+thegoldenband Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) Times for Monday - Wednesday: Sega Genesis: Fantasia - 131 min. Played this for the first time this week, beating Easy on my first attempt. The following night I got about two-thirds of the way through Normal before I was interrupted. Fantasia has a terrible reputation, and at first I thought it was one of the worst Genesis games I'd ever played, but once you get used to its quirks it's actually quite playable. Having said that, the game looks, sounds, and plays like a middling unlicensed game: unresponsive controls, half-assed renditions of classical music, buggy gameplay, graphics of wildly varying quality, and poorly designed stages. If this were a Chinese pirate or Color Dreams game, it'd be par for the course, but as an officially licensed and released first-party game, it's an embarrassment. Edited March 3, 2011 by thegoldenband 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 LoZ: Link to the Past (SNES): 110 minutes (final dungeon!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Sega CD: Mikey Mania - 45 min Pete's tower is really starting to piss me off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 LoZ: Link to the Past (SNES) 120 minutes (VICTORY!) What a great game. PLOK (SNES) 25 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-428 minutes High score of the week: 96,725 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 2600: Millipede 45min 5200: Beamrider 15min A8: Megamania 25min River Raid 10min Game Gear: Mortal Kombat 35min Aerial Assault 1hr SMS: Mortal Kombat 15min Fantasy Zone II 25min Gauntlet 1.25hrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hole-in-One Golf (SNES) 25 minutes Waialae Country Club (SNES) 45 minutes Elevator Action (NES) 20 minutes Spyro: Season of Ice (GBA) 75 minutes (are we tracking GBA?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) My time for Wednesday - Saturday: Dreamcast: Worms World Party - 80 min. Spyro: Season of Ice (GBA) 75 minutes (are we tracking GBA?) Excellent question. Because of the year 2000 cutoff we hadn't been, but it's tempting to make an exception for a cart-based system whose hardware is so akin to the SNES. I've been playing GBA now and again, and have been posting my times but not adding them to the totals or Top 10s (at least not without a disclaimer). I'll go with whatever folks think is best on this. Edited March 6, 2011 by thegoldenband Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 My time for Wednesday - Saturday: Dreamcast: Worms World Party - 80 min. Spyro: Season of Ice (GBA) 75 minutes (are we tracking GBA?) Excellent question. Because of the year 2000 cutoff we hadn't been, but it's tempting to make an exception for a cart-based system whose hardware is so akin to the SNES. I've been playing GBA now and again, and have been posting my times but not adding them to the totals or Top 10s (at least not without a disclaimer). I'll go with whatever folks think is best on this. Why not put an additional tracker in the modern gaming forum for those systems 2000 and beyond? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) Here are my times for this past week (February 28th through March 6th)... First a few classic arcade games: Burgertime (Arcade, pre-NES) 56 minutes Millipede (Arcade, pre-NES) 22 minutes Pengo (Arcade, pre-NES) 5 minutes Pooyan (Arcade, pre-NES) 9 minutes Rod-Land (Arcade, post-NES) 15 minutes Scramble (Arcade, pre-NES) 10 minutes Then, the usual non-eligible Facebook games: Cityville (Facebook) 127 minutes in 14 sessions The Settlers (Facebook) 33 minutes in 12 sessions As you can see, I have a session of about two hours revisiting some old arcade games. In Burgertime, it took me less than an hour to get through all 6 patterns in a few attempts. I did remarkably well in Millipede too (I think about 50,000-60,000 points starting from 0). In "Pengo", I think I only played one game, as I did in "Pooyan" (reaching the 2nd bonus round). Rod-Land was a few quick games, and in Scramble, I got through to the "Labyrinth" (I think 5th stage out of 6), but no farther. As for the modern games, in Cityville, I managed to build a factory, but this is a new feature which at first had a bug where it didn't display the friends hiring screen for factories, instead the whole display was screwed up (for certain languages). But they have fixed that bug meanwhile. Edited March 6, 2011 by Kurt_Woloch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Last of the week: Jaguar: Atari Karts - 10 min Wolfenstein - 35 min Sega CD: Mickey Mania - 40 minutes NES: Super Mario Bros. 3 - 20 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 My play times for the last week: Sega Megadrive Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - 30 Minutes Combat Cars - 15 Minutes Ultimate Qix - 30 Minutes Thunderforce II - 45 Minutes Dragon's Fury - 20 Minutes Atari Jaguar Powerdrive Rally - 30 Minutes Worms - 4 Hours Cannon Fodder - 30 Minutes Atari Lynx Shanghai - 45 Minutes Pokermania - 20 Minutes Rampart - 30 Minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Elevator Action (NES) 10 mins. Hole-in-One Golf (SNES) 15 minutes. Spyro: Season of Ice (GBA) 70 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Got a little Saturn time in tonight. Sega Rally Championship - 40 min I bought an Action Replay about two months ago for the Saturn but it was around that time that I put my Saturn up to play some other systems. After tonight though I think I am going to get some more games for it and also look into some of the better imports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWI Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Intellivision Lock 'n' Chase - 20 minutes The Power of He-Man - 15 minutes Shark! Shark! - 20 minutes Genesis Batman Returns - 15 minutes Cool Spot - 20 minutes Evander Holyfield's Boxing - 15 minutes Home Alone 2 - 30 minutes Lion King - 15 minutes Ren and Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention - 20 minutes WWF Wrestlemania - 10 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Here are my times for the week: Game Boy: Donkey Kong Land 2 - 136 minutes Super Nintendo: Donkey Kong Country 2 - 234 minutes 3DO: Bust-A-Move - 224 minutes Neo Geo CD: Bust-A-Move (aka Puzzle Bobble) - 75 minutes Playstation: Beyond the Beyond - 515 minutes Nintendo 64: Super Mario 64 - 358 minutes I beat all of these games this week except for Beyond the Beyond. I have broken Samson's curse, defeated Glade and am preparing to take Marion back from Bandore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 my times for the weekend which I tracked… March 5 Colecovision Pepper II - 30 minutes Frenzy - 10 minutes Buck Rodgers: Planet of Zoom - 10 minutes Subroc - 10 minutes Super Cobra - 15 minutes NES Platoon - 15 minutes Spy Hunter - 15 minutes Sega Master System World Grand Prix - 20 minutes Vigilante - 45 minutes Xbox 360 Muchi Muchi Pork - 1 hour Pink Sweets - 1 hour 45 minutes March 6 Atari 5200 Countermeasure - 30 minutes Space Dungeon - 25 minutes Colecovision Pepper II - 20 minutes Venture - 20 minutes Sega Master System Fantasy Zone II - 45 minutes Xbox 360 Pink Sweets - 2 hours I was able to get a 5200 controller working out of the 5 that I have, so I spent some time with Countermeasure and not much else! I did pop in Space Dungeon (my favorite game on the 5200) and played that for a bit - no need for buttons on the other controller… I am loving MMP/PS on the Xbox 360! spending all my time here and taking breaks playing some old fashioned games… Having alot of fun with Colecovision and happy to get a working 5200 controller so I may play a few more games this week… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Here's the summary for Week 10, running from February 28 - March 6. We logged 4785 minutes of eligible play, playing 68 games on a total of 21 systems. Top 10: 1. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) - 637 2. Beyond the Beyond (PlayStation) - 515 3. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 428 4. Super Mario 64 (N64) - 368 5. Mickey Mania (Sega CD) - 245 6. Worms (Atari Jaguar) - 240 7. Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES) - 234 8. Bust-A-Move (3DO) - 224 9. Donkey Kong Land 2 (Game Boy) - 136 10. Fantasia (Genesis) - 131 Pre-NES top 10: 1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 428 2. Burgertime (Arcade) - 56 3. Pepper II (ColecoVision) - 50 4. Millipede (Atari 2600) - 45 5. Countermeasure (Atari 5200) - 30 6. Space Dungeon (Atari 5200) - 25 6. Megamania (Atari 8-bit) - 25 8. Millipede (Arcade) - 22 9. Venture (ColecoVision) - 20 9. Lock 'n' Chase (Intellivision) - 20 9. Shark! Shark! (Intellivision) - 20 Top 10 systems: 1. SNES (981) 2. PlayStation (515) 3. Atari 2600 (473) 4. Genesis (396) 5. N64 (368) 6. Atari Jaguar (345) 7. Sega CD (265) 8. Sega Master System (225) 9. 3DO (224) 10. Game Boy (136) The SNES takes the top spot this week on both the system and individual charts. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past has joined the 1000-minute club for sure! Another great week for system diversity, as nine different systems are represented in the Top 10. Just about every stat went up this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 BTW, I've decided to stick with the established tracker rules, and not to track GBA games for now. Maybe we'll track them next year. Folks are still welcome to post times, of course! As for a separate tracker in the Modern Gaming forum for systems from 2000 and beyond, I'd say go for it if you feel there's interest. I personally am unlikely to participate, but that's only because I play comparatively little from recent-gen systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Poor Spyro, he will be so disappointed! River City Ransom (NES) 30 mins. Bionic Commando (NES) 45 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Hey, you think Spyro's sad, you should talk to Aiai, Meemee, Baby and Gongon! Heartbreaking for them, after putting in so many hours on my behalf... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 March 7: Sega CD: Android Assault - 40 min Saturn: Sega Rally - 20 min Daytona USA - 10 min Doom - 10 Still feeling the Saturn. Picked up Galactic Attack from a member here and also Mass Destruction from ebay. Both look extremely addicting. I am not sure why I stopped playing and buying for the Saturn after I got it (I think the 32x and Sega CD had something to do with it) but it's time to get some more games for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Times for the first two days of the week: Genesis: Marble Madness (Tengen) - 78 min. After numerous attempts (and a couple of very close calls that induced me to coin numerous new expletives), finally beat this on Hard mode. Now only Very Hard is left, and while it'll take some serious good luck, I think it's doable. When I'm having a good run in Marble Madness, it feels a bit like playing a difficult piece of classical music -- always the same, yet always different, and with nuances that only come with long hours of practice. I really think it's one of the best games of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 3/8 Jaguar: Atari Karts - 20 min Sega CD: Android Assault - 35 min Saturn: Daytona USA - 10 min N64: Mario 64 - 10 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWI Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Just a bit of gaming tonight. The Genesis was already set up so I just played a couple games on that. Genesis Evander Holyfield Boxing - 45 minutes Ren and Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention - 30 minutes I wanted to play some Shark! Shark! on Intellivision but the way it's been going lately I could play that game forever. Didn't want to stay up too late tonight but maybe this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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