Hwlngmad Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Times for this past week were as follows: Android 1) Retro Bowl - 90 minutes 2) Vampire Survivors - 60 minutes GBA 1) Grand Theft Auto Advance - 90 minutes Switch 1) Kirby Super Clash - 35 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 PC Dead Man's Draw 35 PS4 Shovel Knight 107 XOne Bugsnax 54 Coffee Talk 25 Infernax 110 A little aimless wandering on various games this week. Infernax is now no longer available on GamePass, so I finally started playing Shovel Knight. First impression is that it is incredible. I'm excited to continue later. I also made my way to the latest location of the Free Play arcade chain here in Dallas. We are truly blessed with an embarrassment of arcade goodness here, and I played the below "modern" pinball machines while I was there. Free Play Dallas... (freeplayinc.com) Pinball Cactus Canyon Godzilla James Bond Dr No Led Zeppelin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 In case you are wondering what Bugsnax is about, I would like to invite my friends Kero Kero Bonito to explain: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 I'm doomed. Nintendo Switch DOOM (2016) - 755 minutes 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 19 hours ago, jgkspsx said: In case you are wondering what Bugsnax is about, I would like to invite my friends Kero Kero Bonito to explain: LOL, Sounds like J-pop. If the game is Japanese then it has the best localization I've ever seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 2 hours ago, wongojack said: LOL, Sounds like J-pop. If the game is Japanese then it has the best localization I've ever seen. Kero Kero Bonito are an English group with a singer of Japanese descent. They're a fantastic band I've followed for a long time who just happened to write the theme song for a fantastic game! OK, my stats for the week up to this morning: Apple iOS: Duolingo - 33 minutes Pikmin Bloom - 258 minutes Atari VCS: Akka Arrh - 20 minutes Got a few levels into this new Jeff Minter masterwork this morning. BPM Boy - 20 minutes Nintendo Switch: Jetboard Joust - 20 minutes Legal Dungeon - 20 minutes Tetris 99 - 35 minutes Sunplus SPG: Baseball - 20 minutes Curling - 15 minutes Virtual Technologies VT03: Dark Castle - 20 minutes Imagine Thunder Castle with glorious NES graphics but without any challenge or fun. This is that. Sigh. I also played some Pooyan clone but I can't remember the name. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 Week 07 Top games 1. DOOM (2016 reboot) (Switch) - 755 min. (#7) 2. Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch) - 545 min. (#2) 3. Forza Horizon 5 (PC) - 450 min. (#4) 4. Valkyria Chronices 4: Complete Edition (PC) - 337 min. 5. Pikmin Bloom (iOS) - 258 min. (#3) 6. Forza Horizon 5 (Xbox One) - 240 min. 7. Infermax (Xbox One) - 110 min. (#5) 8. Shovel Knight (PS4) - 107 min. 9. Grand Theft Auto Advance (GBA) - 90 min. 9. Retro Bowl (Android) - 90 min. Top systems 1. Switch (6 games) - 1410 min. (#1) 2. PC (9 games) - 1162 min. (#3) 3. Xbox One (4 games) - 429 min. (#5) 4. iOS (2 games) - 291 min. (#4) 5. Android (2 games) - 150 min. (#9) 6. PS4 (1 game) - 107 min. 7. GBA (1 game) - 90 min. (#6) 8. Atari VCS (2 games) - 40 min. 9. Sunplus SPG (2 games) - 35 min. (#10) 10. Virtual Technologies VTxx (1 game) - 20 min. Total 3754 minutes and 34 different games (of which 15 new) on 12 different systems, with 7 participants. The 2016 reboot of DOOM fights of both the remastered version of Metroid Prime and the system split entry for Forza Horizon 5. For the record, the 4 minutes Wongojack posted on Mushihimesama in the classic tracker were moved here, since that arcade game came out in 2004. All the other arcade games at Free Play Dallas clocked into the classic tracker though. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, carlsson said: Week 07 Top games 1. DOOM (2016 reboot) (Switch) - 755 min. (#7) 2. Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch) - 545 min. (#2) 3. Forza Horizon 5 (PC) - 450 min. (#4) 4. Valkyria Chronices 4: Complete Edition (PC) - 337 min. 5. Pikmin Bloom (iOS) - 258 min. (#3) 6. Forza Horizon 5 (Xbox One) - 240 min. 7. Infermax (Xbox One) - 110 min. (#5) 8. Shovel Knight (PS4) - 107 min. 9. Grand Theft Auto Advance (GBA) - 90 min. 9. Retro Bowl (Android) - 90 min. FYI: Infernax - with an 'n' 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 Thanks. Perhaps I need to wipe my glasses clean. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Yesterday and Today's (2/22 and 2/23/2023) totals GBA 1) Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf - 20 minutes 2) Kuru Kuru Kururin - 25 minutes 3) Grand Theft Auto Advance - 45 minutes Android 1) Retro Bowl - 45 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Tested the PC Toaplan games some more, but they are in a terrible place right now and I really don't want to play them while they are totally broken. PC Kyuukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra - 24 Out Zone - 2 Spy Bros. (Pipi & Bibi's DX) - 26 Tatsujin/Truxton - 2 Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition - 727 Zero Wing - 2 PS4 Kyuukyoku Tiger - 458 This is actually the past 2 months or so of play time, all accumulated here now because I was too lazy to do it before. I finally beat the game about 12 hours ago! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Here are my times for this past week (February 20th through 26th) on modern systems: Browser-based: Ski Slalom 3D - 24 min. I was looking for how a pseudo-3d skiing game might look like, and I found one online which I played for a while. In this game there are 3 progressively harder tracks you can go down, and between the runs you can upgrade your skier. I think there's a total time limit of 30 minutes in which you can make as many runs as possible. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayler Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Bought a couple of cheap GC titles and decided to give this a spin. Good arcade fun and I really enjoyed making car wrecks and watching the $$$ go up. Gamecube Burnout 2: Point of Impact - 222 min 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 PC 10 Second Ninja 35 Atom Zombie Smasher 85 Bejeweled 3 58 BIT.TRIP BEAT 76 BIT.TRIP RUNNER 120 Cally's Caves IV 35 Floating Point 20 Katamari Damacy Reroll 142 Rusty Lake Roots 38 PS4 Shovel Knight 220 Well, I kept playing Shovel Knight and it is really great. I also got the idea to try out Katamari Damacy Reroll after talking about it with my brother-in-law. I had it in my Steam library from some bundle long ago, and I bought him a copy. It is the same old original Katamari that we loved on PS2 - like really the same. It even made me play the tutorial before I could adjust the video and other settings (very un-PC like). I also played the BIT.TRIP games. I played these once upon a time on Wii, and here they are on PC. These games are great at the beginning, but they devolve into some pretty extreme frustration. Instead of a sense of accomplishment, I usually feel defeated even if I manage to complete one of the harder levels. I should switch the difficulty to "easy." 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) Additional Last Week (02/24 and 02/25) totals: Android 1. Beat Streets 2 - 5 Minutes 2. Exiled Kingdoms RPG - 25 minutes 3. Fury Road - 10 minutes 4. Pinball Dreams: Reloaded - 25 minutes 5. Pixel Bowl - 15 minutes 6. Retro Bowl - 15 minutes 7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - 10 minutes 8. Vector Pinball - 10 minutes GBA 1. Grand Theft Auto Advance - 60 minutes Edited February 27, 2023 by Hwlngmad 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 This week I finished up the 2016 reboot of DOOM on the Switch, then decided to go back and start replaying Darkwood since I remember liking it a lot but hadn't played it in at least a couple years. Weirdly I ended up logging the exact same amount of time in both games this week! Nintendo Switch Darkwood - 355 minutes DOOM (2016) - 355 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Apple iOS: Duolingo - 53 monutes Pikmin Bloom - 438 minutes Game Boy Advance: Space Channel 5: Ulala’s Cosmic Attack - 35 minutes Switch: Bayonetta 3 - 20 minutes Songbird Symphony - 35 minutes VTXX: Battle Zone - 15 minutes Not the Atari game, but a totally broken Plants vs Zombies clone. Bitha - 20 minutes Pooyan hack Maze Arrow - 25 minutes janky Pooyan hack with infinite lives and broken mechanics. Rescue Kuck - 10 minutes. Graphical hack of DK Jr. It is NOT as prurient as you might think. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Yesterday and today's (2/28 and 3/1/2023) totals: GBA 1. Grand Theft Auto Advance - 70 minutes Android 1. Vampire Survivors - 20 minutes 2. Pinball Pro - 30 minutes 3. Fury Road - 10 minutes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Week 08 Top games 1. Valkyria Chronices 4: Complete Edition (PC) - 727 min. (#4) 2. Kyuukyoku Tiger (PS4) - 458 min. 3. Pikmin Bloom (iOS) - 438 min. (#5) 4. Darkwood (Switch) - 355 min. 4. DOOM (2016 reboot) (Switch) - 355 min. (#1) 6. Burnout 2: Point of Impact (Gamecube) - 222 min. 7. Shovel Knight (PS4) - 220 min. (#8) 8. Grand Theft Auto Advance (GBA) - 175 min. (#9) 9. Katamari Damacy Reroll (PC) - 142 min. 10. BIT.TRIP RUNNER (PC) - 120 min. Top systems 1. PC (15 games) - 1392 min. (#2) 2. Switch (4 games) - 765 min. (#1) 3. PS4 (2 games) - 678 min. (#6) 4. iOS (2 games) - 491 min. (#4) 5. GBA (4 games) - 255 min. (#7) 6. Gamecube (1 game) - 222 min. 7. Android (10 games) - 220 min. (#5) 8. Virtual Technologies VTxx (4 games) - 70 min. (#10) 9. Browser based (1 game) - 24 min. Total 4117 minutes and 43 different games (of which 27 new) on 9 different systems, with 7 participants. A lot of new games this week, but the top five games have been seen before including this weeks #1, Valkyria Chronicles 4 which takes the title by almost 4.5 hours. It also helps the PC platform to a systems win, and increases the average to 93 minutes per PC game, something only two of the other 14 titles achieves on its own. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Today's (3/3/2023) totals: Android 1) Pinball Deluxe: Reloaded - 50 minutes GBA 1) Grand Theft Auto Advance - 20 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+neogeo1982 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 PS5 Dead Space - 960 minutes. Good remake of the original... Demoniaca: Everlasting Night - 120min One Night Stand - 300min. Platinum trophy 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 I got a PS5 for some reason, so I ended up testing a bunch of PS4 games to see how they benefit from the extra Blast ProcessingTM. Interesting results overall. I also was kind of lost for what to do after finishing Valkyria Chronicles 4 and ended up waffling around without committing to anything until I discovered that I somehow had a game that I didn't know that I had. PC Crisis Wing - 32 Crystar - 10 Death Stranding Director's Cut - 260 Kyuukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra - 9 Out Zone - 1 Spy Bros. (Pipi & Bibi's DX) - 7 Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition - 21 Zero Wing - 24 PS4 Blue Reflection - 20 Runs WAY better on PS5. Normally it runs terribly, but not here. If you are going to play this trash game, PS5 is probably a decent (the best?) way to do it... but don't play this trash game. Blue Reflection TIE - 5 Its predecessor has an unlocked framerate, but this is locked to 30FPS. Forget the console versions and play it on PC. Unlike its predecessor, this game is actually not complete trash and is actually good! Yay~ Flowers Les Quatre Saisons - 2 Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition - 393 Apparently I have this game. I have no idea how or when I got it, but I did, and it was apparently free, so I guess I am playing this now. Yay, free things~ It got a Special PS5 PatchTM that adds Blast ProcessingTM, so it runs basically flawlessly on PS5, but it's still a PS4 game. The animations look really weird sometimes. Kangokutou Mary Skelter 2 - 43 Runs flawlessly on PS5; like Blue Reflection, it runs horribly on PS4 but has an unlocked framerate, and the PS5 has was more than enough power to run this game perfectly. Kangokutou Mary Skelter Finale - 5 Same as its predecessor, although they actually bothered to optimize this for PS4, so instead of being a ridiculously massive and game-changing upgrade, it is simply a big upgrade. Sennou Game Teki-Paki - 7 Sonic Colors: Ultimate - 65 Apparently the only differences on PS5 are that it loads super fast and the framerate is more stable or something. I looked up the differences, but I forgot what else there was. Super Stardust Ultra - 120 Valkyria Chronicles - 5 PS5 Astro's Playroom - 124 It's the nicest tech demo I've ever played. Way better than the lame Welcome Park thing on the Vita, and unlike with Welcome Park, you can actually delete this to save space on your system! It's a nice game and the PS5 has basically no other exclusives, though, so you probably won't want to delete it. Relayer Trial Version (demo) - 9 Yep, it's Relayer, and it's on PS5. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 This week I played: Disney Dreamlight Valley for Switch - 40 minutes Progress: I just tried it out for a bit because my wife wanted to play it. She's really gotten into it since last night while I went back to my retro games. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) Just continuing my playthrough of Darkwood on the Switch this week Nintendo Switch Darkwood - 990 minutes Edited March 6, 2023 by Skippy B. Coyote 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayler Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Probably got my last taste of Burnout for a while in going gold for all the crashes. Switched now to Metal Arms, which is still oh so good. Gamecube Burnout 2: Point of Impact - 361 min Metal Arms: Glitch in the System - 194 min 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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