T-Pac | 7,560 Graphics Team · Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 I've been sorting and organizing my cartridge collection for the past few months, and I was shocked to find that, out of hundreds of games, I just barely cover every letter of the alphabet with their titles. The biggest and most surprising drought for me is the letter "U". I only have one physical game that starts with "U" ... Ultraman [Super Famicom]. The other two most underrepresented letters in my collection are more understandable, "Q" (3 games) and "X" (3 games) ... Q*Bert [Atari 2600] Q*Bert [NES] Quarth [Famicom] Xenon 2 [Game Boy] Xevious [NES] Xexyz [NES] What about you all? Do you have at least one physical game for each letter of the alphabet? [T-Pac] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,790 Administrator · Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Yep: Gloves Off Games - Games I only have one "Q" game, Quest 64, and one "Z" game, Zelda II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,560 Graphics Team · Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 10 minutes ago, Gloves said: Yep: Gloves Off Games - Games I only have one "Q" game, Quest 64, and one "Z" game, Zelda II. You don't have Zanac? Gotta get yourself a copy of Zanac, dude. [T-Pac] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,560 Graphics Team · Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 I didn't realize I've only got two "Z"s as well. That and Zaxxon [Atari 2600]. [T-Pac] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireHazard51 | 2,044 Social Team · Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Surprised there wasn't an "Under..." games or a video game for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,790 Administrator · Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, T-Pac said: You don't have Zanac? Gotta get yourself a copy of Zanac, dude. [T-Pac] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,545 Editorials Team · Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 I'll exclude SNES and NES since that basically covers me many times over for the most part, but I'm assuming I still do with the rest... Off the top of my head: A - Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 (Switch) B - Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2 (PS2) C - Contact (DS) D - Dead Space (PS5) E - Elden Ring (PS5) F - Final Fantasy Explorers (3DS) G - Gradius V (PS2) H - Hitman Collection (PS3) I - Infinite Space (DS) J - Jake Hunter Ghost in the Dusk (3DS) K - Killer Queen Black (Switch) L - The Last of Us Part II (PS4) M - Metal Gear Solid (PS1) N - Ninja Assault (PS2) O - Ogre Battle (PS1) P - Persona 2 (PSP) Q - Quake 2 (Switch) R - R-Type Final 2 (Switch) S - Sekiro (PS4) T - Turok 2 (Switch) U - Undertale (Switch) V - Vagrant Story (PS1) W - Walking Dead Complete (PS4) X - Xenosaga (PS2) Y - Ys I & II (DS) Z - Zero Time Dilemma (3DS) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 442 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 I am 90% I'm missing O and U (And I was kinda cheating with my list, writing all the Chinese games in pinyin, not that that helps for O and U) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,714 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 4 hours ago, FireHazard51 said: Surprised there wasn't an "Under..." games or a video game for He just didn’t hit in the right time period. And honestly while he could be a good game, if it was on NES it would likely as not be another Rocky & Bullwinkle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,965 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 When you have around 3000 physical games, there's plenty to pick from for each letter of the alphabet. Fortunately my collection tracker allows indexing by starting letter, and sorting by personal rating, so that made it easy to pick out favourites among each one. Aggelos Blazing Star Contra 3 Dragion Warrior 2 EspGaluda Freeom Planet Gitaroo Man Hagane Ico Jet Set Radio King's Field 4 Little Samson Metal Slug X Ninja Gaiden Out Zone Parasol Stars Quarth Rainbow Islands Steel Assault Tetris The Grand Master Undertale Vib Ribbon Warcraft 2 Xeno Crisis Ys: Book I & II Zupapa! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,011 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On NES I have every letter. On Atari 2600 I'm missing U and X. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirVillain | 490 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 That's weird... I ONLY have games that start with "U". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralSoul | 502 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Picking random games per letter: Animal Crossing (GCN) Banjo-Kazooie (N64) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1) Diablo IV (PS5) EarthBound (SNES) F-Zero X (N64) Gran Turismo 4 (PS2) Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) Illusion of Gaia (SNES) Jet Force Gemini (N64) Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Wii) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) NBA Jam Tournament Edition (SNES) Octopath Traveler (Switch) Portal 2 (PS3) Quest 64 (N64) Resident Evil (GCN) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) Tetris Attack (SNES) Uniracers (SNES) V - Nothing for V! Wave Race 64 (N64) Xenogears (PS1) Yoshi's Crafted World (Switch) Z - Nothing for Z! As it turns out, missing games for V and Z. I used to have many more games - I've sold a lot especially in the last 3 years - could've had Zelda II and V-Rally to fill those gaps. The only Q game I have is Quest 64 and Octopath Traveler is the only O game I have. S games are the most numerous which is probably obvious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,201 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Ooh, I like games like this: Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA) Biomotor Unitron (NGPC) Caricature Artist (Casio Loopy) Drone Tactics (NDS) El-Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (PS3) Fossil Fighters: Frontier (3DS) Granada (Genesis) Harvest Moon 3 (GBC) In The Hunt (Saturn) Jet Grind Radio (DC) Keio Flying Squadron (Sega CD) L-Dis (PCE CD) Mega Man: Powered Up (PSP) Nexzr (PCE CD) Outrun: Coast 2 Coast (XBOX) Phantasy Star (Master System) QBillion (GB) Rage of the Dragons (MVS) Saint Sword (Genesis) Trauma Centre: New Blood (Wii) Ultimate Muscle the Kinnikuman Legacy: Legends vs. New Generation (GC) Vanguard Bandits (PS1) Willow (NES) Xenogears (PS1) ***My favourite :)*** Yo-Kai Watch 3 (3DS) Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars (GBA) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 332 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 I pretty easily covered the alphabet many times over. New challenge! Find a game that starts with each number 0-9! 0- 007 Racing 1- 10 Yard Fight 2- Damn! I lost already! 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- I decided to bow out as I only made it to 2... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xelement5x | 66 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 First U game I thought of was Unreal Tournament for the Dreamcast. Q was harder with Quest for the Shaven Yak on Game Gear, an admittedly middling game X was XenoCrisis, not sure if that counts since it's a more current release, but it's a heck of a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,965 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 15 hours ago, xelement5x said: X was XenoCrisis, not sure if that counts since it's a more current release, but it's a heck of a game. Xeno Crisis always counts, why wouldn't it. More people should play that game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,910 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) Surprisingly, I have a lot of Q games for it being a lesser used letter: Q Billion Q*bert (GB) Q*bert (PS1) Qix Quake Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka Quarth (GB) I wasn't expecting that many. Edited November 16, 2023 by RH 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1nz | 612 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Numbers for fun: 007: Nightfire (GC) 1080° Avalanche (GC) 2Xtreme (PS1) 3D MahJongg (3DS) 40 Winks (PS1) 50 Classic Games (3DS) 688 Attack Sub (GEN) 7 Blades (PS2) 8 Eyes (NES) 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (DS) Mega Drive / Genesis A-Z for being my favorite platform: Alisia Dragoon Bare Knuckle III Contra: Hard Corps Dragon's Fury Earthworm Jim Fire Shark Gunstar Heroes Herzog Zwei International Superstar Soccer Deluxe James Pond 3 Kyuukyoku Tiger Langrisser II Monster World IV NHL '94 OutRun Puyo Puyo Tsuu QuackShot starring Donald Duck Ristar Shining Force II Thunder Force IV Undead Line Vectorman World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Xeno Crisis Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyo Toitsusen Zero Wing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintegageo | 582 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 On 11/8/2023 at 8:29 PM, AirVillain said: That's weird... I ONLY have games that start with "U". Going for that complete set? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,325 Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 6:27 PM, Code Monkey said: On Atari 2600 I'm missing U and X. Given that U consists of Universal Chaos and Up'n Down, and X consists of X-Man and Xenophobe, all of which are pretty tough to find, this is not at all surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,370 Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 I don’t have an inventory list of my collection. So I have no idea about this alphabetical categorization. Off the top of my head, I think Z would be the least of the titles. Conversely, what would be the most likely to be at the start of titles? I’d say S or T. S - lots of SNES games I can think of that starts with “Super”, but this word also comes up in various other platforms. T - lots of titles I can recall with “The” as the starting title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_wizard_666 | 1,325 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 4 hours ago, GPX said: T - lots of titles I can recall with “The” as the starting title. Proper sorting disregards "the" as the first word. This is because you would essentially be creating a separate full alphabet section right in the middle of the T section, making it take longer to find the title. On the NES there's around 50 games that start with "the." Thats quite the sizeable chunk. And what if you forget that it has "the" at the front, or think something does that actually doesn't? Then you've wasted time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,370 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 7 hours ago, the_wizard_666 said: Proper sorting disregards "the" as the first word. This is because you would essentially be creating a separate full alphabet section right in the middle of the T section, making it take longer to find the title. On the NES there's around 50 games that start with "the." Thats quite the sizeable chunk. And what if you forget that it has "the" at the front, or think something does that actually doesn't? Then you've wasted time. I agree with your post. I really haven’t thought about it too much, but will keep this in mind when I finally be bothered to do the inventory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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