Wii
9. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies - DS
10. Call of Duty 3 - 360
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: foxhack on March 22, 2014, 02:08:17 pm
Serious question for you Foxhack.  I know your big into the Steam games, do you still own or buy physical pc games old or new when ever you can, or do you just only prefer the Steam versions?  I'm just curious

It depends.

A lot of newer physical games already require Steam to run, so I just go for the digital versions. And many older games have been re-released on newer gaming sites with proper fixes for modern operating systems, so I tend to replace physical copies with digital ones when possible, especially if the game is a pain to get to run properly. But if the Steam / digital version is different from the physical one (regional differences, censorship, additional features, bonus content, etc.) I tend to keep both around.

And yes, I still buy physical PC games. I just don't get that many anymore because it's pretty difficult to find any locally, and buying them online can be expensive.
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: 90snostalga on March 23, 2014, 07:05:49 pm
Serious question for you Foxhack.  I know your big into the Steam games, do you still own or buy physical pc games old or new when ever you can, or do you just only prefer the Steam versions?  I'm just curious

It depends.

A lot of newer physical games already require Steam to run, so I just go for the digital versions. And many older games have been re-released on newer gaming sites with proper fixes for modern operating systems, so I tend to replace physical copies with digital ones when possible, especially if the game is a pain to get to run properly. But if the Steam / digital version is different from the physical one (regional differences, censorship, additional features, bonus content, etc.) I tend to keep both around.

And yes, I still buy physical PC games. I just don't get that many anymore because it's pretty difficult to find any locally, and buying them online can be expensive.

Ah okay.  I understand.  I'm still trying to figure the Steam thing out tho'.  I read about this game called "Rust" in my GameInformer magazine that actually caught my attention but it said it was through Steam and I did more research and found out more are like this.  It's seems like it's leaning to Steam being the official "virtual console" for pc games.  I'll have to get used to it and learn more about because im still not fully educated on it.

I also seen in the GameInformer magazine that they are releasing a "Steam Machine".  What do you think about that?  Do you plan on getting that when its released?
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: karyann on March 23, 2014, 07:43:21 pm
There's 2 varients of SMB/DH on the list.  It's #1

Some of these are kind of blowing my mind.  There are more Collector's Edition Zeldas than MTPO.  Weird 

474   Legend of Zelda, The: Collector's Edition   844
462   Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (3 Screw Cartridge)   9145

What I find funny is that there are a lot less NES systems than some NES games.

785   Legend of Zelda, The (Gold Cartridge - 3 Screw Car...   69
571   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game   5603
478   Metroid (3 Screw Cartridge)   5661
462   Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (3 Screw Cartridge)   9145

But only
449   Nintendo Entertainment System [NA]   7893

I guess there are a lot of people who either don't track their systems or that collect games for systems they don't have. :P
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: burningdoom on March 23, 2014, 07:44:32 pm
There's 2 varients of SMB/DH on the list.  It's #1

Some of these are kind of blowing my mind.  There are more Collector's Edition Zeldas than MTPO.  Weird 

474   Legend of Zelda, The: Collector's Edition   844
462   Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (3 Screw Cartridge)   9145

What I find funny is that there are a lot less NES systems than some NES games.

Some people only keep track of games.
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: karyann on March 23, 2014, 07:47:54 pm
That's a good list and all but....only for NA. There's like 90 more in EU that owns Super Mario World and 113 that owns Super Mario 64. It'd be better if it was more compiled to all users and not only NA/US. I know it's more work to do that, but we want to be included man! XD

NA
http://vgcollect.com/item/6095

EU
http://vgcollect.com/item/17080

There are a lot more who own the NA version, actually :P I think we're just a lot more people (on vgcollect) to live in NA than you are who live in EU, so we mostly have NA stuff.
Title: Re: Which game is owned the most?
Post by: teck on March 23, 2014, 08:30:48 pm
I guess there are a lot of people who either don't track their systems or that collect games for systems they don't have. :P

Yeah, I only track physical games on here....  No hardware, no bonuses, no strategy guides or art books, etc....