Skippy B. Coyote Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 It was back to our usual gaming routine around here this past week, with a little over 16 hours of gaming time logged. IneligibleJurassic Park (Sega Genesis) - 81 minutesThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy) - 97 minutesSpider Fighter (Atari 2600) - 56 minutesSplatterhouse 2 (Sega Genesis, Emulated on Nintendo Wii) - 158 minutesSuper Street Fighter II (Sega Genesis) - 104 minutesThunder Force III (Sega Genesis) - 43 minutesTomb Raider II (PlayStation) - 326 minutesNintendo 3DS3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 126 minutesTotal Video Game Play Time This Week991 minutes (16 hours 31 minutes) [126 minutes eligible]Individual System Play Times This WeekSega Genesis: 386 minutesPlayStation: 326 minutesNintendo 3DS: 126 minutesGame Boy: 97 minutesAtari 2600: 56 minutes This week the misses got back to her game of Tomb Raider II in earnest, and I spent most of the week just durdling around playing a handful of different Sega games and trying to decide on what to play next. First I started playing 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the 3DS whenever I had a few minutes of spare time, but for some reason in spite of my love for the classic Sonic games I just wasn't having very much fun playing it this time around so I took a few days off from gaming. Midweek the misses got a copy of Super Street Fighter II for the Genesis in the mail, so we played that together for a while, then the next day I got a copy of Jurassic Park in the mail so I spent some time with that game as well until I eventually got stuck on the third level; which I'm pretty sure is the level I always got stuck on and could never beat when I had this game as a kid. I wasn't feeling much up to banging my head against a proverbial brick wall this week, so Jurassic Park went back in the game drawer and I decided to play through Thunder Force III on hard difficulty. I don't think I had ever beaten it on hard before, but I managed to pull it off this time and only used one continue to boot. Looking for something to play next I settled in on my old favorite Game Boy game, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. I guess I just wasn't feeling terribly enthused about gaming this week though, because I only played it for an hour and a half before saying, "Meh, that's enough," and putting it back in the drawer. I did end the week on a good note though, revisiting Splatterhouse 2 via emulation (which really kicked my butt when I played it last October) and actually managing to beat it this time! It's a super tough game and I feel no shame in admitting that I had to use a guide to figure out how to beat every boss from about the third level onward, because even once I knew how to beat them it still took me a couple dozen tries to actually pull it off. It was still a lot of fun though and I think I'd like to track down a physical copy of Splatterhouse 2 at some point. Well, I think that about covers everything for this week! Until next time, and as always, best wishes and happy gaming to you and yours. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I got sidetracked this morning, but here's my Modern Gaming for the past week. It's all Switch, all the time right now. Switch: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- 1284 minutes Super Smash Brothers Ultimate -- 472 minutes My son and I have had a friendly competition going for our copies of BotW just to see who does what and how quickly- it's been fun to compare notes with him on the different things we've done and how we tackled the puzzles. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Finished up Wind Waker this week! GameCube Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 504min (Finished up the game earlier this week. Did not 100% it. Didn't get all the different treasure chests (but got a vast majority of them) and don't think I had the full complement of hearts but not sure how many is max. I think I ended the game with 14? There's kind of a little boss rush area before the end where you have to go back and re-defeat four of the bosses. The sand pit one gave me fits this time around. I had no trouble the first time, and I don't know if they're supposed to be harder the second time around, but it was rough. I could not get it to target the main boss... it kept targeting those little worms that swim around. Ended up using up three of my bottled fairies on him before I finally got him. The closest I have come to rage quitting this entire playthrough. Luckily, you have a few chances to go out and resupply before the end. Gannon, by comparison, was pretty easy. And the whole stabbing him in the head? Awesome. Great game. Now.. what to finish next...) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Week 03 Top games1. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - 1284 min.2. Spider-Man (PS4) - 1075 min.3. COD Black Ops 4 (Xbox One) - 736 min.4. Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker (Gamecube) - 504 min.5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch) - 472 min.6. Pitfall the Lost Expedition (Gamecube) - 360 min.7. 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (3DS) - 126 min.8. Peggle 2 (Xbox One) - 89 min.Top systems1. Switch - 1756 min.2. PS4 - 1075 min.3. Gamecube - 864 min.4. Xbox One - 825 min.5. 3DS - 126 min.Total 4646 minutes and 8 different games on 5 different systems.The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild goes from 67 to 1284 minutes in a week and takes the title, despite that Super-Man also increases its numbers. In the all-time stats, we finally got a second game above 10K minutes in form of COD Black Ops 4. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 I have times to report! Browser Based: Animals Connect 3 - 20 min. Jungle Connect - 53 min. Sport Vii/Zone: Bowling - 30 min. Falcon Beertender - 4 min. Find Same Picture (Mah-Jong Pokémon) - 27 min. Place Virtuoso Kick (Football) - 32 min. Tennis - 6 min. It started with finding a Vii style console I bought a couple of years ago. There seems to be 13 per dozen of these Chinese knock-off consoles, and a random mix of which games are included. To be honest I didn't find a single console online that 100% matches the one I've got, but some of them are quite similar. This one has 8 sports games built in (supposedly 32-bit) using wireless controllers, plus a cartridge that contains another 15 crappy games of 8 or 16-bit quality. Since it all was manufactured well after Y2K, I decided it goes into the modern tracker. Perhaps what I found most interesting is the Falcon Beertender, a promotion game from the Swedish (!) brewery Falcon made for the PC. Somehow these Chinese have managed to port it to the SoC in question, unless of course the game from the beginning is something of an integrated Java applet or similar, as I doubt the onboard hardware (supposedly something like a 6 MHz 6502) really has the capacity to emulate a Pentium II/III. While I could not determine if the "Mah-Jong Pokémon" game origins from another source, I went online to find the world of Mah-Jong Connect, Pokémon Connect and other games in the same style of which I played a few browser based ones on http://www.mahjong.com. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 All time is on the Switch this week. SSMBU has been my 'bedtime' game, so I spend a few brainless hours trying to work through the Adventure Mode and unlocking the characters. I finished the Bird Divine Beast in Zelda but got kind of burned out playing this week; I think I'm likely going to set this one down until later on. The newest acqusition was a copy of Octopath Traveller- I posted in the Switch forums that I felt like this was a love letter to RPGs in gameplay, graphics, and sound. This game has the most lush soundtrack I have heard so far in a Switch game (and the other games I've played have some pretty darned good soundtracks). Nintendo Switch: Octopath Traveller -- 1036 minutes Super Smash Brothers Ultimate -- 450 minutes Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- 1002 minutes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 DS Retro Game Challenge 67 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Xbox One COD Black Ops 4: 994 minutes Peggle 2: 387 minutes Not much new here. I really want to get back into The Witcher 3. Still grinding with my mates on BO4, but we all seem to be pretty close to reaching our breaking point with the game. I'd love to jump back into PUBG, but I don't think the rest of the guys are down with that. I fear it will be Battlefield V. However, there is some significant gaming news on my front. I bought a Switch! The NES was integral in reviving my love for gaming (which started with the 2600) but I was very disappointed with the Wii. Other than Wii Sports & Mario Kart, I can't think of another game I enjoyed. I refused to get the Wii U, even though I loved the idea of NES Remix (thankfully I grabbed it for the 3DS). The Switch seems different. I have some small road trips upcoming for work, so the idea of a portable console appealed to me. I'm looking forward to BoTW, Super Smash Bros & Mario Kart, but for now, it's another Switch exclusive that will be eating into my gaming time. I'm looking forward to learning enough to be successful at the game. Switch Civilization 6: 577 minutes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamon Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 PS4 Spider-Man (572 min) The DLC is not too bad, story-wise, but those Screwball challenges are annoying. And the Hammerhead bases are tough, but fun. XB1 Halo: Master Chief Collection (137 min) More online co-op with my brother. Almost through Halo: CE. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 PS4 Spider-man 240 minutes. Chasing dem pigeons, fighting dem criminals. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Sorry, I forgot to report that I didn't play anything modern last week (January 21st through 27th)... Baby Pac-Man on VIsual PinMAME doesn't count as modern anymore since Carlsson said it should count as classic, so I posted it there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Week 04 Top games 1. Octopath Traveller (Switch) - 1036 min. 2. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - 1002 min. 3. COD Black Ops 4 (Xbox One) - 994 min. 4. Spider-Man (PS4) - 812 min. 5. Civilization 6 (Switch) - 577 min. 6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch) - 450 min. 7. Peggle 2 (Xbox One) - 387 min. 8. Halo: Master Chief Collection (Xbox One) - 137 min. 9. Retro Game Challenge (DS) - 67 min. 10. Jungle Connect (Browser based) - 53 min. Top systems 1. Switch - 3065 2. Xbox One - 1518 3. PS4 - 812 4. Sport Vii/Zone - 99 5. Browser based - 73 6. DS - 67 Total 5634 minutes and 16 different games on 6 different systems. Another week, another game in top. Octopath Traveller comes from "nowhere" and straight into first place. Systems wise, the Switch makes up for 54% of the total play time, and the Chintendo type of knock-off systems also debut. In case of any latecomers who didn't post yet, I will add your minutes to next week's stats. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Here are my times for this past week (January 28th through February 3rd) on modern systems... sorry, no gaming on modern systems this week. Again, Baby Pac-Man on Visual PinMAME was reported on the classic tracker. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Xbox- (via 360) Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War- 1hr 20min 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantgames:) Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Windows 7 (manual says it'll work on XP but not 100% so I've listed as win7) Beyond the Grave - 70min This game uses a enhanced version of the Wolfenstein 3D engine and looks great for such old tech. Music and sound effects are also top notch. Definitely worth checking out if your a fan of old school fps games 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Xbox One COD Black Ops 4: 475 minutes PUBG: 233 minutes Switch Civilization 6: 189 minutes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Sorry for late update, travelling for work this week. Octopath continues to suck up all my free gaming time, dang it, lol. Working my way through all the Chapter 2 stuff on the characters. I also got all the single-player Smash characters unlocked, too. Nintendo Switch: Octopath Traveller -- 1447 minutes Super Smash Bros Ultimate -- 376 minutes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamon Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 PC (Win10) Stellaris (323 min) Man, this game keeps evolving, you wouldn't even recognize version 2.2 from 1.0. Unfortunately, that means relearning it every time I get the itch...which always seems to coincides with an upcoming Civ 6 expansion launch... XB1 Halo: Master Chief Collection (122 min) Still pecking away at Halo CE co-op, 3 missions to go. PS4 Spider-Man (288 min) Guarantee I'll have this completed this week (as I've already done that today, lol). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Ugh, for the second week in a row I am too sick to do a proper picture and writeup this week. I kept waiting all day to see if I would feel better and could get out of bed and get something done, but no dice. Maybe next week I suppose. For now, here's my household's times for the week.IneligibleThe Activision Decathlon (Atari 2600) - 6 minutesBarnstorming (Atari 2600) - 5 minutesBoxing (Atari 2600) - 5 minutesEternal Champions (Sega Genesis) - 58 minutesFreeway (Atari 2600) - 3 minutesGrand Prix (Atari 2600) - 4 minutesThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy) - 70 minutesMortal Kombat (Sega Genesis) - 43 minutesSplatterhouse 2 (Sega Genesis) - 147 minutesTomb Raider II (PlayStation) - 163 minutesNintendo WiiResident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles - 573 minutesTotal Video Game Play Time This Week1,077 minutes (17 hours 57 minutes) [573 minutes eligible]Individual System Play Times This WeekNintendo Wii: 573 minutesSega Genesis: 248 minutesPlayStation: 163 minutesGame Boy: 70 minutesAtari 2600: 23 minutes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 Week 05 Top games1. Octopath Traveller (Switch) - 1447 min.2. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii) - 573 min.3. COD Black Ops 4 (Xbox One) - 475 min.4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch) - 376 min.5. Stellaris (PC) - 323 min.6. Spider-Man (PS4) - 288 min.7. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (Xbox One) - 233 min.8. Civilization 6 (Switch) - 189 min.9. Halo: Master Chief Collection (Xbox One) - 122 min.10. Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War (Xbox) - 80 min.Top systems1. Switch - 20122. Xbox One - 8303. Wii - 5734. PC - 3935. PS4 - 2886. Xbox - 80Total 4176 minutes and 11 different games on 6 different systems.Octopath Traveller grows even stronger from last week, while most of the others are falling behind. PUBG is back on the tracker again, and so are the Wii, original Xbox and PC gaming in general. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Here are my times for this week (February 4th through 10th) on modern systems... sorry, I haven't played any modern games this week. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 PC Hyper Sentinel 168 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Just one game for the modern tracker this week, but you can find a large update covering the full list of all the games played in my household over the past three weeks here in the classic gaming tracker thread. Nintendo WiiResident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles - 215 minutes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Xbox One PUBG: 977 minutes Apex Legends: 160 minutes COD Black Ops 4: 96 minutes Switch Civilization 6: 25 minutes I think we're finally done with Black Ops 4. I gave Apex Legends a try, a new free Battle Royale game that is the current cat's meow, but I didn't care for it at all. It had some interesting twists to the format which I enjoy but overall, it didn't do much for me. As you can see, my buddies & I jumped back on the PUBG train. We had A LOT of fun, including taking home a chicken dinner last night. We'll see how long this lasts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamon Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 PS4 Spider-Man (165 min) Finally finished the game. Man, the Screwball challenges in the DLC were like mini rogue-likes. I think it took 40 tries for the final chase, which is fine in an instant-reload tough platformer, but not a AAA with a loading screen.... But I loved this game over all. Not only looking forward to the inevitable sequal, but I hope they branch out into a Marvel Gaming Universe. The setting is great. Heavy Rain (1305 min) I've got the three latest Quantic Dreams games, and haven't played any, so I decided to start with oldest one. I liked it, nice and relaxing compared to Spidey. Decent story, adequate voice acting. Apareantly there's like 18 different endings, so I may pick this up again in the future. XB1 Halo: Master Chief Collection (185 min) Almost done Halo CE in my co-op campaign. The final mission was giving us some trouble. The Witness (848 min) Forgot that I got this on XBL last year, fun open world puzzle game. Finally got to the point where the Town puzzles make sense, but man, are they tough... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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