What have you actually PLAYED tracker for 2013 (Season 6)

[+thegoldenband]

1490 minutes?! That has to be a record for one week. homerwannabe might have played Galaxian more in one week.

I'm not sure.

 

Ah, how soon we forget... I still can't believe I did that. I went to a classical music concert mid-week and had visions of little Roman soldiers dancing before my eyes.

 

BTW karokoenig, the review I wrote should be going up soon, I think!

[+thegoldenband]

Here's the summary for Week 28, running from July 8 - 14. We logged 3003 minutes of eligible play, playing 18 games on a total of 8 systems.

 

Top 10:

 

1. Dragon Force (Sega Saturn) - 1490

2. Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest (Genesis) - 334

3. Wizball (C64) - 243

4. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 186

5. Bankruptcy Builder (ColecoVision) - 132

6. Galaxian (ColecoVision) - 120

7. Demon Attack (Atari 2600) - 85

8. Cix (ColecoVision) - 80

9. Pac-Man Collection (ColecoVision) - 60

10. Shunting Puzzle (ColecoVision) - 55

 

Pre-NES top 10:

 

Not enough entries for a top 10. (Wizball would be #1, with 243 minutes.)

 

Top 10 systems:

 

Not enough entries for a top 10. (Sega Saturn would be #1 with 1490 minutes.)

 

Dragon Force dominates foes, delivers fearsome duration for dual first!

[karokoenig]

Shame we don't have enough diversity for all the top10's. I think next week will be better. Tomorrow, I return home, ending a 4-week absence from my consoles. And I return home with a bag of carts I picked up on several flea markets during that time :-).

Edited July 16, 2013 by karokoenig

[Atarian7]

Ah, how soon we forget... I still can't believe I did that. I went to a classical music concert mid-week and had visions of little Roman soldiers dancing before my eyes.

 

BTW karokoenig, the review I wrote should be going up soon, I think!

 

LOL Sorry. Is that the record or has someone played more in a week?

[+thegoldenband]

I suspect so, but I'd want to hold off on saying for sure until I have the 2009 stats. Maybe I'll input those by hand sometime soon.

[carlsson]

Can one join in the middle of the season, if possibly only for sporadic entries? Also if I was to play several mostly identical ports of the same game, would those count separately for each system they were played on?

[karokoenig]

Can one join in the middle of the season, if possibly only for sporadic entries? Also if I was to play several mostly identical ports of the same game, would those count separately for each system they were played on?

 

You can join anytime. Many people are on and off, posting sporadically. That's perfectly fine. Every port counts separately, to be able to keep track on playtimes per system.

[+thegoldenband]

^What he said! Please feel free to join, the more the merrier.

[+thegoldenband]

LOL Sorry. Is that the record or has someone played more in a week?

 

I've been going through the 2009 stats (more than halfway done, but it takes forever) and sure enough, homerwannabee has me beat, with 2100 minutes in a single week (vs. my 1928). I'm more than happy to cede that title to him.

 

I'll update if I find that he had an even bigger week later in the year.

 

EDIT: And the answer would be a resounding "yes". 3000 minutes, holy schnikes!!

[Atarian7]

Atari 2600

Kaboom!-262 minutes

 

 

High score of the week: 51,902

[WispFollower]

Colecovision

Pac-man Collection - 60 minutes

Centipede - 30 minutes

Cix - 15 minutes

Mouse Trap - 30 minutes

Galaxian - 25 minutes

 

Intellivision

Ice Trek - 25 minutes

[karokoenig]

Atari 2600

Berzerk: 70 min

Frostbite: 173 min

Landung in der Normandie (clone of Commando Raid): 12 min

Pac Man: 7 min

 

High Score Club all over the place. Frostbite and Berzerk are last week's and this week's games.

 

NES

Silent Service: 28 min

 

One war patrol to test this cart, which I picked out of a stack of electronic junk (literally) for a Euro. Game sucks, and I already have a better looking cart, but an NES game for a Euro - just can't leave it there.

 

C64

Fort Apocalypse: 12 min

Ghosts 'n Goblins: 9 min

International Karate: 6 min

International Karate+: 15 min

 

Mega Drive

Altered Beast: 8 min

Jimmy White Snooker: 25 min

Micro Machines: 11 min

Pitfall Mayan Adventure: 22 min

Revenge of Shinobi: 10 min

Toki: 12 min

Wonderboy in Monster World: 45 min

 

Apart from Wonderboy, in which I made some progress, all the other games are recent pickups. I didn't have a Mega Drive back in the days, and from that perspective, I can say: Altered Beast is stunning in its mediocrity. Did THAT game really sell Mega Drives when it was included with the system back then?

 

PS1

Andretti Racing: 8 min

Dino Crisis: 30 min

Forsaken: 20 min

 

What little faith I had left in the PS1 is crumbling. I have tried several warm game recommendations during the last weeks, and the system just doesn't resonate with me. How the hell can you guys stand the cheesy voice acting from that era? English isn't even my first language, and dialogues like in RE or Dino Crisis make my ears bleed... They also kill every bit of atmosphere, for which games like RE are supposedly famous. I'll give the system a last chance and play Tomb Raider 1 (which I picked up for a Euro).

 

I guess I can understand that people who grew up with the PS1 hold it in high regard. But I passed it back then, and at least from my very own subjective standpoint, I don't fel like I missed a lot.

[+thegoldenband]

At long last, I've finished inputting the 2009 stats. (I've been working a temp job that gives me plenty of downtime, so I figured there'd be no better opportunity to take care of it -- but boy, did it take a while!)

 

Starting this week, we'll have full continuity going back to 2008. Along with the weekly stats, I'll post some all-time totals for games and systems. As a sneak preview, the 1000-minute club has over 100 members now (107 games, to be exact), and we've logged over 4000 different titles!

[carlsson]

List of games played since late Thursday evening:

 

MSX

Butamaru Pants: 61 min

Hyper Rally: 61 min

Konami's Golf: 3 min

Penguin Adventure: 8 min

Quarth: 78 min

Road Fighter: 11 min

Salamander: 7 min

Turboat: 14 min

 

Atari 8-bit computers

Crownland: 5 min

Pole Position: 5 min

Rainbow Walker: 6 min

Yoomp!: 34 min

 

Commodore 64

M.U.L.E: 70 min

 

I really intended to play M.U.L.E. on either my Atari 800 or 130XE. However I have misplaced my last SIO cable, and my SIO2SD device seems to have gone bad. Finally I programmed my Maxflash with over half a dozen ATR and XEX versions of M.U.L.E. but neither plays on my machines. The 130XE seems to detect a phantom joystick #4 (known problem or hardfare fault on my machine?) and the 800 doesn't have enough RAM to load the game from the flashcart, even tried with OPTION key held down. Anyway, the C64 version isn't bad so I'm content except the fact I didn't manage to beat all the computer players.

[Kurt_Woloch]

Here are my times for this past week (July 15th through 21st)...

 

Atari 7800:

b*nQ - 35 min.

Harry's Hen House - 3 min.

Mario Bros. - 4 min.

Wasp! - 2 min.

 

Commodore 64:

Wizball - 587 min. in 6 sessions

 

PC (non-eligible):

Wizball (Remake) - 24 min.

 

TI-99/4A:

War Zone II - 12 min.

 

I finished Wizball on the C-64 yesterday after playing it a couple more times with increasing success. However, on my last game I more than doubled by previous score, and in addition to finishing the game, I made it to color in the first 5 levels over once more. But by then, all enemies that shoot do so at an insanely fast rate, and so do the drops on Levels 5 through 8, so I didn't make those levels again.

 

After that I tried the PC remake of WIzball, but I don't think it's as great as the original. Most of all, it suffers from the additional graphical effects which often cover hostile fire you would have to see in order to avoid it, so you die some rather unexpected deaths. There are a few things that work better, however, most notably the bonus stage.

 

Then I played some Atari 7800 games. B*nQ is a pretty faithful port of Q*Bert, although the game speeds are slightly different, and from level 7 on, the game gets much EASIER because the player speeds up greatly while the enemies don't speed up. Unfortunately, both B*nQ and Mario Bros. suffer from a rather slow framerate compared to the arcade original. In comparison to that, Wasp! and Harry's Hen House work pretty smoothly, but they are rather simple games. Harry's Hen House alternates between only 2 screens and never seems to get harder, and Wasp! also doesn't seem to get harder.

 

Finally, War Zone II on the TI-99/4A is a loose clone of Xevious. Remarkable are the good, multicolored graphics and the smooth scrolling.

Edited July 21, 2013 by Kurt_Woloch

[zylon]

A8-

Kaboom!- 1hr 35min

[zylon]

A8-

Kaboom!- 38min

 

(had time for another session)

Edited July 22, 2013 by zylon

[+thegoldenband]

My times for the week:

 

Atari 2600:

Delta Force Sniper - 3 min.

Mr. Postman - 4 min.

Pharaoh's Curse - 2 min.

Ski Run - 3 min.

 

Intellivision:

Bomb Squad - 58 min.

 

ColecoVision:

Root Beer Tapper - 1 min.

 

Genesis:

Junction - 102 min.

Kid Chameleon - 20 min.

 

Beat Junction up through the 27th board on Normal difficulty. I also took a peek at Level 50, which looks mind-bendingly brutal.

 

I also spent some time with Bomb Squad, which I'd never actually played before. After some initial struggles I was able to crack a single-digit code on the easiest difficulty level, but when I upped the ante to two digits, my guess apparently was wrong and the bomb went off. Unfortunately, one of my controllers also started to malfunction during the game, and while I have spares I don't especially want to perform surgery on my main Intellivision. I'm hoping it's not the IC going bad.

[DoctorTom]

N64: Mario 64 = 2 hours

2600: Frostbite = 3 hours

 

This was a really good gaming week for me.

Edited July 22, 2013 by DoctorTom

[twoquickcapri]

Sega Saturn:

Sega Touring Car Championship - 40 min.

 

NEC PC Engine :

Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure - 350 min.

[+thegoldenband]

Here's the summary for Week 29, running from July 15 - 21. We logged 2992 minutes of eligible play, playing 57 games on a total of 14 systems.

 

Top 10:

 

1. Wizball (C64) - 587

2. Frostbite (Atari 2600) - 353

3. Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure (TG-16/PC Engine) - 350

4. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 262

5. Kaboom (Atari 8-bit) - 133

6. Super Mario 64 (N64) - 120

7. Junction (Genesis) - 102

8. Quarth (MSX2) - 78

9. Berzerk (Atari 2600) - 70

9. M.U.L.E. (C64) - 70

 

Pre-NES top 10:

 

1. Wizball (C64) - 587

2. Frostbite (Atari 2600) - 353

3. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 262

4. Kaboom (Atari 8-bit) - 133

5. Berzerk (Atari 2600) - 70

5. M.U.L.E. (C64) - 70

7. Butamaru Pants (MSX) - 61

7. Hyper Rally (MSX) - 61

9. Pac-Man Collection (ColecoVision) - 60

10. Bomb Squad (Intellivision) - 58

 

Top 10 systems:

 

1. Atari 2600 (716)

2. C64 (699)

3. TG-16/PC Engine (350)

4. Genesis (255)

5. Atari 8-bit (183)

6. MSX (165)

7. ColecoVision (161)

8. N64 (120)

9. Intellivision (83)

10. MSX2 (78)

 

Wizball whizzes to the top on the individual charts, but the Atari 2600 just edges out the C64 on the system charts, thanks largely to the combined efforts of Frostbite and Kaboom.

 

Next, I'll post cumulative stats that go all the way back to the tracker's founding in October 2008. This is the first time we've been able to post all-time stats since mid-2010, and it took a lot of data entry to get them ready to go, so I hope everyone enjoys 'em.

[+thegoldenband]

ALL-TIME STATS - AT LAST!

 

Since the founding of the tracker in late 2008, we've logged 4050 games on 75 systems for a total of 694,432 minutes of gameplay. That's more than 1 year and 117 days worth of gaming!

 

First of all, here are the top 100 games of all time:

 

1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 94574

2. Galaxian (Atari 2600) - 11335

3. Berzerk (Atari 2600) - 7253

4. Warrior of Rome II (Genesis) - 4891

5. Park Patrol (C64) - 4132

6. Worms World Party (Dreamcast) - 4005

7. Final Fantasy (NES/Famicom) - 3976

8. Pokemon Red Version (Game Boy) - 3712

9. Q*Bert's Qubes (Arcade) - 3534

10. Lock 'n' Chase (Intellivision) - 3424

11. Adventure (Atari 2600) - 3375

12. SteamRoller (ColecoVision) - 3199

13. Pitfall! (Atari 2600) - 3034

14. Missile Command (Atari 2600) - 2988

15. Suikoden II (PlayStation) - 2938

16. Video Chess (Atari 2600) - 2856

17. Wizball (C64) - 2723

18. Wizardry II: Knight of Diamonds (NES/Famicom) - 2660

19. Dragon Warrior (NES/Famicom) - 2651

20. Galaga (Arcade) - 2433

21. Worms (Atari Jaguar) - 2400

22. Hang-On (Sega Master System) - 2363

23. Shining in the Darkness (Genesis) - 2324

24. Qbillion (Game Boy) - 2204

25. Mouse Trap (ColecoVision) - 2129

26. Gauntlet Legends (N64) - 2060

27. Super Hydlide (Genesis) - 2059

28. Centipede (TI-99) - 2013

29. Toyshop Trouble (Atari 2600) - 2001

30. Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PlayStation) - 1984

31. Heart Break [beta] (Atari 2600) - 1920

32. Dragon Force (Sega Saturn) - 1895

33. Zelda Challenge: Outlands (NES/Famicom) - 1891

34. Toy Commander (Dreamcast) - 1884

35. Star Odyssey (Genesis) - 1802

36. Landstalker (Genesis) - 1783

37. BerZerk (Arcade) - 1777

38. Pepper II (ColecoVision) - 1710

39. Dragon Warrior II (NES/Famicom) - 1701

40. Beyond the Beyond (PlayStation) - 1639

41. Vandal-Hearts (PlayStation) - 1627

42. Burgertime (Intellivision) - 1615

43. Pole Position (Atari 5200) - 1612

44. Centipede (Atari 5200) - 1603

45. ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Genesis) - 1582

46. Candy Catcher (Atari 2600) - 1575

47. Alundra (PlayStation) - 1560

48. Donkey Kong (Atari 2600) - 1557

49. Ms. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 1530

50. Suikoden (PlayStation) - 1512

51. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES/Famicom) - 1500

52. Frogger (PlayStation) - 1471

53. Man Goes Down (Atari 2600) - 1461

54. MissAdventure Revised (Adventure hack) (Atari 2600) - 1429

55. Jack and the Beanstalk (Atari 2600) - 1419

56. Phantasy Star IV (Genesis) - 1408

56. Astrosmash (Intellivision) - 1408

58. WarpSpeed (Genesis) - 1404

59. Battle Chess (3DO) - 1398

60. Centipede (Atari 7800) - 1393

61. Medieval Mayhem (Atari 2600) - 1392

62. Beggar Prince (Genesis) - 1385

63. Sinistar (Arcade) - 1363

63. Dragster (Atari 2600) - 1363

65. Diner (Intellivision) - 1355

66. Jr. Pac-Man (Atari 7800) - 1347

67. Berzerk (Atari 5200) - 1342

68. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) - 1338

69. Reactor (Atari 2600) - 1326

70. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - 1292

71. Super Mario 64 (N64) - 1289

72. Shamus (Atari 8-bit) - 1278

73. Baseball Stars (NES/Famicom) - 1272

74. Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean (Sega Saturn) - 1260

75. USCF Chess (Intellivision) - 1253

76. Klax (Atari 2600) - 1252

77. Millipede (Atari 2600) - 1241

78. Tempest 2000 (Atari Jaguar) - 1236

79. Missile Command (Atari 5200) - 1231

80. Legend of Wukong (Genesis) - 1227

81. Asteroids (Atari 7800) - 1209

82. Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation) - 1200

83. Demon Attack (Atari 2600) - 1160

83. King's Field II (PlayStation) - 1160

85. Ms. Pac-Man (Arcade) - 1159

86. Pac-Man (Arcade) - 1155

86. Championship Tennis (Intellivision) - 1155

88. Turtles (Arcade) - 1144

89. Sword of Vermilion (Genesis) - 1139

90. Devil's Crush (TG-16/PC Engine) - 1130

91. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 1103

92. Sol-Feace (Sega CD) - 1077

93. Andre Agassi Tennis (Genesis) - 1055

94. Escape from Monster Manor (3DO) - 1054

94. Catrap (Game Boy) - 1054

96. Galaxian (Atari 5200) - 1048

97. Midnight Magic (Atari 2600) - 1043

98. Pilotwings 64 (N64) - 1033

99. Pokemon Blue Version (Game Boy) - 1031

100. Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari 7800) - 1030

 

Games #101-107 by the way, are also the seven remaining members of the 1000-minute club to date:

 

101. Pepper II (Arcade) - 1024

102. Dr. Mario (Atari 8-bit) - 1020

103. Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach (NES/Famicom) - 1020

104. Time Pilot (Arcade) - 1014

105. AD&D: Cloudy Mountain (Intellivision) - 1012

106. Motocross Championship (Sega 32X) - 1009

107. Lord of the Rings: Vol. 1 (SNES) - 1000

 

Now, for the top 100 games on pre-NES platforms:

 

1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 94574

2. Galaxian (Atari 2600) - 11335

3. Berzerk (Atari 2600) - 7253

4. Park Patrol (C64) - 4132

5. Q*Bert's Qubes (Arcade) - 3534

6. Lock 'n' Chase (Intellivision) - 3424

7. Adventure (Atari 2600) - 3375

8. SteamRoller (ColecoVision) - 3199

9. Pitfall! (Atari 2600) - 3034

10. Missile Command (Atari 2600) - 2988

11. Video Chess (Atari 2600) - 2856

12. Wizball (C64) - 2723

13. Galaga (Arcade) - 2433

14. Mouse Trap (ColecoVision) - 2129

15. Centipede (TI-99) - 2013

16. Toyshop Trouble (Atari 2600) - 2001

17. Heart Break [beta] (Atari 2600) - 1920

18. BerZerk (Arcade) - 1777

19. Pepper II (ColecoVision) - 1710

20. Burgertime (Intellivision) - 1615

21. Pole Position (Atari 5200) - 1612

22. Centipede (Atari 5200) - 1603

23. Candy Catcher (Atari 2600) - 1575

24. Donkey Kong (Atari 2600) - 1557

25. Ms. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 1530

26. Man Goes Down (Atari 2600) - 1461

27. MissAdventure Revised (Adventure hack) (Atari 2600) - 1429

28. Jack and the Beanstalk (Atari 2600) - 1419

29. Astrosmash (Intellivision) - 1408

30. Centipede (Atari 7800) - 1393

31. Medieval Mayhem (Atari 2600) - 1392

32. Sinistar (Arcade) - 1363

32. Dragster (Atari 2600) - 1363

34. Diner (Intellivision) - 1355

35. Jr. Pac-Man (Atari 7800) - 1347

36. Berzerk (Atari 5200) - 1342

37. Reactor (Atari 2600) - 1326

38. Shamus (Atari 8-bit) - 1278

39. USCF Chess (Intellivision) - 1253

40. Klax (Atari 2600) - 1252

41. Millipede (Atari 2600) - 1241

42. Missile Command (Atari 5200) - 1231

43. Asteroids (Atari 7800) - 1209

44. Demon Attack (Atari 2600) - 1160

45. Ms. Pac-Man (Arcade) - 1159

46. Pac-Man (Arcade) - 1155

46. Championship Tennis (Intellivision) - 1155

48. Turtles (Arcade) - 1144

49. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 1103

50. Galaxian (Atari 5200) - 1048

51. Midnight Magic (Atari 2600) - 1043

52. Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari 7800) - 1030

53. Pepper II (Arcade) - 1024

54. Dr. Mario (Atari 8-bit) - 1020

55. Time Pilot (Arcade) - 1014

56. AD&D: Cloudy Mountain (Intellivision) - 1012

57. Burgertime (Atari 2600) - 983

58. Othello (Atari 2600) - 975

59. Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (Atari 2600) - 971

60. Pole Position (Atari 8-bit) - 970

61. River Raid (Atari 2600) - 965

62. Enduro (Atari 2600) - 953

62. Pac-Man Arcade (Atari 2600) - 953

64. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Arcade) - 940

65. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 931

66. Astrododge (ColecoVision) - 920

67. Frostbite (Atari 2600) - 913

68. Circus Atari (Atari 2600) - 902

69. Shamus (TI-99) - 884

70. Qix (Atari 5200) - 877

71. Juno First (Atari 2600) - 856

72. Food Fight (Atari 7800) - 846

72. AD&D: Treasure of Tarmin (Intellivision) - 846

74. Pac-Man Plus (ColecoVision) - 845

75. Jr. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 843

76. Space Invaders (Atari 2600) - 835

77. Eagle (Arcade) - 827

78. Go Fish! (Atari 2600) - 812

78. Galaxian (ColecoVision) - 812

80. Pac-Man (Atari 5200) - 806

81. Phoenix (Atari 2600) - 778

81. Ram It (Atari 2600) - 778

83. The Wizard and the Princess (C64) - 755

84. Asteroids Deluxe (Atari 7800) - 750

85. Space Invaders (Atari 5200) - 735

86. Cavelon (Arcade) - 732

86. Peter Pepper's Ice Cream Factory (Arcade) - 732

88. Yars' Revenge (Atari 2600) - 729

89. Reindeer Rescue (Atari 2600) - 728

90. Root Beer Tapper (ColecoVision) - 712

91. Auto Racing (Intellivision) - 707

92. Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park (Atari 2600) - 680

93. Space Pilot II (C64) - 678

94. Burgertime (Mattel Aquarius) - 648

95. StarFire (Atari 2600) - 640

96. Kaboom (Atari 8-bit) - 638

97. Q*bert (SG-1000) - 612

98. Bosconian (Arcade) - 600

98. Joust (Atari 5200) - 600

98. Super Breakout (Atari 8-bit) - 600

98. Sword of Fargoal (C64) - 600

 

Next, we have the top 75 systems of all time -- which, conveniently enough, is the same number of platforms we've actually logged.

 

1. Atari 2600 (229880)

2. Genesis (69563)

3. NES/Famicom (56642)

4. Arcade (42529)

5. PlayStation (29295)

6. Intellivision (26245)

7. ColecoVision (20427)

8. SNES (20325)

9. Atari 5200 (18354)

10. Game Boy (15532)

11. C64 (15282)

12. Atari Jaguar (15179)

13. Sega Master System (13807)

14. Atari 7800 (13554)

15. Atari 8-bit (12285)

16. N64 (11135)

17. Dreamcast (10096)

18. TG-16/PC Engine (9332)

19. Sega Saturn (8480)

20. 3DO (6358)

21. TI-99 (6105)

22. Sega CD (5891)

23. Sega 32X (5399)

24. Atari Lynx (4728)

25. PC (Windows 95/98) (2823)

26. Neo Geo AES/MVS (2298)

27. Game Gear (2253)

28. Game Boy Color (2112)

29. Amiga (2070)

30. VIC-20 (1547)

31. PC (DOS) (1514)

32. SG-1000 (1240)

33. Odyssey^2 (1223)

34. Vectrex (1126)

35. Atari ST (1086)

36. FM Towns Marty (840)

37. Atari Jaguar CD (779)

38. Mattel Aquarius (738)

39. Neo Geo Pocket Color (650)

40. CoCo 1 & 2 (601)

41. Philips CD-i (530)

42. Neo Geo CD (522)

43. Odyssey^3 / Philips G-7400 (502)

44. Tomy Tutor (451)

45. MSX (338)

46. Apple II (295)

47. Amiga CD32 (270)

48. Fairchild Channel F (212)

49. Emerson Arcadia 2001 (205)

50. TRS-80 Model I (160)

51. Game & Watch (148)

52. RCA Studio II (147)

53. VG-5000 (134)

54. Microvision (133)

55. ZX Spectrum (117)

56. Linux (101)

57. MSX2 (92)

58. CoCo 3 (83)

59. Atari XEGS (70)

60. Sears Video Pinball System (65)

61. Handheld/Tabletop (64)

62. Creativision (63)

63. Bally Astrocade (55)

64. PC-FX (55)

65. Adventurevision (53)

66. BBC Micro (50)

67. Intellivision ECS (45)

68. Virtual Boy (35)

69. Game.com (30)

70. Amstrad CPC (25)

71. SuperGrafx (18)

72. Sharp MZ-700 (14)

73. Famicom Disk System (10)

73. Odyssey 400 (10)

75. Heathkit GD-1999 (7)

 

And here's the top game for each system:

 

3DO - Battle Chess (1398)

Adventurevision - Turtles (53)

Amiga - Test Drive II: The Duel (720)

Amiga CD32 - Top Gear 2 (90)

Amstrad CPC - Exolon (25)

Apple II - Dino Eggs (125)

Arcade - Q*Bert's Qubes (3534)

Atari 2600 - Kaboom (94574)

Atari 5200 - Pole Position (1612)

Atari 7800 - Centipede (1393)

Atari 8-bit - Shamus (1278)

Atari Jaguar - Worms (2400)

Atari Jaguar CD - Battlemorph (519)

Atari Lynx - California Games (525)

Atari ST - Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (305)

Atari XEGS - River Raid (30)

Bally Astrocade - Muncher (49)

BBC Micro - Locomotion (50)

C64 - Park Patrol (4132)

CoCo 1 & 2 - Bedlam (180)

CoCo 3 - Rad Warrior (32)

ColecoVision - SteamRoller (3199)

Creativision - Crazy Chicky (29)

Dreamcast - Worms World Party (4005)

Emerson Arcadia 2001 - Turtles (61)

Fairchild Channel F - Pac-Man (212)

Famicom Disk System - Exciting Baseball (10)

FM Towns Marty - Raiden Densetsu - Raiden Trad (405)

Game & Watch - Mickey & Donald (95)

Game Boy - Pokemon Red Version (3712)

Game Boy Color - Shamus (492)

Game Gear - Sonic Triple Trouble (286)

Game.com - Williams Arcade Classics (20)

Genesis - Warrior of Rome II (4891)

Handheld/Tabletop - Little Mermaid - Tiger) (30)

Heathkit GD-1999 - Heathkit GD-1999 (7)

Intellivision - Lock 'n' Chase (3424)

Intellivision ECS - Mind Strike (37)

Linux - Burgerspace (48)

Mattel Aquarius - Burgertime (648)

Microvision - Bowling (100)

MSX - Q*Bert (64)

MSX2 - Quarth (78)

N64 - Gauntlet Legends (2060)

Neo Geo AES/MVS - Magical Drop 2 (350)

Neo Geo CD - Metal Slug (175)

Neo Geo Pocket Color - Sonic Pocket Adventure (245)

NES/Famicom - Final Fantasy (3976)

Odyssey 400 - Tennis (10)

Odyssey^2 - Turtles (323)

Odyssey^3 / Philips G-7400 - Flash-Point (502)

PC (DOS) - Shamus (699)

PC (Windows 95/98) - MechWarrior 3 (580)

PC-FX - three-way tie between Kishin Douji Zenki FX: Vajura Fight; Team Innocent; and Tyoushin Heiki Zeroigar (15)

Philips CD-i - Micro Machines (110)

PlayStation - Suikoden II (2938)

RCA Studio II - Berzerk (118)

Sears Video Pinball System - Pinball (50)

Sega 32X - Motocross Championship (1009)

Sega CD - Sol-Feace (1077)

Sega Master System - Hang-On (2363)

Sega Saturn - Dragon Force (1895)

SG-1000 - Q*bert (612)

Sharp MZ-700 - Eugea (11)

SNES - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1338)

SuperGrafx - 1941: Counter-Strike (9)

TG-16/PC Engine - Devil's Crush (1130)

TI-99 - Centipede (2013)

Tomy Tutor - Loco-Motion (302)

TRS-80 Model I - Quest for the Key of Night Shade (160)

Vectrex - Mine Storm (142)

VG-5000 - Tortues (121)

VIC-20 - Shamus (505)

Virtual Boy - Vertical Force (20)

ZX Spectrum - Park Patrol (89)

 

And finally, here are the ten busiest weeks we've had in the tracker to date:

 

1. 2010, Week 6 (7157)

2. 2012, Week 18 (6762)

3. 2010, Week 8 (6473)

4. 2012, Week 1 (6451)

5. 2010, Week 5 (6230)

6. 2010, Week 10 (6198)

7. 2010, Week 7 (5644)

8. 2010, Week 9 (5604)

9. 2011, Week 21 (5410)

10. 2010, Week 1 (5246)

 

(Unfortunately I don't have week-by-week stats for 2008, but after glancing at each week's Top 10, it doesn't look like any of those weeks reached the 5000-minute mark.)

 

Finally, a huge thanks go out to cvga for all the work he did over the first two years of the tracker (from October 2008 - June 2010). He hasn't been on Atariage in some months, so I hope all is well with him.

[Kurt_Woloch]

Hmmm... seems like Turtles is the game popping up the most times in the "most played game per system" charts... it wins the Adventurevision, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Odyssey^2 and VG-5000 (where it's called "Tortues" which is "Turtles" in French), so 4 versions on 4 different systems. But it's actually a tie with Shamus which is also represented in 4 different versions... the Atari 8-bit, Gameboy Color, PC-DOS and VIC-20. I guess that in both cases this is due to my efforts of playing every available version of those games, and it seems I played them for a long time, especially on systems which don't get much play time otherwise. And Turtles could have maybe won this with 5 versions if I would have managed to get an emulator for the Casio PV-1000 to run.

[carlsson]

Oops.. it seems I was not precise enough with my reporting. Quarth actually is a MSX2 game, so if you like you can rearrange that figure to its proper place. All the other MSX games I played however are MSX1 games, although played on a MSX2 computer. Sorry about that, I'll be more specific in the future in case of confusion. In case one e.g. would play Amiga games, should you keep OCS/ECS and AGA games apart too?

[+thegoldenband]

But it's actually a tie with Shamus which is also represented in 4 different versions... the Atari 8-bit, Gameboy Color, PC-DOS and VIC-20. I guess that in both cases this is due to my efforts of playing every available version of those games, and it seems I played them for a long time, especially on systems which don't get much play time otherwise.

 

Keep in mind that I also put some major time into Shamus on the Game Boy Color. Your posts about the game were quite helpful, BTW -- I was able to get the best ending. (EDIT: fixed to make it clear that I was quoting Kurt Woloch)

 

Oops.. it seems I was not precise enough with my reporting. Quarth actually is a MSX2 game, so if you like you can rearrange that figure to its proper place.

 

Ah, thanks -- fixed! That gives the MSX2 a huge bump in the all-time standings, actually. I played some MSX2 back in 2009 or so, before I started posting to the tracker, but almost no one has touched it.

 

In case one e.g. would play Amiga games, should you keep OCS/ECS and AGA games apart too?

 

I don't know enough about the Amiga to say for sure but, unless folks strongly disagree, I'm inclined to keep things simple as we do with the Atari 8-bit series, Apple II, and so on. We do have a separate category for the CD32, so at least those games are handled separately.

 

OTOH the difference with MSX and MSX2 is big, and there are only two broad categories (not counting MSX2+, which we can count separately if people want), so I think that division makes sense.