twoquickcapri Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 TurboGrafx-16: Keith Courage in Alpha Zones - 15 min. Lynx: Rampage - 45 min. Jaguar: Pinball Fantasies - 227 min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Ooops forgot to mention Lynx: Pinball Jam - 45 min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Here's the summary for Week 10, running from March 5 - 11. We logged 2476 minutes of eligible play, playing 21 games on a total of 12 systems. Top 10: 1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 918 2. Trampoline Terror (Genesis) - 258 3. Pinball Fantasies (Atari Jaguar) - 227 4. SteamRoller (ColecoVision) - 194 5. Ms. Pac-Man (C64) - 150 5. Qbillion (Game Boy) - 150 7. Legend of Wukong (Genesis) - 139 8. PBA Bowling (Intellivision) - 50 9. Galaxian (Atari 8-bit) - 45 9. Pinball Jam (Atari Lynx) - 45 9. Rampage (Atari Lynx) - 45 Pre-NES top 10: 1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 918 2. SteamRoller (ColecoVision) - 194 3. Ms. Pac-Man (C64) - 150 4. PBA Bowling (Intellivision) - 50 5. Galaxian (Atari 8-bit) - 45 6. Antarctic Adventure (ColecoVision) - 42 7. Donkey Kong (Atarisoft) (C64) - 30 7. Donkey Kong (Ocean) (C64) - 30 7. Pac-Man (C64) - 30 7. Pengo (Atari 5200) - 30 Top 10 systems: 1. Atari 2600 (938) 2. Genesis (419) 3. C64 (240) 4. ColecoVision (236) 5. Atari Jaguar (227) 6. Game Boy (150) 7. Atari Lynx (90) 8. Atari 8-bit (55) 9. Intellivision (50) 10. Atari 5200 (30) If only Marvin the Martian had come to this thread, he wouldn't have needed an Illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator, 'cause we've got plenty of Kaboom right here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-942 minutes High score of the week: 149,478 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Here are my times for this past week (March 12th through 18th)... Arcade Bosconian - 50 min. in 2 sessions Colecovision Steamroller - 207 min. in 2 sessions Commodore 64 Park Patrol - 27 min. Total playing time: 284 min. (41 min. per day) These are all games I've played before. In "Steamroller" I made my goal of reaching the typical Activision patch score of 35,000 points. In Park Patrol, I didn't even play a complete game since it would have gone on for much longer again... I just stopped it when I got to 9 spare lives and it wouldn't go higher. Then I played "Bosconian" because that's a quite hard game even though it doesn't seem like that at first. But it didn't catch my attention for too long. At the moment, I can't think of another game I'd like to play which is actually a good thing since it means that I get to do other things instead. Anyway, the speech output of "Bosconian" inspired me to do some speech on the TI-99 which you can find in the TI-99 programming forum in the thread "Emulation problems". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) 2600: Kaboom! 20min(play and testing) Missile Command 35min (play and testing) 5200: Pengo 40min Pole Position 25 min A8: Galaxian 3hrs Edited March 19, 2012 by zylon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 My times for the week: Atari 8-bit: Beach-Head - 69 min. NES: Stinger - 41 min. Genesis: Jewel Master - 65 min. Legend of Wukong - 90 min. Game Boy: Qbillion - 24 min. Dreamcast: Blue Stinger - 39 min. POD Speedzone - 45 min. Wacky Races - 29 min. Worms World Party - 80 min. Beat Beach-Head! Fun game; comments here. Like Stinger for NES (a nifty shooter wih a great co-op mode), Beach-Head was played via emulation on the Dreamcast, which got a lot of play this week. Of the four "proper" Dreamcast games I played, Blue Stinger was by far the least fun -- the unskippable cut scenes and confusing mission objectives are aggravating. Wacky Races was quite a bit more enjoyable, with the other two DC games falling somewhere in between. I played Worms World Party in its one-player "mission" mode, which is plagued with loading times and annoying waits. Otherwise it was a week of incremental progress -- six levels beaten in Qbillion, one cave cleared in Wukong -- plus some time spent with Jewel Master, a promising platformer that feels more like an extension of the 8-bit era (e.g. Astyanax or Shadow of the Ninja), rather than resembling the aesthetics of later 16-bit games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 This will be my last one for a while. It isn't even from this week. It's from a couple weeks ago within that same week where I didn't even think to post anything because of all the stuff I've been going through. Genesis: Sonic 3 & Knuckles - 655 minutes Sonic 1 & Knuckles [aka Blue Sphere] - 113 minutes and that was it for that week besides some PS2 gaming. From that week forward I haven't had time to play anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Atari 7800: Donkey Kong - 280 min. Pac-Man Collection - 250 min. Rampage - 20 min. Atari Jaguar: Bubsy In: Fractured Furry Tales - 25 min. TurboGrafx-16: Galaga '90 - 35 min. Keith Courage in Alpha Zones - 15 min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Commodore 64: Ms. Pac-Man - 45 min. Donkey Kong (Atarisoft) - 30 min Donkey Kong (Ocean) - 10 min Leaderboard Golf - 30 min Lynx: Ms. Pac-Man - 30 min. Klax - 10 min. NES: Megaman 2 - 30 min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Here's the summary for Week 11, running from March 12 - 18. We logged 3566 minutes of eligible play, playing 32 games on a total of 14 systems. Top 10: 1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 962 2. Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Genesis) - 655 3. Donkey Kong (Atari 7800) - 280 4. Pac-Man Collection (Atari 7800) - 250 5. SteamRoller (ColecoVision) - 207 6. Galaxian (Atari 8-bit) - 180 7. Sonic 1 & Knuckles [aka Blue Sphere] (Genesis) - 113 8. Legend of Wukong (Genesis) - 90 9. Worms World Party (Dreamcast) - 80 10. Beach-Head (Atari 8-bit) - 69 Pre-NES top 10: 1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 962 2. Donkey Kong (Atari 7800) - 280 3. Pac-Man Collection (Atari 7800) - 250 4. SteamRoller (ColecoVision) - 207 5. Galaxian (Atari 8-bit) - 180 6. Beach-Head (Atari 8-bit) - 69 7. Bosconian (Arcade) - 50 8. Ms. Pac-Man (C64) - 45 9. Pengo (Atari 5200) - 40 10. Missile Command (Atari 2600) - 35 Top 10 systems: 1. Atari 2600 (997) 2. Genesis (923) 3. Atari 7800 (550) 4. Atari 8-bit (249) 5. ColecoVision (207) 6. Dreamcast (193) 7. C64 (122) 8. NES/Famicom (71) 9. Atari 5200 (65) 10. Arcade (50) 10. Turbografx-16 (50) A robust week of gaming! The reigning champion retains the top spot, as Kaboom and the VCS hold on to #1 despite a strong challenge from the Sega Genesis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 This will be my last one for a while. It isn't even from this week. It's from a couple weeks ago within that same week where I didn't even think to post anything because of all the stuff I've been going through. I hope things get better soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 This will be my last one for a while. It isn't even from this week. It's from a couple weeks ago within that same week where I didn't even think to post anything because of all the stuff I've been going through. I hope things get better soon. Thanks. I'm selling off the majority of my collection to get enough money not to go homeless. I'm halfway to my financial goal of $5000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-695 minutes High score of the week: 266,504 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) Here are my times for this past week: Atari 2600 Frantic (WIP) - 30 minutes Pressure Cooker - 44 minutes Colecovision Steamroller - 78 minutes in 2 sessions Commodore 64 Rock n' Bolt - 18 minutes Total playing time: 170 minutes (24 minutes per day) It hasn't been a big week for gaming, in part because I couldn't think of any new games I would want to play. In "Steamroller", I again reached the typical Activision patch score of 35,000 points. Then I replayed Pressure Cooker, where I didn't get too far. Rock n' Bolt is a game I haven't played since back in the day, but it's not as exciting as I thought it was. Finally, I played "Frantic", which by now is pretty much playable. It's a new port of "Frenzy" and "Berzerk" to the Atari 2600. Yes, Berzerk has been done before, but this new version has multicolored sprites and supports multiple robots in the same scanline. Edited March 25, 2012 by Kurt_Woloch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 This will be my last one for a while. It isn't even from this week. It's from a couple weeks ago within that same week where I didn't even think to post anything because of all the stuff I've been going through. I hope things get better soon. Thanks. I'm selling off the majority of my collection to get enough money not to go homeless. I'm halfway to my financial goal of $5000. If I had any money I'd buy it off you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Played too many games this week for a short period of time to list them all. So I'll just post the one I played most ColecoVision: Frenzy! - 4 hours. And I'm still not any better at it. Love the sound. You need to play this game late at night with the lights off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 5200: Space dungeon 20min Pole Position 35min Galaxian 50min A8: Galaxian 4.25 hrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 My times for the week: Vectrex: Vector Pilot - 17 min. Genesis: Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf - 485 min. Legend of Wukong - 525 min. Jewel Master - 89 min. Dreamcast: Wacky Races - 82 min. Finished Legend of Wukong this week. I suspect most of us pick up the pace once we realize we're close to the end of an RPG, and I'm no exception. After what happened with Star Odyssey, I was vaguely paranoid that my save battery would crap out towards the end of the game, but I made it through with no problems. The last phase of the game was mostly quite easy, and the bosses were total pushovers, but I still basically enjoyed the game. I've written some further thoughts here. Then this weekend, my girlfriend and I played two lengthy sessions of Genghis Khan II. At first we were overwhelmed by the array of options, which is pretty typical for a Koei title, but by the end of the first session we were getting the hang of it, and our second session hummed along nicely. Alas, both times we played, things ended with her army getting overrun by invaders and her leader getting offed (though in the second session, at least she had a successor to take over). Still, it was great fun and it felt good to finally try out one of my Koei games, most of which have been sitting on the shelf since I bought them. Otherwise, I made steady progress in the other games I played, unlocking content in Wacky Races and Vector Pilot (which is as great as ever), and reaching the last level for the first time in Jewel Master, which has lived up to my expectations and turns out to be an excellent action-platformer. It's the kind of game where you make it just a bit further every time you play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Atari Lynx: S.T.U.N. Runner - 25 min. Atari Jaguar: Bubsy In: Fractured Furry Tales - 60 min. TurboGrafx-16: Victory Run - 15 min. The classics got little play because of Mass Effect 2 and 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Here's the summary for Week 12, running from March 19 - 25. We logged 2763 minutes of eligible play, playing 18 games on a total of 11 systems. Top 10: 1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 695 2. Legend of Wukong (Genesis) - 525 3. Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf (Genesis) - 485 4. Galaxian (Atari 8-bit) - 255 5. Frenzy (ColecoVision) - 240 6. Jewel Master (Genesis) - 89 7. Wacky Races (Dreamcast) - 82 8. SteamRoller (ColecoVision) - 78 9. Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (Atari Jaguar) - 60 10. Galaxian (Atari 5200) - 50 Pre-NES top 10: 1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 695 2. Galaxian (Atari 8-bit) - 255 3. Frenzy (ColecoVision) - 240 4. SteamRoller (ColecoVision) - 78 5. Galaxian (Atari 5200) - 50 6. Pressure Cooker (Atari 2600) - 44 7. Pole Position (Atari 5200) - 35 8. Frantic (Atari 2600) - 30 9. Space Dungeon (Atari 5200) - 20 10. Rock n' Bolt (C64) - 18 Top 10 systems: 1. Genesis (1099) 2. Atari 2600 (769) 3. ColecoVision (318) 4. Atari 8-bit (255) 5. Atari 5200 (105) 6. Dreamcast (82) 7. Atari Jaguar (60) 8. Atari Lynx (25) 9. C64 (18) 10. Vectrex (17) While Kaboom retains the top spot on the individual charts, a pair of Asian excursions lead the Sega Genesis to the #1 system position. Legend of Wukong is also our newest member of the 1000-minute club, with 1227 minutes of gameplay to date. Atari 5200's Galaxian is also getting close, with a little over 900 minutes so far... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Kid Icarus (NES) 12 hours Golf (NES) 8 hours Greg Norman's Golf Power (NES) 4 hours Superman (NES) 4 hours Hydlide (NES) 20 mins. This is accumulated over the past week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Fueled by the power of golf and eggplants, he's back!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-946 minutes High score of the week and new all time high score for me: 598,656 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-946 minutes High score of the week and new all time high score for me: 598,656 . . . That is fantastic!! Congratulations, man. That must've felt great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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