+wongojack Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Arcade Asteroids Deluxe 25 Atari 2600 Enduro 113 (p.b. 5,644) I've gotten back from the first of 2 long trips I am taking this summer, so most of my gaming is handheld or portable emulation stuff. I ended up playing Enduro a lot, and I got what I think is a personal best, but I may have made it farther before. Most of the rest of my time that would have been spent gaming was spent listening to audiobooks like "Dungeon Crawler Carl" (which is totally awesome btw). 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Atari 800 O'Riley's Mine - 30 minutes CoCo2 GhostRush - 210 minutes CoCo3 Z'89 (Zaxxon Clone) - 10 minutes Commodore 64 Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf - 75 minutes Jumpman - 35 minutes Oils Well - 30 minutes O'Riley's Mine - 45 minutes Dragon 32 GhostRush - 30 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 This week I played: Pokemon Red Version for Game Boy - 812 minutes Super Mario Bros.: Level-Headed v0.3.9 for NES - 314 minutes Progress: Pokemon Red - I caught all the wild Pokemon in the game and beat Pokemon League. I just need to get all the remaining level up evolutions then work on the trading. Level-Headed - Upgrading to version 0.3.9, I played the first 14 out of 50 generated games with these settings: original graphics, normal difficulty, and SMB1 Mario sprites. I managed to complete most of them. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 This week I just started a second playthrough of Resident Evil 4 on the Switch with all the fully upgraded weapons from the first time I beat it, played RAPTOR a bit for the final round of the Atari 2600 High Score Club's end of season tournament, then did a playthrough of the Alien vs. Predator arcade game earlier this evening. I do have one bit of cool news to share though! This year marks the first season of the Atari 2600 High Score Club where I played every single game and didn't burn out at some point partway through the season, and I managed to make it to the end and tie AtariSphinx for the bronze medal! That means I'll get to pick a game for us to play in the HSC next season, and I already know exactly which game I'm picking! Ineligible Resident Evil 4 (Nintendo Switch) - 800 minutes Arcade Alien vs. Predator - 85 minutes Atari 2600 RAPTOR - 23 minutes Total Video Game Play Time This Week 908 minutes (15 hours 8 minutes) [108 minutes eligible] Individual System Play Times This Week Nintendo Switch: 800 minutes Arcade: 85 minutes Atari 2600: 23 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Skippy B. Coyote said: This week I just started a second playthrough of Resident Evil 4 on the Switch with all the fully upgraded weapons from the first time I beat it, played RAPTOR a bit for the final round of the Atari 2600 High Score Club's end of season tournament, then did a playthrough of the Alien vs. Predator arcade game earlier this evening. I do have one bit of cool news to share though! This year marks the first season of the Atari 2600 High Score Club where I played every single game and didn't burn out at some point partway through the season, and I managed to make it to the end and tie AtariSphinx for the bronze medal! That means I'll get to pick a game for us to play in the HSC next season, and I already know exactly which game I'm picking! Ineligible Resident Evil 4 (Nintendo Switch) - 800 minutes Arcade Alien vs. Predator - 85 minutes Atari 2600 RAPTOR - 23 minutes Total Video Game Play Time This Week 908 minutes (15 hours 8 minutes) [108 minutes eligible] Individual System Play Times This Week Nintendo Switch: 800 minutes Arcade: 85 minutes Atari 2600: 23 minutes Which game? Did I miss an Alien Isolation homebrew for the 2600 at some point? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, wongojack said: Which game? Did I miss an Alien Isolation homebrew for the 2600 at some point? Oh man, if there was one I would definitely pick it! Sadly it's not an Alien game, but it is a fairly recent homebrew. I don't think I should spoil the surprise though 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 hour ago, wongojack said: Which game? Did I miss an Alien Isolation homebrew for the 2600 at some point? I have had enough Xenophobe 2600 for one lifetime after this season ? 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 Here's the summary for Week 24, running from June 13 - 19. We logged 4510 minutes of eligible play, playing 98 games on a total of 18 systems. Top 10: 1. Pokemon Red Version (Game Boy) - 812 min. (#1) 2. Super Mario Bros: Level-Headed v0.3.9 (NES/Famicom) - 314 min. 3. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 286 min. 4. GhostRush (CoCo 1 & 2) - 210 min. (#4) 5. Ms. Pac-Man (SNES) - 185 min. 6. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 157 min. (#3) 7. Hook (NES/Famicom) - 144 min. 8. Baku Baku (JP: Baku Baku Animal) (Sega Saturn) - 120 min. 9. Enduro (Atari 2600) - 113 min. (#9) 9. Raptor (Atari 2600) - 113 min. (#6) Pre-NES top 10: 1. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 286 min. 2. GhostRush (CoCo 1 & 2) - 210 min. (PN#2) 3. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 157 min. (PN#1) 4. Enduro (Atari 2600) - 113 min. (PN#6) 4. Raptor (Atari 2600) - 113 min. (PN#4) 6. Road Runner (Atari 2600) - 95 min. 7. Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf (Commodore 64) - 75 min. 8. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 69 min. (PN#8) 9. M.U.L.E. (Atari 8-bit) - 65 min. 10. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 50 min. Top 10 systems: 1. Atari 2600 - 1085 min. (#1) 2. Game Boy - 995 min. (#2) 3. NES/Famicom - 520 min. (#4) 4. Arcade - 402 min. (#5) 5. Sega Saturn - 354 min. 6. CoCo 1 & 2 - 210 min. (#3) 7. Commodore 64 - 185 min. 8. SNES - 185 min. (#8) 9. Genesis - 154 min. 10. Atari 8-bit - 100 min. Pokémon Red works just as well on the beach as on AtariAge. It has more than twice the gameplay of the second placed SMB Level-Headed, though a newer version than last week. The pre-NES list is headed by an Atari 2600 game, but instead of Solar Fox, the most played game on this list is Eggomania with GhostRush for the CoCo in a strong second place. Systems wise it pretty much looks like last week in the top, though the Game Boy is only 90 minutes behind the Atari 2600 for the title. Two new members of the 1000 Minute Club: #493: Road Runner (Atari 2600) - 1076 min. #494: Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (Dreamcast) - 1005 min. Also Enduro (Atari 2600) joins the 5000 Minute Club with a total of 5022 min. Happy Midsummer for those who may observe it! 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 I've been terrible at this Classic Gaming thing lately. No time tracked for the past week. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 I guess I didn't do much here this time. Arcade Fighting Hawk - 10 Thunder Dragon 2 - 16 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Unfortunately I'm joining @digdugnate in reporting zero minutes of gameplay for the past week, despite it consisted of a three day weekend. I was planning on playing something Sunday afternoon, but got stuck editing a web page instead (not sure if Wordpress counts as gaming, even in the modern tracker). 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Here are my times for this past week (June 20th through 26th)... sorry, again no gaming this week, neither on classic nor on modern systems. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 ATARI 7800: Klax (for HSC) - 85 minutes SEGA GENESIS: Action 52 - 225 minutes EVIDENCE OF THE WEEK: Some Action 52 gameplay footages which I recorded 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Arcade using PS2 Midway Arcade Classics Defender 29 Klax 66 Atari 2600 Eggomania 35 Kaboom 23 Solar Fox 76 all fun. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 My modest time for the week: Game Boy: Jeep Jamboree: Off Road Adventure - 20 min. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 No classic gaming for me this week I'm afraid, I just played a bit of Resident Evil 4 on the Switch for the modern tracker and that was about it! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 More time on the modern tracker again... Arcade: Liberator is the last one I haven't taken on... Centipede - 15 minutes Crystal Castles - 25 minutes Major Havoc - 20 minutes Q*Bert - 20 minutes Atari 7800: Motor Psycho - 10 minutes on the VCS Atari Lynx: Critter Championship - 20 minutes GCE Vectrex: Solar Quest - 25 minutes LCD/Tabletop: Radio Shack Blast Off Pinball v1 - 85 minutes I really like this one. Radio Shack Buggy Quest - 10 minutes Radio Shack Pinball Master - 75 minutes Actually a Breakout/Arkanoid game. Pretty fun. It includes one table that is a religious symbol in Asia and a hate symbol everywhere else, so I cannot recommend it. It's crazy they didn't notice that before making a million units. Radio Shack Shaky Action Pinball v1 - 45 minutes Tiger Electronics Electronic Pinball - 20 minutes Tiger games sound so bad compared to Radio Shack ones. They really put all those little speakers to use. Tiger Electronics Independence Day - 12 minutes Started recording this secure in the knowledge that I would beat it. It was dicier than expected since I was playing through the phone camera, which added lag, but I got through it in the end. TomyTronic 3D Sky Attack - 20 minutes R-Zone eat yer heart out. Nintendo NES/Famicom: Don Doko Don - 15 minutes Tapeworm Disco Puzzle - 60 minutes This is a simplified take on Aardvark that is extremely winning. I never updated my Evercade VS firmware after I downloaded this so I get to keep it until I do. Hopefully I can finish it before the current Game of the Month expires. Nintendo N64: No, I still don't own one, but I got the Switch wireless controller replica at list price so I finally subscribed to Nintendo's overpriced and underwhelming emulation library. Dr Mario 64 - 65 minutes Really putting the power of 64 bits to work. F-Zero X - 20 minutes Sega Game Gear: Donald Duck no Lucky Dime (The Lucky Dime Caper) - 15 minutes. Sega Genesis: Granada - 75 minutes. Working on it for a high score challenge and also because the scores on LVLUPscore.com and highscore.com are both criminally low. Tiger R-Zone: Men in Black - 25 minutes Some false starts, but I finally beat it. It ends with the big bad of the movie exploding. Pretty cool. However, it is just an animation, not a boss fight. Pretty lame. Gonna post a video one of these days. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Atari ST Moon Patrol - 10 minutes Time Bandits - 45 minutes CoCo2 GhostRush - 80 minutes Tutankam - 45 minutes CoCo3 Z'89 - 15 minutes Zero Hour - 20 minutes Commodore 64 H.E.R.O. - 45 minutes Commodore Amiga Bomb Jack Beer Edition - 25 minutes Lemmings2 - 15 minutes Commodore VIC-20 Jelly Monsters - 15 minutes Lunar Leaper - 20 minutes Radio Shack TRS-80 MC10 Ghost Rush - 20 minutes TRS-80 Model I Donut Dilemma - 20 minutes Gem Hunter - 15 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Atari 2600 Kaboom! - 154 minutes Solar Fox - 30 minutes I scored 189,739 on Kaboom! this week. "not bad for a rookie" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 7 hours ago, jgkspsx said: LCD/Tabletop: Radio Shack Blast Off Pinball v1 - 85 minutes Radio Shack Pinball Master - 75 minutes Radio Shack Shaky Action Pinball v1 - 45 minutes While I could not locate any exact manufacturing years on most of the handheld games you play, for pre-NES purposes I assume it is safe to say these three were 1990's stuff, even if the technology mostly belongs in the first half of the 80's? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, carlsson said: While I could not locate any exact manufacturing years on most of the handheld games you play, for pre-NES purposes I assume it is safe to say these three were 1990's stuff, even if the technology mostly belongs in the first half of the 80's? Yes, all of these were mid to late 90s. There was a second game with the name Blast Off Pinball that looks to me like early 2000s. It looks pretty cool but I don’t have it yet. Fortunately these are all dirt cheap. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 A2600 21 Blue 1 GB Skate or Die Tour de Thrash 1 NES Tetris 1 SMS Phantasy Star 3 Just a few minutes here and there trying some emulators etc. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 While investigating, I found some Radio Shack catalog numbers and realized they reused those all the time, just like any other good company would do. For instance there was an earlier, different pinball LCD game with the same catalog number that Pinball Master eventually would be assigned. In a world with in theory 1,000,000 different catalog numbers, of which perhaps 1000 are replaced every year, there would be enough unique numbers to cover 1000 years of Radio Shack. Even with 10000 new items every year, that is 100 years of service before they would need to reuse numbers for a different product. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 If only Radio Shack had lasted a hundred years… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 This week I played a lot less due to a birthday weekend vacation: Pokemon Red Version for Game Boy - 68 minutes Super Mario Bros.: Level-Headed v.0.3.9 for NES - 21 minutes Progress: Pokemon - leveled up a few more Pokemon into their evolutions Mario - tried to play through one more original graphics game on normal and lost on the last level 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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