Games Beaten: 2010

[Luke]

GHOSTBUSTERS the Video Game 360
Super Mario Bros. NES
Contra Rebirth WiiWare
TetrisGameboy (*5)
Star Wars Force Unleashed 360
Street Fighter II T.E 360 arcade
Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis
Contra NES (x2)
THPS Play Station
Ninja Gaiden NES
Blaster Master Overdrive WiiWare
Batman Returns SNES
Golden Axe GBA
Halo 2 XBOX
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 360
Pit-Fighter Genesis
Act Raiser snes
BATMAN Genesis
TMNT: Fall of the Foot clan Gameboy
TMNT: Back from the Sewers Gameboy
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES
StarFox (Paths 1, 2 & 3) snes
Battle Arena Toshinden Remix Saturn
Super Ghouls'N Ghosts. GBA
Final Fight One GBA
Donkey King Country GBA
DOOM GBA
Jackal NES
Bionic Commando NES
Duck Tales NES
Duck Tales 2 Game Boy
BATMAN NES
Super STAR WARS snes
Super Empire Strikes Back snes
Super Return of the Jedi snes
7/2/2010 Crossword Puzzle New York Times
Disney's Aladdin snes
Altered Beast Genesis
Streets of Rage 2 Genesis
Super C NES
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas PC
Ultimate Spider-Man PC
Batman Arkham Asylum 360
Golden Axe new (kind of) Genesis
Golden Axe 2 Genesis
Streets of Rage Genesis
Beetlejuice NES
Ikari Warriors NES
Duck Tales Gameboy
Castlevania Curse of Darkness new! xbox

Well that took about for fucking ever. This wasn't easy, and it took an ass load of leveling up to beat Dracula, whose patterns aren't hard to learn, but his attacks are devastating. Now I can finally move on to another game. I think I beat the game right around the 12 hour mark, which sounds about right for the new installments in Castlevania games.

Fun game, silly ending, but you get unlockables too.

[jfe2]

First 81 games
Super Quick Hook - iPhone
Monster Mayhem - iPhone
Metroid: Other M - Wii
Dead Space: Extraction - Wii
Plants vs. Zombies - iPhone
King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing - Arcade
Deathsmiles - 360
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (HotD 2) - Wii
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (HotD 3) - Wii
House of the Dead: Overkill - Wii
Sonic 4: Episode 1 - iPhone
Angry Birds Halloween - iPhone
Bit. Trip Beat - iPhone
Cut the Rope - iPhone
Super Meat Boy - XBLA
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - 360
Shank - XBLA
Halo: Reach - 360
Baseball Superstars 2010 - iPhone
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game - XBLA *new*
Donkey Kong '94 - Gameboy *new*
TOTAL: 102

I was on track for something close to 120 games finished by the end of the year, but I think I'm starting to grind to a halt. I've spent a lot of time playing Fallout 3 right now, and am just about at level 10. I just finished Operation Anchorage, am one quest away from finishing the Wasteland Survival Guide, and just made it to Three Dog to ask about pops. Sunk a ton of hours into it already! I'm also playing Phoenix Wright on my iPhone, but at a pretty leisurely pace. I just started the Steel Samurai case, and I'm really not sure how far into it I am at this point.

Scott Pilgrim is probably my favorite beat 'em up of all time. I managed to max out Scott's stats before beating the game, and when the DLC hits I may play through again as Knives.

Donkey Kong '94 is hidden gem in the truest sense. Sure, people that frequent a place like this may have already known about it, but your average gamer probably has no idea just how good this game is. Forget everything you know about Donkey Kong and PLAY THIS GAME. It is one of the most entertaining platformers I've ever played!

[dsheinem]

January - June: 50 games (click for titles and stats)
Angry Birds -iPhone
Deathsmiles - 360
Bonk's Adventure - PCE
Halo: ODST - 360
Need For Speed: Undercover -iPhone
Dante's Inferno -PS3
BlazBlu: Calamaity Trigger -PS3
Space Invaders: Infinity Gene -iPhone
Ridge Racer - PS1
Tiki Totems - iPhone
Fallout 3 - PS3
Cyvern - The Dragon Weapons - MAME
DoDonPachi Resurrection - iPhone
Battlefield Bad Company 2 - PS3
Cameltry - PSP/Arcade (Taito Collection)
Psyvariar - PS2
Alien vs. Predator - Arcade (MAME)
Halo: Reach - 360
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee - XBOX
King of the Monsters - PS2/Arcade (SNK Arcade Classics)
Haunted House - Atari 2600
Soul Calibur IV -PS3
Mutant League Football - Genesis
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ - DS
Peggle - iPhone
Resistance Retribution - PSP *new*
God of War: Ghost of Sparta -PSP *new*
Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game -PSP/Arcade (Capcom Classics Remixed) *new*

Total: 78

Resistance Retribution and God of War: Ghost of Sparta are easily two of the best portable games I've ever played and are amongst the best titles available for the PSP. Both really squeeze a lot of gameplay (around 8-10 hours or so each in length) into a little UMD, look gorgeous, tell an engaging story, and control quite well given the PSP's limited scheme. I know the PSP doesn't get much love around here, but these are two of the best action games of the past couple years on ANY platform. The last battle in Sparta is one of the more memorable in the series, which is really saying something...

Quiz & Dragons was an odd mix of an RPG (of sorts) and a Quiz game. Much of the trivia I actually knew (stuff about literature, history, movies, and sports especially), but some of it caught me off guard (70s/80s TV, outdated answers, etc.). Still, it was a nice way to kill a few hours one morning.

[noiseredux]

Donkey Kong '94 is hidden gem in the truest sense. Sure, people that frequent a place like this may have already known about it, but your average gamer probably has no idea just how good this game is. Forget everything you know about Donkey Kong and PLAY THIS GAME. It is one of the most entertaining platformers I've ever played!

agreed. I absolutely LOVE how they start the game with the original DK levels. I can only imagine it totally shocked people when those 4 ended and suddenly you were presented with this gigantic and brilliant game of 100 levels. So awesome.

[noiseredux]

Quiz & Dragons was an odd mix of an RPG (of sorts) and a Quiz game. Much of the trivia I actually knew (stuff about literature, history, movies, and sports especially), but some of it caught me off guard (70s/80s TV, outdated answers, etc.). Still, it was a nice way to kill a few hours one morning.

OMG when I had my PSP I use to kill time on this all the time! Though yeah, it can be beat way too quickly. Anyway, super unique.

[noiseredux]

1. Phantasy Star (GBA)
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall Of The Foot Clan (GB)
3. Super Mario Bros. 2 (GBA)
4. OutRun (GBA)
5. Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival (GBA)
6. Mortal Kombat II (GB)
7. Viper Phase I (arcade)
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time (SNES)
9. Godzilla: Domination (GBA)
10. Iridion II (GBA)
11. Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers (GBC)
12. Trax (GB)
13. Super Mario World (GBA)
14. Super Puzzle Fighter II

^still my favorite puzzle game. When I say I "beat" it, I'm referring to the Arcade Mode, which I've beat at least 3 times in the past. But yeah... I love this game. Never tire of it. It's just so perfect. I always use Chun-Li, only because that's who I always use in Street Fighter II.

[sevin0seven]

8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time (SNES)

just curious, did you beat it on one player or two?

[noiseredux]

8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time (SNES)

just curious, did you beat it on one player or two?

two. My wife and I beat it co-op. The only game I didn't beat alone this year. Which she reminds me of every time I update this list.

Why do you ask my friend?

[sevin0seven]

8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time (SNES)

just curious, did you beat it on one player or two?

two. My wife and I beat it co-op. The only game I didn't beat alone this year. Which she reminds me of every time I update this list.

Why do you ask my friend?

i thought so...my friend.

[noiseredux]

i thought so...my friend.

nicely played.