Hamster Targets 800-Plus Console Archives Games, Aiming for 1 Release a Week
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Updated · Nintendo Everything · May 16
Hamster Targets 800-Plus Console Archives Games, Aiming for 1 Release a Week
2 articles · Updated · Nintendo Everything · May 16
Satoshi Hamada said Console Archives is being built to surpass Arcade Archives' 800-title goal, with 800 now seen as a milestone rather than the endpoint.
Weekly releases are the target, though Hamada said the actual cadence will vary because some weeks will have a launch and others will not.
Famicom and PlayStation games are likely to get priority because some Arcade Archives titles already use compatible CPUs, easing the path for those platforms.
Hamster's broader ambition is to reproduce every home console and every game ever, and Hamada said even pre-Famicom Nintendo hardware could eventually be included.
With pre-Famicom hardware now a possibility, could the Console Archives expand to preserve classic home computer games as well?
Can Hamster's plan to archive 'every game' succeed where major publishers have failed, or is it an impossible dream?
As weekly releases continue, is the Console Archives setting a new standard for quality or just flooding the market with games?