+thegoldenband Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 My times for the week: PlayStation: Happy Salvage - 89 min. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile - 18 min. Sampras Extreme Tennis - 145 min. Game Boy Color: All Star Tennis 2000 - 16 min. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Very busy week and little time for games. Amiga: QWAK - 35 minutes Arcade: Hellfire - 15 minutes Failed to get anywhere. Out Run - 20 minutes Atari Lynx: APB - 5 minutes Tried my best to get somewhere with this on the Anbernic and it was just unplayable. Genesis: Darius (Genesis Mini Version) - 45 minutes Sagaia - 25 minutes NES: Don Doko Don - 20 minutes Pac-Man - 25 minutes Yeah Yeah Beebiss II - 15 minutes Turbografx 16: Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble 3 - 25 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Atari 2600 Crazy Climber - 35 minutes Kaboom! - 75 minutes Solar Fox - 270 minutes Thunderground - 5 minutes More Solar Fox frustration: I made it to rack 255 and lost a life so no skip a rack. Another game I made it to rack 210 and lost. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 8 hours ago, thegoldenband said: Game Boy Color: All Star Tennis 2000 - 16 min. While tennis games generally don't like me, I do (kinda) like them. I will give this one a go sometime for sure. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Yesterday's (07/16) totals: PS1 1) Soul Blade / Soul Edge - 20 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Week of 7/10/23 - 7/16/23 Atari 2600 Crazy Climber - 90 H.E.R.O. - 10 Miner 2049'er - 40 Thunderground - 40 Commodore 64 Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom - 80 Total time = 260 minutes Finished Indiana Jones (with save states). I tried several times to beat it without save states but only made it to the end of level 4 (of 6). There are just too many cheap deaths. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 6 hours ago, Atarian7 said: More Solar Fox frustration: I made it to rack 255 and lost a life so no skip a rack. Another game I made it to rack 210 and lost. I hate when you lose a life on racks 255. Last time that happened to me was my second rack 255 of the game. I wanted the all time high score that day. Times for week Atari 2600 Eggomania 35 Solar Fox 50. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 No classic time for me this week - just modern coop gaming. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Yesterday's (07/18) totals: PS1 1) Grid Runner - 10 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 18 hours ago, agb said: I wanted the all time high score that day. Were you taping it for Twin Galaxies, or just playing for yourself? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Gunbird 2 on DC. Capcom / Psikyo. Beat this short game over and over with several characters like Marion, Alucard, forget names of the others. The endings are somewhat ridiculous! I love all the art. Playing using S Video. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) Nothing heavy, just my usual fun games- SNES- Gradius III- 45min got far as usual Space megaforce- 1hr got to lv3 Cotton Marchen?- 5min won't do this again, lol Axelay- 5min actually made it through the floating islands before dying once Zelda- Link to The Past- 1hr 15min figuring out functions on my ED clone thingy BlaZeon- 15min I can actually get somewhere, if I don't bother scanning anything for powerups. Bulls V Blazers- 45min with Clyde The Glide, Drexler Darius Twin- 1hr made it to somewhere beyond H NES- 1942- 90min Star Force- 20min made Gamma Gunsmoke- 20min Operation Wolf- 25min gave up on the gun and just played regular Edited July 18, 2023 by zylon 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 Here's the summary for Week 28, running from July 10 - 16. We logged 2381 minutes of eligible play, playing 53 games on a total of 13 systems. Top 10: 1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 320 min. (#2) 2. Sampras Extreme Tennis (PlayStation) - 145 min. 3. Full Quiet (NES/Famicom) - 140 min. 4. Crazy Climber (Atari 2600) - 125 min. 5. Gradius III (SNES) - 105 min. 6. 1942 (NES/Famicom) - 90 min. (#6) 7. Happy Salvage (PlayStation) - 89 min. 8. Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom (Commodore 64) - 80 min. (#10) 9. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 75 min. 9. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) - 75 min. 9. Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - 75 min. Pre-NES top 10: 1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 320 min. (PN#1) 2. Crazy Climber (Atari 2600) - 125 min. 3. Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom (Commodore 64) - 80 min. (PN#3) 4. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 75 min. (PN#4) 5. Thunderground (Atari 2600) - 45 min. 6. Miner 2049er (Atari 2600) - 40 min. 7. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 35 min. 8. Mr. Do! (Atari 8-bit) - 22 min. (PN#8) 9. H.E.R.O. (Atari 2600) - 10 min. 10. Mr. Do's Castle (Atari 8-bit) - 2 min. Top 10 systems: 1. Atari 2600 (7 games) - 650 min. (#2) 2. SNES (12 games) - 600 min. (#6) 3. NES/Famicom (17 games) - 539 min. (#1) 4. PlayStation (5 games) - 282 min. 5. Commodore 64 (1 game) - 80 min. (#5) 6. Genesis (2 games) - 70 min. 7. Arcade (2 games) - 35 min. 7. Amiga (1 game) - 35 min. 9. TG-16/PC Engine (1 game) - 25 min. 10. Atari 8-bit (2 games) - 24 min. The Famicom and Sega SG-1000/SC-3000 may have celebrated 40 years this week, but the Atari 2600 is the one to shine, both individually where Solar Fox is way ahead the others, and on the systems list, though with the SNES only 50 min behind. The pre-NES list barely got 10 entries this week, probably due to less gaming in the summer. No changes to the 1000, 5000, 10000 Minute Clubs. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Cafeman said: Gunbird 2 on DC Don't forget to give an estimate on how long you played it. While I already posted stats for the past week, I can catch it up later, or if you want to enter with fresh data instead. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Atarian7 said: Were you taping it for Twin Galaxies, or just playing for yourself? Just playing it for myself. I think I need 16 mil or so. I need to turn the game over three times. My concerns are: Sitting on the floor crossed legged for three straight hours at my age is hard. I drink a lot of coffee when I play and the rest room is on a different floor. I need to get the max of seven lives and hopefully will have 1-2 when I return. Otherwise, a piece of cake. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 10 hours ago, Cafeman said: Gunbird 2 on DC. Capcom / Psikyo. Beat this short game over and over with several characters like Marion, Alucard, forget names of the others. The endings are somewhat ridiculous! I love all the art. Playing using S Video. 1.5 hours. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I used to drink a lot of soda when I played Kaboom!. I would take a drink every 20,000 points. But I don't drink soda most of the time anymore. I don't even drink water when I'm playing. I sit on my feet with my knees and shins against the floor. It can be tough standing up after playing for over an hour, but sitting that way is the only way to get comfortable. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Yesterday's (07/20) totals: PS1 1) Jumping Flash - 10 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share Posted July 23, 2023 Commodore 64: Barbie - 7 min. Galencia - 7 min. Hover Bovver - 4 min. Micro Hexagon - 23 min. Super Cycle - 7 min. VIC-20: Multitron - 22 min. Skyhawk - 3 min. Slap Dab - 8 min. Snake Pit - 16 min. So yes, in order to ride the hype, I played Barbie for the first time, using a 100% crack from 2019. I was a little disappointed that I didn't end up with the infamous black screen at the end, perhaps that was due to a bad crack, files not found which caused people to review the game in recent years based on that? One theory was that the black screen would represent Ken punching Barbie unconscious because she didn't dress appropriately, but in the few rounds I played, I didn't notice this was a problem. Also I didn't notice any form of scoring for choosing a proper outfit, Barbie simply would go anywhere Ken suggests dressed in whatever she likes to wear. As for the other C64 games, I played half the amount of time on Micro Hexagon sober and the other half while being lightly drunk. No real difference in my score. I also played Super Cycle under the influence of cider and whiskey, and probably would've done better with a different joystick than the Competition Pro on THEC64 (and if I was fully sober). On the VIC-20 side, I improved my personal best on Snake Pit (7520 pts) and beat my older brother's record on Multitron (now 9236 pts) after 38+ years, though emulated because the game expects some registers to be properly aligned which they're not when loading from disk, resulting in joystick malfunction. I spent some time going through the code and memory maps but couldn't pinpoint where it goes bad. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 I'm back! Here are my times for the week: Atari 2600: Laser Gates- 3 minutes Ms. Pacman- 4 minutes Jr. Pacman- 5 minutes Spiderman- 2 1/2 minutes Q*Bert- 8 minutes Space invaders- 5 minutes Space Invaders Deluxe (ROMhack)- 5 1/2 minutes Pole Position- 2 minutes Solaris- 2 minutes Mr. Do!- 2 1/2 minutes Millipede- 7 minutes Klax- 6 1/2 minutes The Official Frogger (Supercharger game)- 4 minutes Sadisteroids (RomHack)- 2 minutes NES: Abadox- 2 minutes Addam's Family Fester's Quest- 5 1/2 minutes Alien Syndrome (unlicensed)- 3 1/2 minutes Arkanoid- 3 minutes Batman the video game- 5 minutes Big Nose the Caveman (unlicensed)- 5 1/2 minutes Berzerk (homebrew)- 7 minutes Contra- 3 1/2 minutes Ducktales- 4 minutes Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers- 5 minutes Gauntlet 1- 6 1/2 minutes NARC- 7 1/2 minutes Sega Master System: Sonic Chaos- 3 minutes Lion King- 4 minutes 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Atari 2600: Blocks - 122 minutes. Simple yet another addictive game for the Atari. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Atari 8-BIT: Megamania - 480 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Not much for me this week, but one completed game. EDIT: I realized I missed two arcade games that I played significantly so I am slipping them in up front. I don’t think carlsson has registered these yet so hopefully it is not an issue… Arcade: Fire Shark - 20 minutes Hellfire - 75 minutes Didn’t score well so I didn’t photograph them or remember them. Oops! Game Gear: Baku Baku Animal - 15 minutes NES: Airball (2023 release) - 60 minutes Got pretty far in this. Seems a bit buggier than the Retrobit release, I am not sure if this is the same port or not. Definitely seemed easy for Airball but I’m not complaining. I am just glad this great weird game is back up for legitimate sale for NES owners from Retro Room Games. Anguna: Scourge of the Goblin King - 129 minutes Finished the game. Simple and short but a really good time. Yeah Yeah Beebiss II - 55 minutes Drastically improved my score. Fun game but it is missing a little je ne sais quoi. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 After spending my free time in the evenings smoking a pipe and reading instead of playing video games the past couple months I found myself missing playing games, so this week I finally got back to my old favorite hobby! I dinked around with a few random games for various systems before settling on Alien Trilogy for the original PlayStation, and did a complete playthrough of it on my Retroid Pocket 3+! It was a lot of fun to play again for the first time in several years, and probably my second favorite Alien game; second only to Alien: Isolation. In any case, it was really nice to play some games again this week and I think I'll be back for more next week! Game Boy Kirby's Block Ball - 10 minutes Game Boy Color Star Wars: Yoda Stories - 11 minutes Nintendo 64 Mario Kart 64 - 69 minutes Yoshi's Story - 18 minutes PlayStation Alien Trilogy - 612 minutes Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 64 minutes 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Atari 2600 Kaboom! - 19 minutes Miner 2049er - 19 minutes Solar Fox - 133 minutes Thunderground - 71 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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