Keir Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Week of 7/17/23 - 7/23/23 Atari 2600 H.E.R.O. - 30 Miner 2049'er - 20 Dreamcast Bust-A-Move 4 - 45 ChuChu Rocket! - 5 Gunbird 2 - 10 Mr. Driller - 10 Re-Volt - 20 Total time =140 minutes 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 7 hours ago, Skippy B. Coyote said: 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 Yeah, I myself have been reading more lately and thus time spent on gaming (particularly classic / retro) has gone down. Still, I am sure it will pick back up and perhaps reduce time with modern gaming to boot soon enough. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 My time for the week: PlayStation: Sampras Extreme Tennis - 227 min. It gave me great satisfaction to reach what I thought was the end of the main mode of this (quite good) tennis game...only to discover that beating Sampras had merely unlocked a "Super Tournament mode" that I now need to beat. Sigh. At the risk of hyperbole: must every game overstay its welcome? 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Atari 2600 Solar Fox 12 I don't play as much during the nice weather. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Today's (07/24) totals: GBC 1) All Star Tennis 2000 - 15 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 I really need to keep up with this... lol One "classic" game this week. GameBoy Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge - 350 min (There's a streamer that has a "Monthly Retro Challenge"... I've done it previous months, but forgot to post times. Previous months included Aladdin for the Game Gear and Hyperstone Heist for Genesis. This month it was CV 2 Belmont's Revenge. It's been a while since a game got me this worked up. There were a couple times that I had to pause the stream, put up the "Be Right Back" screen, and walk it off... By the end of the stream, I was just done. Didn't care anymore. Didn't want to play anymore. Just gave up on it. Wasn't a rage quit, because I played through the rage. It was an apathy quit. It just got to where it wasn't worth it, so I quit. If you've played it before, I was on the last section before Drac. Never got to the end boss of that level or Dracula. But oh well. I didn't break anything, so it was a win in a way.) 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 22 hours ago, Eltigro said: I really need to keep up with this... lol One "classic" game this week. GameBoy Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge - 350 min (There's a streamer that has a "Monthly Retro Challenge"... I've done it previous months, but forgot to post times. Previous months included Aladdin for the Game Gear and Hyperstone Heist for Genesis. This month it was CV 2 Belmont's Revenge. It's been a while since a game got me this worked up. There were a couple times that I had to pause the stream, put up the "Be Right Back" screen, and walk it off... By the end of the stream, I was just done. Didn't care anymore. Didn't want to play anymore. Just gave up on it. Wasn't a rage quit, because I played through the rage. It was an apathy quit. It just got to where it wasn't worth it, so I quit. If you've played it before, I was on the last section before Drac. Never got to the end boss of that level or Dracula. But oh well. I didn't break anything, so it was a win in a way.) Yeah, it is a good game. But, the pixel perfect jumping you need at times and the (what I thought) somewhat cheap ways to die turned me off to the game. Granted, I could have stuck with it and tried to get better and/or further. But, I got other games I want to look and play, so I was good with the limited time I spent with it. Still, it is definitely worth playing and experiencing imo. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 Here's the summary for Week 29, running from July 17 - 23. We logged 3047 minutes of eligible play, playing 65 games on a total of 14 systems. Top 10: 1. Alien Trilogy (PlayStation) - 612 min. 2. MegaMania (Atari 8-bit) - 480 min. 3. Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) - 350 min. 4. Sampras Extreme Tennis (PlayStation) - 227 min. (#2) 5. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 145 min. (#1) 6. Anguna: Scourge of the Goblin King (NES/Famicom) - 129 min. 7. Blocks (Atari 2600) - 122 min. 8. Gunbird 2 (Dreamcast) - 100 min. 9. Hellfire (1 player version) (Arcade) - 75 min. 10. Thunderground (Atari 2600) - 71 min. Pre-NES top 10: 1. MegaMania (Atari 8-bit) - 480 min. 2. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 145 min. (PN#1) 3. Blocks (Atari 2600) - 122 min. 4. Thunderground (Atari 2600) - 71 min. (PN#5) 5. Miner 2049er (Atari 2600) - 39 min. (PN#6) 6. H.E.R.O. (Atari 2600) - 30 min. (PN#9) 7. Micro Hexagon (Commodore 64) - 23 min. 8. Multitron (VIC-20) - 22 min. 9. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 19 min. (PN#4) 10. Snake Pit (VIC-20) - 16 min. Top 10 systems: 1. PlayStation (3 games) - 849 min. (#4) 2. Atari 2600 (20 games) - 485 min. (#1) 3. Atari 8-bit (1 game) - 480 min. (#10) 4. Game Boy (2 games) - 360 min. 5. NES/Famicom (15 games) - 302 min. (#3) 6. Dreamcast (5 games) - 180 min. 7. Arcade (2 games) - 95 min. (#7) 8. N64 (2 games) - 87 min. 9. Genesis (1 game) - 64 min. (#6) 10. VIC-20 (4 games) - 49 min. Alien Trilogy makes a return to the tracker after not having been since 2019, i.e. before Covid-19. A bit more frequent is the top pre-NES game MegaMania on Atari 8-bit. With additional help from in particular Sampras Extreme Tennis, the PlayStation also becomes the most played system, with the Atari 2600 just ahead of Atari 8-bit and likewise the VIC-20 one minute ahead of the Commodore 64 just outside of the list. No changes to the 1000, 5000, 10000 Minute Clubs. 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Kinda slow week, with qualification taking up most of my free day. SNES- Lagoon- 45min, completed 1st task/cave of game. Not bad, but horrible attack radius, and the semi iso view blocks view of enemies, items, and yourself, if along the lower side of a passage. Using a third button to talk to npc's kinda odd too. A dead guy moves faster than that kid you rescue from the cave. Luckily, only the skeleton warriors seem to actually target anything. BlaZeon- 30min none of us get past the cheeseball spitting, connect-4 board boss on 1st level yet. Game does kinda suck, but good for getting the nephews' feet into shmups. Final Fight 3- 15min NES- Esper Corps- 10min, strange game with insane jumping ability. side view vertical dungeon, and really silly giant clown mallet for an attack Legend of Zelda- 20min, and won't be continuing on, lol. Ain't my bag, man Fantasy Zone- 10min I can still beat the pea shooting giant brownie, lol. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Yesterday's (07/26) totals: GBC 1) All Star Tennis 2000 - 35 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Yesterday's (07/27) totals: GBC 1) All Star Tennis 2000 - 15 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Leaving on vacation tomorrow so this is likely it for me for the week. Week of 7/24/23 - 7/30/23 Atari 2600 Miner 2049'er - 15 Thunderground - 40 Total time = 55 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 Atari 8-bit: James Bond 007 - 25 min. (cartridge version) Mostly play testing in the emulator. Oddly enough, there exists a prototype version of this game that is available in multiple versions on every site, but the final cartridge version is somewhat hard to come by, and even harder to find as an executable that can be loaded as a file. Since I didn't find a such version made in the past 40 years (!!), a forum member finally helped creating one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 My times for the week: PlayStation: Aces of the Air - 153 min. ATV Mania - 19 min. ATV: Quad Power Racing - 5 min. Brahma Force - 23 min. Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon - 59 min. Gungage - 82 min. M&M's: Shell Shocked - 66 min. Sampras Extreme Tennis - 262 min. Beat Aces of the Air -- thoughts here -- and won six matches (out of a probable eight) in the Super Tournament in Sampras Extreme Tennis. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neogeo1982 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 NES Gauntlet 2 - 150min Alwa's Awakening - 100min Gradius - 20min Dreamcast Dead or Alive 2 - 30min 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) Atari 2600 H.E.R.O. - 5 minutes Kaboom! - 116 minutes Miner 2049er - 69 minutes Solar Fox - 176 minutes Thunderground - 34 minutes I thought I had the winning pattern for Miner 2049er but ended up tied for 4th place. Just 'phoned' in H.E.R.O. to get some last place points. Seems like a good game but I just didn't make time for it. Edited July 31, 2023 by Atarian7 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Atari 2600 - Enduro. 45 min pac-man 15 min The Fonz 15 min Ms. PAC-man 15 min Centipede 10 min Millipede 10 min 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Yesterday's (07/30) totals: GBC 1) All Star Tennis 2000 - 35 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Here are my times for the previous week (Sorry for the late response btw) Atari 2600: Spiderman- 2 minutes Q*bert- 7 minutes Bump n' Jump- 3 minutes Pole Position- 2 minutes Solaris- 3 1/2 minutes Official Frogger (Supercharger game)- 3 miinutes Ms. Pacman- 5 minutes Mr. DO!- 4 minutes Missile Command- 6 minutes Millipede- 7 1/2 minutes Klax- 4 minutes Jr. Pacman- 5 1/2 minutes Gremlins- 4 minutes Fast Food- 3 1/2 minutes Space invaders Deluxe (homebrew ROMhack)- 4 minutes Sadisteroids- 2 1/2 minutes Commodore VIC-20: Choplifter- 8 1/2 minutes NES: Batman- 3 1/2 minutes Abadox- 2 minutes Alien Syndrome (unlicensed)- 3 1/2 minutes Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers 1- 10 minutes California Raisins: the Grape Escape (prototype)- 3 minutes Berzerk (Homebrew)- 6 minutes Ducktales 1- 4 minutes Burai Fighter- 3 minutes Castlevania 1- 7 minutes Contra- 5 1/2 minutes NARC- 6 1/2 minutes Burgertime- 3 minutes Smash T.V.- 5 1/2 minutes Colecovision: Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator- 4 minutes Defender- 3 minutes Montezuma's Revenge- 7 minutes Dragonfire- 3 1/2 minutes Venture- 9 minutes Beamrider- 3 minutes Burgertime- 5 minutes Frogger 2; Threedeep!- 3 1/2 minutes Joust (prototype)- 4 minutes Q*bert- 6 1/2 minutes Mr. Do!'s Castle- 3 1/2 minutes 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Times for the WEEK Atari 2600 Eggomania 9 HERO 16 HSC Miner 2049er 27 HSC Solar Fox 54 Thynderground 49 HSC 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Arcade: Hellfire [1P International] - 145 minutes All on the first level 😭 Atari Jaguar: Bubble Bobble - 45 minutes Fight for Life [Beta] - 5 minutes HMS Raptor - 10 minutes Zero 5 - 75 minutes Game Boy Color: Time Knights: Magic & Legend - 22 minutes Beat it again out of force of habit. NES: Big Nose Freaks Out - 120 minutes Big Nose the Caveman - 15 minutes Sega Genesis: Darius Extra Version - 60 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Just a little classic gaming for me this week, though I did play through Aliens: Infestation for the Nintendo DS and a bit of Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles for the PSP for the modern tracker Neo Geo Pocket Color Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure - 22 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Yesterday's (07/31/2023) totals: GBC 1) All Star Tennis 2000 - 20 minutes Game Gear 1) Alien 3 - 20 minutes 2) Alien Syndrome - 15 minutes 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 Here's the summary for Week 30, running from July 24 - 30. We logged 2692 minutes of eligible play, playing 83 games on a total of 14 systems. Top 10: 1. Sampras Extreme Tennis (PlayStation) - 262 min. (#4) 2. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 230 min. (#5) 3. Aces of the Air (PlayStation) - 153 min. 4. Gauntlet II (NES/Famicom) - 150 min. 5. Hellfire (1 player version) (Arcade) - 145 min. (#9) 6. Thunderground (Atari 2600) - 123 min. (#10) 7. Bignose Freaks Out (NES/Famicom) - 120 min. 8. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 116 min. 9. Miner 2049er (Atari 2600) - 111 min. 10. All-Star Tennis 2000 (Game Boy Color) - 105 min. Pre-NES top 10: 1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 230 min. (PN#2) 2. Thunderground (Atari 2600) - 123 min. (PN#4) 3. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 116 min. (PN#9) 4. Miner 2049er (Atari 2600) - 111 min. (PN#5) 5. Enduro (Atari 2600) - 45 min. 6. James Bond 007 (cartridge version) (Atari 8-bit) - 25 min. 7. H.E.R.O. (Atari 2600) - 21 min. (PN#6) 8. Ms. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 20 min. 9. Millipede (Atari 2600) - 17 min. 10. Fonz, The (Atari 2600) - 15 min. 10. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 15 min. Top 10 systems: 1. Atari 2600 (26 games) - 786 min. (#2) 2. PlayStation (8 games) - 669 min. (#1) 3. NES/Famicom (21 games) - 507 min. (#5) 4. Arcade (1 game) - 145 min. (#7) 5. Atari Jaguar (4 games) - 135 min. 6. Game Boy Color (2 games) - 127 min. 7. SNES (3 games) - 90 min. 8. Genesis (1 game) - 60 min. (#9) 9. ColecoVision (11 games) - 52 min. 10. Game Gear (2 games) - 35 min. As neither of the top three from last week appear on the top list this week, Sampras Extreme Tennis and Solar Fox move up on the lists, winning one category each. The pre-NES list is completely dominated by Atari, and if it wasn't for good old 007, it would have been 2600 all the way. On the systems list though, it nearly is 2600 all the way, with a few lesser seen systems including the ColecoVision. No changes to the 1000, 5000, 10000 Minute Clubs. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Yesterday's (08/03) totals: Gameboy 1) Banishing Racer - 15 minutes 2) Booby Boys - 10 minutes Game Gear 1) Batman Returns - 20 minutes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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