digdugnate Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 A couple of games on the Classic tracker this past week! NES: Double Dragon -- 128 minutes River City Ransom -- 150 minutes I spent some time reacquainting myself with these games- some of the glitches you can use in Double Dragon are pretty funny. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 2/10/2020 at 5:10 AM, HCRAYERT504 said: This week: Dreamcast: Wind and Water Puzzle Battles- 3 hours Neo XYX- 2 hours Last Hope Pink Bullets- 1 hour Atari 2600: Jaw breaker- 2.5 hours SG-1000: Bomb Jack- 1 hour and 13 minutes Congo Bongo- 48 minutes Chack n pop- 2 hours MSX: Bomberman- 3 hours Pooyan- 1 hour Bosconian- 1 hour and 20 minutes weird to think that the Dreamcast falls in the 'Classic Games' tracker category, hehe. For all its warts, though, I still have a soft spot for the Saturn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Atari 2600 Kaboom! - 156 minutes Solar Fox - 287 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Figured I'd post a couple quick pics from the arcade... my son at Galaga and my score on Ms Pac Man. ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 It was a pretty fun week for gaming around here this past week! The big highlight of the week was going to a local barcade that I had never been to for my birthday and playing a ton of pinball, as well as the 2015 Jurassic Park Arcade light gun game, Centipede, and the speed-up hack of Ms. Pac-Man. After that I continued my play through of DOOM 2016 on the Switch, and played through both the original Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic CD with the misses; swapping the controller back and forth between levels. For her gaming time this past week the spousal unit took a break from Tomb Raider III and did a play through of Splatterhouse 2 on the Genesis. Ineligible DOOM 2016 (Nintendo Switch) - 440 minutes Jurassic Park Arcade (Arcade, 2015) - 5 minutes Arcade Centipede - 20 minutes Ms. Pac-Man (Speed-Up Hack) - 15 minutes Sega CD Sonic CD - 371 minutes Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog - 244 minutes Splatterhouse 2 - 124 minutes Total Video Game Play Time This Week 1,219 minutes (20 hours 19 minutes) [774 minutes eligible] Individual System Play Times This Week Nintendo Switch: 440 minutes Sega CD: 371 minutes Sega Genesis: 368 minutes Arcade (Classic): 35 minutes Arcade (Modern): 5 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Here's the summary for Week 08, running from February 17 - 23. We logged 2968 minutes of eligible play, playing 22 games on a total of 9 systems. Top 10: 1. Breath of Fire III (PlayStation) - 405 min. 2. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 389 min. (#3) 3. Sonic CD (Sega CD) - 371 min. 4. Ring King (NES/Famicom) - 369 min. 5. Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis) - 244 min. 6. Wizball (C64) - 242 min. (#7) 7. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 156 min. (#6) 8. River City Ransom (NES/Famicom) - 150 min. 9. Double Dragon (NES/Famicom) - 128 min. 10. Splatterhouse 2 (Genesis) - 124 min. Pre-NES top 10: 1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 389 min. (PN#1) 2. Wizball (C64) - 242 min. (PN#4) 3. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 156 min. (PN#3) 4. Pac-Man Collection (Atari 7800) - 80 min. (PN#4) 5. Mr. Do! (Atari 8-bit) - 60 min. 6. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 48 min. 7. Squish 'em (Atari 2600) - 34 min. 8. Ms. Pac-Man (Arcade) - 30 min. 9. Centipede (Arcade) - 20 min. 10. Breakout (Atari 2600) - 15 min. 10. Ms. Pac-Man (Speed-Up Version) (Arcade) - 15 min. Top 9 systems: 1. Atari 2600 (698) (#2) 2. NES/Famicom (649) (#7) 3. PlayStation (405) (#3) 4. Sega CD (371) 5. Genesis (368) (#1) 6. C64 (242) (#4) 7. Atari 7800 (90) (#4) 8. Arcade (85) (#9) 9. Atari 8-bit (60) (#8) After two weeks absence, Breath of Fire III is back in the top, 16 minutes more than Solar Fox which in its turn has 18 minutes advantage on Sonic CD, which in its turn is two minutes ahead of Ring King! Solar Fox retains its position as the most played pre-NES game, and the Atari 2600 by a margin of 49 minutes becomes the most played again. Despite 85% more minutes than last week, no new entries to the 1000, 5000, 10000 Minute Clubs. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Blip of the week: Atari 8-bit: Mr. Do! - 8 min. So yes, I played 1 game on Monday and that was it for the week. Not that I was super busy rest of the week, I just didn't feel for playing video games. Also the entire Saturday was used for the yearly day of board games, consisting of 8 hours of Advanced Civilization and then another hour or so playing Alhambra. Sunday was spent on other tasks. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Here are my times for this past week (February 24th through March 1st)... Commodore 64: Wizball - 158 min. in 4 sessions I continued to play Wizball on the Commodore 64 this week, but I didn't manage to beat last week's high score at this time. This was the only game I played this week. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonGrafx-16 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Spyro the Dragon (PS1) 242 mins Override (PC Engine) 40 mins Soldier Blade (PC Engine) 55 mins 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) ATARI 2600: Asteroids - 36 minutes Draconian - 75 minutes Polaris (for HSC Silver Medal Tournament) - 70 minutes ATARI 7800: Froggie - 5 minutes Pac-Man Collection - 84 minutes EVIDENCES OF THE WEEK: 1) My Asteroids gameplay footage, Game 6-AA on Stella 2) My Draconian gameplay footage, Quadrant Epsilon / Sector 1 / Normal and Hard, on Stella 3) My Pac-Man Collection gameplay footage, key level with Pac-Man / no turbo, on A7800 console 4) My Polaris gameplay footage, for 2600 NEW HSC Season 9, Silver Medal Tournament Round 2, on Stella Edited March 2, 2020 by oyamafamily 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 My times for the week: NES: AD&D: Dragonstrike - 517 min. Star Voyager - 242 min. Super Pitfall - 34 min. Beat Star Voyager for the fifth time, and also beat Dragonstrike on Medium difficulty using the gold dragon (who's a lot nicer to use than the bronze dragon). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 mixing it up a bit. Arcade: Final Fight -- 42 mins Street Fighter Alpha -- 67 mins NES: Double Dragon -- 27 minutes River City Ransom -- 15 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Just a couple Playstation games for me... Breath of Fire III - 794 min (Played on three different days this week. Got through some dungeons, picked up some weapons, did some fishing, did some grinding... think I'm getting closer to the end, now, but since I'm playing "blind" I don't really know how far away it is. Maybe finish in the next couple of weeks or so.) Wipeout XL - 120 min (Used to own this one, but it got lost with the rest of my PS1 games. Just got this copy in from an Ebay auction. Strange thing is, though, the songs don't play all the way through all the time. It's like sometimes it just plays an intro of the song and repeats it. Thinking it might be some scratches on the audio portion of the disc, but so far, the game plays great. Also, I was playing it on my PS3. Need to try it on a PS2 and PSOne just to be sure it isn't something wrong with the PS3 playing it...) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Atari 2600 Hunchy 2 - 16 minutes Kaboom! - 59 minutes Phoenix - 62 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Times for the week are: all atari 2600. Hero 2 mins Phoenix for high score club 96 mins. Solar Fox 62 mins. Squish'em 18 mins. All fun. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 It was another pretty excellent week for gaming around here! I beat the arcade version of Splatterhouse on the Switch for the first time ever, then beat Splatterhouse 2 on the Genesis, wrapped up my play through of DOOM (2016), and did a full play through of Alien 3 on the Genesis together with the misses; swapping the controller between levels. I also got some more arcade gaming in, meeting up with a friend late Friday night at GameWorks in the Mall of America to play some games and hang out. Ineligible DOOM 2016 (Nintendo Switch) - 125 minutes The House of the Dead 4 (Arcade, Modern) - 20 minutes Jurassic Park Arcade (Arcade, Modern) - 10 minutes Space Invaders Frenzy (Arcade, Modern) - 5 minutes World's Largest Pac-Man (Arcade, Modern) - 20 minutes Arcade The House of the Dead 2 - 5 minutes Splatterhouse (Played on Namco Museum Arcade Pac for Nintendo Switch) - 180 minutes Atari 2600 Ms. Pac-Man - 10 minutes Plaque Attack - 9 minutes Sega Genesis Alien 3 - 223 minutes Splatterhouse 2 - 154 minutes Virtua Racing - 27 minutes Total Video Game Play Time This Week 788 minutes (13 hours 8 minutes) [608 minutes eligible] Individual System Play Times This Week Sega Genesis: 404 minutes Arcade (Classic): 185 minutes Nintendo Switch: 125 minutes Arcade (Modern): 55 minutes Atari 2600: 19 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 Here's the summary for Week 09, running from February 24 - March 1. We logged 3554 minutes of eligible play, playing 32 games on a total of 9 systems. Top 10: 1. Breath of Fire III (PlayStation) - 794 min. (#1) 2. AD&D: Dragonstrike (NES/Famicom) - 517 min. 3. Spyro the Dragon (PlayStation) - 242 min. 3. Star Voyager (NES/Famicom) - 242 min. 5. Alien 3 (Genesis) - 223 min. 6. Splatterhouse (Arcade) - 180 min. 7. Phoenix (Atari 2600) - 158 min. 7. Wizball (C64) - 158 min. (#6) 9. Splatterhouse 2 (Genesis) - 154 min. (#10) 10. Wipeout XL (PlayStation) - 120 min. Pre-NES top 10: 1. Phoenix (Atari 2600) - 158 min. 1. Wizball (C64) - 158 min. (PN#2) 3. Pac-Man Collection (Atari 7800) - 84 min. (PN#4) 4. Draconian (Atari 2600) - 75 min. 5. Polaris (Atari 2600) - 70 min. 6. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 62 min. (PN#1) 7. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 59 min. (PN#3) 8. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 36 min. 9. Squish 'em (Atari 2600) - 18 min. (PN#7) 10. Hunchy II (Atari 2600) - 16 min. Top 9 systems: 1. PlayStation (1156) (#3) 2. NES/Famicom (835) (#2) 3. Atari 2600 (515) (#1) 4. Genesis (404) (#5) 5. Arcade (294) (#8) 6. C64 (158) (#6) 7. TG-16/PC Engine (#5) 8. Atari 7800 (89) (#7) 9. Atari 8-bit (8) (#9) While 7 of 10 entries on the main list are new from last week, Breath of Fire III holds onto #1 by a margin of more than 4.5 hours. Not only are Spyro the Dragon and Star Voyager shared on the main list, on the pre-NES list Phoenix and Wizball split the title while the PS1 takes the systems title. This week we have no less than three new entries to the 1000 Minute Club: #395 AD&D: Dragonstrike (NES/Famicom) - 1287 min. #396 Star Voyager (NES/Famicom) - 1147 min. #397 Spyro the Dragon (PlayStation) - 1117 min. With only a few memberships to go, who will become the lucky #400? 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodreign Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) PS1: Magical Drop 3 (120 minutes) Saturn: Magical Drop 3 (180 minutes) Magical Drop 2 (25 minutes) Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Tokkae Dama (30 minutes) Genesis/MD: Wonderboy III Monster Lair (5 minutes) Magical Taruruto-Kun (10 minutes) Jungle Book (5 minutes) Jewel Master (5 minutes) NES: Batman Returns (10 minutes) SNES/SFC: Super Nazo Puyo (5 minutes) Super Nazo Puyo 2 (5 minutes) Bonkers (10 minutes) Pac Man 2 (5 minutes) Pac-Attack (5 minutes) Magical Drop (15 minutes) GB: Parodius Da (20 minutes) Yeah I haven't played a lot so far this year, and these are all recent purchases (except MD 3 PS1 and Saturn, unlocking characters). Time spent was testing games to make sure they worked, I got into a few of them and spent more time with them. Will likely increase time on them soon. Edited March 7, 2020 by Bloodreign 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 I'm finished with Classic Gaming this week since I picked up a new Switch game. Arcade: Final Fight -- 128 minutes Street Fighter Alpha -- 380 minutes Street Fighter Alpha 2 -- 27 minutes Street Fighter III: Third Strike -- 16 minutes I spent my Classic Gaming time beating things up with some classics from Capcom. Street Fighter Alpha/Zero is my fave fighting game of all time and Final Fight ranks up with Streets of Rage 2 as my favorite beat-em-up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Welcome aboard Bloodreign. It's good to see new participants. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Here are my times for this past week (March 2nd through 8th)... Commodore 64: Drelbs - 58 min. Wizball - 129 min. This week I continued to play Wizball on the Commodore 64, but I also started another game, Drelbs, which I haven't played for a long time. This one is somewhat less complex than Wizball, only being set on a static screen instead of scrolling levels. It's interesting nonetheless, and I played it for a long time back in the day. In the game, I reached the 3rd round... not sure if I managed to complete it, but I don't think so. Aside from that, I was interested in a few other things... how to program the AI for soccer players and a security circuit in shopping trolleys blocking one wheel if you leave the store with them. Turns out the electronics in the wheel use a chip which has a 8051 core, the 8051 of course being the successor of the 8048 chip used in the Odyssey^2 console. However that core runs at about 50 times the speed of the original 8048 (24 MHz with most instructions only taking 1 cycle). This set me on a search for how systems evolved over time. You could say that eventually, the TI-99 evolved into the Sega Master System and then into the Mega Drive and its accessories while the Atari 2600 evolved into the Atari 8-bits and the Amiga computers, and if you up the specs of the Intellivision, you get something very similar to the Commodore 64, which in turn was succeeded by the unreleased Commodore 65. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 Atari 8-bit: Bosconian - 119 min. Halfways through another HSC round, this time a reprise of a game we played in January 2018. I improved my PB but most other players score way higher which goes to show this will be a competitive year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonGrafx-16 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Spyro the Dragon (PS1) 378 mins Philosoma (PS1) 23 mins 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Only Atari 7800: Asteroids - 16 minutes Pac-Man Collection - 68 minutes Evidences of the week: 1) My Pac-Man Collection gameplay footage with Pac-Man Plus, Turbo mode and Cocktail level 2) My Pac-Man Collection gameplay footage with Ms. Pac-Man (5 lives), no turbo and Banana level Edited March 9, 2020 by oyamafamily 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Times for the week; Atari 2600 eggomania 35 mins mouse trap for Facebook HSC 130 mins Phoenix for HSC 73 minutes Solar Fox 141 mins All fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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