Prosystemsearch Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) Here are my times for the previous week: Atari 2600: Millipede- 5 minutes Official Frogger (supercharger game)- 5 minutes Q*bert- 7 minutes Buck Roger Planet of Zoom- 5 1/2 minutes Dodge 'em Dodger Cars- 6 minutes Chopper command- 2 1/2 minutes Ms. Pacman- 5 minutes Spiderman- 2 minutes Klax- 7 minutes Taz- 4 minutes Star Wars: Empire Strikes back- 9 minutes Shootin' gallery- 5 1/2 minutes Lock n' chase- 6 minutes Space invaders- 4 1/2 minutes Sadisteroids (homebrew hack)- 4 minutes Planet Patrol- 2 minutes Pole position- 3 1/2 minutes Commodore PET: Space invaders- 4 minutes MS-DOS: Ms. Pacman- 3 minutes NES: Baby Boomer (unlicensed)- 7 minutes Burai Fighter- 4 1/2 minutes Batman- 3 1/2 minutes Arkanoid- 3 minutes Burgertime- 6 minutes Master shooter (unlicensed)- 5 minutes Marble Madness- 3 minutes Klax (unlicensed)- 12 minutes Edited March 20, 2023 by Prosystemsearch cleanup 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/17/2023 at 8:18 PM, Atarian7 said: I made it to Rack 254. I guess I choked, trying to NOT get skip a rack. It took me 59 minutes to get that far. Great game Atarian7. Pretty soon, you will be rolling the game on a regular basis. 59 minutes is similar to my times for rolling the game. Times for the week: Atari 2600 Asteroids 15 Eggomania 58 Solar Fox 131 All fun. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Atari 2600 Kaboom! - 158 minutes Solar Fox - 291 minutes 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Week of 3/13/23 - 3/19/23 Commodore 64 Phantasie II - 430 minutes I had some more game time this past week and decided to focus on Phantasie II, thinking I would finish it. I'm close but not quite there. While the earlier dungeons I can breeze through in one trip, the second to last one is quite difficult and I've already had to trek back to town 3 or 4 times to rest. The main problem seems to be that there is a greater need for spells but magic points are so limited! I hate that my fighters and thief have almost as many MP as my wizard. I also had a setback when of my fighters aged (apparently 29 is retirement age for an ogre!) At first I thought I would just deal with it for the remainder of the game, however not only did it mean she couldn't use any of her previous equipment (due to a -5 STR penalty) but the amount of XP she would need to level up nearly doubled! Instead I created a new fighter (a dwarf this time since they have much longer lifespans) and spent some time leveling him up. I just hope the time I spent doing that doesn't cause my 2 humans to age (they are already almost 40!) 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Keir said: Week of 3/13/23 - 3/19/23 Commodore 64 Phantasie II - 430 minutes I had some more game time this past week and decided to focus on Phantasie II, thinking I would finish it. I'm close but not quite there. While the earlier dungeons I can breeze through in one trip, the second to last one is quite difficult and I've already had to trek back to town 3 or 4 times to rest. The main problem seems to be that there is a greater need for spells but magic points are so limited! I hate that my fighters and thief have almost as many MP as my wizard. I also had a setback when of my fighters aged (apparently 29 is retirement age for an ogre!) At first I thought I would just deal with it for the remainder of the game, however not only did it mean she couldn't use any of her previous equipment (due to a -5 STR penalty) but the amount of XP she would need to level up nearly doubled! Instead I created a new fighter (a dwarf this time since they have much longer lifespans) and spent some time leveling him up. I just hope the time I spent doing that doesn't cause my 2 humans to age (they are already almost 40!) Loved reading this post. This is what makes these early CRPGs so great. All kinds of different little variations. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Intellivision Mission X 28 Star Wars Empire Strikes Back 20 Just a little bit of time in the Intellivision HSC for me. I thought I could swoop in and get an even higher score than last week on Mission X, but I ended up doing worse, so I just cut my losses and quit. Same with ESB. Neither of these games are very much fun at all. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 A fun week for gaming this week! I spent a lot of it setting up and configuring an Anbernic RG35XX and a Retroid Pocket 3+ to my liking and testing out games, but once I got them all set up I played through Max Payne for the Game Boy Advance then started in on the original Sonic the Hedgehog Ineligible Max Payne (Game Boy Advance) - 217 minutes Atari 7800 Ms. Pac-Man - 10 minutes Game Boy Color Shanghai Pocket - 19 minutes Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog - 85 minutes 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Today's (03/20/2023) totals: SNES / Super Famicom 1) Top Gear / Top Racer - 10 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 23 hours ago, neogeo1982 said: Got some new ones to play while on vacation this week. NES Full Quiet - 1230 minutes. Cannot recommend this enough. Like metal gear and flashback rolled together. Still only halfway at the island and have had to restart several times as I got stuck or used all my supplies. Interesting looking game. Will put it on my list to check out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neogeo1982 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 43 minutes ago, Hwlngmad said: Will put it on my list to check out. It was from a 2017 Kickstarter but only recently released and shipped. It is now on pre-order for another batch. If you get on it now you may receive yours promptly in the next 6 years. 😅 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 What did I play... Arcade: Zero Wing - 110 minutes Atari 2600: Beamrider - 25 minutes Game Boy Color: Pokemon Pinball - 20 minutes Q*Bert - 25 minutes Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword - 20 minutes Genesis: Super Skidmarks - 55 minutes Mostly focused on 3DS again. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Today's (3/21/2023) totals: NES / Famicom 1) Cybernoid - 5 minutes 2) High Speed - 10 minutes 3) Kickmaster - 10 minutes 4) Dragon Fighter - 5 minutes 5) Solar Jetman: Hunting for the Gold - 35 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Here's the summary for Week 11, running from March 13 - 19. We logged 3922 minutes of eligible play, playing 56 games on a total of 15 systems. Top 10: 1. Full Quiet (NES/Famicom) - 1230 min. 2. Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation) - 780 min. (#1) 3. Phantasie II (Commodore 64) - 430 min. (#7) 4. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 422 min. (#2) 5. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 158 min. (#6) 6. Zero Wing (Arcade) - 110 min. 7. Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis) - 85 min. 8. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 58 min. 9. Super Skidmarks (Genesis) - 55 min. 10. Hishouzame (Hishou Same) (Arcade) - 53 min. Pre-NES top 10: 1. Phantasie II (Commodore 64) - 430 min. (PN#3) 2. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 422 min. (PN#1) 3. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 158 min. (PN#2) 4. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 58 min. 5. Mission X (Intellivision) - 28 min. 6. Beamrider (Atari 2600) - 25 min. 7. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Intellivision) - 20 min. (PN#9) 8. Warhawk (Atari 8-bit) - 18 min. 9. Asteroids (Atari 2600) - 15 min. 10. Ms. Pac-Man (Atari 7800) - 10 min. Top 10 systems: 1. NES/Famicom (12 games) - 1384 min. (#4) 2. PlayStation (1 game) - 780 min. (#1) 3. Atari 2600 (22 games) - 762 min. (#2) 4. Commodore 64 (1 game) - 430 min. (#10) 5. Arcade (3 games) - 196 min. (#6) 6. Genesis (2 games) - 140 min. 7. Game Boy Color (4 games) - 84 min. (#5) 8. Intellivision (2 games) - 48 min. (#7) 9. Game Boy (2 games) - 35 min. 10. Atari 8-bit (2 games) - 26 min. The long awaited Full Quiet moves directly into first place, exactly 7.5 hours ahead of Final Fantasy VII. On the pre-NES list, the margin is a mere 8 minutes between Phantasie II and Solar Fox. Full Quiet helps the NES into first place on the systems list, while nearly two dozen Atari 2600 games are 18 minutes short of second place. As you see, the overall numbers were a bit on the low side this week, in particular as the pre-NES list ends off with Ms. Pac-Man at 10 minutes of playing. That doesn't stop us from celebrating two new club members: 1000 Minute Club: #522 Full Quiet (NES/Famicom) - 1230 min. 10000 Minute Club: Final Fantasy VII (Playstation) - 10731 min. (All-time #10) It means for the first time we have a game with more than 10000 minutes but not being in the all-time top ten, namely Pokemon Red Version (Game Boy) in 11th place. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 24 minutes ago, Hwlngmad said: Today's (3/21/2023) totals: These will be included in next week (as they in principle always should, but I tend to catch up as far as I can before posting stats). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 11 minutes ago, carlsson said: These will be included in next week (as they in principle always should, but I tend to catch up as far as I can before posting stats). 100% no worries. I figure I would post the dates so you can best capture them accordingly. Take care and thanks for all that you do with this and the other thread. It is fun to see what all people are playing as it has lead to me checking out various titles. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Today's (03/22/2023) totals: PCE / Turbografx-16 1) Marchen Maze - 15 minutes 2) S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation. - 15 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Today's (3/23/2023) totals: PCE / Turbografx-16 1) Super Metal Crusher - 10 minutes Game Boy 1) Cave Noire - 10 minutes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Today's (03/24/2023) totals: PCE / Turbografx-16 1) Splash Lake - 10 minutes * I spent the majority of my time on GBA playing a Japanese golf game. Sue me. But, I really enjoyed both games from yesterday and need to go back to both sometime soon enough. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 A few arcade games, but nothing else. Neo Geo AES/MVS Andro Dunos - 26 Arcade Out Zone - 30 Rally Bike - 5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 Atari 8-bit: Dawn Raider - 96 min. Warhawk - 13 min. So I failed to improve my previous score on Dawn Raider that I set in a 8 minute session, despite trying 12 times as long this time around. On the other hand I improved my score on Warhawk in fewer attempts than last week. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Atari 2600 Asteroids 13 Bowling 12 Eggomania 33 Kaboom 13 Solar Fox 80 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neogeo1982 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Finished full quiet finally. Not 100% but close enough for now. NES Full Quiet - 720min Dungeon Magic - 120min Bad Dudes - 20min Side Pocket - 60min Buggy Pop - 20min Burger Time - 30min Alwa's Awakening - 90min 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Here are my times: Atari 2600: Official Frogger (SuperCharger game)- 5 minutes Pole position- 2 minutes Missile Command- 4 minutes Klax- 7 minutes Buck Rogers- Planet of Zoom- 3 1/2 minutes Dodge 'em Dodger Cars- 4 minutes Q*bert- 6 minutes Commodore PET: PET Tetris- 6 1/2 minutes Super Glooper- 3 minutes Microchess- 9 minutes NES: NARC- 6 minutes Arkanoid- 4 minutes Burgertime- 8 minutes Baby Boomer (Unlicensed)- 7 minutes Blaster Master- 7 minutes Master shooter (unlicensed)- 6 1/2 minutes Life Force- 1 1/2 minutes Klax (unlicensed)- 11 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 CoCo2 Creature Feature - 14 minutes Dragon Slayer - 112 minutes Commodore PET Lawn! - 23 minutes Dragon32 Stone Raider II - 244 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Week of 3/20/23 - 3/26/23 Commodore 64 Maniac Mansion - 130 Phantasie II - 220 NES Rainbow Islands - 15 Total time = 365 minutes This month's picture quiz had me itching to play Maniac Mansion again, and the final dungeon of Phantasie II was looking like it was going to take a long time so I took a break started that. I had played a lot as a kid and was never able to beat the game but now I am determined to do it (it is a lot easier when I can just look up the solution but I am avoiding doing that for now). After a couple hours of MM I returned to Phantasie II and was surprised when all of a sudden I came across the ice dragon and that was it! I finally finished Phantasie II, and in the process may have single-handedly put it in the 1000 minutes club. I may want to return to finish up some exploring just for completeness' sake but for now no more Phantasie. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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