StanJr Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Bionic Commando (NES) 120 mins. I rescued Super Joe and 86'ed Zombie Hitler! What a great game. I can play it through over and over and not lose interest. I love that final shot to win the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Genesis: Marble Madness (Tengen) - 51 min. Risky Woods - 36 min. Beat Very Hard mode in Marble Madness much sooner than I expected, albeit only by the skin of my teeth (1-2 seconds left at the end). The total margin for error is around 12-15 seconds, I think, which means that you need to play almost flawlessly through the first 3-4 levels to stand a chance. Still, it doesn't require perfection, and my winning run wasn't a paragon by any means. As I've said elsewhere, such a great port. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Today: Sega CD: Sonic CD - 20 min Android Assault - 30 min Saturn: Daytona USA - 15 min I just spend ALOT of money expanding my Saturn collection. 6 games and the Virtua Joystick. Nights into Dreams, Mass Destruction, Strikers 1945, Virtua Cop, Gex and Galactic Attack. Other than Virtua Cop in the arcades I haven't played any of these games. Looking forward to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 A lot of NES today: Lone Ranger 30 mins. Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum 35 mins. Gumshoe 10 mins. Wild Gunman 15 mins. Karate Kid 20 mins. Gyruss 15 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWI Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Didn't feel like bringing any consoles out so I've been playing some arcade games. Arcade Centipede - 10 minutes Dig Dug - 10 minutes Missile Command - 10 minutes Out Run - 10 minutes Q-bert - 15 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 Genesis: Arcade Classics - 5 min. Bimini Run - 54 min. Fantasia - 200 min. Slap Fight - 23 min. Beat Fantasia on Normal with 3 "dreams" (lives) and 3 continues, and then beat it again with just one of each, since it's pretty easy to farm lives in this game. The game gets nastier on Normal, but isn't too much harder. Next, Hard mode. Also played Arcade Classics...for just long enough to realize that it's utter trash! Pretty inexcusable, really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWI Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Arcade Bomber Man World - 10 minutes Frogger - 10 minutes Lock 'n' Chase - 15 minutes Q-Bert - 10 minutes Tapper - 10 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Atari 800 Atlantis 32 minutes, I love this version. Deluxe Invaders 12 minutes, slow slow slow. Jungle Hunt 17 minutes, Really slow. I prefer the 2600 version. Pooyan 20 minutes, Takes me back to the 80s. Atari 2600 Night Driver 15 minutes Pole Position 8 minutes Game and Watch Donkey Kong Double Screen 15 minutes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Genesis: Fantasia - 110 min. Intellivision: Championship Tennis - 150 min. Beat Fantasia on its hardest settings. I talked about the game elsewhere, so I won't repeat myself here. Then I played two matches in Championship Tennis at Tournament level, which is the second-highest. The first match I played, I went down 1-6 2-6 7-5 3-6, which was fine since I was getting back up to speed. The second one, though, was a heartbreaker! I lost by the same number of sets, but the score this time was 6-4 6-7 5-7 5-7, and I had several set points in the second set and served for the third. Just couldn't convert... Edited March 13, 2011 by thegoldenband 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Karate Kid (NES) 120 mins. Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum (NES) 90 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-462 minutes High score of the week: 183,927 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 Intellivision: Championship Tennis - 51 min. Victory at last (on Tournament difficulty), playing on hardcourt at Flushing Meadows, and with a nice scoreline: 7-5 6-3 6-1. Despite a few nasty bugs and the slightly subpar graphics, this is far and away the most realistic pre-crash tennis game I've played. The dynamic of the game feels absolutely right, with a great balance between tactical play and big hitting, and the computer is a very worthy opponent. There isn't much of a net game, and lobs are mostly useless since they almost always float long, but otherwise it's excellent. Actually our matches felt a bit like Lendl (Blue) vs. Borg (Red), since the computer is fairly consistent and hits a lot of medium-pace balls. At first I needed to do a lot of patient rallying to hold my ground, but over time I was able to find my range with the forehand, and develop a sense of which shots were likely to pay off and/or stay between the lines. For example, a cross-court forehand hit straight at the computer would often elicit an error in response, just as a real-life human player might get "jammed" by the pace of a hard shot hit directly at him. That's something you never see in other tennis games, but Championship Tennis gets it right. Next up, Championship difficulty! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Here are my times for this week (March 7th through 13th): All of my gaming is non-eligible for the Top 10 since I didn't play any classic games: Cityville (Facebook): 185 minutes in 17 sessions The settlers (Facebook): 26 minutes in 10 sessions I did plan to play some classic games, but I didn't find time for them... this week was pretty tight at work with two meetings at times where I would normally be at home. But maybe next week I'll get some classic games in... now with the atomic disaster in Japan, I'm in for some violent games made in 1986 (when the Tchernobyl disaster struck) such as Raid over Moscov (C-64), Raid on Bungling Bay (C-64) or Rambo: First Blood Part II (C-64). We'll see if I'll make it to free up any time for those... As for the games I actually played... there are clearly bottlenecks in each of them which prevent you from getting on as quickly as you could without them. In "The settlers", it's levelling up your factories which only works after having produced a certain number of goods, causing a multi-week delay until you make the highest level for some buildings, with bottleneck number two being goods mining. In Cityville, it's clearly getting zoning permits from your neighbors. I need 20 permits for an additional expansion area now, and without that, I can't place the buildings needed for the quests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Karate Kid (NES) 50 mins. Gumshoe (NES) 20 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Here are my times for the week: Playstation: Beyond the Beyond - 1,124 minutes Suikoden - 70 minutes I beat Beyond the Beyond tonight (for the 11th time in my life) and got started on Suikoden again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 2600: Jungle Hunt 10min Missile Command 1.5hrs Millipede 15min A8: Jungle Hunt 20min C64: Jungle Hunt 10min SMS: Fantasy Zone II 45min Non-eligible- Xbox360: Dynasty Warriors V 2.5hrs Spectral Warrior 3 30min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Last of the week: Saturn Mass Destruction - 60 min NES: Gradius - 15 min Non-eligible Gamecube: Luigi's Mansion - 60 min Mario Sunshine - 30 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 times for the weekend… March 12: Atari 5200 Space Dungeon - 30 minutes NES Platoon - 45 minutes Friday the 13th - 40 minutes Sega Master System Fantasy Zone II - 20 minutes California Games - 10 minutes Xbox 360 Pink Sweets - 1 hour March 13: NES Friday the 13th - 30 minutes Legend of Kage - 10 minutes Sega Master System The Ninja - 30 minutes Xbox 360 Muchi Muchi Pork - 1 hour Pink Sweets - 1 hour 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) Forgot to do this last night so we go now: Atari Jaguar Worms - 5 Hours Atari Karts - 30 Minutes I-War - 30 Minutes Sega Megadrive Bio Hazard Battle - 30 Minutes Truxton - 20 Minutes Wrestle War - 20 Minutes Mean Bean Machine - 30 Minutes Arrow Flash - 20 Minutes Atari 8-Bit Asteroids - 20 Minutes Commando - 20 Minutes Edited March 14, 2011 by The_Laird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Here's the summary for Week 11, running from March 7 - 13. We logged 4538 minutes of eligible play, playing 65 games on a total of 15 systems. Top 10: 1. Beyond the Beyond (PlayStation) - 1124 2. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 462 3. Fantasia (Genesis) - 310 4. Worms (Atari Jaguar) - 300 5. Championship Tennis (Intellivision) - 201 6. Karate Kid (NES/Famicom) - 190 7. Bionic Commando (NES/Famicom) - 165 8. Marble Madness (Tengen) (Genesis) - 129 9. Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum (NES/Famicom) - 125 10. Android Assault (Sega CD) - 105 Pre-NES top 10: 1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 462 2. Championship Tennis (Intellivision) - 201 3. Missile Command (Atari 2600) - 90 4. Jungle Hunt (Atari 8-bit) - 37 5. Atlantis (Atari 8-bit) - 32 6. Space Dungeon (Atari 5200) - 30 7. Q*bert (Arcade) - 25 8. Asteroids (Atari 8-bit) - 20 8. Commando (Atari 8-bit) - 20 8. Pooyan (Atari 8-bit) - 20 Top 10 systems: 1. PlayStation (1194) 2. Genesis (752) 3. NES/Famicom (740) 4. Atari 2600 (600) 5. Atari Jaguar (380) 6. Intellivision (201) 7. Atari 8-bit (141) 8. Sega CD (125) 8. Sega Saturn (125) 10. Arcade (110) The PlayStation takes the top spot on the individual and system charts, with Beyond the Beyond vaulting immediately into the 1000-minute club. Meanwhile, the Genesis and NES are nearly in a dead heat for the #2 and #3 spots, and a good showing all around for Atari systems. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Today: still feeling the Saturn and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Saturn: Gex - 45 min Virtua Cop - 20 min Non-eligible Wii: Rayman Raving Rabbids - 20 min Is it just me or has the Saturn gotten better with age? I remember it not being to hot of a "next gen" console (when it was next gen in the mid 90s that is) but it's a pretty great retro console. Probably the $50-$80 price tag now as opposed to the $400 price tag then helps but even still when everything isn't just about the graphics (which is usually what all "next gens" are about) you can sit back and find some good games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Today: Saturn Mass Destruction - 25 min Gex - 45 min Non-eligible Gamecube Luigi's Mansion - 40 min I cannot find the remote in the Grave Danger stage of Gex. My entire play time of Gex came from that stage alone trying to find the remote. I like Gex but I am not sure I am a fan of having to find items in order to move to the next stage instead of just beating the level like in most games. It leaves the possibility of getting stuck when you can't find the item such as in my case. I've beaten this stage probably a dozen times trying to find that remote but I can't move on to the next stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 My times for Monday - Wednesday: Intellivision: Caves of Kroz - 5 min. Arcade: Hard Drivin' - 11 min. Kozmik Krooz'r - 13 min. Mortal Kombat II - 10 min. Mortal Kombat 3 - 2 min. Wacko - 13 min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Wednesday NES Jackal - 15 min Gradius - 20 Saturn Panzer Dragoon Zwei - 25 min Mass Destruction - 30 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 2600 Power Lords-10 minutes Swoops-8 minutes Venture II-20 minutes Atari 800 Atlantis-15 minutes Jr. Pac-Man 10 minutes Linux Maelstrom-5 minutes Nikwi-3 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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