What have you actually PLAYED tracker for 2023 (Season 16)

[Atarian7]

Atari 2600

Kaboom! - 65 minutes

Ms. Pac-man - 97 minutes

Solar Fox - 118 minutes

 

 

[+wongojack]

9 hours ago, jgkspsx said:

 

Finished the BMX course for the first time ever (?)

 

 

I don't have any of my own classic time to contribute this week, but man, I played this to death as a kid (on the C64).  I remember when I finally put it all together and could finish the race.  It felt like quite the accomplishment.  Then you can add extra tricks into the mix for a higher score, and I think there are difficulty options too.  In a recent poll about your favorite C64 racing game this was one of my answers.

[Lord_of_Sipan]

All Atari 7800 for me this week

 

7800:

Astro Fighter 10 min

Dragon’s Havoc 75 min

Scramble 20 min

Tunnels of Hyperion 10 min

[agb]

Atari 2600

Ms. Pac-Man 15

Solar Fox 34. 

[zylon]

Couple late runs this morning-

NES-

Crystalis- 1hr 15min (got through to 3rd area, after beating some general)

Y's- 1hr (though this one lost out on being this year's Mom game, I was determined to at least gain a level, for the effort)

[carlsson]

Here's the summary for Week 23, running from June 5 - 11. We logged 5255 minutes of eligible play, playing 70 games on a total of 16 systems.

 

Top 10:

 

1. Record of Lodoss War (Dreamcast) - 1024 min. (#1)
2. Slymoids (TI-99/4A) - 427 min.
3. Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES) - 240 min. (#4)
4. Gunple: Gunman's Proof (JPN, Aeon Genesis translation) (SNES) - 236 min.
5. Ms. Pac-Man (Genesis) - 230 min.
6. Ms. Pac-Man (Tengen) (NES/Famicom) - 200 min.
7. Crystalis (NES/Famicom) - 195 min.
8. Jr. Pac-Man (Atari 5200) - 190 min.
9. Kyoro Chan Land [JP Castelian/Nebulus] (NES/Famicom) - 174 min.
10. Ms. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 172 min.

 

Pre-NES top 10:

 

1. Slymoids (TI-99/4A) - 427 min.
2. Jr. Pac-Man (Atari 5200) - 190 min.
3. Ms. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 172 min.
4. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 152 min. (PN#1)
5. Dragon's Havoc (Atari 7800) - 75 min.
6. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 65 min. (PN#4)
7. Scramble (Atari 7800) - 20 min.
8. Ambulance (TI-99/4A) - 19 min.
9. River Rescue (TI-99/4A) - 17 min.
10. Frogger II: Threedeep! (Atari 8-bit) - 16 min. (PN#9)
 

Top 10 systems:

 

1. NES/Famicom (29 games) - 1460 min. (#2)
2. Dreamcast (4 games) - 1139 min. (#1)
3. SNES (7 games) - 676 min. (#3)
4. TI-99/4A (3 games) - 463 min.
5. Atari 2600 (3 games) - 389 min. (#5)
6. Genesis (3 games) - 318 min. (#9)
7. Arcade (4 games) - 215 min. (#4)
8. Atari 5200 (1 game) - 190 min.
9. Atari 7800 (4 games) - 115 min.
10. Atari Lynx (2 games) - 110 min. (#6)

 

Both the overall winner Record of Lodoss War and the pre-NES winner Slymoids are miles ahead of their competition. However on the systems side, the 29 different NES games collectively defeat the Dreamcast and the others.

 

We have two new entries in the 1000 Minute Club:

#536 Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (SNES) - 1028 min.

#537 1942 (NES/Famicom) - 1073 min.

 

At the same time, Ms. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) breaks the 5K barrier with a total of 5087 min.

[DragonGrafx-16]

I forgot to post my times the other day:

 

Crystalis (NES) 34 mins

Gun-Nac (NES) 15 mins

Super Mario World (SNES) 24 mins

Centipede (ColecoVision) 14 mins

Edited June 13, 2023 by DragonGrafx-16

[Hwlngmad]

This week's (06/12 to 06/14/2023) totals (so far):

 

Arcade

1) 1000 Miglia - 25 minutes

2) Captain America and The Avengers - 40 minutes

 

SMS / Sega Mark III

1) Ninja Gaiden - 15 minutes

 

Genesis / Mega Drive

1) Power Drive - 65 minutes

 

7800

1) Dark Chambers - 25 minutes

[Hwlngmad]

Today's (06/15/2023) totals:

 

Neo Geo

1) Neo Turf Masters - 20 minutes

 

SFC / SNES

1) The King of Dragons - 10 minutes

2) Brawl Brothers - 15 minutes

3) Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Tachi No Banka - 20 minutes

 

[carlsson]

Atari 8-bit:
Meteor Storm - 11 min.
Repton - 16 min.

 

Both games belong to the category "not played in the HSC before". Repton is the main game to me, a Defender style game where you can opt to stay perfectly still in space, and move only when you shoot. Meteor Storm reminds me of some lesser known arcade game that I think was brought up elsewhere before, more of a bonus game in comparison.

 

[Kurt_Woloch]

Here are my times for this past week (June 12th through 18th, 2023) on classic systems:

 

Atari 2600:

Elevator Action (Prototype) - 2 minutes

 

NES:

Elevator Action - 80 minutes in 8 sessions

 

I'm now through with playing Slymoids after I realized last week that I can't get past Level 4 no matter what I do. So I changed to the NES version of Elevator Action since the original arcade version isn't availaible easily. The game is remarkably true to the arcade, especially the sprite graphics, but you can see that the NES tries hard to display all those graphics, and the sounds are a bit off as well. I routinely get to Round 3 now, surpassing about 15.000 points. I also attempted the Atari 2600 version, but I only found the prototype which doesn't do too much.

 

Edited June 18, 2023 by Kurt_Woloch

[Eltigro]

Just one classic game.  I really do mean to post here more often.  lol

 

TurboGrafx 16

World Court Tennis - 240 min (Did a short stream of this.  It's got a "Quest" mode that is an RPG.  A tennis RPG.  Random battles are tennis games.  It's kinda tough because all the random matches, you are on the bottom court.  But there are some fights where you switch back and forth like in a real tennis game, and being on the top court really messed with me.)

[agb]

Atari 2600

 

Basketball 26 HSC

Burgertime 28 HSC

Solar Fox 73

 

all fun. 

[+thegoldenband]

My times for the week:

 

NES:
Bokosuka Wars - 3 min.
Donkey Kong Jr. - 4 min.
Dr. Mario - 3 min.
Family Tennis - 5 min.
Gimmick - 7 min.
Super Mario Bros. 2 - 10 min.
Tennis - 1 min.
The Light of Indra (Indora no Hikari) - 193 min.
Videomation - 6 min.
 

[Lord_of_Sipan]

I spent the week in Atari land

 

Atari 2600:

Unholy 30min

 

Atari 7800:

Scramble 40min

Dragon's Havoc 130min

Moon Cresta 10min

Dragon's Descent 55min

Mario Bros 10min

Donkey Kong Jr. 35min

[Wayler]

Finished Gunple, and then moved onto another fan translated gem, Front Mission: Gun Hazard. This is my first go at this shoot 'em up / RPG hybrid and I'm hooked. Why oh why were these not released in the West back then?

 

SNES

Battle Pinball - 35 min

Front Mission: Gun Hazard (jpn, Aeon Genesis translation) - 305 min

Gunple: Gunman's Proof (jpn, Aeon Genesis translation) - 108 min

[Atarian7]

Atari 2600

Burgertime - 64 minutes

Kaboom! - 60 minutes

Sheep It Up - 10 minutes

Solar Fox - 179 minutes

Stay Frosty 2 - 5 minutes

 

 

 

[Steven Pendleton]

Yeah, I'm going to take a break for a while, I think; I've been pretty busy with work and stuff anyway, so it's been hard to actually play anything.

 

Before I go, here is a special gift:

 

Famicom

Over ObJ - 60

New Famicom bullet hell. More complex than it looks. Go get a copy if you can.

[Keir]

Week of 6/12/23 - 6/18/23

 

Atari 2600

Basketball - 30

Burgertime - 30

Sheep It Up - 30

Stay Frosty 2 - 45

 

Commodore 64

Times of Lore - 20

 

Total time = 155 minutes

 

I beat Times of Lore. In the end, the hardest part was just finding the final dungeon without losing too much health along the way. The version I was playing seems to crash after it gives the final score, so I had to watch the ending video on Youtube. I can't recommend this game. It's sometimes described as "Ultima light", but really they are worlds apart. ToL isn't even an RPG, just a rather boring action game disguised as one.

[zylon]

SNES-

FF mq- 6-1/2 hrs

 

Star Force arcade via Xbox Tecmo collection - 20min

 

NES -

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom -45 min

1942- 75min

Spartan X- 10min

 

Our Retro Duo finally broke. The mounting studs for the NES cart slot sheared off. I replaced it with the Yobo FC2 slim model, which is surprisingly good. Even the cart slots are much easier to use, and it has higher compatibility so far. 

Edited June 19, 2023 by zylon

[zylon]

NES -

Crystalis 3hrs 5min

Mario Bros- 35min

Thundercade- 10min

Dead Fox- 10min (some kind of Rolling Thunder knockoff, with Rommel, and helicopters for some reason. Can't read Jp, but it plays well)

 

Now have sword of water, and all the other things done, up to the Angry Sea portion. Never thought I'd be using turbo fire buttons on an RPG, but it's working.

Edited June 20, 2023 by zylon

[TheGameCollector]

This week I played:

 

Pokemon Gold for Game Boy Color - 355 minutes

 

progress: I worked on catching more wild Pokemon that I didn't have yet.

[+jgkspsx]

The Modern side ate up all my free time this week.

 

Atari Lynx:

Crate Challenge - 65 minutes

Can’t seem to even crack 100 anymore.

 

PlayStation:

 

Dragon Beat: Legend of Pinball - 25 minutes

 

[Atarian7]

Is Crate Challenge like the Stack game or Klax,  homebrews for the 2600?

 

Edited June 20, 2023 by Atarian7

[carlsson]

Here's the summary for Week 24, running from June 12 - 18. We logged 3546 minutes of eligible play, playing 56 games on a total of 15 systems.

 

Top 10:

 

1. Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES) - 390 min. (#3)
2. Pokémon Gold (Game Boy Color) - 355 min.
3. Front Mission: Gun Hazard (JPN, Aeon Genesis translation) (SNES) - 305 min.
4. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 252 min.
5. World Court Tennis (TG-16/PC Engine) - 240 min.
6. Crystalis (NES/Famicom) - 219 min. (#7)
7. Indora no Hikari (The Light of Indra) (NES/Famicom) - 193 min.
8. Dragon's Havoc (Atari 7800) - 130 min.
9. Burgertime (Atari 2600) - 122 min.
10. Gunple: Gunman's Proof (JPN, Aeon Genesis translation) (SNES) - 108 min. (#4)

 

Pre-NES top 10:

 

1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 252 min. (PN#4)
2. Dragon's Havoc (Atari 7800) - 130 min. (PN#5)
3. Burgertime (Atari 2600) - 122 min.
4. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 60 min. (PN#6)
5. Basketball (Atari 2600) - 56 min.
6. Dragon's Decent (Atari 7800) - 55 min.
7. Stay Frosty 2: Stay Frostier (Atari 2600) - 50 min.
8. Scramble (Atari 7800) - 40 min. (PN#7)
8. Sheep It Up! (Atari 2600) - 40 min.
10. Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari 7800) - 35 min.

 

Top 10 systems:

 

1. SNES (8 games) - 907 min. (#3)
2. NES/Famicom (19 games) - 791 min. (#1)
3. Atari 2600 (8 games) - 612 min. (#5)
4. Game Boy Color (1 game) - 355 min.
5. Atari 7800 (7 games) - 305 min. (#9)
6. TG-16/PC Engine (1 game) - 240 min.
7. Arcade (3 games) - 85 min. (#7)
8. Genesis (1 game) - 65 min. (#6)
8. Atari Lynx (1 game) - 65 min. (#10)
10. Atari 8-bit (2 games) - 27 min.

 

As the Dreamcast goes back to sleep, the dynamic Nintendo duo SNES and NES battle for the most played system. On the individual side, Pokémon Gold on the GBC also wants a word but Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest steps into first place, just like Solar Fox steps into first place on the pre-NES list.

 

No changes to the 1000, 5000, 10000 Minute Clubs this week, though we broke 100,000 minutes this season. More detailed mid-season stats coming up in two weeks.

Edited June 20, 2023 by carlsson