StanJr Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 sorry kids, no time for classic games lately, work has really picked up and the time I do have is being spent with the Wii and my new 55 inch TV. I'll get back into the groove soon! Fun watching everyone else, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) 2600: Kaboom 25min Pacman 20min 5200: Space Invaders 3hrs Galaxian 3.5 hrs SMS: Transbot 45min 7800: Dig Dug 10min Edited July 23, 2011 by zylon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 (edited) 2600: Kaboom 25min Pacman 20min 5200: Space Invaders 3hrs Galaxian 3.5 hrs SMS: Transbot 45min 7800: Dig Dug 10min +1 for playing Kaboom! Edited July 24, 2011 by Atarian7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-336 minutes High score of the week: 45,730 I don't know why I've been stuck in the 40's for the past few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 2600: Kaboom 25min Pacman 20min 5200: Space Invaders 3hrs Galaxian 3.5 hrs SMS: Transbot 45min 7800: Dig Dug 10min +1 for playing Kaboom! Didn't have much testing to do this week. The 5200 shootout's kept me a bit busy as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Here are my times for this past week (July 18th through 24th)... Arcade: Bosconian - 82 min. Time Pilot - 708 min. in 7 sessions Atari 2600: Boulder Dash (Demo) - 4 min. Colecovision: Steamroller - 11 min. Total playing time: 805 min. (115 min. per day) Total swimming time: 30 min. (due to bad weather) Total riding time on my Peg-Perego Corral T-Rex: 240 min. This week I had plenty of time for gaming due to bad weather and me being on vacation. First I revisited "Bosconian", but not for too long. Then I started to play another game similar to Bosconian, "Time Pilot", and somehow it didn't let me go, so I played it for a ridiculously long time this week, always trying to beat that 5th round with the saucers, but not succeeding in that. I learned, however, that it's better to keep a straight course than to fly around erratically. On the Colecovision, I revisited Steamroller for a quick game, and on the Atari 2600, I tried the demo version of Andrew Davie's Boulder Dash, but it's pretty hard, and I gave up after a few minutes. Still it's nicely done with its advanced graphics technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWI Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Moved into a new house and got my new game room all set up. Let the gaming continue! Intellivision AD&D Cloudy Mountain - 35 minutes Lock 'n' Chase - 20 minutes Pitfall - 15 minutes Thunder Castle - 20 minutes Atari 2600 Dig Dug - 15 minutes Infiltrate - 15 minutes Oink! - 10 minutes Pac-Man - 20 minutes Sega Master System Kenseiden - 20 minutes Shinobi - 20 minutes NES Batman - 20 minutes Paperboy - 25 minutes Popeye - 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 My times for Thursday - Sunday: Dreamcast: Crazy Taxi - 15 min. Toy Commander - 293 min. Worms World Party - 153 min. I hadn't played Toy Commander much in a while, but I got quite a bit further in the game this week, completing the 2nd and 3rd rooms with trophies in every challenge (for beating the boss's supposed best time). I suppose I'd progress faster if I didn't worry about getting trophies, but the levels have a fairly high learning curve and once you've figured out the layout and key points it's easier to keep working on a level, trying to get your time down, than to take on a different set of challenges and risk forgetting what you've learned. I also spent some time in the Worms World Party training mode, and learned a few things I didn't know, like how to control a Super Sheep. The lack of a "restart level" option stinks, especially since you get hit with 30 sec. of loading/reloading time whenever you fail a level, but for some reason it annoys me less than it once did. I've completed most of the training, but the advanced rope and digging tasks seem like a hassle indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Game Boy: Pokemon Blue Version - 63 minutes Playstation: Suikoden II - 486 minutes Vandal-Hearts II - 216 minutes Sega Saturn: Sonic Jam - 221 minutes Sonic R - 38 minutes Dark Legend - 31 minutes Fighters Megamix - 15 minutes IMO Sonic Jam counts as an eligible entity of its own because all the games have been modified to become easier than the Genesis versions. Some spikes and obstacles have been removed from all the games, you can spindash in Sonic 1, Sonic 2 special stages require much less rings to win, the audio has been upgraded and there are special gameplay modes such as time attack and special stage. At least half an hour of my gameplay for this title took place in the Sonic World mode, running around completing the missions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) Been a while since I've posted on this thread. Had 3 days off this weekend. Here's the damage: Jaguar Doom - 45 mins NES Cobra triangle - 30 mins Ghosts n Goblins - 10 mins SNES Contra III - 100 mins Genesis Mickey Mouse World of Illusion - 30 mins Ghosts n Goblins is frustratingly hard. I could only put 10 minutes into it and had to stop because I had the urge to break something. Contra III is very good, picked it up at a thrift store on Saturday. Cobra triangle, another thrift store find, was a game my brother and I played 20 years ago and it is exactly how I remember, awesome. I can get through most of the levels pretty easily but the one where you have to jump the water falls (which I guess is the last level) drains my lives. Edited July 25, 2011 by GKC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 INTV Sharp Shot - 75 minutes (mostly getting used to the games to score em correctly) BurgerTime - 35 minutes (one game, actually) Lock 'n Chase - 20 minutes Thin Ice - 10 minutes King of the Mountain - 45 minutes (Nice climbing game) Astrosmash - 240 minutes AD&D Tarmin - 75 minutes VCS Ms PacMan - 15 minutes Jr PacMan - 10 minutes Yars Revenge - 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) Here's the summary for Week 30, running from July 18-24. We logged 4347 minutes of eligible play, playing 53 games on a total of 17 systems. Top 10: 1. Time Pilot (Arcade) - 708 2. Suikoden II (PlayStation) - 486 3. Toy Commander (Dreamcast) - 368 4. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 361 5. Astrosmash (Intellivision) - 240 6. Sonic Jam (Sega Saturn) - 221 7. Vandal-Hearts II (PlayStation) - 216 8. Galaxian (Atari 5200) - 210 9. Space Invaders (Atari 5200) - 180 10. Worms World Party (Dreamcast) - 153 Pre-NES top 10: 1. Time Pilot (Arcade) - 708 2. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 361 3. Astrosmash (Intellivision) - 240 4. Galaxian (Atari 5200) - 210 5. Space Invaders (Atari 5200) - 180 6. Bosconian (Arcade) - 82 7. AD&D: Treasure of Tarmin (Intellivision) - 75 8. Sharp Shot (Intellivision) - 75 9. King of the Mountain (Intellivision) - 45 10. Ninja Princess (SG-1000) - 44 Top 10 systems: 1. Arcade (799) 2. PlayStation (702) 3. Intellivision (590) 4. Dreamcast (536) 5. Atari 2600 (490) 6. Atari 5200 (390) 7. Sega Saturn (305) 8. NES/Famicom (105) 9. SNES (100) 10. Sega Master System (85) Time Pilot flies onto the scene, taking the top spot on all charts! Edited July 26, 2011 by thegoldenband 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKC Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) Gamecube Luigi's Mansion - 240 mins PS2 Raiden - 60 min Outrun 2006 - 30 min Was in the mood for some early 2000's gaming. I understand it's not counted. Edited July 27, 2011 by GKC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 INTV Sharp Shot - 85 minutes (105 and even 112 has got to be achievable, as well as 90 on the space battle) Las Vegas Poker 'n Blackjack - 25 minutes (shiftie eyed dealer) Lock 'n Chase - 30 minutes King of the Mountain - 100 minutes (Nice climbing game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Ahh, felt good to play some games... Atari 2600: Medieval Mayhem 2 hours Breakout 45 minutes Kaboom! 33 minutes Beamrider 25 minutes Bowling 20 minutes Ms. Pacman 15 minutes Pitfall 10 minutes Circus Atari 3 minutes Arcade (emulated through a Jakks joystick): Mappy 95 minutes Bosconian 20 minutes Galaga 40 minutes Pole Position 4 minutes Dig Dug 35 minutes Pac-man 25 minutes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 My times for Monday - Friday: SNES: Firepower 2000 - 17 min. Rocky Rodent - 10 min. Sunset Riders - 26 min. Dreamcast: Toy Commander - 63 min. Worms World Party - 787 min. I'm kind of appalled at how much time I spent playing the training and deathmatch modes in Worms World Party this week, but I suppose there are worse ways to procrastinate. And hey, at least I cleared both, leaving the mission and scenario modes to complete. My girlfriend and I finally survived the first level of Firepower 2000 together. We got blown up halfway through the second level, mind, but it's progress. We also made it to the next-to-last boss in Sunset Riders, which seems quite a bit harder than the Genesis version. It's hilarious how garish the game's color scheme is, all pinks and yellows -- it looks like an Easter basket gone wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 2600: Night Driver 20min Kaboom! 35min Off The Wall 10min 5200: Pacman 1hr Space Invaders 1.5 hrs Galaxian 30min Ms Pacman 15min A8: Pacman 15 min Ms Pacman 10min River Raid 5min Millipede 2hrs C64: Omega race 20min Frogger 30min Threshold 1hr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-459 minutes High score of the week: 72,796 I was actually able to get in the zone a few times this week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-459 minutes High score of the week: 72,796 I was actually able to get in the zone a few times this week. Best I get on 2600 port is in the 50k range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Here are my times for this past week (July 25th through 31st): Arcade: 1942 - 27 min. FHMC Q*Bert - 10 min. Time Pilot - 301 min. in 3 sessions Tutankham - 96 min. in 2 sessions Online (non-eligible for the Top 10): Pizza Connection Beta - 10 min. Cab driver - 92 min. Pizza Hot - 30 min. Total gaming time: 566 minutes (81 minutes per day) I started out the week continuing to play Time Pilot, but I still didn't make much progress. I got to see the "big saucer" at the end of Level 5, and on another game, I even destroyed it... but by crashing into it with my last life, so the round was ended, but the game was over, and I still didn't see how the game goes on. Finally, I decided to "break it" by putting the DIP switches to 255 lives (cheat) and finally got through all of the 5 levels. After that, I tried the hardest setting where you have to face multiple bombs per second thrown at you, and then I stopped playing this game. I also replayed Tutankham, but it didn't manage to catch my attention for as long as Time Pilot did. As for 1942, I never was a big fan of that game... it's a bit too hard for me, but at least I survived the first wave this time. And then I tried FHMC Q*bert (which stands for: Faster, harder, more challenging Q*bert). This is a sequel to Q*bert which wasn't released in the arcades back in the day, but programmer Warren Davis mentioned in an interview that this version exists, and I think it was even me who wrote to him back in 1998 asking about releasing the ROMs for use in MAME, and contacting some MAME people to alert them of this possibility, but I just read that Warren Davis also got mail from many other people requesting this. Anyway... it is more challenging in that there are always only 2 spinning discs on screen which move, and the round progression has been shortened so that already on the 2nd pyramid, you have to hop on each cube twice in order to change it to the destination color. And Wrongway now changes the cubes to a "blocked" state which only can be unblocked by having Coily jump on them. I didn't get very far in that game, hence the short playing time. As for the online games, I tried "Pizza Connection" again, but couldn't get really into it, although one bug now has been fixed. Then I replayed "Cab driver", finally completing it after I've completed "Hey Taxi" some weeks ago. Actually, I wanted to play "Cab driver" back then already, but forgot the name of the game. After that, I also completed "Pizza Hot", another delivery game by the makers of "Cab driver" with cartoon style graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 haven't logged times in a while, but I actually did so this weekend… I've been pretty much stuck in the 1982 era for the past couple months now! July 30: Atari 5200 Dig Dug - 20 minutes River Raid - 15 minutes Vectrex Web Wars - 30 minutes Arcadia 2001 Jungler - 35 minutes Space Vultures - 25 minutes Cat Trax - 30 minutes July 31: Atari 5200 Moon Patrol - 45 minutes Ms. Pac-Man - 15 minutes Vectrex Web Wars - 30 minutes Mine Storm - 10 minutes Berzerk - 1 hour 10 minutes Arcadia 2001 Jungler - 10 minutes Cat Trax - 10 minutes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 My times for the weekend: Odyssey^2: Demon Attack - 4 min. Loony Balloon - 30 min. Smithereens - 15 min. Intellivision: Sharp Shot - 142 min. SNES: Sparkster - 10 min. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Playstation Suikoden II - 323 minutes Sega Saturn Sonic Jam - 189 minutes Not much variety this week eh? Very good games though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 My daughter wanted to hook up the atari that we took on our baseball trip last week. Beamrider 40 minutes. I made it to sector 28 and about 120,000 points. Not too bad. Kaboom! 20 minutes Megamania 5 minutes Circus Atari. 12 minutes Ms. Pacman 4 minutes Pitfall 3 minutes Breakout 15 minutes Good times 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Sat-Sun INTV Sharp shot 60 min Auto Racing 45min BurgerTime 55min Lock 'n Chase 35min Horse Racing 15min VCS Ms PacMan 20 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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