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dsheinem wrote:Let's see some stats and a picture Everyone should do it!

I am at 91 games beaten this year. 100 was the goal.

I wonder if I could do it. I have just under 24 hours right now...

Flashback -snes

There is a thread about "atmospheric" games. Although every game is atmospheric by nature, Flashback does a great job at placing you in another world. I'm still fascinated with the games animation and sound (and lack of sound as well), and it's one of those games I seem to at least once every year.

I beat Mario vs DK today, but I'm getting ready to go out for New Year's. Expect stats and whatnot tomorrow!

1/11 Guardian Heroes (SAT)
1/14 Sonic Adventure (GCN)
1/17 Marvel vs Capcom 2 (DC)
1/17 X-Men vs Street Fighter (SAT)
1/22 Dragon Ball Z Budokai (GCN)
1/24 Street Fighter III - The New Generation (DC)
1/24 Street Fighter Alpha 3 (DC)
1/25 Mega Man X (GCN)
1/26 Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure (GBA)
1/31 Tatsunoko vs Capcom (Wii)
2/1 Megaman X2 (GCN)
2/2 Marvel vs Capcom (DC)
2/3 Megaman X3 (GCN)
2/3 Megaman X4 (GCN)
2/4 Megaman X5 (GCN)
2/5 Megaman X6 (GCN)
2/7 Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow (PS2)
2/8 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (DC)
2/9 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams (PS2)
2/9 The King of Fighters XI (PS2)
2/11 The King of Fighters '99 Dream Match (DC)
2/13 SNK Gals Fighter (NGPC)
2/16 The King of Fighters '98 (Wii)
2/17 The King of Fighters '96 (Wii)
2/17 Metal Slug (Wii)
2/17 Metal Slug 2 (Wii)
2/18 SNK vs Capcom: The Match of the Millennium (NGPC)
2/19 The King of Fighters '97 (Wii)
2/19 Street Fighter II' (Wii / VC)
2/22 Metal Slug 3 (Wii)
2/25 Super Street Fighter IV (PS3)
2/27 Capcom vs SNK 2 (DC)
2/27 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
3/3 Mega Man II (GB)
3/5 Super Street Fighter II: HD Remix (PS3)
3/6 Mega Man III (GB)
3/11 Mega Man IV (GB)
3/13 Mega Man: Powered Up! (PSP)
3/14 Garou: Mark of the Wolves (DC)
3/15 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter EX 3 (PS2)
3/15 Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (PS2)
3/16 The King of Fighters R2 (NGPC)
3/16 Project Justice: Rival Schools (DC)
3/17 Capcom Fighting Evolution (PS2)
3/20 Zone of the Enders (PS2)
3/21 P.N.03 (GCN)
3/21 Super Puzzle Fighter II (GBA)
3/27 Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (3DS)
4/10 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (GCN)
4/28 Vampire Savior (SAT)
5/3 Advance Guardian Heroes (GBA)
5/7 Virtua Fighter Kids (SAT)
5/12 Soul Calibur II (GCN)
5/13 Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA)
5/14 Dead or Alive 2 (DC)
5/14 Gigawing (DC)
5/15 Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (Wii)
5/23 Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (NGPC)
5/24 Mega Man 8 (SAT)
5/27 Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
6/4 Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (GB)
6/18 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
6/20 Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3)
6/20 Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SAT)
6/20 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams (GBC)
7/10 Kodou Senshi Gundam (SAT)
7/10 Super Mario Land (GB)
7/16 Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (Wii)
7/18 NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii)
7/25 Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter (SAT)
7/26 Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team (XBLA)
7/27 The King of Dragons (PS2)
7/31 Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
8/2 The King of Fighters '99 Evolution (DC)
8/2 Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing (Wii)
8/6 Sonic Advance (GBA)
8/13 House of the Dead: OverKill (Wii)
8/14 Rival Schools: United by Fate (PSX)
8/17 Maverick Hunter X (PSP)
8/21 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
8/22 Metroid Zero Mission (GBA)
8/26 Metroid Fusion (GBA)
8/28 Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)
9/27 Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War (PC)
11/9 Sonic Generations (PS3)
11/27 Sonic Generations (3DS)
12/30 Portal 2 (PC)
12/31 Megaman (PS2)

The original Megaman...what more can you say? Good music, sloppy game play, and insanely hard.

I finished inFamous 2 last night. I liked it, but for several reasons it is not as good as the first. The story and atmosphere seemed like the typical videogame fare, whereas the first felt like a comic book. The game want overboard with the super-big-frustrating-to-kill enemies, to the point that I started skipping any optional missions that featured them. And the game seemed more glitchy overall. Still, a fun game, and for once t had an ending that didn't scream "Buy the sequel next year!"

Flake wrote:12/31 Megaman (PS2)

The original Megaman...what more can you say? Good music, sloppy game play, and insanely hard.

MM 1 is def my least favorite of the series. i always hear people say how hard this game is, but i never thought it was hard at all.

final fight cd wrote:

Flake wrote:12/31 Megaman (PS2)

The original Megaman...what more can you say? Good music, sloppy game play, and insanely hard.

MM 1 is def my least favorite of the series. i always hear people say how hard this game is, but i never thought it was hard at all.

I've personally never touched that one, but my younger brother who used to own it said the same thing.

Final Update:

1/11 Guardian Heroes (SAT)
1/14 Sonic Adventure (GCN)
1/17 Marvel vs Capcom 2 (DC)
1/17 X-Men vs Street Fighter (SAT)
1/22 Dragon Ball Z Budokai (GCN)
1/24 Street Fighter III - The New Generation (DC)
1/24 Street Fighter Alpha 3 (DC)
1/25 Mega Man X (GCN)
1/26 Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure (GBA)
1/31 Tatsunoko vs Capcom (Wii)
2/1 Megaman X2 (GCN)
2/2 Marvel vs Capcom (DC)
2/3 Megaman X3 (GCN)
2/3 Megaman X4 (GCN)
2/4 Megaman X5 (GCN)
2/5 Megaman X6 (GCN)
2/7 Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow (PS2)
2/8 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (DC)
2/9 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams (PS2)
2/9 The King of Fighters XI (PS2)
2/11 The King of Fighters '99 Dream Match (DC)
2/13 SNK Gals Fighter (NGPC)
2/16 The King of Fighters '98 (Wii)
2/17 The King of Fighters '96 (Wii)
2/17 Metal Slug (Wii)
2/17 Metal Slug 2 (Wii)
2/18 SNK vs Capcom: The Match of the Millennium (NGPC)
2/19 The King of Fighters '97 (Wii)
2/19 Street Fighter II' (Wii / VC)
2/22 Metal Slug 3 (Wii)
2/25 Super Street Fighter IV (PS3)
2/27 Capcom vs SNK 2 (DC)
2/27 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
3/3 Mega Man II (GB)
3/5 Super Street Fighter II: HD Remix (PS3)
3/6 Mega Man III (GB)
3/11 Mega Man IV (GB)
3/13 Mega Man: Powered Up! (PSP)
3/14 Garou: Mark of the Wolves (DC)
3/15 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS2)
3/15 Street Fighter EX 3 (PS2)
3/15 Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (PS2)
3/16 The King of Fighters R2 (NGPC)
3/16 Project Justice: Rival Schools (DC)
3/17 Capcom Fighting Evolution (PS2)
3/20 Zone of the Enders (PS2)
3/21 P.N.03 (GCN)
3/21 Super Puzzle Fighter II (GBA)
3/27 Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (3DS)
4/10 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (GCN)
4/28 Vampire Savior (SAT)
5/3 Advance Guardian Heroes (GBA)
5/7 Virtua Fighter Kids (SAT)
5/12 Soul Calibur II (GCN)
5/13 Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland (GBA)
5/14 Dead or Alive 2 (DC)
5/14 Gigawing (DC)
5/15 Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (Wii)
5/23 Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (NGPC)
5/24 Mega Man 8 (SAT)
5/27 Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
6/4 Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (GB)
6/18 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA)
6/20 Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3)
6/20 Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SAT)
6/20 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams (GBC)
7/10 Kodou Senshi Gundam (SAT)
7/10 Super Mario Land (GB)
7/16 Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (Wii)
7/18 NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii)
7/25 Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter (SAT)
7/26 Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team (XBLA)
7/27 The King of Dragons (PS2)
7/31 Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
8/2 The King of Fighters '99 Evolution (DC)
8/2 Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing (Wii)
8/6 Sonic Advance (GBA)
8/13 House of the Dead: OverKill (Wii)
8/14 Rival Schools: United by Fate (PSX)
8/17 Maverick Hunter X (PSP)
8/21 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
8/22 Metroid Zero Mission (GBA)
8/26 Metroid Fusion (GBA)
8/28 Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)
9/27 Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War (PC)
11/9 Sonic Generations (PS3)
11/27 Sonic Generations (3DS)
12/30 Portal 2 (PC)
12/31 Megaman (PS2)
12/31 NiGHTS into Dreams (SAT)

And that's that, I finish this year up with NiGHTS. Seems appropriate. This was, frankly, a fucking weird year. Looking back at the beginning of my list, I can actually remember a lot about what was going on in my life at that time. I was living essentially a totally different life: I was in college, living with my girlfriend of nearly 3 years, no clue about what I would do for work.

Now a year later: Graduated, living in a totally different town, no longer with said girl (which is both good and sad at the same time), working a job that is looking like the beginning of a career.

I started this list with the idea that it would be neat to see how many games I could beat in a year but I tapered off quite a bit when I graduated college. Instead, the list has become the closest thing to a journal I have ever kept.

1/1: Octodad PC
1/1: Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter (Co-op) PC
1/6: Something Amiss PC
1/6: Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die! PC
1/8: Donkey Kong Jr. Arcade
1/8: Frogger Arcade
1/8: Pac-Man Arcade
1/8: Smash TV (Co-op) Arcade
1/12: Achievement Unlocked PC
1/13: Achievement Unlocked 2 PC
1/15: K.O.L.M. PC
1/26: Don't Look Back PC
1/28: Flick Kick Rugby iPod Touch
2/9: Hot Throttle PC
2/10: Pokemon Puzzle Challenge Game Boy Color
2/17: The Great Gatsby NES
2/18: Tiki Totems iPod Touch
2/18: Tiki Totems 2: Valentine iPod Touch
3/10: Elephant Quest PC
4/1: Pokémon White Version Nintendo DS
4/7: Elite Beat Agents Nintendo DS
6/8: The Curse of Monkey Island PC
7/1: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Nintendo DS
7/26: Professor Layton and the Unwound Future Nintendo DS
7/27: WarioWare: Touched! Nintendo DS
8/24: SPY Fox in Dry Cereal PC
8/25: The Stanley Parable PC
12/4: Super Mario 3D Land 3DS
12/10: Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening PC
12/31: Avalanche Arcade NEW

Total: 30

Ending the year with Avalanche. You may say you can't "beat" this game. So I'm saying I beat it because my score today came out above the world record.

SO THERE.

Thirty games, way more than last year. Hopefully I can get more next year. Chances are slim, but I will definitely try!

Games Beaten by Platform:

Wii: 8 Games
Virtual Console: 8 Games
Gamecube: 3 Games
Nintendo 64: 1 Game
Super Nintendo: 1 Game
NES: 1 Game
3DS: 7 Games
3DS Virtual Console: 6 Games
DS: 7 Games
Game Boy Advance: 3 Games
e-Reader: 1 Game
Game Boy Colour: 3 Games
Game Boy: 3 Game
Saturn: 6 Games
Mega Drive: 1 Game
Master System: 3 Games
Playstation: 2 Games
Turbografx: 1 Game
NGPC: 3 Games
PC: 11 Games (2 episodic games)

Consoles I didn't beat any games on:
Wiiware
3DS Download
DSiWare
Dreamcast
Playstation 2
Virtual Boy
Pokemon Mini
Commodore 64
Amiga
Xbox
Game Gear

Modern Games Beaten (Wii, 3DS, DS, Wiiware, 3DS DL, DSiWare): 22 games
Retro Games Beaten (inc. Virtual Console):45
Not sure where my PC games fit in.

Physical Games Beaten: 64
Download Games Beaten: 14

Home Console Games beaten: 45
Portable Games beaten: 33