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As it says in the subject, this is a thread compiling all the projects I know of that attempt some kind of chronogaming [aka chrongaming] or library completion via reviews or playthroughs. That is, they either:

  • review every game within the library of a particular genre, platform, console, etc. in chronological order; and/or
  • try to beat every game (in chronological order or otherwise) within the library of a particular genre, platform, console, etc.

Categories included can basically be boiled down to:

  • blogs
  • YouTube channels
  • Twitch streamers doing library completion projects (now called "challenges" or sometimes "showcases")
  • message board projects to "beat 'em all"

With that done, here we go!

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Blog format:
 

The CRPG Addict
 

Playing through and reviewing every computer RPG released in a Latin alphabet (e.g. English, French, German, Italian), in chronological order (with some backtracking to cover non-DOS games, as this was originally a DOS/Windows-only project). Nearly 500 games completed to date.

 

The Adventure Gamer

Playing through and reviewing every graphical adventure game released in English, in order (?), though with some criteria for notability. Formerly a one-man project, but I believe it's a group/community effort now.

Take on the NES Library by arnpoly

Playing through and reviewing every licensed NES game released in the US, with 120+ games done as of this writing. No updates since May 2023.

Hoz's 8-bit NES Quest

Playing through and reviewing every licensed NES game released in the US. Underway since 2014, with 160+ games done as of this writing. No updates since March 2023.

 

NESTALGIA

 

Reviewing every NES release in podcast format.

 

Questicle (completed) and Sega Does (on hiatus) by Dylan Cornelius 

 

The project Questicle reviewed the North American NES library and successfully completed its mission in 2014. Sega Does aims to cover the complete Sega console library; after numerous pauses and resumptions, it's currrently on hiatus, though the author's podcast continues.

 

(Formerly consolidated into one site, Retro Gaming Archive, with coverage of other systems as well. Questicle was also rebooted and renamed to Nintendo is Great, now with the intent of reviewing the entire Famicom library, but that reboot was then aborted. The author, who mentioned religious concerns about the project, took down all these sites in March 2022, but Questicle and Sega Does returned at the end of 2022. The original Questicle now has the heading "The Quest to Review Every NES Game" on each page; "Questicle" is not in any page titles or the site's "About" page, suggesting the author wants to deprecate the old name.)

 

SNES Rankings (completed)

 

Reviewing all 714 North American SNES releases, from worst to best. Completed in October 2022.


My RPG Playthroughs (partially completed)

Playing through and reviewing every PC Engine CD and Super Famicom RPG not released in English, except remakes and ports, in order, plus all strategy RPGs released on consoles. Formerly Super Famicom RPGs and This Map is Completed!, now consolidated into one site due to Blogspot issues. The main PCE/SFC mission was completed in January 2024, with the strategy RPG project still in progress.

Let's Win the Game of SFC (in Japanese)

Japanese-language blog documenting an effort to beat the entire Super Famicom library. It appears that over 1000 games have now been conquered, but it's difficult to understand the Google Translate prose, and it seems to be a community effort...? Regardless, this has unique coverage of games whose ending screenshots are nowhere else to be found.

 

The CD-i Completionist (on hiatus)

 

Reviewing every CD-i game. The same person is behind Dante Plays Old Games, which may or may not include a "library completion project" aspect (it's not altogether clear). Note: on temporary hiatus as of July 2023 due to burnout.

 

Fifth Generation Gaming

 

To quote the blog heading, "Reviewing Every North American Playstation, Saturn, 3DO, And Jaguar Game In Release Order." Entries are co-published at Giant Bomb (here's one example).


1CC Log for Shmups

Reviewing and 1CCing every shmup on every system, not in order. Wouldn't normally include this project since it's non-chronological, etc., but it's being done by Kollision, who's a cool guy. :)

 

The Video Game Critic

 

Not a library-completion project per se, but the Critic has completed a full review set for the US Virtual Boy and 32X libraries, and is close to doing the same for several other systems (Bally Astrocade, Atari 5200 & 7800 & Jaguar, etc.).


Inactive blogs:

 

Chronogamer (on hiatus)
The grandaddy of all chronogaming projects, this aims to review every (!) game released on consoles in the United States, in order. Years 1972-1979 completed, 1980 in progress. Long hiatus after September 2014, with a brief return starting in March 2021.

 

The RPG Consoler (inactive)
Playing through and reviewing every console RPG released in English, in chronological order. After completing 74 games, no updates since July 2018.

 

CRPG Adventures (on hiatus)
Playing through and reviewing every RPG and adventure game released in English, in chronological order. On hiatus as of August 2022.

 

Inconsolable Nung (blog deleted)
Playing through and reviewing every turn-based console RPG, in chronological order. Japanese exclusives are covered when translation patches are available. Returned from hiatus in March 2020, then deleted blog some time afterward with no explanation.

 

I Play All the Games (inactive)
The layout is confusing, so I'm not 100% clear on this site's mission, but the author appears to be playing and reviewing every single game ever released...?! No updates since September 2018.


Woodgrain Wonderland (inactive)
Reviewing every Atari 2600 game ever made, in alphabetical order. Includes homebrews. Site owner ended project on September 27, 2019, with reviews of most of the Atari 2600 library completed.


Xaqar's Game Reviews (inactive)
Reviewing entire Famicom library in chronological order. Completed 10 reviews on main site, but allegedly had another site (now defunct, with no Archive.org cache) that completed another 16-18 reviews, through Ninja Kun. No new reviews on main site since 2006.


Quest to Beat Every NES Game (inactive)
Beating and reviewing every game in the NES library in alphabetical order. Completed 9 games. No updates since August 31, 2013.

NES-a-day Challenge by fusoya (inactive)
Message board thread at Straightdope.com. Beating every game in the North American NES library, with a short writeup. Completed 137 games. No updates since May 30, 2014.

NESQuester (inactive)
Started out reviewing NES games in chronological order, completing 36 reviews, then started throwing in various NES and SNES games before going dormant. No posts since November 2014.

 

Juggle Chainsaws (defunct)
Reviewing entire NES library. Last completed review was Raid on Bungeling Bay. Website is defunct, link above goes to Archive.org.


Copernicus Nerdicus/Life of a Gamer Nerd (inactive)
Reviewing NES, Genesis, and SNES games in alphabetical order. Roughly 300 reviews completed. No updates since July 2015.


I ♥ The PC Engine (defunct)
Reviewing entire PC Engine library and hardware in order. Made it to August 1989, but no updates since 2011-05-16. Website now gone.

Pre-Sonic Genesis (inactive)
Reviewing Genesis games prior to the release of Sonic the Hedgehog. Last completed review was Revenge of Shinobi. No updates since December 2011.


Sega Endings (inactive)
Beating every Genesis game and taking screenshots of the ending. Completed 51 games, then inactive since 2015 (?).


Potion Shop 1e (inactive)
Reviewing entire SNES/Super Famicom library in order. 17 reviews/games completed. No updates since 2015-03-05.

 

SNES A Day (inactive)
Reviewing entire SNES library in chronological order. 207 reviews/games completed. No updates since November 2019.


SNES Reverse Chronogaming (abandoned)
Playing through the SNES library in reverse chronological order. Five entries completed in 2009, followed by a few sporadic posts in subsequent years, including one in 2016. Appears to have been abandoned/deleted; link no longer functions.

Super Famicom Games (defunct)
Reviewing entire SNES/Super Famicom library in order. 20-30 reviews/games completed before going dormant, then private, a couple of years ago. No Archive.org cache is available. Owner has since continued with Super Famicom RPGs project, listed above.

 

The 16 Bit Chronicles (inactive)
Reviewing entire SNES/Super Famicom library in order. Progress was slow but steady, with 100+ reviews completed, then blog was put on hiatus in August 2022.

 

100 Days of Megashock (inactive)
Reviewing every Neo Geo game in chronological order. Returned in May 2020 after a long hiatus, then became inactive again, with the last post in November 2020.


Starting a quest to beat every PS1 game ever made (never even started?)
Claimed to be taking on the PS1 library, but I'm not sure this person even began the project.

 

GBA Weekly/History of Game Boy Advance (inactive)
Reviewing entire GBA library in chronological order. No updates since September 2010.

 

GameCube Chronology Challenge by ikk (Dutch version; English-language version of first 19 entries here(abandoned)
Dutch-language reviews and play sessions (not necessarily complete playthroughs) of every PAL GameCube game in chronological order. Main thread is at a Dutch-language site, button-bashers.nl. Ikk originally posted English versions of his entries at the RetroCollect forum, but stopped due to lack of interest (see post here). Abandoned after 121 games as the poster grew tired of writing the reviews.


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Video format:

Most of these projects have an associated blog, but the main action is on their YouTube channel.

Atari Archive

Thoroughly-researched video reviews of the entire North American library for the Atari 2600, in chronological order. 68 episodes completed as of this writing. Also explores the Intellivision library.

The No Swear Gamer

This YouTube reviewer has now completed reviews for the entire officially-released Atari 7800 game library, all captured from real hardware. (He reviews games on other systems too, though none of those are approaching 100% as of this writing.)

 

Chrontendo, and the related projects Chronsega and Chronturbo.


Short video reviews by Dr. Sparkle of every single release for (respectively) Nintendo, Sega, and PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 console hardware (no portables), all in chronological order. Videos available on YouTube or Archive.org. Updates much slower than in the past, but project is still active via YouTube and Archive.org, though blog itself is seldom updated.

 

Famidaily (completed), The Epoch of the Cassette VisionThe Epoch of the Super Cassette Vision, and The Year of FDS by RndStranger

 

On November 7, 2023, RndStranger completed his task of releasing a daily review for all 1041 Famicom games (plus Datach games and a few other extras) in chronological order. Since that, he has completed sets of reviews for the Epoch Cassette Vision and Super Cassette Vision (minus one unreleased game), and has begun a Famicom Disk System project for 2024, The Year of FDS.

 

2000Crabmaster aka Kelsy Polnik (completed)

 

Uploading NES game completions to YouTube. Completed the process of beating every licensed NES game in 2022. Not a Twitch streamer as far as I know (?).


Sega Masters by Monarch1979

Reviewing the entire North American Master System library in order. Completed 71 text reviews in blog (now inactive), then converted to YouTube videos, with 91 complete so far.

Turbo Views by spida1a (completed)

On August 1, 2021, spida1a completed his project of doing video reviews of every North American release for the TurboGrafx-16 (plus some imports).

Generation 16

Video reviews of every release for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, by Greg Sewart, in chronological order. Originally used longer-format videos with multiple games, then converted to a one-game-per-video format with two "seasons" to date (Season 1 here, and Season 2 here).

Jeremy Parish's projects:

 

 

All of these projects are reviewing every game for their systems in chronological order. Most projects include all regions, while NES Works and SNES Works are North American releases only. YouTube channel for all his projects is here. He periodically publishes books that sum up his research.

 

Virtual Boy Works has been completed, though additional coverage of unreleased and homebrew games is planned (or was: no movement on that front has happened in years). Segaiden's coverage of the SG-1000 has also been completed.

 

Parish's coverage of Game Boy games in all regions, which was his original mission, has largely been put on the back burner in favor of covering more mainstream titles for NES and SNES. (Too bad.)

Neo-Alec's Neo Geo Reviews

Video reviews of every release for the Neo Geo in chronological order/by catalog number.


Biff's Gaming Videos

Video reviews of Jaguar games, appears to be approaching the complete set.

Virtual Boy Reviews by Johan Öberg (completed)

Video reviews of the complete Virtual Boy library, including Japanese games, homebrews, and prototypes. Completed. Öberg has since moved on to reviews of selected Famicom and Super Famicom games, which can be seen in his channel.

 

The PlayStation Experiment by FamiConsumer

 

Video reviews of all games released in all regions for the original PlayStation, in chronological order (with multiple games per video, à la Chrontendo). Also recently started a Saturn series.

 

PS1 Stories by Blue Bidya Game

 

In-depth video reviews of all games released in all regions for the original PlayStation, in alphanumeric order (with one game per video). 30 videos done as of this writing. Also known as "Complete Playstation Series".

 

PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game

 

Video reviews of every Saturn game released in the United States in order of release date.

 

Nintendo 64 Game Reviews by N64 Glenn Plant

 

Video reviews of every Nintendo 64 game released in North America or Europe. Completed all but a dozen reviews, went on hiatus for health reasons, then returned in November 2023 and has less than 10 reviews left to go as of this writing. N64 Glenn Plant has also reviewed about 24 Japanese N64 games (playlist here).

 

Beating Every N64 Game by Thabeast721

 

This Twitch streamer aims to beat every Nintendo 64 game released in all regions, with 241 games beaten so far (out of 394). His Twitch channel is here, but I'm linking here to his YouTube channel as, at some point after each victory, Thabeast721 also posts a review/retrospective of each game, which is a nice touch. (He's currently almost 100 games behind his Twitch stream victories, but the reviews are still coming steadily.)

 

The Dreamcast Files by SchmidGame

 

Video reviews of every Dreamcast game released in the United States, published at a rate of one per week, with 67 done as of this writing.

 

Swan Song


Video reviews of WonderSwan games, in chronological order. Returned from a 3-year hiatus in November 2021. 90+ reviews of WonderSwan monochrome games done as of this writing, so that part of the WonderSwan library is nearing completion (not clear if the author also plans to cover the WonderSwan Color library).

 

Neo Geo Pocket Archives

 

Video reviews of every release for the Neo Geo Pocket in chronological order. Returned from a 3-year hiatus in May 2023.


Inactive projects:

Ages of Sega (inactive)
Abandoned after 15 SG-1000 reviews.

 

FamiThon and Cubeathon by SpongeTheKid (inactive)
"Mostly" every Famicom and NES game -- 133 completed -- and every North American GameCube release, with 9 games and/or series completed. FamiThon was canceled after 121 videos, but unexpectedly came back in October 2020 and remained active until May 2021. Cubeathon then began in May 2021, but both projects are now inactive.


The SMS Quest by ninjabearhug (canceled)
Planned to beat every PAL release for the Sega Master System (Kotaku article here). Abandoned after 15 games.

Super Nintendo Chronicles (inactive)
Abandoned after five games.

 

SNES Chronicles (inactive)
Weekly video reviews of every North American SNES release, in chronological order. No updates since June 2018.

 

PlayStation Year ZeroPlayStation Year One, and N64 Chronicles by Retro Pals. (inactive)
Detailed video reviews of PlayStation and Nintendo 64 releases, in chronological order. No updates since August 2019, as while the Retro Pals channel is still active, they unfortunately seem to have abandoned making this type of content in favor of simply uploading their themed Twitch streams to YouTube.

 

ABC do PlayStation by Nerd Maldito (inactive)

Brief investigations/gameplay with commentary of the PlayStation library in alphabetical order, in Brazilian Portuguese. Completed 150 videos through May 2017, then apparently abandoned the project in favor of other things.

 

GameCube Index aka GCNDex (inactive)
Reviews of every GameCube game in all regions, in chronological order. Placed on indefinite hiatus in April 2017, after 81 completed reviews, but unexpectedly returned in September 2020 with 4 new reviews. Has been dormant again since November 2020.


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Twitch streamers:

This list is not comprehensive; see the Challengers Doc for a more thorough and up-to-date document. That said that document isn't 100% complete either, as it doesn't include some old and abandoned efforts like Beef_Erikson (below). Another alternative is the Game System Challenges spreadsheet, which may have some abandoned projects not listed here.

 

Game order in these projects (often called "challenges" if they're library completion projects) is typically not chronological, but is instead determined by a raffle among channel viewers.

 

The Cartridge Archive by SegaNick.

 

Beating all US-released cartridge games for consoles (not handhelds). So far SegaNick has completed the 32X library.

 

RetroMania by Baras441.

 

Russian-language streamer is working on "a challenge to complete all retro games on NES, SNES, Master System, Genesis and Turbografx-16" (Google Translate), with 186 games beaten as of this writing.


NESMania from TheMexicanRunner aka TMR. Completed.

Successfully defeated all 714 licensed North American & PAL-region NES releases, completing the library. Channel continues with other projects.

 

Dugongue's NES Completion Challenge. Completed.

 

Successfully defeated all licensed North American releases as of May 2020. YouTube archive here, and Google Docs spreadsheet here.

 

Ultimate NES Challenge by gnarblast.

 

Beating every licensed North American release for the NES. 189 games done as of this writing.

 

TurboGrafx16 Transcendence by Rishary. Completed.

 

Beating every release for the TurboGrafx-16 and CD. Successfully completed in March 2021. Twitch channel doesn't have VODs of the Turbo videos, but there's a YouTube archive here. Rishary also had a brief arcade library completion project, MAME-Mania, which was abandoned after 8 wins due to wrist issues.


MegaMarathon by Goati.

Beating every Genesis/Mega Drive game, all regions, licensed or unlicensed (but no Sega CD or 32X). Google Docs spreadsheet tracking progress here.

Sega Crusade Vol. 1 & 2 by sharpie. Volume 1 is completed.

Formerly called SGENocide Crusade. Vol. 1 consisted of beating all North American releases for the Master System, Genesis, Sega CD, and 32X. Under Sharpie's rules (e.g. requiring only a tournament for some sports titles), Vol. 1 was completed in December 2020. Vol. 2 deals with Saturn titles and is 50% done.

 

Portable Pleasure by moelleuh.

 

Beating all releases for the Game Boy. YouTube archive here. 470+ games done so far.

 

Beat Every Original Game Boy Game by Floating Platforms.

 

Beating all North American releases for the Game Boy. Over 100 games done as of this writing.

 

Project Game Boy by grannen_hiro. Completed.

Successfully completed all 136 Scandinavian releases for the Game Boy, finishing on June 25, 2018. Channel (which is in Swedish) is continuing with the 21 games on the SNES Classic Mini, after which more Game Boy games will be played, along with NES.

 

Game Gear Gauntlet by Gunstarheroes.

 

Beating every US Game Gear release. 182 of 233 games done as of December 2022.

SNES Challenge by PBRGamer/Peebs. (completed)

Beating all North American, European, and fan-translated games for the SNES. It appears that Peebs has completed this project, though a few games that use peripherals are apparently going to be revisited (see project website).

 

Virtual Boy Mania by Linkums. Completed.

 

Beating all 22 officially-released Virtual Boy games. Completed in November 2014. A YouTube archive is also available.


N64Forever by MeridianPrime. Completed.

Successfully completed all North American and European games for the Nintendo 64. Project continues with N64 speedrunning.

 

RPG Quest by landail

Beating every console RPG released in English in chronological release order, with 170+ games done as of this writing. (No fan translations.)

Inactive projects:

 

Zophar321 (abandoned)
From what I can tell, Zophar321's original project was to beat every Genesis game in alphabetical order. He then expanded the project to other consoles before giving up sometime in 2019 and focusing on modern games like Minecraft and Animal Crossing instead. There's also a YouTube archive of his playthroughs.

 

Beating Every NES Game Released in NA! by TheLostEyeball. (abandoned)
Beating every licensed North America & PAL release for the NES. 112 games completed, then project appears to have been abandoned, with Twitch and YouTube archives deleted.

 

My NES Adventure by DoubleUnicorn. (abandoned)
Beating every licensed North America & PAL release for the NES. 50+ games completed, then project appears to have been abandoned, with Twitch and YouTube archives deleted and Google Doc removed.

 

Master System Mania by Revenged2 (inactive)
Beating every Master System game in all regions, with 266 of 380 games done. No updates since 2019.


Beef_Erikson (inactive)
Attempted to beat all Sega Genesis games but gave up somewhere under 20 victories. Inactive since 2016.

 

Beat the Game Boy by Zenic Reverie. (inactive)
Beating all North American releases for the Game Boy. YouTube archive here. 117 games done so far. Project currently on hiatus.

 

Game Gear Challenge by ExtraGuy. (inactive)
Beating every game for the Game Gear, with 176 games done so far (spreadsheet here). Channel was active until September 2017, then resumed streaming in June 2018 but with non-Game Gear material. Update: streamer's PC is broken, so Game Gear project is on hiatus for now.

 

Game Boy Quest by John Carlson (johncarls) (inactive)

Beating all North American releases for the Game Boy. 187 games done so far, but no new Game Boy victories since the end of 2018, and other projects are on indefinite hiatus.

 

SNEStravaganza by Absnerdity (canceled/abandoned)
Attempted to beat all North American, European, and fan-translated games for the SNES. Abandoned after 540 (!) games, as confirmed by Twitter post here; last completed game in 2017.


SNES Challenge by Soapfish (abandoned)
Planned to beat all US-released SNES games but gave up after 21 games. Twitter here; also had a Tumblr site. Inactive since July 2015.

SNES Challenge by Jerrimu (inactive)
Unrelated to the other two (!) SNES projects with the same name, this user planned to beat all US-released SNES games (discussion in Reddit thread, and also started a subreddit) but gave up after attempting first game. Inactive since 2017.


PSXplosion (inactive?)
"PSXplosion is playing through (most) of the US-released PS1 games, excluding sports and edutainment games." Unlike other streamers listed, puri_puri will use cheat codes and/or abandon games if they're too frustrating. YouTube channel here, and Google Docs completion list here, last updated February 2017. Appears to have recently been banned from Twitch, and not active on YouTube since December 2016, so is this project dead?


N64Mania by Shaquille_Oatmeal (inactive)
Attempted to beat all US-released N64 games but gave up after 13 victories. Inactive since 2014.

 

SlashTangent (inactive)
Beating all North American, European, and fan-translated games for the Nintendo 64, with over 100 games done as of this writing. Also started a GameCube completion project on June 19, 2017, with 17 games done. Twitch archives are incomplete but from the streamer's Twitter account it appears that the last activity was in January 2019

 

N64AThon by Edgewoodblake83 (inactive)
Beating all (North American?) games for the Nintendo 64, with 3-4 games done before the project was abandoned.

 

ExiledPrince's Nintendo 64 Challenge (on hiatus)

Beating all US-released games for the Nintendo 64. Twitch archives are very scant, but project spreadsheet indicates 51 games beaten through August 2019. Project is now on hiatus, as streamer is now focusing on speedrunning.


Linkon18 (inactive)
Attempted to beat all US-released N64 games but gave up after just one victory (!). Inactive since 2015.


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Message board "beat-'em-all" projects:

 

Video Game Sage projects

 

In late 2019, anticipating the demise of NintendoAge in its then-current form, a bunch of posters started VideoGameSage.com and resumed their library completion efforts in the Site-run Events & Contests section, as follows:

 

Annual projects that restart each year:

Long-term library completion projects that don't restart each year:

Short-term & one-off projects:

 

Can Sega-16 Finally Complete the Genesis, PAL MD, Sega CD, and 32X Libraries in 2021?

Ongoing since 2013. Genesis library is 95+% complete, others are farther from completion.


Can CiBo Beat Every NDS Game in a Year? - 2023

German-language message board attempting to beat all GameCube games in all regions in 2022. Past projects, none of them successful: SNES (2014), PlayStation (2015), NES (2016), N64 (2017), Mega Drive (2018), Game Boy and Game Boy Color (2019), Master System (2020), Game Boy Advance (2021), and GameCube (2022).


N64Forever Beats 'em All!

Multiyear project, started in 2012 and originating in the "2012-13 N64 Game-off", to beat every N64 game released in North America & Europe. Last active in December 2020 with 9 games left; then a post in May 2023 cleared all 5 remaining baseball titles, leaving only 4 games (but the first post hasn't been updated).

Inactive projects:
 

"Can NintendoAge beat X in a Year?" projects - With the demise of NintendoAge as a viable site, these projects moved to VideoGameSage. Here's a rough history, with projects that succeeded listed first. Most links are dead but may be archived elsewhere.

  • NESran annually from 2010-2019 with different criteria, with success in 2012 (all licensed North American releases), 2015 (all licensed NA & PAL releases), and 2016 (all licensed NA & PAL releases, all unlicensed NA releases).
  • N64 - ran annually from 2012-2019, with success in 2018 and 100% completion of the NA/PAL library.
  • SNES - ran annually from 2010-2019 with different criteria; best result was 77.5% completion in 2017, with overall library completion at 98.2% before the demise of NintendoAge
  • GameCube - attempted at some point
  • Switch - attempted in 2017-2018
  • Game Boy - attempted annually from ca. 2013 (?), best result was 43.4% completion (218/502) in 2016.
  • Game Boy Color - attempted in 2016-2018
  • Game Boy Advance - attempted in 2017
  • Virtual Boy - attempted a few times, best result was 71.4% completion in 2017
     

Did Pcenginefx beat all licensed TurboGrafx-16 games in 2016...? NO (113/135) (project concluded, failed) (site is defunct)
Attempted to beat all HuCard and CD-ROM games for the TG-16. Failed, ending up at 83.7% completion (oddly enough, almost the exact same percentage as the NintendoAge N64 effort in 2016). No new effort for 2017 was started. Site is now defunct.


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If you know of any qualifying project that I've omitted, please post it in the thread!

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Hi, I'm the writer of superfamicomrpgs. Thanks for the link!

 

I was also the writer of "Super Famicom Games", which is indeed defunct. The project was way too large and I just wasn't having that much fun with it. I had intended to come back later with a different project but I more or less forgot about it until earlier this year. Inspired by CRPG Addict and The RPG Consoler, I started up superfamicomrpgs which is a much more modest project. I'm enjoying it a good deal more and I hope that I can keep it up for some time to come.

 

One additional blog that you don't have is http://inconsolablenung.blogspot.com/, which another "English console RPG" blog.

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Hi, I'm the writer of superfamicomrpgs. Thanks for the link!

You're very welcome! When I cross-posted this link on Sega-16 there was a bit more discussion, and I mentioned that your blog was one of my favorites (along with the CRPG Addict and a couple of others). It's a great project that skillfully covers a library in acute need of more English-language discussion. I'm very glad it's happening. :)

 

I was also the writer of "Super Famicom Games", which is indeed defunct. The project was way too large and I just wasn't having that much fun with it. I had intended to come back later with a different project but I more or less forgot about it until earlier this year. Inspired by CRPG Addict and The RPG Consoler, I started up superfamicomrpgs which is a much more modest project. I'm enjoying it a good deal more and I hope that I can keep it up for some time to come.

Ah, I'm glad to know at last what happened to it! Clearly it was prudent to end the project when you did, especially since such a rewarding phoenix has risen from its ashes (so to speak). I did quite enjoy the entries you completed, though.

 

One additional blog that you don't have is http://inconsolablenung.blogspot.com/, which another "English console RPG" blog.

Good catch: I'd forgotten that Inconsolable Nung was chronological. I'll add it presently -- thanks!

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Big fan of Generation 16, Retronauts/NES/Game Boy Works and Chrontendo. I will definitely have to check out the 1CCShump blog; thanks for that!

You're very welcome! :D Kollision does good stuff.

 

In other news, found another video series that needs inclusion: Swan Song, which reviews WonderSwan games in chronological order. Added to the list!

 

EDIT: And another addition, I Play All the Games.

 

EDIT #2: And a third addition, the long-inactive Xaqar's Game Reviews.

 

EDIT #3: I've added still another video review series, this one completed: Johan Öberg's Virtual Boy Reviews. Pretty sure he's discussed every single release, North American and Japanese, and all the prototypes and homebrews too. It wasn't done chronologically but, since he's ultimately covered the complete library, I've included it.

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One small correction: The CPRG Addict is not limited to English-language games -- he will cover anything using the Latin alphabet (though thus far that has been limited to a handful of French and German games).

 

While it appears that the back issues of The Retrogaming Times Monthly http://www.classicplastic.net/trt/ are not currently available online, about 10 years ago, there was a columnist who attempted to play through all NES/Famicom releases in chronological order. It lasted for about a year or two, and he covered some really obscure titles. Alas, that project is long defunct.

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One small correction: The CPRG Addict is not limited to English-language games -- he will cover anything using the Latin alphabet (though thus far that has been limited to a handful of French and German games).

 

While it appears that the back issues of The Retrogaming Times Monthly http://www.classicplastic.net/trt/ are not currently available online, about 10 years ago, there was a columnist who attempted to play through all NES/Famicom releases in chronological order. It lasted for about a year or two, and he covered some really obscure titles. Alas, that project is long defunct.

 

Ah, good point about the CRPG Addict -- I should have remembered the French games he's covered, and he's about to start an Italian one. I'll correct that presently.

 

Yes, I ran across a reference to that RTM project, but I think I hit a roadblock in tracking it down -- I guess I know why now. If an active link surfaces that would cover all his posts, I'd be glad to add it.

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Just reviving this topic to say that I've started up my first video project, a chronogaming history of the Atari 2600 library! Will keep going until I've exhausted the North American library of 400-odd games, or get sick of the whole thing and drop it.

Awesome! I've added your project to the first post. Glad to see it -- don't get sick of the whole thing and drop it. :D

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I guys, here is a little show that I’m working on, SNES Chronicles, I review all the games on the Super Nintendo in chronological order.

I am very regular with the release of episodes (weekly for now), and intend to stay that way.

 

https://youtu.be/f4z1o76DEqQ?list=PLr5KwHRMU_XZAmuUoCsTPNwfodgtIJqhW

Added to the OP! Thanks for posting -- I look forward to checking out your videos. :)

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A good YouTube series to add is "Turbo Views" (channel name, spida1a). He has stated many times throughout his series that he plans on reviewing every Turbo Grafx-16 game released in North America (with some imports to boot), and I believe he is already a good ways there. He does other types of content but mostly focuses on Turbo stuff. Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/user/spida1a/

 

Example episode:

 

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A good YouTube series to add is "Turbo Views" (channel name, spida1a). He has stated many times throughout his series that he plans on reviewing every Turbo Grafx-16 game released in North America (with some imports to boot), and I believe he is already a good ways there. He does other types of content but mostly focuses on Turbo stuff. Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/user/spida1a/

A belated thank-you for this! I've added it to the first post, along with two other new links: Neo-Alec's Neo Geo Reviews, and Zophar321 who appears to be trying to beat all North American Genesis games in alphabetical order (plus other consoles too in a looser fashion).

 

I've also reordered the video projects to put them in chronological order by console/handheld release date.

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Couldn't you find a bit more Atari related?

 

Like I said in my first post, if you know of any other relevant efforts, I'm happy to add them to the thread.

 

I've added the only ones I've found, Atari Archive (doing videos on all the 2600 games), No Swear Gamer (has completed videos on all the 7800 games, also reviewing 2600 and Lynx), and Biff's (Jaguar reviews -- kind of borderline, but he is approaching the full set). I Play All the Games is also doing Atari 2600 reviews. Chronogamer used to have great ones, but stopped long ago.

 

So: do you know of any ongoing Atari chronogaming efforts -- blogs, video reviews, Twitch streamers -- that I've overlooked?

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Added a few more:

BTW if someone ever decides to start an effort to beat all the 7800, Lynx, or Jaguar games in a year, I'll gladly add it to the list. :)

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