Kurt_Woloch Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 (edited) OK, here's my gaming time for this week... I'll add some commentary to some of the games this time. Bump 'n' Jump (2600) 162 minutes (pretty good conversion for 2600 standards) Robotron: 2084 (TI-99, emulated in MESS) 79 minutes (good conversion too, but noticeably works with character graphics and is a bit different from the original) Moonsweeper (2600) 13 minutes (turned out harder than I thought it would be) Burnin' Rubber (Arcade, emulated in MAME) 10 minutes (for comparison to the 2600 version - same game as Bump 'n' Jump... seems pretty hard!) Spongebob Jellyfishing (2600) 5 minutes (Batari Basic game) Spongebob Pixelpants (2600) 5 minutes (another Batari Basic game) Pacman 4K (2600) 4 minutes (for comparison of the changed sound routine) Earth 2050 (2600) 3 minutes (looks pretty good, but the enemy movement seems a little illogical) Total classic gaming time... 281 minutes (40 minutes per day) Edited December 14, 2008 by Kurt_Woloch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 OK, since you do list coin-ops... I noticed that my "Dino eggs" on an emulated Apple II in the first week wasn't listed, although it was over 2 hours, and 2 hours was the cut-off for that week. And later on, you did list C-64 games. I think the Apple II is about as old as the C-64, if not older, so that game should be listed too. And according to Wikipedia, that game was already released in 1983, so it also qualifies for "7800 or earlier"... and the 7800 actually was released much later. I agree. Originally I was thinking that I would limit this to classic consoles but I find it fascinating to see what everyone is playing and I didn't anticipate all of the different systems so the approved list has expanded. I apologize for leaving Dino Eggs out during week 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Toss in another 5 minutes of Jungle Hunt. That game is becoming a favorite of mine...I just need to practice my jumps a little more, especially on the 2nd go through. ...and another 40 minutes of Zombie Chase. He is gonna have a hard time adding all the games up this week as it seems ALOT of people are playing ALOT of games! Wp A lot of people playing a bunch of games but for shorter bursts of time. There are more posts this week but we haven't played anywhere near as many minutes as last week. I'm going downstairs to see if I can get the 7800 to fire up (it quit working a couple of days ago) in a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayton Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Before I forget: Jungle Hunt - 15 minutes SWOOPS! - 15-20 minutes Reindeer Rescue - 10 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 Got the atari working . I think one of the kids flipped the channel switch on the bottom of the unit Played Kaboom! for 60 minutes and Galaga (7800) for 25 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayton Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Add about 1 hour 10 minutes to Spider Fighter. Yay for a new personal high of 323,090. My poor thumb! Next time, I'm using a QuickShot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 10 minutes of B!nQ (7800) and 15 minutes of Pac-man Collection (7800). Both games are very impressive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight magicman Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 7800 Food Fight - 180 min Dragster - 90 min Frogs & Flies - 45 min Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Another 2,334 minutes of pure gaming bliss! Lots of new games played again this week. We've logged 231 different games in the past 8 weeks. Here is the Week 8 Top 10 1. Kaboom (2600) 395 minutes 2. Man Goes Down (2600) 380 3. Food Fight (7800) 180 4. Bump N Jump (2600) 177 5. Lead (2600) 150 6. Zombie Chase (2600) 130 7. Dragster (2600) 90 8. Robotron 2084 (TI-99) 79 9. Spider Fighter (2600) 70 10. Solar Fox (2600) 60 At the year end I'll also include a Top 10 for 2008 (since we've been tracking). 2008 leader is Pitfall with 1,792 minutes logged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 This week: All 2600 Games Zombie Chase 120 minutes Man Goes Down 90 Minutes Fall Down 90 Minutes Cave In 80 minutes Hack 'Em 60 minutes Cabbage Patch Kids AIP 40 minutes Circus Galacticus 35 minutes Space Invaders Deluxe 30 minutes Jack and the Beanstalk 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 Lots of gaming last night... 2600: Kaboom 90 minutes Toyshop Trouble 45 minutes Breakout 25 minutes Stay Frosty 20 minutes Berzerk 5 minutes Berzerk Voice Enhanced 5 minutes 7800: Pacman Collection 10 minutes BinQ 10 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 This week, December 14th to the 20th, I played Kaboom! for 2 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Add: For Atari 2600 45 more minutes of Cave In 35 more minutes of Cabbage Patch Kids AIP 15 minutes Jack and the Beanstalk 15 minutes Circus Galacticus 15 minutes Pitfall II For NES Double Dragon 20 minutes Super Mario Brothers 35 minutes I ask for the mods to pin this thread so it will always be easy to find. Wp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 For my final report of the week add up 50 more minutes of Jack and The Beanstalk. Wp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 (edited) Here's my playing time for this week: Toyshop Trouble (2600) 283 minutes (pretty good and addictive game) Omicron (2600) 92 minutes (very short games, but many tries) Carnival (Arcade) 40 minutes (got interrupted by a research company, this is net playing time) Burger Time (Arcade) 23 minutes (for a change, I like to play this once in a while. Didn't make the 6th screen this time.) Jack and the beanstalk (2600) 21 minutes (pretty well done, though it's coded in Batari Basic, and Level 2 is still in the works) Earth 2050 (2600) 10 minutes (Tried this once again) Burnin' Rubber (Arcade) 7 minutes (trying to get farther than on first try by going slower) Space Tunnel (2600) 3 minutes (to compare it to Earth 2050, which definitely is a hack of it) Total playing time: 479 minutes (68 minutes per day) All 2600 games emulated in Stella, all arcade games emulated in MAME. Edited December 21, 2008 by Kurt_Woloch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 This upcoming week should be interesting with so many of us off work. Wp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1982VideoGames Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Just finished playing 1/2 hour of Starmaster (Levels II and III) Also recently, 1 hour of Food Fight (7800) 1/2 hour of Donkey Kong (800XL) 1/2 hour of Demon Attack (2600) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 A little late but here's the Week 9 Top 10. This week's Top Ten is dominated by the 2600 and especially homebrews! 1. Toyshop Trouble (2600) 328 minutes 2. Kaboom! (2600) 210 3. Cave In (2600) 125 4. Zombie Chase (2600) 120 5. Jack and the Beanstalk (2600) 106 6. Omicron (2600) 92 7. Fall Down (2600) 90 7. Man Goes Down (2600) 90 9. Cabbage Patch Kids (2600) 90 10. Hack Em (2600) 60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 (edited) Our 2600 is continuing to gets lots of attention this week. Last night's gameplay... Kaboom 115 minutes Circus Atari 20 minutes Medieval Mayhem 35 minutes - very impresive! This takes Warlords to a whole new level. I do have a question concerning multi-player games. We had 4 people (including Grandma) playing Medival Mayhem for 35 minutes. Would you count that as 35 minutes of gameplay or 140 minutes of gameplay. I only listed 35 but each person could separately report 35 minutes and be correct. I certainly wouldn't be opposed to multiplying the number of minutes by the number of players for simultaneous gameplay. What do you think? (edited for a typo) Edited December 24, 2008 by cvga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 (edited) Our 2600 is continuing to gets lots of attention this week. As is mine now that I am finished Christmas shopping My Week 10 so far.. Atari 2600: Jack and The Beanstalk (W.I.P.) 90 minutes Cave In 60 minutes Circus Galacticus 40 minutes Cabbage Patch Kids 30 minutes Zombie Chase 30 minutes Famicom: (via pirated multi-carts) Challenger 80 minutes Front Line 40 minutes Mappy 40 minutes Nuts and Milk 35 minutes Devil World 35 minutes Spartan- X 30 minutes Warp-Man 15 minutes Urban Champion 12 minutes Edited December 24, 2008 by sandmountainslim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Add 45 minutes of Excitebike for the Famicom. That is one of those addictive games which is hard to stop playing once you start. Wp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sysbase Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 (edited) 2 hrs of Pitfall. Edited December 24, 2008 by Sysbase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight magicman Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Forgot to chime in last week i think. Dragster - 300 min Food Fight 7800 - 120 min Space Duel 7800 - 40 min Asteroids Deluxe 7800 - 30 min Frogs & Flies - 45 min Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Another 150 minutes of Kaboom. My 9 year old can now score over 2,000 and my 13 year old is up to almost 4,000! They can't get enough of this game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Add another 35 minutes of Jack and the Beanstalk and 30 minutes of Pitfall for the 2600 and another 30 minutes of Excitebike and 20 minutes of Mappy for the Famicom. Wp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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