What have you actually PLAYED tracker for 2019 (Season 12)

[Atarian7]

So, you're moving from a house to an apartment?  No more yard work and not as much snow shoveling?

[Kurt_Woloch]

Here are my times for this past week (December 23th through 29th) on classic systems:

 

Arcade:

Cavelon - 33 min.

Commando - 87min. in 3 sessions

Elevator Action - 13 min.

 

Odyssey^2: (I hope I didn't misspell the game names)

Kill the attacking aliens (KTAA) - 22 min.

UFO! - 4 min.

Space Monster (AKA Invaders from space) - 13 min.

 

VIC-20:

Seafox - 26 min. in 2 sessions

 

I had this week off from work, and it shows. Although I was busy with Christmas celebrations as well, they didn't take place on all days, so I still managed to sneak in some gaming time.

I played some games on the Odyssey^2, mainly spurred by Atari2600land's attempt to port Defender as "Deaf Edna" to the system, which then turned to something else and was rather quickly abandoned. In KTAA, I failed at the level where there are only two big targets left to guard. In Elevator Action and Commando, I reached the 2nd level respectively, and the 3rd one in Cavelon. In Seafox, I managed to complete Mission 2 in both sessions, but Mission 3 is much harder with 2 enemy subs instead of 1 and also having them shoot at you.

[+Cafeman]

Arcade versions: 

 

Dig Dug (120 minutes)

Pac-Man(60 minutes)

Ms Pac-Man (30 minutes)

Galaga (30 minutes)

 

[carlsson]

Thanks for your minutes, I will record them as usual. In case you get any gaming done on Monday and Tuesday (i.e. up to Dec 31), feel free to include those minutes at the beginning of the year. Otherwise you can report those at the end of the short week Jan 1-5 in a week from now, it is not that cruicial except that yearly stats will get slightly skewed.

[DragonGrafx-16]

King of the Monsters 2 (Genesis) 40 mins
Super Mario World (SNES) 40 mins
Arrow Flash (Genesis) 45 mins
Thunder Force III (Genesis) 110 mins
Super Nova (Darius Force) SNES 32 mins

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (N64) 10 mins (I really need to spend some more time with this game, but mostly been playing Thunder Force III). 

[digdugnate]

Reasonably short playtime for the Classic tracker last week due to holiday (believe it or not).

 

NES:

 

Dragon Quest I -- 367 minutes

 

I finished out Dragon Quest I with a bit of grinding and taking down the Dragon Lord.

 

SNES:

 

Secret of Mana -- 63 minutes

 

Just doing some leveling.  Too brain dead to do any progression.

[carlsson]

Ok, I don't imagine getting any gaming on New Year's Eve so I'll post what I played for the extended period:

 

Atari 8-bit:
Animal Party - 30 min.
Spy Hunter - 26 min.
Weihnachtsspiel - 5 min.

 

C64:
Camelot Warriors - 35 min.
Motor Mania - 83 min.

 

PET:
Nim - 2 min.
Wall-Break (Stefan Modin) - 4 min.

 

VIC-20:
Dodgecars - 11 min.
Four in a Row (Creative Computing & Stefan Modin) - 8 min.
VIC Slang (a.k.a. Ormen VIC) [Pet Benelux] - 3 min.
VIC-Flip (Reversi by Jim Dubrouillet & Sean Smith) - 16 min.

 

So the A8 was the ending of the Christmas HSC special and the beginning of the last round for 2019 (which ends in the beginning of 2020).

 

Then I had an attempt at a FB challenge to finish Camelot Warriors on the C64 but after 17 minutes I had only reached like 5-6 screens into the game so I determined I'll not be able to complete the game without cheats and used my AR6 to kill sprite/sprite collisions. Obviously it makes the game multiple times easier but also removes the option to get killed if you made a mistake along the way. While it only took me 5 min 30 sec to complete the game, it took another 18 minutes to find a perfect run.

 

While the C64 was plugged in, I had a go with Motor Mania and set a new personal record: 10336.2 miles!

 

 

Finally I dug out a bunch of tapes I previously had not checked, a mix of 40 column PET, VIC-20 and a little C64 software. I played a few VIC and PET games as indicated, and archived the stuff I know isn't already preserved elsewhere.

[Agamon]

Arcade

Block Out (36 min)

Combat School (5 min)

Galaga (13 min)

Hat Trick (61 min)

Joust (12 min)

Ms. Pac-Man (9 min)

 

Got back to the arcade back home over the holidays and played some favorites with my brother.

[oyamafamily]

ATARI 2600:

Pac-Man 4K - 60 minutes

 

ATARI 7800:

Santa Simon - 5 minutes

[oyamafamily]

Times to add - Atari 7800 (for HSC 2019 Final Round)

Santa Simon - 15 minutes

Water Ski - 25 minutes

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR, GUYS!

Edited January 1, 2020 by oyamafamily

[agb]

Many days off with too much time spent on games. Started by conquering Super Mario Bros for the NES HSC 105 minutes. 
 

then did my normal but excessive atari playing as follows

eggomania 280 mins

ladybug 18 mins

solar Fox 180 mins

sqish’em using sd card on FB9 21 mins

 

then took out my ps one

Arcade games with the namco museum and Atari collection

asteroids 65 mins

centipede 7 mins

dig dug 16 mins

Galaga 13 mins

Ms pacman 6 mins

pole position 2 - 10 mins

 

ps one games

driver 2 - 134 mins

racing 34 mins

 

happy New Years everyone  

 

[+thegoldenband]

My times for the extended, final week of 2019:

 

Atari 2600:
I Want My Mommy - 6 min.

 

Genesis:
Warrior of Rome - 5 min.
Warrior of Rome II - 90 min.

 

Game Boy:
Bakuchou Retrieve Master - 2 min.

In Your Face - 24 min.

 

SNES:
Go Go Ackman - 206 min.

 

N64:
GoldenEye 007 - 21 min.
Worms Armageddon - 82 min.

 

Family gaming, plus a few wins to round out the year (In Your Face, Go Go Ackman, I Want My Mommy).

[+cvga]

Finally managed to squeeze in some time on the last day of the year (with some games I recently received from AtariAge and few others)

 

Atari 2600:

Wizard of Wor Arcade - 30 minutes

Wizard of Wor - 10 minutes

Aardvark - 35 minutes

Galagon - 42 minutes

Pro Bowling - 5 minutes

 

Atari 7800:

Rikki and Vicki - 20 minutes

Baby Pacman - 105 minutes

[Eltigro]

On 12/28/2019 at 7:47 AM, Atarian7 said:

So, you're moving from a house to an apartment?  No more yard work and not as much snow shoveling?

Well, I live in Texas, so there was never much snow shoveling, but the grass needed mowing when we moved. Still growing in December!

[Eltigro]

Got in a little time last night. Finally have most everything put away. I’m pretty exhausted, but we’re happy with the new place so far. 

 

Jaguar

Tempest 2000 - 80 min (Got new composite cables in and they look fabulous. Thought I was getting the svideo cable, but messed up when ordering. Still happy with the improvement. My Jaguar was having some issues with the rf output I think.)

 

Arcade (MAME)

Robotron 2048 - 10 min (Played a bit of this after a friend mentioned it on Facebook. So hectic, but fun.)

Smash TV - 20 min (And of course you can’t play Robotron and not play Smash TV. Was actually plying this as the new year rolled in, so maybe only count 15 min on it. lol)

[Atarian7]

Atari 2600

Kaboom! - 30 minutes

Seaweed Assault - 29 minutes

Pac-Man 4K - 12 minutes

Dragon's Descent - 5 minutes

 

 

Happy New Year everyone.

 

And may we all achieve our goals this year.   For me that would be 999,999 on Kaboom!.

[Skippy B. Coyote]

And here we are, the end of the year once more! Okay, well technically it's now the 1st of the year, but here's my household's times for the final extended week of 2019.

 

Ineligible

Sonic Mania Plus (Nintendo Switch) - 30 minutes

Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Nintendo Switch) - 270 minutes

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch) - 670 minutes

 

Arcade

Ms. Pac-Man - 32 minutes

Pac-Man (Played on Namco Museum Arcade Pac for Nintendo Switch) - 10 minutes

 

Atari 2600

Millipede Trak-Ball - 48 minutes

Missile Command Trak-Ball - 37 minutes

 

Nintendo Game Boy

Tetris - 52 minutes

 

PC-DOS

Doom (Played on Nintendo Switch) - 5 minutes

 

Sega Genesis

Comix Zone - 122 minutes

Desert Demolition - 70 minutes

Ms. Pac-Man - 87 minutes

Rocket Knight Adventures - 137 minutes

Sonic the Hedgehog - 100 minutes

 

 

Total Video Game Play Time This Week

1,670 minutes (27 hours 50 minutes) [700 minutes eligible]

 

Individual System Play Times This Week

Nintendo Switch: 970 minutes

Sega Genesis: 516 minutes

Atari 2600: 85 minutes

Nintendo Game Boy: 52 minutes

Arcade: 42 minutes

PC-DOS: 5 minutes

 

 

 

Whew! That's everything! At some point later this week I'll be doing a full year end statistics wrap up for my household with our total playtime logged for the year, top systems and games of the year, and all that goodness. Until then, thank you once again to Carlsson for doing such an awesome job running the tracker this year and for everyone else who participates! It's been a ton of fun as always and I'll be looking forward to gaming more with all you fine folks in 2020.

 

 

[DragonGrafx-16]

On 12/29/2019 at 9:26 PM, DragonGrafx-16 said:

King of the Monsters 2 (Genesis) 40 mins
Super Mario World (SNES) 40 mins
Arrow Flash (Genesis) 45 mins
Thunder Force III (Genesis) 110 mins
Super Nova (Darius Force) SNES 32 mins

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (N64) 10 mins (I really need to spend some more time with this game, but mostly been playing Thunder Force III). 

Well I guess I could add my NYE times and these include my past times for the week so ignore the original post. 

 

Firepower 2000 (SNES) 57 mins
Centipede (Atari 2600) 20 mins
Missile Command (Atari 2600) 10 mins

I fixed my Wico trackball so I tried some Centipede and Missile Command. It works better than I expected. 
It was much better than using the joystick. 

 

Thunder Force III (Genesis) 182 mins (starting to get better at this game, it makes Arrow Flash seem easy in comparison).
Arrow Flash (Genesis) 89 mins
Kirby's Dreamland 3 (Well, it's Hoshi No Kirby 3, but it's the same thing) (SNES) 10 mins
Super Mario 64 (N64) 12 mins

Hotwheels Turbo Racing (N64) 8 mins was just using this game to test my N64 memory card I just fixed. 
If I actually wanted to play the game I'd play the superior PS1 version.

 

Super Mario World (SNES) 52 mins

Super Nova (Darius Force) SNES 32 mins

King of the Monsters 2 (Genesis) 40 mins

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (N64) 10 mins 

[DragonGrafx-16]

4 hours ago, DragonGrafx-16 said:

Well I guess I could add my NYE times and these include my past times for the week so ignore the original post. 

 

Firepower 2000 (SNES) 57 mins
Centipede (Atari 2600) 20 mins
Missile Command (Atari 2600) 10 mins

I fixed my Wico trackball so I tried some Centipede and Missile Command. It works better than I expected. 
It was much better than using the joystick. 

 

Thunder Force III (Genesis) 182 mins (starting to get better at this game, it makes Arrow Flash seem easy in comparison).
Arrow Flash (Genesis) 89 mins
Kirby's Dreamland 3 (Well, it's Hoshi No Kirby 3, but it's the same thing) (SNES) 10 mins
Super Mario 64 (N64) 12 mins

Hotwheels Turbo Racing (N64) 8 mins was just using this game to test my N64 memory card I just fixed. 
If I actually wanted to play the game I'd play the superior PS1 version.

 

Super Mario World (SNES) 52 mins

Super Nova (Darius Force) SNES 32 mins

King of the Monsters 2 (Genesis) 40 mins

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (N64) 10 mins 

Of forgot:

 

Super Mario Bros 3 (Famicom 1988 version) 20 mins

[Kurt_Woloch]

Sorry, I forgot about the "broken" week... just realized that I should still post my times for December 30th and 31st, so here they are...

 

Arcade:

Commando - 72 min.

Track & Field - 19 min.

 

I played some more Commando and managed to beat the 1st area a few times. In Track & Field I also managed to complete the 1st set of 6 events and got to the 2nd one where the qualifying limits are much harder.

[carlsson]

On 1/1/2020 at 5:45 AM, agb said:

ps one games

racing 34 mins

Was this the US version of Simple 1500 Series Vol. 13 by Tamsoft/Agetec?

[agb]

3 hours ago, carlsson said:

Was this the US version of Simple 1500 Series Vol. 13 by Tamsoft/Agetec?

I think so. It says agetec on bottom right of cover. See below. Thank you. 

[digdugnate]

On 1/1/2020 at 7:02 AM, Eltigro said:

Well, I live in Texas, so there was never much snow shoveling, but the grass needed mowing when we moved. Still growing in December!

Without being a creeper, what general area of TX do you live?  I grew up in a town north of Dallas. 

[carlsson]

Here's the summary for Week 52, running from December 23 - 31. We logged 5603 minutes of eligible play, playing 91 games on a total of 18 systems.

Top 10:

 

1. Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior) (NES/Famicom) - 367 min.
2. Bugdom! (Mac OS Classic) - 360 min.
3. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 280 min.
4. Tunnels of Doom [Quest of the King] (TI-99/4A) - 270 min.
5. Age of Empires 2 (Mac OS Classic) - 240 min.
6. Realms of Antiquity (TI-99/4A) - 210 min.
7. Go! Go! Ackman (SNES) - 206 min.
8. Thunder Force III (Genesis) - 182 min.
9. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 180 min.
10. Commando (Arcade) - 159 min.

 

Pre-NES top 10:

 

1. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 280 min.
2. Tunnels of Doom [Quest of the King] (TI-99/4A) - 270 min.
3. Realms of Antiquity (TI-99/4A) - 210 min.
4. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 180 min.
5. Commando (Arcade) - 159 min.
6. Dig Dug (Arcade) - 136 min.
7. Baby Pac-Man [homebrew] (Atari 7800) - 105 min.
8. Motor Mania (C64) - 83 min.
9. Ms. Pac-Man (Arcade) - 77 min.
10. Pac-Man 4K (Atari 2600) - 72 min.

 

Top 10 systems:

 

1. Genesis (922)
2. Atari 2600 (878)
3. Arcade (829)
4. Mac OS Classic (600)
5. TI-99/4A (540)
6. NES/Famicom (492)
7. SNES (420)
8. Atari 7800 (170)
9. PlayStation (168)
10. N64 (133)

 

The year ends with Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior taking the title again, just ahead of Bugdom! and pres-NES winner Eggomania. Just like last week, the pre-NES list is rounded off with a couple of Pac-Man games, showing that the classic maze game that turns 40 years old (!) on May 22 still is quite popular. The systems list is headed by the Genesis, with a reasonably high turnout of 18 different systems.

 

No new entries to the 1000 or 5000 minute clubs, though of course seasonal stats will be following shortly.

[carlsson]

Overall summary for 2019

 

In 2019, we played 1539 different games on 62 different systems, for a total of 189,903 minutes of gameplay. Comparisons to previous years:

 

Number of games

2016: 2185 games

2017: 2041 games

2018: 1736 games

2019: 1539 games

 

Number of systems

2016: 82 systems

2017: 87 systems

2018: 79 systems

2019: 62 systems

 

Total amount of gameplay

2016: 245,717 minutes

2017: 283,314 minutes

2018: 222,720 minutes

2019: 189,903 minutes

 

Top 100 games of 2019

 

While the margin is smaller than it used to, Kaboom! still remains the most played game in the tracker with Solar Fox in a very strong 2nd place. Note that the cut-off to be included on this list was 462 minutes last year, now 400 minutes is enough to make the list.

 

1. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 8693 min.
2. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 8130 min.
3. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) - 3764 min.
4. Phantasy Star II (Genesis) - 3483 min.
5. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 3108 min.
6. Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) - 2740 min.
7. Realms of Antiquity (TI-99/4A) - 2490 min.
8. Secret of Mana (SNES) - 2473 min.
9. Pac-Man Collection (Atari 7800) - 2461 min.
10. Age of Empires 2 (Mac OS Classic) - 2395 min.
11. Dragon Quest V (SNES) - 2383 min.
12. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 2294 min.
13. Final Fantasy (NES/Famicom) - 1977 min.
14. Shanghai (Atari Lynx) - 1514 min.
15. Super Breakout (Atari 2600) - 1493 min.
16. Cosmic Fantasy 2 (TG-CD/PC Engine CD) - 1440 min.
17. Tunnels of Doom [Quest of the King] (TI-99/4A) - 1430 min.
18. Tetris 2 (NES/Famicom) - 1420 min.
19. Final Fantasy VIII (PlayStation) - 1406 min.
20. Tomb Raider II (PlayStation) - 1384 min.
21. Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (Mac OS Classic) - 1250 min.
22. Doom II (PC (DOS)) - 1231 min.
23. Impossible Mission (C64) - 1221 min.
24. Cave Noire (Game Boy) - 1206 min.
25. Doom (PC (DOS)) - 1202 min.
26. Phantasy Star (Sega Master System) - 1200 min.
27. Dragon's Lair (NTSC) (NES/Famicom) - 1132 min.
28. Metal Gear Solid (PlayStation) - 1093 min.
29. Borzork (TI-99/4A) - 1070 min.
30. Super Mario World (SNES) - 1055 min.
31. Tetris (NES/Famicom) - 1048 min.
32. Krusty's Fun House (NES/Famicom) - 1025 min.
33. Baby Pac-Man [homebrew] (Atari 7800) - 1013 min.
34. Dig Dug (Arcade) - 1005 min.
35. Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (PlayStation) - 997 min.
36. Dr. Mario (NES/Famicom) - 981 min.
37. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Mac OS Classic) - 980 min.
38. Warcraft Adventures (PC (Windows 95/98)) - 960 min.
39. Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior) (NES/Famicom) - 927 min.
40. Street Fighter Alpha - Warriors' Dreams (Arcade) - 864 min.
41. Super Metroid (SNES) - 863 min.
42. Ultimate Doom, The (PC (DOS)) - 862 min.
43. Thunder Castle (Intellivision) - 847 min.
44. Legend of Zelda, The (NES/Famicom) - 830 min.
44. Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis) - 830 min.
46. Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - 822 min.
47. Sim City 2000 (Mac OS Classic) - 820 min.
48. Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy) - 818 min.
49. Enclave (PC (Windows 95/98)) - 810 min.
50. Doom (PlayStation) - 784 min.
51. Sonic 3 & Knuckles [aka Complete Version] (Genesis) - 771 min.
52. AD&D: Dragonstrike (NES/Famicom) - 770 min.
53. Resident Evil: Director's Cut (PlayStation) - 766 min.
54. PGA Tour Golf (Mac OS Classic) - 730 min.
55. Jr. Pac-Man (Arcade) - 712 min.
56. Tecmo Bowl (NES/Famicom) - 706 min.
57. Road Rash II (Genesis) - 699 min.
58. Splatterhouse 2 (Genesis) - 685 min.
59. Lode Runner (C64) - 681 min.
60. Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) - 679 min.
61. M.U.L.E. (Atari 8-bit) - 677 min.
62. Sonic CD (Sega CD) - 676 min.
63. Super Mario Bros. (NES/Famicom) - 639 min.
64. Historyline 1914-1918 (PC (DOS)) - 612 min.
65. Override (TG-16/PC Engine) - 600 min.
66. DOOM (Sega 32X) - 581 min.
67. Donkey Kong (Arcade) - 565 min.
68. Dead of the Brain (NEC PC-9801) - 560 min.
68. Lemmings (Mac OS Classic) - 560 min.
70. Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter (NES/Famicom) - 559 min.
71. Dungeon Crawl [Paul Shoemaker] (CoCo 1 & 2) - 545 min.
72. Musashi no Bouken [The Adventures of Musashi Jr] (NES/Famicom) - 538 min.
73. Wizard's Doom (TI-99/4A) - 535 min.
74. Last Rites (PC (DOS)) - 517 min.
75. Snoopy and the Red Baron (Atari 2600) - 495 min.
76. Nox (PC (Windows 95/98)) - 490 min.
77. Thunder Force III (Genesis) - 487 min.
78. Bugdom! (Mac OS Classic) - 480 min.
79. Mega Man 8 (PlayStation) - 469 min.
80. Rush 'N Attack (NES/Famicom) - 464 min.
81. Blasto (TI-99/4A) - 457 min.
82. Assembloids (Atari Lynx) - 450 min.
83. Tanglewood (Genesis) - 441 min.
84. Adventures of Rad Gravity, The (NES/Famicom) - 436 min.
85. Barnstorming (Atari 2600) - 434 min.
85. Tutankham (Atari 2600) - 434 min.
87. Asteroids Deluxe (Arcade) - 431 min.
87. Mega Man 7 (SNES) - 431 min.
89. Navy SEALs (Game Boy) - 426 min.
90. GORF (Atari 2600) - 422 min.
90. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis) - 422 min.
92. Soldier Blade (TG-16/PC Engine) - 420 min.
93. Mega Bomberman (Genesis) - 416 min.
94. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (Mac OS Classic) - 415 min.
95. Legends II (TI-99/4A) - 410 min.
96. Thunder Force IV / Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar (Genesis) - 409 min.
97. Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - 401 min.
97. R-Type (TG-16/PC Engine) - 401 min.
99. H.E.R.O. (C64) - 400 min.
99. Ultima IV: Quest for the Avatar (Apple II) - 400 min.