Prosystemsearch Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) Here are my times for the week: 4 Atari 2600: Amidar: 3 minutes Ms. Pacman- 7 minutes KABOOM- 2 minutes Tapper- 6 minutes Spiderman- 3 minutes Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back- 7 1/2 minutes Q-bert- 6 minutes NES: Probotecter- 3 minutes Blaster Master -3 minutes SEGA Master system: Dynamite Dux- 6 1/2 minutes Cool Spot- 4 minutes Fantasy Zone- 5 minutes Edited September 5, 2021 by Prosystemsearch almost forgot 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 Atari 8-bit: Basic Burger - 12 min. Beef Drop (demo) - 12 min. Beer Belly Burt in Brew Biz - 5 min. Beer Shot Plus - 9 min. Burger Boy! - 9 min. Burger Chef - 8 min. Entirely HSC and entirely Sunday afternoon. Also entirely games on B, and I must say they're all pretty much "B" games to me, mainly because I'm not a big fan of the BurgerTime type of gameplay. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Here are my times for this past week (August 30th through September 5th, 2021) on classic systems... Arcade: Jr. Pac-Man - 43 min. This week I only have one session of Jr. Pac-Man to report since I had many other things to do, most of all preparing for a gig I had yesterday. What I actually find more important, however, is commenting on the new songs released by the group ABBA. You might ask how this fits with this tracker... well, their sound hasn't changed as much as I'd expected, so while listening to the new songs memories came to me of the time when they were last relevant in the charts, which was actually before we got our first home computer... you can say that their popularity faded as the home computers grew in popularity. I remember getting my last ABBA 7", "The day before you came" in early 1983 roughly at the same time I got the last Game & Watch game, "Mickey & Donald", and I played it while listening to this record. My cousin Ronald which we visited over the Christmas holidays '82/'83 already had a VIC-20, but we didn't get ours until about Easter '83. While some of ABBA's earlier hits were on the charts, I was very much into Rubik's Cube and its siblings, so I remember taking part in a cubing contest when their hit "One of us" was the current single. When ABBA now sing "Do I have it in me?", I ask myself if I still have it in me to turn the cube at the speed I did back then, but of course, I'm out of practice now. Somehow their new material feels like not much has actually changed, but technology still has evolved so that the standard delivery method is now streaming or at most a download, but not a 7" vinyl single. I'm pretty sure the shop where I bought "The day before you came" doesn't exist anymore. Though I've seen at least one of the new songs is actually available as a 7". So I asked myself: What if this was applied to my life? What if I pretend not much has changed since early 1983, but I'm still an adult now and technology is now at the point it is... what would I do now? And what would I have done in the years in between if the influence of my parents hadn't been that great? Probably my first computer wouldn't have been the TI-99, but rather a VIC-20, a C-64, a ZX Spectrum or a ZX-81. The C-64 and the Amiga would still have appeared eventually in my life, as the Atari 2600, but I probably would have got fewer games if it were only for me, but on the other hand, some games I actually didn't get, like the Game & Watch game "Vermin" or the Atari 2600 cartridge "Pole Position". For the systems for which I practically only have pirated (or free) software, I would have bought a few games and copied not as many by far, also deleting some of them if, after checking them out, I found out I didn't like them, instead of keeping everything which I actually did because my parents said so. But most important would be the question how this would affect my current life. I'm not so sure since over 38 years have passed since then and one thing was built onto another. But maybe now I would only work 20 hours a week instead of 30, and I wouldn't worry as much about "historical" recordings I should keep. But that topic is very complicated to think through... what a few new ABBA songs can do! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 My time for the week: PlayStation: Epidemic - 311 min. Beat it, though the experience wasn't really satisfying. Thoughts here. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Atari 2600 Dark Cavern FB HSC 104 Dig Dug 38. Scored over 400k Eggomania 82. First time playing a paddle game in a while. ms. Pac-Man 8 Pole Position 19 Solar Fox 108 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 99% of my time was spent in the Modern Gaming wheelhouse, but I did put in a tiny bit of time on one of my favorite games. Arcade: Street Fighter Alpha -- 30 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Tiny week for gaming here this past week since I've had a friend from out of state visiting, so there hasn't been a ton of time for gaming. I did get in a little bit of Quake on the Switch before he arrived, but since then we've just played a few fighting games on the Neo Geo MVSX machine (Street Fighter II': Champion Edition and The Last Blade 1 & 2) and a game of Monopoly on the Switch. I did convince him to try my all time favorite game Alien: Isolation, but after a couple hours he was just too stressed out by it to continue Ineligible (All Nintendo Switch) Alien: Isolation - 110 minutes Monopoly - 125 minutes Quake - 35 minutes Arcade Street Fighter II': Champion Edition - 15 minutes Neo Geo AES/MVS The Last Blade - 45 minutes The Last Blade 2 - 20 minutes Total Video Game Play Time This Week 350 minutes (5 hours 50 minutes) [80 minutes eligible] Individual System Play Times This Week Nintendo Switch: 270 minutes Neo Geo AES/MVS: 65 minutes Arcade: 15 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Atari 2600 Hunchy 2 - 34 minutes Kaboom! - 101 minutes Solar Fox - 82 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 I got my Harmony Concerto cartridge! Which may or may not relate to the following. I played a ton of 2600 and 7800 games in short bursts, including: Stargate Eggomania (all of my paddles need serious service) Space Jockey Starmaster Gangster Alley Piece o Cake Journey Escape Lost Luggage Final Approach Fire Fly Worm War I Chuck Norris Superkicks Artillery Duel Raft Rider M.A.D. Bump n Jump Air Raiders Tutankham Beany Bopper Sprintmaster Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes Frankenstein’s Monster Frogger II Threedeep Moon Patrol (7800) Midnight Mutants Mat Mania Challenge Crossbow Scrapyard Dog Ace of Aces In more substantial plays: Atari 2600 Gangster Alley - 20 minutes. Cosmic Creeps - 20 minutes. Robot Tank - 20 minutes. No Escape - 15 minutes Riddle of the Sphinx - 15 minutes Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom - 15 minutes. Star Wars Return of the Jedi Death Star Battle - 15 minutes. Mean Santa - 20 minutes. Planet Patrol - 20 minutes. Atari 7800 Double Dragon - 25 minutes. Commando - 15 minutes. Ninja Golf - 25 minutes. Harsh. SNES Lester the Unlikely - 20 minutes King Arthur’s World - 35 minutes Super Pinball: Behind the Mask - 20 minutes Super Famicom Darius Twin - 25 minutes Genesis Sword of Vermillion - 180 minutes that I will need to redo because the save battery is dead (although I’m not dreading it because the game is so fast, fun, and interesting!) Harsh. Game Boy Pri Pri Primitive Princess - 35 minutes The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle - 30 minutes PC Engine Xevious: The Fardraut Saga - 25 minutes. Game Boy Color SWIV - 30 minutes Gift - 25 minutes Game Gear Mortal Kombat 3 - 15 minutes. So horrible it’s hard to believe. The Berenstain Bears Camping Adventures - 25 minutes. There’s a reason this was one of the last games for the US library to enter my collection… but the game itself is really pretty good. Easy but not unfun easy. Really excellent graphics and sound. Then again I may have finished 1/3 of the game in 25 minutes… Jaguar Joust - 30 minutes for HSC I have more to say about these but I will add those later. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, jgkspsx said: I played a ton of 2600 and 7800 games in short bursts Should I add those 29 games with ~1 minute each as I find fitting between 2600 and 7800? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 1 minute ago, carlsson said: Should I add those 29 games with ~1 minute each as I find fitting between 2600 and 7800? If you like! I intended to just leave them out of the formal stats - I didn’t want to make the extra work for you. Average playtime was 5 minutes. (Okay, maybe more like three.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) Usually I don't bother when it is some fly-by operation posting a list of games "I have played in the last month" without further specification about formats or times but since you're a regular I'll make an attempt of adding those. Quote Atari 2600: Air Raiders - 3 min Artillery Duel - 3 min Beany Bopper - 3 min Bump n Jump - 3 min Chuck Norris Superkicks - 3 min Crossbow - 3 min Eggomania - 3 min Final Approach - 3 min Fire Fly - 3 min Frankenstein’s Monster - 3 min Frogger II Threedeep - 3 min Gangster Alley - 3 min Journey Escape - 3 min Lost Luggage - 3 min M.A.D. - 3 min Moon Patrol - 3 min Piece o Cake - 3 min Raft Rider - 3 min Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes - 3 min Space Jockey - 3 min Sprintmaster - 3 min Stargate - 3 min Starmaster - 3 min Tutankham - 3 min Worm War I - 3 min Atari 7800: Ace of Aces - 3 min Mat Mania Challenge - 3 min Midnight Mutants - 3 min Scrapyard Dog - 3 min Edited September 6, 2021 by carlsson 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 My times are: Diablo: Hellfire for PC - 394 minutes Dragon Warrior for NES - 251 minutes Pokemon Red Version for Game Boy - 57 minutes Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for NES - 177 minutes In Diablo: Hellfire I made it all the way down to level 13 and also cleared 5 of the Hellfire expansion pak exclusive floors. In Dragon Warrior I maxed out my level to 30 and finished the game. In Pokemon Red Version I got Ninetales and started leveling up Clefairy so it can learn the moves I want before I evolve it. Zelda II I started and completed in one gaming session while recording a video. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Here's the summary for Week 35, running from August 30 - Sept 5. We logged 3498 minutes of eligible play, playing 115 games on a total of 17 systems. Top 10: 1. Diablo: Hellfire (PC (Windows 95/98)) - 394 min. (#2) 2. Epidemic (PlayStation) - 311 min. (#7) 3. Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior) (NES/Famicom) - 251 min. (#3) 4. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 190 min. (#8) 5. Sword of Vermilion (Genesis) - 180 min. 6. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES/Famicom) - 177 min. 7. Dark Cavern (Atari 2600) - 104 min. 8. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 103 min. (#9) 9. Thunder Force V (Sega Saturn) - 96 min. 10. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 85 min. Pre-NES top 10: 1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 190 min. (PN#3) 2. Dark Cavern (Atari 2600) - 104 min. 3. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 103 min. (PN#4) 4. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 85 min. 5. Pengo (Atari 8-bit) - 60 min. 6. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 57 min. 6. Seaquest (Atari 8-bit) - 57 min. (PN#2) 8. Jr. Pac-Man (Arcade) - 43 min. (PN#1) 9. Beamrider (Atari 8-bit) - 42 min. 10. Dig Dug (Atari 2600) - 38 min. Top 10 systems: 1. Atari 2600 (912) (#3) 2. NES/Famicom (453) (#5) 3. PC (Windows 95/98) (394) (#1) 4. PlayStation (326) (#7) 5. Atari 8-bit (316) (#2) 6. Genesis (283) (#8) 7. Sega Saturn (147) (#9) 8. Arcade (127) (#4) 8. Game Boy (127) 10. SNES (100) One Diablo down, the other Diablo advancing into first place with Epidemic in strong second. Likewise, Solar Fox with some ease brings home the pre-NES title ahead of Dark Cavern and Kaboom!. With Atari 2600 in 6 of 10 positions on the pre-NES list, it also becomes the most played system. No new entries to the 1000, 5000, 10000 minute clubs, though 32 games are within 50 minutes from the 1000: Atari 2600: 9 games PlayStation: 4 games Arcade, Genesis: 3 games each NES/Famicom, TI-99/4A: 2 games each Atari 8-bit, C64, Intellivision, Mac OS Classic, NEC PC-9801, PC Windows 95/98, Master System, Saturn, VIC-20: 1 game each (exactly which games are left as an exercise or surprise) 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 41 minutes ago, carlsson said: Here's the summary for Week 35, running from August 30 - Sept 5. We logged 3498 minutes of eligible play, playing 115 games on a total of 17 systems. Top 10: 1. Diablo: Hellfire (PC (Windows 95/98)) - 394 min. (#2) 2. Epidemic (PlayStation) - 311 min. (#7) 3. Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior) (NES/Famicom) - 251 min. (#3) 4. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 190 min. (#8) 5. Sword of Vermilion (Genesis) - 180 min. 6. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES/Famicom) - 177 min. 7. Dark Cavern (Atari 2600) - 104 min. 8. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 103 min. (#9) 9. Thunder Force V (Sega Saturn) - 96 min. 10. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 85 min. Pre-NES top 10: 1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 190 min. (PN#3) 2. Dark Cavern (Atari 2600) - 104 min. 3. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 103 min. (PN#4) 4. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 85 min. 5. Pengo (Atari 8-bit) - 60 min. 6. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 57 min. 6. Seaquest (Atari 8-bit) - 57 min. (PN#2) 8. Jr. Pac-Man (Arcade) - 43 min. (PN#1) 9. Beamrider (Atari 8-bit) - 42 min. 10. Dig Dug (Atari 2600) - 38 min. Top 10 systems: 1. Atari 2600 (912) (#3) 2. NES/Famicom (453) (#5) 3. PC (Windows 95/98) (394) (#1) 4. PlayStation (326) (#7) 5. Atari 8-bit (316) (#2) 6. Genesis (283) (#8) 7. Sega Saturn (147) (#9) 8. Arcade (127) (#4) 8. Game Boy (127) 10. SNES (100) One Diablo down, the other Diablo advancing into first place with Epidemic in strong second. Likewise, Solar Fox with some ease brings home the pre-NES title ahead of Dark Cavern and Kaboom!. With Atari 2600 in 6 of 10 positions on the pre-NES list, it also becomes the most played system. No new entries to the 1000, 5000, 10000 minute clubs, though 32 games are within 50 minutes from the 1000: Atari 2600: 9 games PlayStation: 4 games Arcade, Genesis: 3 games each NES/Famicom, TI-99/4A: 2 games each Atari 8-bit, C64, Intellivision, Mac OS Classic, NEC PC-9801, PC Windows 95/98, Master System, Saturn, VIC-20: 1 game each (exactly which games are left as an exercise or surprise) Of course it will go on the Modern tracker, but I fully expect at the end of the month to start seeing Diablo 2 times posted for the remaster. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, digdugnate said: Of course it will go on the Modern tracker, but I fully expect at the end of the month to start seeing Diablo 2 times posted for the remaster. Actually after Hellfire I plan on ignoring the remaster and playing the original standalone of II, then again with Lord of Destruction added. I think after that, Darkstone will be my next hack n slash as long as I can get it working. Original Diablo II is still modern though because it came out in 2000. You know what else is crazy? All my time spent on Hellfire this week was done in 1 session. I posted the over 6 hour video on youtube just now. Edited September 8, 2021 by TheGameCollector 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Are there any Game Gear games in the thousand minute club? I am pretty sure I have spent a thousand minutes of my life being humilitatingly taken apart in Shining Force… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) Yes, one game. The top 10 on Game Gear looks like this: 1. The Chessmaster - 1451 min. 2. Sonic Triple Trouble - 611 min. 3. Shining Force Gaiden: The Final Conflict - 480 min. 4. Sonic the Hedgehog - 438 min. 5. Tails Adventure - 384 min. 6. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 269 min. 7. Sonic Chaos - 248 min. 8. Sonic Blast - 213 min. 9. Pac-Man - 210 min. 10. GG Aleste 3 - 200 min. In total, 151 titles have been tracked for the Game Gear. The stats for 2021 only are a little different: 1. GG Aleste 3 - 160 min. 2. Bust-a-Move (Puzzle Bobble) - 130 min. 2. Ernie Els Golf - 130 min. 2. GG Aleste - 130 min. 5. Panzer Dragoon Mini - 110 min. 6. Tempo Jr. - 75 min. 7. GG Aleste II - 70 min. 8. The Chessmaster - 60 min. 8. CJ Elephant Fugitive - 60 min. 8. Out Run - 60 min. 8. Puzzle & Action Tant-R - 60 min. 8. Sylvan Tale - 60 min. 8. Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - 60 min. Edited September 9, 2021 by carlsson 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Hahahah, that 2021 looks suspiciously like my reports combined with @Steven Pendleton’s shmup adventures I gotta know who is a fiend for GG Chessmaster! The all time list is very respectable with the exception of Sonic Blast. I’m fascinated to know what led somebody to the point of spending hundreds of minutes on it. I’m also very curious to know how many minutes that person spent on the Tiger game.com “port” of Sonic Jam. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 If it's chess, it's probably me. I've been slowly trying to beat all the console chess games, at least up through the 16-bit era (though I've done some 32-bit games as well), and GG Chessmaster was one of my victims. I posted the win here, and here's an animated GIF of the game (I have the Black pieces): 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 It plays a lot better at that difficulty than it does at the default! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 ATARI 2600: Fireball (for HSC Paper Medal Semifinals) - 10 minutes ATARI 8-BIT: Asteroids - 65 minutes Basic Burger (for HSC) - 60 minutes Beef Drop (for HSC) - 40 minutes Burger Boy (for HSC) - 20 minutes Pac-Man Arcade (TEP392) - 15 minutes Q*Bert - 2 minutes Vanguard - 10 minutes EVIDENCES OF THE WEEK: More Atari 8-Bit gameplay footages 1) Beef Drop Normal - 219,150 points 2) Asteroids Default - 67,860 points 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Total Annihilation is here! I forgot that I have that game, but then I opened GOG and saw it there and wondered what the hell was wrong with me for not playing it for like 2 decades, so I decided to solve that problem. Saturn Thunder Force AC - 9 Thunder Force II MD - 68 Thunder Force III - 30 Thunder Force V - 30 Dreamcast Ikaruga - 17 Arcade Space Harrier - 5 Apparently I decided to be super terrible at Space Harrier for whatever reason and got a game over on the first stage. Restarted and got a game over on the second stage. This typically doesn't happen... PC Total Annihilation - 364 I am honestly quite surprised to see that it looks like nobody has ever tracked this game before, especially since it remains easily one of the best strategy games ever made. I'm playing this with all of the expansions. Should I specifically note that and track it as Total Annihilation + The Core Contingency + Battle Tactics? I was leaving Galactic Battlegrounds Saga as Galactic Battlegrounds Saga since it actually got a release under that title, but I'm not quite sure what to do here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) Here are my times: Atari 2600 Joust- 1 1/2 minutes Amidar- 5 minutes Tapper- 8 1/2 minutes Frogger- 3 minutes Lock n' Chase- 9 minutes Klax- 2 minutes Fast Food- 4 minutes Ms. Pac Man- 10 minutes Spiderman- 3 minutes Time Pilot- 2 minutes Star Wars: Empire strikes back- 5 minutes Tron: Deadly discs- 4 minutes Game boy: Megaman: Dr. Wily's Revenge- 16 minutes Klax- 8 1/2 minutes SEGA Master System: Dynamite Dux- 3 minutes Fantasy Zone- 4 1/2 minutes Edited September 12, 2021 by Prosystemsearch minor edits 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Atari 2600 Astroblast 32 Baseball by Sears Eggomania 239 Kaboom 42 Solar Fox 63 Mostly a paddle week as I gave them a good cleaning. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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