☆The Best Selling Games Of 1979 to 2012☆ #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

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So as the two gaming giants COD & GTA go head to head in all out battle for the Number 1 spot in the Video Games Charts all over the gaming world, we started to think about the best selling games from years gone by and how many units they managed to shift each gaming year since 1979.

What are the best selling games?

What systems did they belong to?

How many were sold?

Is there a difference in how many were sold back then and how many gets you top spot now?

We have some if not all the answers in our GAMES FREEZER run down below.

Settle back and strap into your Delorean (don't forget your Flux Capacitor!) for a trip back down into memory lane as we investigate.........

The Best Selling Games Of 1979 to 2012

1979

ADVENTURE
     

ATARI 2600
1 Million Copies Sold

1980

MISSILE COMMAND 

ATARI 2600 

2.7 Million Copies Sold 

1981

PITFALL 

ATARI 2600 

4.5 Million Copies Sold 

1982

PAC-MAN 

ATARI 2600 

7.8 Million Copies Sold

1983

MARIO BROS

ATARI 2600 

1.5 Million Copies Sold

1984

Duck Hunt

Nintendo Entertainment System

28 Million Copies Sold

1985

Super Mario Bros 

Nintendo Entertainment System

40 Million Copies Sold

1986

The Legend Of Zelda 

Nintendo Entertainment System

6.5 Million Copies Sold

1987

Zelda II:The Adventure Of Link 

Nintendo Entertainment System

4.3 Million Copies Sold

1988

Super Mario Bros 3

 

Nintendo Entertainment System

17.2 Million Copies Sold

1989

TETRIS

 Nintendo Gameboy

 30.6 Million Copies Sold

1990

Super Mario World

Super Nintendo

20.6 Million Copies Sold

1991

Sonic The Hedgehog

SEGA Megadrive

15 Million Copies Sold

1992

Super Mario Land 2

 Nintendo Gameboy

 11.6 Million Copies Sold

1993

Super Mario All Stars

Super Nintendo

10.5 Million Copies Sold

1994

Donkey Kong Country 

Super Nintendo

8.5 Million Copies Sold
      
1995

Super Mario World 2

Super Nintendo

4 Million Copies Sold

1996

Pokemon - Red,Green & Blue

 Nintendo Gameboy

 31.5 Million Copies Sold

1997

Gran Turismo

 

  Sony Playstation
      11.1 Million Copies Sold

1998

Pokemon - Pikachu Edition

 Nintendo Gameboy

 14.6 Million Copies Sold

1999

Pokemon - Gold & Silver

 Nintendo Gameboy Colour
 23.1 Million Copies Sold

2000

Pokemon - Crystal 

 Nintendo Gameboy Colour
 12 Million Copies Sold

2001
Grand Theft Auto III

  Sony Playstation 2

  14.5 Million Copies Sold

2002
Grand Theft Auto - Vice City

 

  Sony Playstation 2

  17.5 Million Copies Sold

2003
Call Of Duty

 

  Playstation 2

Microsoft X-BOX

5.7 Million Copies Sold

2004
Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas

 

  Sony Playstation 2

  12 Million Copies Sold

2005
Nintendogs

     Nintendo DS

     9.2 Million Copies Sold

2006
Madden NFL 2007 

  Sony Playstation 2

  1.8 Million Copies Sold

2007
Wii Sports

Nintendo Wii

6.62 Million Copies Sold

2008
Wii Play

Nintendo Wii

5.28 Million Copies Sold

2009
Wii Sports Resort

Nintendo Wii

8.9 Million Copies Sold

2010
Call Of Duty : Black Ops

 

Playstation 3

  X-Box 360

  6.3 Million Copies Sold

2011
Call Of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 

Playstation 3

  X-Box 360
  7.1 Million Copies Sold

2012
Call Of Duty : Black Ops 2

Playstation 3

  X-Box 360
  10 Million Copies Sold

So that's your full run down from 1979 to 2012....That's 33 years of gaming right there!

Our favourite year was 1990 and the amazing Super Mario World on the SNES!

What was your favourite year?

 

We bet you were surprised to see Nintendogs pop up! (we were)

 

Although we were surprised not to see Street Fighter 2, Mario Kart Wii or even Super Mario Kart on the SNES feature...

 

Who do you think will win the best sellers battle of 2013?

 

How many millions will they sell?

 

Let ☆The Freezer☆ Know Your Thoughts By Commenting Below

 

☆Website Of The Day - "Games You Loved"☆ @GamesYouLoved #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

Games You Loved is all about its Retro Gaming community.

It relies on the cool Retro Gaming folk to submit reviews and stories all about Gaming experiences from down the years.

Check Out The F-Zero Entry...

The website concentrates on feeding the love of all games including Video Games by sharing images, videos and stories of all these great games and uses GamesYouLoved.Com as a virtual repository of all these great memories.

In order to access this treasure trove of Retro Gaming Goodness You can use the Advanced Search to look for anything you like.

You can search the site for your favourite content in various ways:

• Your favourite game year
• A particular game name 
• You can also search a specific console name 
• Or even a manufacturer name 

One of the great things about the site is that you can Submit Your Own Game Review

This review will get added to the database of games that is steadily building up on GYL's pages and you will get the recognition on the site from the wonderful people at GYL.

Added to all this is the GYL Blog! 

It's a really well written blog that gets a good dose of regular updates.

Check out the latest blog post on Cover Tapes it's a good read.

So my fellow Freezers, You Know The Drill.....

Visit GYL HERE

Like The FaceBook Page Here HERE

FOLLOW GYL HERE

Let us know what you think of Games You Loved...

 

Why not submit a review to the GYL gang?!

☆Pettini Reporting From Beneath The Freezer☆

☆"Every Day Is Play - A Celebration Of The Video Game"☆ @GamePaused #RetroGaming #Kickstarter

Game Paused - Every Day Is Play

Our love of Kickstarter projects shines through again today and boy is this a good one!

 

Unfortunately we didn't see this one in time to back it but we're sure going to buy the book now its funded.

 

So what's it all about?

The creator Matthew Kenyon is looking to pull together all kinds of artistic Video Games references from various sources from all over the gaming world in order to create a single opus of gaming art greatness.

From paint, to pencil drawings, to Pixels to wire art anything that's video game inspired is in here.

There are some amazing contributors such as Konami, Edge Magazine, Wil Overton and so many more!

It sure sounds beautiful to us here as we are a sucker for great looking video games books (you will already know if you've visited us before that we just adore Artcade)

We recommend you do the following:

1. Visit GamePaused.net

2. Visit  the Kickstarter Page

3. Follow Game Paused

5. BUY IT!

In the meantime why not check out the great video all about the Every Day Is play Concept.....

C**L VIDEO!!

What do you think of this bad boy book?

Will you be buying it?

Did you already back the project on Kickstarter?

 

 

☆ Website Of The Day - "Japsters Retro Cavern" ☆ #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

☆Japsters Retro Cavern☆

 

We have really uncovered a gem of a website this time......

 

We have struck RetroGaming GOLD with this one.......

 

A true Aladdin's cave of great hardware and software from the golden age of gaming.....

Games Freezer introduces to you all......

"Japsters Retro Cavern" 

So what's it all about then? (we hear you cry!)

Well Den (the guy who owns this site and it's amazing contents) is a true RetroGaming Collector / Hoarder who really needs to clear some space from his vast collection.

What this guy doesn't own in the way of RetroGaming hardware and software is basically not worth owning!

We have trawled his site and there's a ton of great stuff on there for sale with lots being added daily.

Check out the Japsters Retro Cavern Blog for updates on the latest listings to make sure you don't miss out on great bargain or a rare gem to complete your own collection.

Also sign up to the newsletter to get the latest news on listings (especially those rare items) 

Also visit Japsters BookFace page to become a bona fide fan!

In the meantime, read what Den has to say about his C☆☆L Website!

"Hi! - I'm Den.  

I'm a collector/hoarder, who's decided to cut down to the essentials and help pay my bills/recoup some of the HUGE amount that I've spent out through all of the years that I've been acquiring my monster collection.  

As a result, there will be many, many different items for sale on here, some common, some not so common, and some that are extremely rare and hard to obtain.

As it's a massive, MASSIVE process for just myself to photograph, describe, and list every item (some 10,000+ items), this is definitely going to take a while! - I'd therefore recommend either joining my mailing list for a weekly or fortnightly update, with important updates sent out in between these times if need be (i.e. genuinely rare items added, etc!), or simply checking back whenever you have a chance, and checking my blog - if I've added anything relevant to your particular area(s) of interest, you'll hopefully see it before someone else does!

If it helps to know, I'm located in the West Midlands, and I'm MORE than happy for buyers to collect, from small purchases, through to bulkier ones (i.e. - like my Commodore Pet items!), and of course, I have a kettle!...  ;)

For background reference, I've been selling off bits of my collection on EBAY for over 7 years now, and my ID is japster2004, so if you want to reassure yourself that I'm an honest, reliable and reputable guy, please feel free to check my 100% positive feedback from nearly 1,100 very satisfied buyers!

Last, but perhaps the most important point! - I'm by no means an authority on the definite value of some of my rarer items, so PLEASE feel free to point out any glaring differences PRIVATELY to me, in the interests of courtesy, and if my close circle of collector friends agree, I'll be more that happy to amend my guide prices accordingly...   :) "

 

So What Are You C ☆☆L FREEZER Followers waiting for ?

Head on over to Japster's Retro Cavern Now for some great RetroGaming bargains!

Let us know what you manage to find and what you buy!

☆Pettini From The Freezer☆