List of Every Video Game Ever Made

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Overview

"List of Every Video Game Ever Made" is a comprehensive catalog of every title that has been released since 1971 as indexed by 4chan user Data_baser.

Background

On April 16th, 2014, Data_baser created a Pastebin^[1] page titled "List of Every Video Game Ever," containing over 44,000 video game titles listed with each developer, publisher, release year, compatible platforms, collector's editions and downloadable content packages.

Notable Developments

Online Reaction

The same day, Data_baser posted the Pastebin to the /vr/ (retro games) board on 4chan, where he enlisted other 4chan users to assist in completing the catalog. On April 18th, Data_baser created a second Pastebin^[8] page titled "Alternate List of Every Videogame Ever," which gathered more than 91,000 entries in the next week. On April 19th, Redditor Faynton submitted the original Pastebin page to the /r/gaming^[2] subreddit, where it gained over 12,000 upvotes and 1,400 comments in the first six days. That same day, Redditor Slash-E posted a screenshot of the list to the /r/pcmasterrace^[7] subreddit. On April 21st, Xbox Achievements Forums^[6] member lid posted a thread about the list.

News Media Coverage

In the coming days, several video game news sites published article about the Pastebin catalog, including Kill Screen,^[3] Kotaku,^[5] Destructoid,^[9] Polygon^[10] and Geek.^[11]