Ransom Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 All Colecovision so far today: Venture: 30 minutes Time Pilot: 10 minutes Pepper II: 10 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 OK, here are my times for this past week: This time I played a whole bunch of classic games: Q*Bert (TI-99) 161 minutes in 4 sessions Turtles (Arcade) 149 minutes in 3 sessions DKInty (Intellivision) 63 minutes in 2 sessions BurgerTime (Intellivision) 55 minutes Q*Bert (Arcade) 27 minutes Frogger (TI-99) 13 minutes Tetris (Arcade, version by Atari Games) 11 minutes Springer (TI-99) 10 minutes Miner 2049'er (TI-99) 9 minutes Pooyan (Arcade) 8 minutes Popeye (TI-99) 6 minutes Amidar (Arcade) 3 minutes As for non-classic games, I tried a few Javascript games (non-eligible for the Top 10): Super Mario Bros in 14k Javascript (Javascript game) 7 minutes Flatland (Javascript game) 6 minutes Javascript Super Mario Kart (Javascript game) 1 minutes Some commentary: I extensively played the TI-99 version of Q*Bert this week. This version has an annoying "feature": if you are on the 2nd cube row from the top, you may experience instant death from a falling object which gets placed without a warning and is instantly deadly. You don't even see the object because it disappears instantly, you just see your swearing bubble (and no, speech is not supported although it could have been). This even is able to happen just a split second after a new round has started. Still I made a score of about 99000 points in Level 5, round 2 when I got somehow confused by all the different colors and flashing discs on screen. I continued to play Turtles despite just having beaten it. I didn't manage to do that again, however, but I still enjoy avoiding enemy turtles and leading them around in circles. I think I'll try some of the ports of this game put out by Entex and Philips/Magnavox next. Thank you again for posting the ROM for DKInty! It is truly well done, although the background graphics don't show that much improvement over the Coleco version. And I actually had to laugh when I heard how closely the sounds are ported from the Colecovision version (not from the arcade!). By now I completed all four screens, and it's true that it has got some slowdowns, but so has the TI-99 version by Atarisoft. Oh, and Mario also looks very good... Coleco really butchered that sprite on their Intellivision version, when they actually put a pretty good representation of him into the Atari 2600 version (or was it maybe Mr. Kitchen who changed the sprite and didn't use the sprite as given to him by Coleco?) Then I played BurgerTime again on the Intellivision after it was mentioned here... nothing special to report here, although the levels could have been done closer to the arcade. I also played the arcade version of Q*Bert for a comparison, and it really seems to have a far more generous collision detection than the TI-99 version. Frogger continues to be a very good port on the TI-99. It's amazing how well they were able to pull it off, especially compared to Konami's lame MSX version. The only compromise to the slower speed of the TI is that it doesn't include the in-game music the Colecovision version has. Today I played a round of Tetris after trying out a Tetris game that plays itself using sophisiticated AI. I also watched some videos showing self-playing AI for Ms. Pac-Man yesterday. Actually I would like to write something like this for Centipede or Turtles, but I doubt I'll find the time for that. "Springer" and "Miner 2049er" are both TI99 games by Tigervision, and it's amazing how low the framerate on some of the objects in those games is. Popeye is relatively well done, and the background graphics even surpass the arcade original in some places, having a higher resolution (look at the windows in Level 2!). To round things off, I played Amidar and Pooyan again, but didn't get very far there. Then I tried some Javascript games, but I didn't play them for too long. Since my current project at work deals with designing a web application, it's always interesting looking into what other programmers do in that respect. Super Mario Bros, however, doesn't quite work on my PC... the sprites and objects all look garbled. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Tempest (2600) - 5 minutes Xevious (2600) - 10 minutes Holey Moley (2600) - 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taskmaster99 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Genesis ---------- Streets of Rage 3 - 30 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 We're closing in on 125 different titles and 5,000 minutes again this week! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWI Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 For today: Intellivision Ladybug - 63 minutes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 NES Super Mario Bros. 20 mins Arcade Galaga 230 mins Juno First 5 mins Joust 5 mins Joust II 105 mins Lock N Chase 5 mins Q*bert 3 mins Star Castle 3 mins Reactor 60 mins Pepper II 40 mins Super Mario Bros. 5 mins Donkey Kong 5 mins Spiders 3 mins Tail Gunner 5 mins Galaga '88 5 mins Star Force 7 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taskmaster99 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 2600 -------- Millipede - 10 min. Genesis ---------- Streets of Rage 3 - 20 min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Frenzy (Colecovision): 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Snyder Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 (edited) Genesis - Castlevania: Bloodlines - 21 min. Herzog Zwei: 180 min. So just how fun is a game that's frickin' impossible? Not very, as it turns out... Apparently, I suck at RTS. Who knew? Edited March 1, 2010 by Kris Snyder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWI Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 TurboGrafx 16 Bonk's Adventure - 17 minutes - I was really off tonight. Died twice before the first boss. That never happens. Super Nintendo Super Ghouls and Ghosts - 22 minutes - I have this game for NES, Genesis and SNES. This version is by far the hardest. I didn't even make it to the first boss. Genesis Phantasy Star 4 - 35 minutes - Made a run at the second encounter with Dark Force. It did not go well since he wiped me in about 5 rounds. I did spend a lot of time wandering through the dungeon and I wasn't fully healed up when I got to him. Even if I was I may have bought myself another 3 rounds, probably not enough to beat him. NBA Jam Tournament Edition - 30 minutes - Got this at a thrift store a few weeks ago. Not much different than the regular NBA Jam I have. Only difference is I never won a game. Starflight - 41 minutes - I loved this game back in the early 90s. Something about just wandering around, collecting information, lifeforms and precious metals that was quite a change from the other games that were out. I'm a bit upset that when I had the game originally it included the hint book. When I went off to college I sold a lot of the games I had including this one. So when I bought it again at some "Going Out of Business" sale at a local video rental place, all I got was the box and cart. No instructions or hint book. They're online, but having that old book would be nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 X-men (NES) 1 hour (and I made it to Magneto's Lair finally!) I also played 20 mins worth of Skee-ball on my phone and 1.5 hours of Red Ninja (PS2) again (that game rocks!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Ks Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Todays times. Intellivision Donkey Kong 27 mins Genesis Sonic 3 & Knuckles 90 mins Sonic the Hedgehog 2 60 mins Nintendo 64 Blast Corps. 60 mins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Times for Friday - Sunday: Intellivision: Dracula - 37 min. Pinball - 6 min. Pole Position - 2 min. Royal Dealer - 12 min. SNES: Batman Forever - 7 min. Pilotwings - 6 min. Super Tennis - 10 min. Vectrex: Heads Up Action Soccer - 2 min. Hyperchase - 3 min. Pole Position - 3 min. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Snyder Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Genesis - Herzog Zwei: 180 min. That was actually another three hours. I was determined not to let the money I spent on this one go to waste though. True, it took me six hours of experimentation to figure out what was going on, which strategies were and were not successful, etc. ... but still! I finally managed to beat the first level... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 2600: Gravitar 20min 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Picnic (2600) - 5 minutes Holey Moley (2600) - 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 This week we saw 156 games played for a total of 6,473 minutes! NES, SNES, SMS and Genesis saw lots of action this week. Here is the Top Ten for Week 8 (Season 3)... 1. Final Fantasy (NES) 675 minutes 2. Hang-On (Sega Master System) 660 3. X-men (NES) 385 4. Herzog Zwei (Genesis) 360 5. Ladybug (Intellivision) 272 6. Galaga (Arcade) 230 7. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) 213 8. Q*bert (TI-99) 161 9. Turtles (Arcade) 149 10. Canyon Bomber (Arcade) 130 11. Donkey Kong (Intellivision) 127 (since it was so close) Keep Gaming! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hang-On (Sega Master System) and Phantasy Star 4 (Genesis) join the 1,000 minute club. For the historians... Season #1 1. Pitfall (2600) Week 2 2. Man Goes Down (2600) Week 8 3. Kaboom! (2600) Week 9 4. Toyshop Trouble (2600) Week 11 Season #2 5. Adventure (2600) Week 1 6. Jack and the Beanstalk (2600) Week 2 7. Dragster (2600) Week 3 8. Park Patrol (C-64) Week 5 9. Galaxian (2600) Week 24 10. Mouse Trap (COLV) Week 25 10. Donkey Kong (2600) Week 25 12. Midnight Magic (2600) Week 27 13. Pepper II (COLV) Week 29 14. Galaga (Arcade) Week 30 15. Jr. Pac-man (7800) Week 37 16. Ms. Pac-man (2600) Week 40 17. Medieval Mayhem (2600) Week 42 Season #3 18. Missile Command (2600) Week 1 19. MisAdventure Revised (2600) Week 3 20. Centipede (TI-99) Week 4 21. Devil's Crush (Turbo Grafx) Week 5 22. Reactor (2600) Week 7 22. Final Fantasy (NES) Week 7 24. Hang-On (Sega Master System) Week8 24. Phantasy Star 4 (Genesis) Week 8 There are still 5 additional games within an hour of joining the club! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 Here's a breakdown by system for the week... 1. NES - 1,450 minutes 2. Arcade - 964 3. Genesis - 861 4. Intellivision - 856 5. Sega Master System - 660 6. Atari 2600 - 479 7. Neo Geo - 275 8. TI-99 - 259 9. Colecovision - 215 10. Nintendo 64 - 97 10. Atari 8-bit - 97 12. Atari 7800 - 80 13. SNES - 55 14. Turbo Grafx - 42 15. NGPC - 35 16. Atari 5200 - 25 17. Commodore 64 - 15 18. Vectrex - 8 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Snyder Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Genesis - Rocket Knight Adventures: 5 min. Toejam and Earl: 60 min. Altered Beast: 25 min. Sonic 2: 30 min. NES - Wizards & Warriors: 5 min. Rush 'N Attack: 10 min. I have come to the conclusion that I never have been (nor will I ever probably be) any good at the Sonic series. Meanwhile, I found that I can get my NES to actually work with a few certain games, if I'm willing to futz with the machine for a not-inconsiderable amount of time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWI Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Intellivision Ladybug - 75 minutes Tried different strategies to score more points. I had over 100k by level 6, but I took some stupid chances and lost all my Ladybugs. With my new strategy I don't get any extra lives but I maximize my points. Hopefully I can get good enough to top 200k by wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Look at me putting X-men on the map! X-men (NES) 30 mins Athena (NES) 15 mins. (yep still sucks) And a little more Red Ninja (PS2) 45 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Ks Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Todays times. Intellivision Donkey Kong 5 mins Neo Geo Pcoket Color Pac-Man 1 min (My batteries died.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taskmaster99 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 My Neo Geo is climbing!!! Must take it to the top for total World Domination Neo GEo AES --------------- World Heroes - 10 minutes (Thats about all i can do on this game....lol) Magical Drop 2 - 35 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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