What have you actually PLAYED tracker for 2022 (Season 15)

[carlsson]

Here are the 2022 Mid-Year Stats, following the previous format. You can find the 2021 stats here.

 

So far this year, we have played:

• 1358 games (compared to 1290 games in 2021, 588 in 2020, 1007 in 2019 and 1078 in 2018)
• 66 systems (compared to 53 systems in 2021, 41 in 2020, 51 in 2019 and 69 in 2018)
• 129,009 minutes (compared to 117,261 minutes in 2021, 77,535 in 2020, 105,034 in 2019 and 115,238 in 2018)
• 95 minutes per game (compared to 91 minutes in 2021, 132 in 2020, 104 in 2019 and 107 in 2018)

We're definitely growing again! More systems and more minutes than in the previous four years, and almost as much diversity as in 2018. Each game however is not played for quite as long as before, which explains how we manage to play so many games. The tracker now consists of 10870 entries which means 12.5% of all games have been played this year. The corresponding figures for 2021 were 10072 entries and 12.8% so the tracker has grown by 798 entries or nearly 8% in a year.

 

Just like last year, Solar Fox is the most played game. In 2021 it was challenged by Suikoden and Suikoden II. This year it is Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Red that are trailing Solar Fox. The evergreen Kaboom! however drops from 4th to 11th place. Last year the cut-off to be on the top 100 list was 198 minutes, this year it has increased to 255 minutes. Only about 10 of 100 games remain from the top 100 list last year.

 

Top 100 games so far in 2022

 

1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 5010 min. [#1]
2. Pokemon Blue Version (Game Boy) - 4554 min.
3. Pokemon Red Version (Game Boy) - 3813 min.
4. Tetris (NES/Famicom) - 3670 min. [#52]
5. Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast) - 2637 min.
6. Dragon Quest III (Dragon Warrior III) (NES/Famicom) - 2445 min.
7. Super Breakout (Atari 2600) - 2381 min.
8. Zero Hour (CoCo 3) - 2130 min.
9. Phantasy Star IV (Genesis) - 1920 min.
10. Slap Fight MD (Genesis) - 1790 min.
11. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 1746 min. [#4]
12. Beyond the Beyond (PlayStation) - 1274 min.
13. Same! Same! Same! (Genesis) - 1263 min.
14. Super Mario Bros: Level-Headed v0.3.8 (NES/Famicom) - 1230 min.
15. Final Fantasy II (IV) (SNES) - 1207 min.
16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES/Famicom) - 1029 min.
17. Resident Evil: Director's Cut (PlayStation) - 960 min.
18. Food Fight (Atari 7800) - 940 min.
19. Earthbound (SNES) - 826 min.
20. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) - 824 min.
21. YNXA (Atari Lynx) - 810 min.
22. Dino Crisis (PlayStation) - 797 min.
23. Wizard of Wor (Atari 2600) - 753 min.
24. Aardvark (Atari 2600) - 750 min.
25. Tomb Raider (PlayStation) - 746 min. [#15]
26. Yars' Revenge (Atari 2600) - 702 min.
27. Gravitar (Atari 2600) - 696 min.
28. Air Zonk (PC Denjin / Punkic Cyborgs) (TG-16/PC Engine) - 638 min.
29. Megamania (Atari 2600) - 636 min.
30. Super Mario World (SNES) - 620 min. [#28]
31. GoldenEye 007 (N64) - 616 min.
32. Out Run (Arcade) - 610 min.
33. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 560 min. [#26]
34. Raptor (Atari 2600) - 543 min.
35. Smurfs Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (Atari 2600) - 538 min.
36. Mole Mania (Game Boy) - 531 min.
37. Xenophobe (Atari 2600) - 525 min.
38. Dr. Mario (NES/Famicom) - 523 min.
39. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 503 min.
39. Metroid (Famicom Disk System) - 503 min.
41. RBI Baseball (NES/Famicom) - 502 min.
42. Reactor (Atari 2600) - 492 min.
43. GhostRush (CoCo 1 & 2) - 490 min.
44. Starflight (Genesis) - 485 min.
45. Super Mario Bros: Level-Headed v0.3.9 (NES/Famicom) - 481 min.
46. P.T. Barnum's Acrobats (Odyssey^2) - 470 min.
47. Unnamed (Atari Lynx) - 445 min. [#56]
48. Sky Kid (NES/Famicom) - 444 min.
49. Tempest 2000 (Atari Jaguar) - 442 min.
50. Gex 64: Enter the Gecko (N64) - 440 min.
50. NFL 2K1 (Dreamcast) - 440 min.
52. Missile Command (Atari 2600) - 438 min.
53. Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing (NES/Famicom) - 435 min.
54. Zero Wing (Arcade) - 421 min.
55. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) - 419 min.
56. Unseen (Atari Lynx) - 410 min.
57. Ms. Pac-Man (SNES) - 405 min.
57. Super Smash Bros. (N64) - 405 min.
59. Zero Wing (Genesis) - 403 min.
60. Pac-Man Collection (Atari 7800) - 401 min. [#13]
61. Super Mario 64 (N64) - 395 min.
62. Q*Bert (Arcade) - 388 min.
63. Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (Genesis) - 386 min.
64. Skiing (Atari 2600) - 385 min.
65. Super Mario All-Stars (SNES) - 379 min.
66. Bug! (Sega Saturn) - 360 min.
66. Chrono Cross (PlayStation) - 360 min.
66. Frogger (PlayStation) - 360 min.
69. Jumpman Jr. (ColecoVision) - 358 min.
70. Donkey Kong Country (SNES) - 351 min.
71. Pac-Dude Monster Maze 3D (CoCo 3) - 350 min.
72. Top Players Golf (Neo Geo AES/MVS) - 345 min.
73. Soukyuu Gurentai (Sega Saturn) - 338 min.
74. Klax (Atari 2600) - 337 min.
75. Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy) - 333 min. [#54 GBC - not sure if we moved this one]
76. Assembloids (Atari 2600) - 322 min.
77. Frostbite (Atari 2600) - 321 min.
78. Streets of Rage (Genesis) - 320 min.
78. Tomb Raider III (PlayStation) - 320 min.
80. Action 52 (Genesis) - 319 min.
81. R.C. Pro-Am (NES/Famicom) - 311 min.
82. GoldRunner (CoCo 1 & 2) - 310 min.
82. Hydlide 3: The Space Memories (MSX) - 310 min.
82. Klax (Atari Lynx) - 310 min.
85. Shark! Shark! (Intellivision) - 306 min.
86. Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (SNES) - 300 min.
87. TRON (Arcade) - 299 min.
88. Midnight Mutants (Atari 7800) - 295 min. [#89]
88. Tail of Beta Lyrae, The (Atari 8-bit) - 295 min.
90. Life Force (NES/Famicom) - 281 min.
91. Zaku (Atari Lynx) - 280 min.
92. Blockbuster (Microvision) - 275 min.
92. Trapfall (Pitfall clone) (CoCo 1 & 2) - 275 min.
92. World Bowling (Game Boy) - 275 min.
95. Guardian (Atari 2600) - 264 min.
96. Donkey Kong Land 2 (Game Boy) - 261 min.
96. Duck Tales 2 (NES/Famicom) - 261 min.
96. Galaxian (Atari 2600) - 261 min.
99. Great American Cross Country Road Race (Atari 8-bit) - 256 min.
100. Alien Raiders (Microvision) - 255 min.
100. Mouse Trap (Intellivision) - 255 min.
100. Star Parodier (Star Parodia) (TG-CD/PC Engine CD) - 255 min.

 

Top 100 pre-NES games so far in 2022:

 

I'm skipping comparing positions from last year on this list, but obviously Solar Fox remains #1 also here. Last year the cut-off was 79 min, this year it is 86 min so a slight increase as well.

 

1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 5010 min.
2. Super Breakout (Atari 2600) - 2381 min.
3. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 1746 min.
4. Food Fight (Atari 7800) - 940 min.
5. Wizard of Wor (Atari 2600) - 753 min.
6. Aardvark (Atari 2600) - 750 min.
7. Yars' Revenge (Atari 2600) - 702 min.
8. Gravitar (Atari 2600) - 696 min.
9. Megamania (Atari 2600) - 636 min.
10. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 560 min.
11. Raptor (Atari 2600) - 543 min.
12. Smurfs Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (Atari 2600) - 538 min.
13. Xenophobe (Atari 2600) - 525 min.
14. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 503 min.
15. Reactor (Atari 2600) - 492 min.
16. GhostRush (CoCo 1 & 2) - 490 min.
17. P.T. Barnum's Acrobats (Odyssey^2) - 470 min.
18. Missile Command (Atari 2600) - 438 min.
19. Pac-Man Collection (Atari 7800) - 401 min.
20. Q*Bert (Arcade) - 388 min.
21. Skiing (Atari 2600) - 385 min.
22. Jumpman Jr. (ColecoVision) - 358 min.
23. Klax (Atari 2600) - 337 min.
24. Assembloids (Atari 2600) - 322 min.
25. Frostbite (Atari 2600) - 321 min.
26. GoldRunner (CoCo 1 & 2) - 310 min.
26. Hydlide 3: The Space Memories (MSX) - 310 min.
28. Shark! Shark! (Intellivision) - 306 min.
29. TRON (Arcade) - 299 min.
30. Midnight Mutants (Atari 7800) - 295 min.
30. Tail of Beta Lyrae, The (Atari 8-bit) - 295 min.
32. Blockbuster (Microvision) - 275 min.
32. Trapfall (Pitfall clone) (CoCo 1 & 2) - 275 min.
34. Guardian (Atari 2600) - 264 min.
35. Galaxian (Atari 2600) - 261 min.
36. Great American Cross Country Road Race (Atari 8-bit) - 256 min.
37. Alien Raiders (Microvision) - 255 min.
37. Mouse Trap (Intellivision) - 255 min.
39.  Chisholm Trail (TI-99/4A) - 252 min.
39. Space Invaders (Atari 2600) - 252 min.
41. Numbertron (Sharp MZ-80K) - 250 min.
42. Fast Food (Atari 2600) - 249 min.
43. Enduro (Atari 2600) - 242 min.
44. Klax (Atari 7800) - 240 min.
44. Touchstone (CoCo 1 & 2) - 240 min.
46. Zeta Wing (Commodore 64) - 234 min.
47. Dragon Slayer (CoCo 1 & 2) - 230 min.
48. Tutankham (Intellivision) - 227 min.
49. Frogger (Arcade) - 212 min.
50. Space Raiders (CoCo 1 & 2) - 210 min.
51. Donkey Kong (Atari 8-bit) - 205 min.
52. Mysterious Stones: Dr. John's Adventure (Arcade) - 200 min.
53. Discs of Tron (Arcade) - 195 min.
54. Stratovox 2600 (Atari 2600) - 191 min.
55. Shark Treasure (CoCo 1 & 2) - 190 min.
56. Gem Hunter (TRS-80 Model I/III) - 185 min.
57. Beef Drop (Atari 7800) - 180 min.
58. Jr. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 179 min.
59. Winter Games (Atari 2600) - 176 min.
60. Downland (Dragon 32) - 175 min.
61. Pinball Action (Arcade) - 172 min.
62. Pinball (Microvision) - 171 min.
63. M7illie and Molly (Commodore 64) - 162 min.
64. Downland (CoCo 1 & 2) - 160 min.
65. Tutankam (CoCo 1 & 2) - 155 min.
66. Laser Blast (Atari 2600) - 150 min.
66. Miner 2019er (Commodore 64) - 150 min.
66. Miner 2049er (Atari 8-bit) - 150 min.
66. Mire Mare (CoCo 1 & 2) - 150 min.
70. Juno (CoCo 1 & 2) - 147 min.
71. Road Runner (Atari 2600) - 137 min.
72. Qix (Commodore 64) - 136 min.
73. Treasure Trek (GCE Chase n Counter) (Handheld/Tabletop) - 135 min.
74. Star Trek: Phaser Strike / Shooting Star (Microvision) - 130 min.
75. Dig Dug (Atari 7800) - 120 min.
75. Ms. Pac-Man (Atari 7800) - 120 min.
75. Wizard of Wor (Arcade) - 120 min.
78. Beamrider (Commodore 64) - 119 min.
79. Shovel Adventure (Amstrad CPC) - 110 min.
80. Gridrunner (Commodore 64) - 109 min.
81. Donkey Kong PK / XM (Atari 7800) - 105 min.
81. Drag Race Eliminator (Commodore 64) - 105 min.
83. Centipede (Atari 2600) - 104 min.
84. Pac-Man (Atari 8-bit) - 101 min.
85. Buzz Bombers (Intellivision) - 100 min.
85. Cosmic Hunter (Microvision) - 100 min.
85. Magic Numbers (Mind Reader & Nim) (Fairchild Channel F) - 100 min.
85. Train Game, The (Sinclair ZX Spectrum) - 100 min.
89. H.E.R.O. (Atari 8-bit) - 99 min.
90. Donkey Kong (Atari 7800) - 97 min.
91. Galaga (Arlasoft) (Commodore 64) - 95 min.
91. Lunar Leeper (VIC-20) - 95 min.
91. Oil's Well (MSX) - 95 min.
91. Preppie II (Atari 8-bit) - 95 min.
95. Bandits (Atari 8-bit) - 93 min.
96. Firing Squad (GCE Game Time watch) (Handheld/Tabletop) - 90 min.
96. Winter Games (Commodore 64) - 90 min.
98. Bowling (High Tech) (Commodore 64) - 88 min.
99. Joust (Arcade) - 86 min.
100. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 86 min.

 

Top systems so far in 2022

 

1. Atari 2600 - 21872 min. [#1]
2. NES/Famicom - 15713 min. [#4]
3. Game Boy - 11206 min. [#12]
4. Genesis - 10227 min. [#3]
5. Arcade - 8788 min. [#5]
6. SNES - 7021 min. [#6]
7. PlayStation - 6038 min. [#2]
8. Dreamcast - 3547 min. [#20]
9. Atari Lynx - 3452 min. [#21]
10. CoCo 1 & 2 - 3200 min.
11. Commodore 64 - 3137 min. [#13]
12. Atari 7800 - 2853 min. [#16]
13. CoCo 3 - 2721 min.
14. N64 - 2149 min. [#34]
15. Atari 8-bit - 2010 min. [#17]
16. Handheld/Tabletop - 1902 min. [#40]
17. TG-16/PC Engine - 1861 min. [#19]
18. Sega Saturn - 1828 min. [#7]
19. Neo Geo AES/MVS - 1670 min. [#11]
20. Atari Jaguar - 1512 min. [#22]
21. Intellivision - 1426 min. [#18]
22. SG-1000 - 1375 min. [#41]
23. Sega Master System - 1202 min. [#29]
24. Microvision - 1021 min.
25. TG-CD/PC Engine CD - 708 min. [#27]
26. ColecoVision - 689 min. [#8]
27. Game Boy Color - 631 min. [#10]
28. Virtual Boy - 575 min.
29. NEC PC-9801 - 563 min.
30. Odyssey^2 - 540 min.
30. Fairchild Channel F - 540 min. [#36]
32. MSX - 505 min. [#44]
33. Famicom Disk System - 504 min. [#43]
34. Game Gear - 497 min. [#14]
35. Sega CD - 460 min. [#9]
36. Tiger R-Zone - 425 min. [#28]
37. TRS-80 Model I/III - 420 min.
38. PC (DOS) - 390 min. [#35]
39. Vectrex - 351 min. [#33]
40. Sharp X68000 - 325 min.
41. TI-99/4A - 275 min.
42. Amstrad CPC - 253 min.
43. Sharp MZ-80K - 250 min.
44. Tiger/Sega Pocket Arcade - 235 min. [#37]
45. Dragon 32 - 230 min.
46. SAM Coupé - 228 min.
47. Atari 5200 - 205 min. [#45]
48. Amiga - 180 min. [#15]
49. Game & Watch - 173 min.
50. Sinclair ZX Spectrum - 172 min. [#42]
51. Sega 32X - 170 min. [#23]
52. VIC-20 - 140 min. [#49]
53. Acorn Archimedes - 100 min.
54. Bally Astrocade - 90 min.
55. Apple II - 80 min. [#52]
56. Commodore PET - 55 min. [#51]
56. Atari ST - 55 min. [#48]
58. BBC Micro - 45 min.
59. Acorn Electron - 40 min.
60. SuperGrafx - 35 min. [#31]
60. Game.com - 35 min. [#30]
60. Amiga AGA/ECS - 35 min. [#32]
63. Neo Geo Pocket Color - 30 min. [#50]
64. TRS-80 MC-10 - 20 min. [#24]
65. FM Towns - 14 min. [#39]
66. Commodore 16 & Plus/4 - 10 min. [#38]

 

The following five systems were reported in the first half 2021, but haven't been seen yet this year:

3DO, PC Windows 95/98 (!!!), Philips VG 5000, Neo Geo CD and Emerson Arcadia 2001.

 

Of course there are many more that weren't played neither in the first half of 2021 or 2022, but it strikes me a bit odd that none of the older Windows games have been logged this year. Perhaps all Windows gamers go for more modern games in the other tracker?

[DragonGrafx-16]

I must apologize... I've not been good at reporting my playtime recently. I was exhausted due to the holiday weekend here and forgot to keep track.

[Atarian7]

There was a big drop off in 2020.  That was the year the pandemic started.  You would think that times would have increased

due to not being able to go anywhere.  ?

 

 

 

 

[Steven Pendleton]

Hell yeah, Slap Fight MD~

 

Just remembering that it exists makes me want to play the shit out of it again. Everybody needs to play it because it really is that good. It's also only about 10~12 minutes long if you don't die, so it's kind of insane that I've put that much time into it. It is technically a compilation, but I never really felt like tracking the arcade port of Slap Fight and the actual Slap Fight MD separately.

 

You who are reading this right now - yes, you - go play Slap Fight MD.

[carlsson]

7 hours ago, Atarian7 said:

There was a big drop off in 2020.  That was the year the pandemic started.  You would think that times would have increased

due to not being able to go anywhere.  ?

I was wondering about that too. If we crunch the numbers a bit more:

 

Total numbers

2020: 77,535 min on 588 games and 41 systems

2021: 117,261 min (+51% cmp to 2020) on 1290 games (+119%) and 53 systems (+29%)

2022: 129,009 min (+66% cmp to 2020) on 1358 games (+131%) and 66 systems (+61%)

 

Top 100 List

2020: Between 3106 min (Solar Fox, Atari 2600) and 167 min (Spelunker, NES)

Average number of minutes on Top 100: 522 min.

 

2021: Between 4431 min (Solar Fox, Atari 2600) and 198 min (Asteroids Deluxe, Arcade)

Average number of minutes on Top 100: 705 min. (+35% cmp to 2020)

 

2022: Between 5010 min (Solar Fox, Atari 2600) and 255 min (Star Parodier, TG-CD/PC Engine CD)

Average number of minutes on Top 100: 748 min. (+43% cmp to 2020)

 

The difference still is there, though milder if we only look at the 100 most played games.

 

Top 100 Pre-NES

2020: Between 3106 min (Solar Fox, Atari 2600) and 66 min (Protector, VIC-20)

Average number of minutes on Pre-NES Top 100: 266 min.

 

2021: Between 4431 min (Solar Fox, Atari 2600) and 79 min (Sydney Hunter CoD, ColecoVision)

Average number of minutes on Pre-NES Top 100: 280 min. (+5% cmp to 2020)

 

2022: Between 5010 min (Solar Fox, Atari 2600) and 86 min (Pac-Man, Atari 2600)

Average number of minutes on Pre-NES Top 100: 338 min. (+27% cmp to 2020)

 

The differences are even smaller, which we can conclude with more games on post-NES systems these days are played for a short amount of time and then dropped. So what we did in 2020 was to focus more on quality, less on quantity?

 

Top systems

2020: Between 16,576 min (Atari 2600) and 3 min (Fairchild Channel F)

Average number of minutes: 1891 min.

 

2021: Between 17,492 min (Atari 2600) and 4 min (Emerson Arcadia 2001)

Average number of minutes: 2212 min. (+17% cmp to 2020)

 

2022: Between 21,872 min (Atari 2600) and 10 min (Commodore 16 & Plus/4)

Average number of minutes: 1954 min. (+3% cmp to 2020)

 

This says that while the diversity of systems is at a higher rate, it is spread rather evenly on every system.

 

So yes, there was a drop in 2020 but once the underlying numbers are crunched, it looks a little less dramatic.

[carlsson]

For those who are curious, the mid-year stats on the modern tracker have also been posted. Notable is that there was no significant drop in 2020 over there, so it probably means when the pandemic hit, we played fewer of the late 1980's and 1990's shovelware games, but stuck with the real classics as well as the current gaming stuff for modern systems.

[carlsson]

As a bonus, how would the gaming systems of the 20th century hold up in a combined list with all the modern stuff? Fairly well, it appears:

 

 1 Switch - 68191 min.
 2 PC (post-2000) - 36331 min.
 3 PS4 - 30227 min.
 4 Xbox Series X - 24196 min.
 5 Atari 2600 - 21872 min.
 6 Xbox One - 19747 min.
 7 NES/Famicom - 15713 min.
 8 iOS - 12160 min.
 9 Game Boy - 11206 min.
10 Genesis - 10227 min.
11 Arcade (pre-2000) - 8788 min.
12 SNES - 7021 min.
13 PlayStation - 6038 min.
14 Xbox 360 - 5852 min.
15 GBA - 4376 min.
16 Dreamcast - 3547 min.
17 Atari Lynx - 3452 min.
18 CoCo 1 & 2 - 3200 min.
19 Browser based - 3198 min.
20 Vita - 3193 min.
21 Commodore 64 - 3137 min.
22 PS3 - 3093 min.
23 Atari 7800 - 2853 min.
24 CoCo 3 - 2721 min.
25 PS2 - 2715 min.
26 N64 - 2149 min.
27 Atari 8-bit - 2010 min.
28 Handheld/Tabletop - 1902 min.
29 TG-16/PC Engine - 1861 min.
30 Sega Saturn - 1828 min.
31 Wii - 1733 min.
32 Neo Geo AES/MVS - 1670 min.
33 Atari Jaguar - 1512 min.
34 Intellivision - 1426 min.
35 SG-1000 - 1375 min.
36 Nokia N-Gage - 1375 min.
37 Sega Master System - 1202 min.
38 Microvision - 1021 min.
39 Xbox - 916 min.
40 PSP - 819 min.
41 TG-CD/PC Engine CD - 708 min.
42 ColecoVision - 689 min.
43 Game Boy Color - 631 min.
44 DS - 627 min.
45 Virtual Boy - 575 min.
46 NEC PC-9801 - 563 min.
47 Fairchild Channel F - 540 min.
48 Odyssey^2 - 540 min.
49 MSX - 505 min.
50 Famicom Disk System - 504 min.

 

Obviously, nothing can stop the Nintendo Switch but 4 of 10 of the most played systems belonging to the classic tracker is a good number.

[+jgkspsx]

If you combine the HuCard and CD for Turbografx it sits right behind the PS2, so I think that’s a decent showing. I am responsible for the majority or the entirely of quite a few systems on that list

[carlsson]

Oh yeah, ping @high voltage who asked back in January 2018 about the Nokia N-Gage. Now it is tracked (in the modern section) and you can see how it fares even compared to older systems.

[+jgkspsx]

Clearly I need to put some more time into the R-Zone. It can hardly just languish behind a glorified floppy drive ?

 

I'm excited to report that microcomputers are finally coming to the Evercade so by the end of the year I will be logging some C64 scores. My intention of cobbling my CoCo 3 back into usability is still just an intention, but seeing the Color Computers logged so regularly is a good reminder...

[digdugnate]

On 7/7/2022 at 5:57 PM, jgkspsx said:

Clearly I need to put some more time into the R-Zone. It can hardly just languish behind a glorified floppy drive ?

 

I'm excited to report that microcomputers are finally coming to the Evercade so by the end of the year I will be logging some C64 scores. My intention of cobbling my CoCo 3 back into usability is still just an intention, but seeing the Color Computers logged so regularly is a good reminder...

I'm responsible for a good chunk of Switch time, lol.  I have a C64 Maxi on my office desk with my work laptop, but I don't have a lot of room for 'real gaming' on it.  I'm hoping when i setup my home office this fall it makes more of an appearance on the tracker.

 

That being said.. no Classic Time tracked this week for me.  I'm a terrible Classic Gamer!

[oyamafamily]

ATARI 2600:

Galaxian - 5 minutes

Ms. Pac-Man - 12 minutes

[Steven Pendleton]

Got a rare arcade game this time: Air Gallet. I also finally played Batsugun, fortunately on PCB. It's... okay, I guess. Play Slap Fight, Kyuukyoku Tiger, Hishouzame, Out Zone, or V-V instead because those are all way better than Batsugun.

 

Arcade
1941 Counter Attack (Japan) - 25
1942 - 1
Air Gallet - 20
Batsugun - 40
Daisenpuu - 30
Hishouzame - 20
Out Run - 5
Out Zone - 10
Out Zone (Zero Wing conversion) - 12

About this version of Out Zone: this is an official conversion of a Zero Wing PCB to Out Zone that Toaplan made. The only reason that I'm doing this separately is because it's stupidly difficult. Compared to the regular Out Zone, it's practically a different game. Don't buy this PCB and don't play this version of the game. Get/play the regular Out Zone PCB instead.
Raiden DX - 20
Same! Same! Same! (2P ver) - 60
Slap Fight - 10
Space Harrier - 10
Zero Wing - 4
Zero Wing (2P ver) - 22

 

G/MD
Slap Fight MD - 14

 

Dreamcast
Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 - 54
Sonic Adventure - 81

 

Neo Geo AES/MVS

Neo Turf Masters - 20

Edited July 10, 2022 by Steven Pendleton

[Prosystemsearch]

Here are my times:

Atari 2600:

Laserblast- 2 minutes

Vanguard- 3 1/2 minutes

Venture- 2 minutes

Spiderman- 4 minutes

Bump N' Jump- 4 minutes

Lock N' Chase- 7 minutes

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back- 12 minutes

Tapper-8 1/2 minutes

Q*bert- 6 minutes

TRON deadly discs- 5 minutes

Taz- 6 minutes

Stampede- 2 1/2 minutes

Demon Attack- 6 minutes 

Super Breakout- 4 1/2 minutes

Joust- 5 minutes

Klax-5 1/2 minutes

Ms. Pacman- 8 minutes

Robot Tank- 13 minutes

 

Game Boy:

Megaman: Dr. Wily's Revenge- 15 minutes

 

NES:

Arkanoid- 2 1/2 minutes

Bubble Bath Babes (unlicensed)- 6 minutes

Bee 52 (unlicensed)- 5 minutes

Baby Boomer (unlicensed)- 10 minutes

NARC- 8 1/2 minutes

Edited July 10, 2022 by Prosystemsearch
Almost forgot some stuff

[carlsson]

Atari 8-bit:
Kik-Start - 21 min.
Preppie! - 12 min.
Skateboard - 67 min.
Star League Baseball - 49 min.

 

I'm really starting to like Skateboard in its simplicity, and I reached level 8 twice (last week I was only at level 5). Unfortunately I can't say the same about Star League Baseball. I played a single game, lost 1-41 and it took me almost 50 minutes. I'm not sure I'll try again.

 

[Kurt_Woloch]

Here are my times for this past week (July 4th through 10th, 2022):

 

sorry, again no gaming whatsoever (at least, nothing that would be eligible fo any of the trackers).

[agb]

Arcade

Asteroids on ps one 44

Defender using ps two Williams 13

Klax using ps 2 Williams 28

 

Atari 2600

Eggomania  26

Hero 14

Kaboom. 14

Solar Fox 96

 

ive been playing asteroids for 43 years and still get bad scores. Fun game though. 
 

 

 

[+thegoldenband]

My times for the week:

 

CoCo 1/2:
Mega-Bug - 168 min.

 

CoCo 3:
Rad Warrior - 79 min.

 

Beat Mega-Bug on the Expert setting.

[onlyinajeep]

Amstrad CPC (6128)

Buggy Boy - 10 minutes, It's not good...

 

Arcade (via MiSTer)

Birdiy - 30 minutes

 

Atari (1040) ST

Buggy Boy - 70 minutes

Lode Runner - 20 minutes

Thrust - 80 minutes

 

CoCo2

Moon Shuttle - 30 minutes

 

Commodore Amiga (500)

Buggy Boy - 45 minutes

 

Commodore 64

Buggy Boy - 30 minutes

 

Commodore VIC-20

Lunar Leeper - 35 minutes

Shamus - 45 minutes

[TheGameCollector]

This week I played a lot thanks to having to stay home and recover from COVID:

 

Alundra for Playstation - 351 minutes

Asteroids for Atari 2600 - 22 minutes

Gex for Playstation - 56 minutes

Pokemon Blue Version for Game Boy - 86 minutes

Pokemon Red Version for Game Boy - 622 minutes

Pokemon Yellow Version for Game Boy - 857 minutes

Super Mario Bros.: Level-Headed v0.3.9 for NES - 95 minutes

 

Progress:

Alundra - got through the lizard cave

Asteroids - played game 1 difficulty B and rolled the score

Gex - completed the cartoon world

Pokemon Blue - did the trading with Red and got all 150 Pokemon. Then traded with a Mew Machine event cartridge save to get a legit Mew.

Pokemon Red - leveled up the last of my Pokemon until they evolved, did the trading with Blue and got all 150 Pokemon. Then traded with a Mew Machine event cartridge save to get a legit Mew.

Pokemon Yellow - started a new game and made it through Rock Tunnel. Pokedex is at 40.

Super Mario Level Headed - played through 4 games

[Atarian7]

Atari 2600

Hunchy II - 7 minutes

Kaboom! - 94 minutes

Solar Fox - 58 minutes

 

 

[+jgkspsx]

 Had a little Tron-a-palooza.

 

Arcade:

Discs of Tron - 65 minutes

half of such:

 

Galaga - 10 minutes

 

Galaga '88 - 20 minutes

 

Tron - 25 minutes

 

 

Atari Jaguar:

Rebooteroids - 45 minutes for HSC

 

 

Tempest 2000 - 120 minutes for HSC

All Plus mode. Failed to record.

 

 

Fairchild Channel F:

Hockey - 10 minutes

Technically mostly the demonstration cart via the multicart, but it's still the same Hockey... isn't it?

 

Videocart 7: Math Quiz II: Multiplication - 35 minutes

 

Multiplying fairly large numbers in your head is pretty fun, it turns out. I liked this a lot as a teen and I still do.

 

Videocart 7: Math Quiz II: Division - 10 minutes

The numbers are much too small for this to be fun. I remembered with terrible clarity how much I felt the same about 

 

LCD/Tabletop:

 (Epoch) Radio Shack Astro Thunder - 35 minutes

I don't understand how scoring works, but it's a lot of fun and the soundtrack is hilarious.

 

 

This exists under a million titles worldwide: Firefox X-7, Galaga X6, and probably more.

 

Tiger NiGHTS Into Dreams - 45 minutes

I finally figured out how this works. Video coming soon...

 

 

Tomy Tron - 20 minutes

On video this time:

 

NEC PC Engine:

Galaga '88 - 35 minutes

 

Got my best score ever! I was not actually recording and I thought I was. Oh well.

 

Sega Game Gear:

Doraemon: Wakuwaku Pocket Paradise - 45 minutes

 

The awesome platformer? No. This is the minigame collection, in the proud tradition of the Tant-R series. Some of the minigames are pretty fun, some become trivial once you figure them out. There is a weird amount of casual nudity in it (people taking showers/baths). It's okay. It was among the last games playable by a non-Japanese speaker I didn't have. I'm glad I got it cheap.

 

[+wongojack]

For the first time in as long as I can remember, I have no time to report on either the classic or modern trackers this week.  I just wrapped up a long vacation to the UK, and I was just too busy to fit video games into the daily routine.

 

More to come of course . . . 

[Skippy B. Coyote]

No classic gaming for me once again this week! That'll for sure change next month when the Atari 2600 high score club starts up again, but in the meantime maybe I can get in some arcade games or a bit of Sega Genesis next week

 

[carlsson]

Here's the summary for Week 27, running from July 4 - 10. We logged 4420 minutes of eligible play, playing 88 games on a total of 21 systems.

 

Top 10:

 

1. Pokemon Yellow Version (Game Boy) - 857 min.
2. Pokemon Red Version (Game Boy) - 622 min. (#1)
3. Alundra (PlayStation) - 351 min.
4. Mega Bug (CoCo 1 & 2) - 168 min.
5. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 154 min. (#5)
6. Tempest 2000 (Atari Jaguar) - 120 min.
7. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 108 min.
8. Super Mario Bros: Level-Headed v0.3.9 (NES/Famicom) - 95 min.
9. Pokemon Blue Version (Game Boy) - 86 min.
10. Sonic Adventure (World version) (Dreamcast) - 81 min.

 

Pre-NES top 10:

 

1. Mega Bug (CoCo 1 & 2) - 168 min.
2. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 154 min. (PN#3)
3. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 108 min. (PN#9)
4. Skateboard (Atari 8-bit) - 67 min.
5, Discs of Tron (Arcade) - 65 min.
6. Star League Baseball (Atari 8-bit) - 49 min.
7. Math Quiz II (Multiplication & Division) (Fairchild Channel F) - 45 min.
7. Shamus (VIC-20) - 45 min.
9. Asteroids (Arcade) - 44 min.
10. Astro Thunder (Epoch Radio Shack, a.a. Grandstand Firefox X-7, Epoch Galaga X6) (Handheld/Tabletop) - 35 min.
10. Lunar Leeper (VIC-20) - 35 min.

 

Top 10 systems:

 

1. Game Boy - 1580 min. (#1)
2. Arcade - 524 min. (#3)
3. Atari 2600 - 452 min. (#2)
4. PlayStation - 407 min.
5. CoCo 1 & 2 - 198 min. (#9)
6. Atari ST - 170 min.
7. Atari Jaguar - 165 min.
8. Atari 8-bit - 149 min.
9. Dreamcast - 135 min.
10. NES/Famicom - 127 min. (#5)

 

Pokémon ? Game Boy! With three titles on the overall list of which Yellow is #1 and Red is #2, it isn't surprising that the Game Boy also is the most played system. The numbers are a bit lower on the pre-NES list, but Mega Bug has almost 15 minutes over Solar Fox.

 

As indicated, Pokémon Red Version (Game Boy) now is the 10th member of the 10000 Minute Club with a total of 10079 minutes. Obviously it is the first Game Boy entry on that exclusive list:

 

1. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 234279 min.

2. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 40553 min.

3. Pac-Man Collection (Atari 7800) - 17409 min.

4. The Lawnmower Man (SNES) - 14730 min.

5. Galaxian (Atari 2600) - 14211 min.

6. Christmas Carol vs. the Ghost of Christmas Presents (Intellivision) - 13486 min.

7. Silent Hunter (PC DOS) - 13129 min.

8. Missile Command (Atari 2600) - 10902 min.

9. Suikoden II (PlayStation) - 10668 min.

10. Pokemon Red Version (Game Boy) - 10079 min.