rpgfaker Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 After seeing sandmountainslim's mention of Asteroids Arcade(2600) I've been playing this one. Played Berserk for 1 hour. And about 1 min and 34 seconds of Adventure (BB difficulty mode 1). Programmed Batari Basic Hummingbird in 3 hours. PS2 Rune Viking Warlord - 2 hours So how long did you play Asteroids Arcade? Asteroids Arcade 3 1/2 hours, why wasn't this the official game? Sure beats the heck out of the original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Sorry that I didn't answer earlier... the ' sign is supposed to be minutes, so that's 5 minutes for Dragster last week. I usually abbreviate "minutes" this way in my internal documents... " would be seconds then, and hours would be abbreviated "h". Anyway, here are my times for this week. Unfortunately, I've got nothing important to report since due to the warm weather all week, I went swimming instead of playing computer games nearly all week long. I only played some modern games, which aren't relevant for the Top 10... Facade (PC)... 23 minutes (this actually is an interactive drama) Silver Protect (Online game)... 14 minutes (this is an advertisement game on the Nivea home page) Crazy Taxi (PC)... 540 minutes (this is 9 hours) (yes, I know, in that kind of time I could also have played some classic games... but I didn't want to) L00ks like 5 hours as minutes is usually abbreviated with " Here are my times for this week... alas, again only one classic game among many non-classic ones: The classic game (relevant for the Top 10): Dragster (2600) 5' (HSC game) Is this equivalent to 5 minutes? I wasn't sure if ' was for hours and " for minutes or... if ' was for minutes and " for seconds either way, Kurt usually just types out the minutes so I thought he may have even meant something else completely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 This week: Beamrider Snoopy and the Red Baron Ram It King Kong NES: Archon (FREAKING HATING IT RIGHT NOW IT MUST DIE) How long? Oh, sorry. Beamrider (about 15 minutes) Snoopy and the Red Baron (20 minutes, so peaceful to play) Ram It (only about 10 minutes on a test run) King Kong (only about 10 as well on a test run) Archon (about an hour) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Well school night and its late.. but me and my brother are staying up late regardless. We were bored so I flipped power on my Atari and we played for a bit. Here is the break down Missie Command: 10 Minutes (My brother beat me, I resigned, my reflexes were lacking) Space Invaders: 10 Minutes (Did pretty well, my brother kept dieing thou forcing us to restart) Warlords: 18 Minutes (Beat my brother 6-2 in one round, it got close at some parts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Anyway, here are my times for this week. Unfortunately, I've got nothing important to report since due to the warm weather all week, I went swimming instead of playing computer games nearly all week long. Your comments remind me of the party last Saturday where I had a conversation with a couple that LOVE Galaga and can't wait to play the cabinet I restored. Anyway, we talked about modern vs. classic games and how LONG it takes to play a modern game vs. the classics. Keep in mind the classics were designed to be short to suck down quarters. Having said that, back in the day my friends and I would go to the convenient store and play some Galaga or I would be in the arcade on a Friday night BUT it didn't take time away from playing two-hand touch football, playing pick-up baseball or just riding bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Asteroids - 30 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Vanguard (2600) - 15 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Quadrun - 40 min Crystal Castles - 45 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 MissAdventure Revised - 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Played a couple hours of just Atari 2600 tonight... H.E.R.O. (Level 1) Defender (Game 7) Pitfall Super Breakout (Cavity and Progressive games) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) 2600 Fishing Derby 10 mins Ice Hockey 3 mins Space Cavern 3 mins Fast Eddie 15 mins Tutankhamen 5 mins Megamania 5 mins Phoenix 3 mins Moon Patrol 5 mins Q*bert 10 mins BerZerk VE 5 mins Stargate 3 mins Pole Position 3 mins Pressure Cooker 5 mins Blue Print 5 mins Basketball 3 mins Amidar 5 mins BattleZone 2 mins Crystal Castles 5 mins Arcade Galaga 5 mins ColecoVision Mr. Do! 20 mins Congo Bongo 5 mins Jumpman Junior 5 mins Pac-Man Plus 80 mins Ms. Pac-Man 20 mins Galaxian 15 mins NES Super Mario 2 120 mins Edited September 5, 2009 by rmaerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 MissAdventure Revised - 12 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Atari 2600: Avalanche 40 minutes KO Cruiser 25 minutes Pac-Man 8K 45 minutes Debro Pac-Man 45 minutes Boxing 20 minutes Pole Position 25 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Here are my times for this past week (August 31st through September 6th). It, again has been no good week for classic games on my end: Burger time (Arcade)... 4 minutes (and that was actually for the sake of recording the sounds into an MP3 file) And a non-classic game, again (irrelevant for the Top 10): Crazy Taxi (PC)... 262 minutes Sorry I didn't get to do more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Crazy Climber - 20 min Stellar Track - 30 min Keystone Kapers - 35 min Space Invaders - 10 min Thrust+ Platinum - 2 hours Thrust is such a good game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Super Mario Bros. (NES) - 10 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Whoops! Looks like I owe everyone a double update. Here are the Top Tens for the past two weeks. Week #35 (August 24-30) 1. Asteroids Arcade (2600) 230 minutes 2. Pac-man Plus (COLV) 255 3. Quadrun (2600) 120 4. Pac-man 8k (2600) 85 5. Debro Pac-man (2600) 80 6. Crystal Castles (2600) 75 6. H.E.R.O. (2600) 75 6. Jumper (2600) 75 9. Archon (NES) 60 9. Berzerk (2600) 60 9. Jr. Pac-man (7800) 60 9. Ms. Pac-man (COLV) 60 9. Super Mario Bros 3 (NES) 60 Week #36 (August 31 - Sept 6) 1. Thrust + Platinum (2600) 120 minutes 1. Super Mario Bros 2 (NES) 120 3. Pac-man Plus (COLV) 80 4. Crystal Castles (2600) 50 5. Pac-man 8k (2600) 45 6. Avalanche (2600) 40 6. Quadrun (2600) 40 8. Keystone Kapers (2600) 35 9. Misadventure Revised (2600) 32 10. Asteroids (2600) 30 10. Defender (2600) 30 10. H.E.R.O. (2600) 30 10. Pitfall (2600) 30 10. Stellar Track (2600) 30 10. Super Breakout (2600) 30 Over 850 games have been logged! Although week #36 was a little light, we've logged at least 1,000 minutes each week for the past 17 weeks in a row. Keep playing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 Here's the top game (and overall ranking) for each major system... Atari 2600 - Galaxian 11,244 minutes (#1) Atari 5200 - Berzerk 655 minutes (#31) Atari 7800 - Jr. Pac-man 962 minutes (#15) Atari 8-bit - DROL 282 minutes (#95) Arcade - Galaga 1,095 minutes (#13) Commodore 64 - Park Patrol 3,529 minutes (#3) Colecovision - Mouse Trap 1,635 minutes (#7) Intellivision - Burgertime 195 minutes (#143) Atari Jaguar - Tempest 2000 145 minutes (#192) NES/Famicon - Challenger 390 minutes (#62) Turbo Grafx - Galaga '90 120 minutes (#222) Vectrex - Solar Quest 100 minutes (#248) Spending just a couple of hours with your favorite game can move it into the Top 250 overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Super Mario Bros. (NES) - 15 minutes The Legend of Zelda (NES) - 160 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Are these all-time or YTD stats? Interesting that as fanatical as people are about the 5200 that the system to date can't even boast a 1,000 minute club member. And with that - BerZerk? The 2600 versions are better than the 5200 version! I think for 2010 you should move the poll over to the CLASSIC GAMING forum since it's not just about the 2600. Here's the top game (and overall ranking) for each major system... Atari 2600 - Galaxian 11,244 minutes (#1) Atari 5200 - Berzerk 655 minutes (#31) Atari 7800 - Jr. Pac-man 962 minutes (#15) Atari 8-bit - DROL 282 minutes (#95) Arcade - Galaga 1,095 minutes (#13) Commodore 64 - Park Patrol 3,529 minutes (#3) Colecovision - Mouse Trap 1,635 minutes (#7) Intellivision - Burgertime 195 minutes (#143) Atari Jaguar - Tempest 2000 145 minutes (#192) NES/Famicon - Challenger 390 minutes (#62) Turbo Grafx - Galaga '90 120 minutes (#222) Vectrex - Solar Quest 100 minutes (#248) Spending just a couple of hours with your favorite game can move it into the Top 250 overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 They are all-time stats. We have 47 weeks of stats overall. I'll provide at least a new top 100 update to celebrate our one year anniversary. Moving the 2010 thread to the classic gaming section makes sense. I think we might get more participation if we could make this thread a sticky also. Are these all-time or YTD stats? Interesting that as fanatical as people are about the 5200 that the system to date can't even boast a 1,000 minute club member. And with that - BerZerk? The 2600 versions are better than the 5200 version! I think for 2010 you should move the poll over to the CLASSIC GAMING forum since it's not just about the 2600. Here's the top game (and overall ranking) for each major system... Atari 2600 - Galaxian 11,244 minutes (#1) Atari 5200 - Berzerk 655 minutes (#31) Atari 7800 - Jr. Pac-man 962 minutes (#15) Atari 8-bit - DROL 282 minutes (#95) Arcade - Galaga 1,095 minutes (#13) Commodore 64 - Park Patrol 3,529 minutes (#3) Colecovision - Mouse Trap 1,635 minutes (#7) Intellivision - Burgertime 195 minutes (#143) Atari Jaguar - Tempest 2000 145 minutes (#192) NES/Famicon - Challenger 390 minutes (#62) Turbo Grafx - Galaga '90 120 minutes (#222) Vectrex - Solar Quest 100 minutes (#248) Spending just a couple of hours with your favorite game can move it into the Top 250 overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 2600 Jr. Pac-Man 5 mins Millipede 20 mins ColecoVision Pepper II 10 mins Super Donkey Kong Jr. 5 mins Pitstop 5 mins Zaxxon 7 mins Time Pilot 7 mins Looping 5 mins Bump N Jump 5 mins Buck Rogers 3 mins Ms. Pac-Man 55 mins Pac-Man Plus 70 mins Popeye 20 mins Tarzan 3 mins Omega Race 5 mins Jumpman Junior 5 mins Donkey Kong Jr. 5 mins Arcade LadyBug 5 mins Jr. Pac-Man 15 mins Ms. Pac-Man 30 mins Pac-Man Plus 30 mins Pepper II 30 mins Nibbler 5 mins Frogger 15 mins Bubbles 15 mins Crazy Balloon 10 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holgibo Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Video Pinball 60 min Ms.Pacman 45 min Asteroids 45 min Phoenix 20 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman jack Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Phoenix 15 minutes, Defender II 15 minutes, good times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 2600 Enduro 10 mins 7800 Jr. Pac-Man 130 mins Winter Games 2 mins Ms. Pac-Man 10 mins Vectrex Mine Storm 10 mins Arcade Ms. Pac-Man 60 mins LadyBug 10 mins Pepper II 30 mins Jr. Pac-Man 15 mins Pac-Man Plus 10 mins Make Trax 10 mins Frogger 5 mins Q*bert 5 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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