What have you PLAYED weekly tracker 2024 (ALL GENERATIONS)

[Hwlngmad]

Here are my times from 3/1 to 3/3.  They were:

 

Android

1) Retro Bowl - 70 minutes

 

PC

1) Balatro - 40 minutes

2) Mutant Football League - 90 minutes

3) Super Woden GP II - 15 minutes

4) What the Golf - 100 minutes

 

* Update: Did manage to get my Steam Deck OLED back up and running after getting into the BIOS and access the EFI partition.  Here is the link I used should anyone else everything need this (https://www.ifixit.com/Troubleshooting/Steam_Deck/Not+Booting/516070).

[Atarian7]

Atari 2600

Kaboom! - 15 minutes

Robot Tank - 10 minutes

Solar Fox - 17 minutes

 

I didn't play much this past week.  I'm feeling a little down about video games because of my poor start in the 2600 HSC.

 

[Keir]

Week of 2/26/24 - 3/3/24

I haven't given up on Might and Magic. Despite having put over 66 hours into the game it's still quite compelling, which is a testament to the quality of the game (most games don't keep my attention nearly that long). However, I have been intentionally avoiding it because I don't want to get sucked in for hours; I just don't have that kind of time right now.

 

Atari 2600

River Patrol - 20

Robot Tank - 10

Space Invaders - 10

 

Commodore 64

Might and Magic - 25

 

iOS

Duolingo - 38

Jumbline 2 - 44

 

Total time = 147 minutes

[+wongojack]

Browser 

Bruce Lee Retro Remake 9 

 

Game Gear 

Wizard Pinball 3 <- I technically played a Game Gear to SMS conversion via the Mega Everdrive.  Graphics were messed up a bit.

 

Genesis 

Adv of Batman and Robin 6 

Dragon's Fury 34 

 

PC 
Half Life Alyx 575 

 

SMS 

Bruce Lee 26 <- Homebrew

Ghostbusters 66 

Ninja, The 109 

 

XBox Series S/X 

Lara Croft Temple of Osiris 113 

Plate Up! 67 

 

My nephew and I finished the story in "Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris."  I like this game and the prequel called "Guardian of Light."  This type of low commitment coop game with some variety of core gameplay elements is really fun.  

[+thegoldenband]

My times for the week:

 

Intellivision:

Frog Bog - 3 min.
Stampede - 2 min.

 

Genesis:
Family Feud - 15 min.

[CapitanClassic]

My times for 

Feb 27-Mar 3:

I meant to include screenshots from my horrible RB College PostSeason figures, but those screenshots are on another phone. I might include them later. I have been tracking stats from season to season since S11 and game to game since about S17, just for fun. Started a new free game from Netflix offered on Android/iOS. I really liked the TMNT Shredders Revenge beat’um up, and the Into the Breach strategy game. Reigns3K gameplay seems a bit random so far. The object is to not have any of your 4 gauges fill up, or your citizens revolt and kill you. So far I haven’t figured out how to predict which of your two answers will likely make a gauge increase.
 

Android

RB College - 10 min

Reigns3K - 45 min

 

Atari 2600 (Stella)

Jaw Breaker - 15 min

Robot Tank - 15 min

River Patrol - 10 min

Threshold -  15 min

[DragonGrafx-16]

Audiosurf 2 (PC Modern) - 58mins I like using it to test the energy of my tracks and been working on an album and a few of the tracks were quite hard at times heh

[oyamafamily]

ATARI 2600 (for HSC, Tigervision Weeks)

Jawbreaker - 10 minutes

Threshold - 25 minutes

River Patrol - 10 minutes

 

ATARI 8-BIT COMPUTERS:

Pac-Man Arcade [tep392] - 200 minutes

[+jgkspsx]

Quite an unusual week for me. Yes, I realize I say that every week.

 

Arcade:

Navarone - 20 min

Sly Spy - 46 min

It's got it all: jetpacks, sharks with laser eyes, low-rent substitutes for Jaws and Odd Job, everything! You should try it.

 

Atari Lynx:

2048 - 5 min

Captain Harlynx - 20 min

Took a few tries but I beat the demo.
 

Pit-Fighter - 110 min

I played more of this in the last week than I had in my whole lifetime before. It is not a good game but it is fun and the Lynx port is a remarkable achievement.

 

Scooternia - 30 min

Very fun scrolling dodge em up!

Browser:

Paku Paku - 26 min

 

Commodore 64:

Lee - 90 min

Beat the game once using save states and then once without, and almost got to the final gauntlet on the much harder second loop.

 

Subterranea - 15 min

Fun but exceptionally plain and basic shooter.
 

Winter Games - 12 min

Very fun set of events. Winter games were always my favorites among these minigame anthologies.

 

GCE Vectrex:

Armor Attack - 10 min

Beluga Dreams - 15 min

Magnavox Odyssey 2:

Alien Invaders - Plus! - 15 min

If you don't know this game you don't know what a proud achievement it is to score 3 against the CPU.

 

Microsoft Xbox 360:

I blew the dust off and started the engine and everything is still working great for now...

 

0D Beat Drop - 20 min

This is one of the truly exclusive 360 games. It is also just not very good.

 

1942: Joint Strike - 25 min
A very good remake of 1942 by Digital Eclipse. You can get the Capcom Digital Collection disc with tons of great games for $30 or buy them individually for $10-$15 each. I recommend the former.

 

Aces of the Galaxy - 15 min

I am surprised at how well this game reviewed because to me it seems deadly boring and the levels just go on and on. Maybe it gets better after the demo?

 

Apple Jack 2 - 35 min

Most of which was spent playing this one level over and over again.

 

Asteroids Do Concern Me - 30 min

A hilarious SFCave/Helicopter Game knockoff. Another lost XBLIG game. It kills me that more of the successful games of this line haven't been ported to Steam.

 

Beat Hazard - 15 min

This fantastic twin stick shooter from the long-dead Xbox Live Indie Games initiative allows you to play all of your favorite music as a shooter. It works very well, not all that differently than E4.

 

Black Knight Sword - 20 min

Remember when Microsoft was trying to succeed in Japan? Those were the days. This otherwise undistinguished hack and slash game gets a lot of mileage from that signature Suda51 Grasshopper Manufacture weirdness. It reviewed middlingly at the time but I enjoyed it a lot more than the reviewers did and still do today. I bet it would be better regarded today.

 

Bubble Bobble Neo! - 10 min

A fairly undistinguished remake of the original arcade game... except for the level packs stuffed with extra levels.

 

Every Extend Extra Extreme - 75 min

Somehow it looks much plainer than the PSP original, but still plays like a dream. One of the very best Xbox 360 games.

 

Mattel Intellivison:

Auto Racing - 11 min

Steering is a real challenge in this game but I am getting there:

 

Motocross - 10 min

I am not good at any of these isometric INTV racers but I am particularly bad at this one.

 

Mountain Madness Pro Skiing - 5 min

I really like this game even if it isn't quite as fluid as Activision's Skiing.

 

Reversi - 12 min

I was happy with a draw here.

 

Stadium Mud Buggies - 15 min

 

Star Strike - 18 min

Beat the game. With save states. I am not ashamed.

 

NEC PC Engine/Turbografx 16:

Blazing Lazers - 20 min

Still an amazing game. One of the best shooters of its era, along with its siblings Zanac, Gun-Nac, and the Aleste games.

Hana Taaka Daka - 20 min

The cartridge adapters for my Analogue Pocket came and I am pleased to report the actual game does not suffer from the game pause bug that the PCE core does.

 

Nintendo Entertainment System:

Jim Power - 110 min

By far the best version of Jim Power. Cheap deaths are still here but in much smaller quantities than on other systems, and combined with infinite continues makes you want to keep playing and playing.

 

Nintendo Switch:

Another Code ReCollection - 170 min

Got to the end of chapter 2.

qrth-phyl - 15 min

A game name after my own heart, this is actually just Snake in 3D.

 

qump2 - 35 min

A really fun and challenging Pong

exploration game. If you ever played the old Titus game Titan, this is probably what they were hoping to make.

 

R-Type Dimensions - 60 min

Made it fairly far into R-Type 1.

 

Suika Game - 5 min

It supports multiple players now!

 

Tetris 99 - 25 min

[+wongojack]

6 hours ago, CapitanClassic said:

My times for 

Feb 27-Mar 3:

I meant to include screenshots from my horrible RB College PostSeason figures, but those screenshots are on another phone. I might include them later. I have been tracking stats from season to season since S11 and game to game since about S17, just for fun. Started a new free game from Netflix offered on Android/iOS. I really liked the TMNT Shredders Revenge beat’um up, and the Into the Breach strategy game. Reigns3K gameplay seems a bit random so far. The object is to not have any of your 4 gauges fill up, or your citizens revolt and kill you. So far I haven’t figured out how to predict which of your two answers will likely make a gauge increase.
 

Android

RB College - 10 min

Reigns3K - 45 min

 

Atari 2600 (Stella)

Jaw Breaker - 15 min

Robot Tank - 15 min

River Patrol - 10 min

Threshold -  15 min

It looks like you may have forgotten to log time for TMNT and Into the Breach.  I THINK you were saying above that you played both of those.

[CapitanClassic]

23 minutes ago, wongojack said:

It looks like you may have forgotten to log time for TMNT and Into the Breach.  I THINK you were saying above that you played both of those.

Sorry, should have been more clear. I just played those in the past, so I downloaded a handful of other free games options and actual played Reign3K. No additional time to log.

Might as well include some screenshots from Retro Bowl College, S22. Truly awful results. 3 losses. A QB with only a 76% completion rate, 9 intercepts and 7 sacks.. Average yardage for my WRs was also additional low. I did recruit an OL star player, which is one of the more useless positions.

Edited March 5 by CapitanClassic

[+wongojack]

35 minutes ago, CapitanClassic said:

Sorry, should have been more clear. I just played those in the past, so I downloaded a handful of other free games options and actual played Reign3K. No additional time to log.

Might as well include some screenshots from Retro Bowl College, S22. Truly awful results. 3 losses. A QB with only a 76% completion rate, 9 intercepts and 7 sacks.. Average yardage for my WRs was also additional low. I did recruit an OL star player, which is one of the more useless positions.

I haven't played as much as you, but I did sense there was some flux in the way the difficulty would spike and fall.

 

I found that with a stud OL, I can at least pickup a few extra yards with my RB when I need it.  Cuts down on the negative passing plays.

 

Sic 'em Bears (That's our chant at Baylor aka "Waco")

[TheGameCollector]

This week I played:

 

Super Mario Bros.: Level-Headed for NES - 177 minutes

Zelda Randomizer for NES - 889 minutes

 

X-Men Legends for PS2 - 447 minutes

 

Progress:

Mario: I completed 9 games from my 3rd set of roms with original graphics and normal difficulty.

Zelda: I completed 4 games that have remixed dungeons, secrets, item locations and random playable characters. In games where you play as a monster, Zelda is the final boss and you save Ganon.

X-Men Legends: I started a new save file and completed the U.S.S. Arbiter mission where Gambit is first playable.

[Hwlngmad]

8 hours ago, wongojack said:

I found that with a stud OL, I can at least pickup a few extra yards with my RB when I need it.  Cuts down on the negative passing plays.

Definitely having a stud OL as well as a good TE help the running game.

[Hwlngmad]

Yesterday's (3/4) totals:

 

Android

1) Retro Bowl - 20 minutes

 

PC

1) Top Racer Collection (demo) - 10 minutes

2) #Drive Rally (demo) - 15 minutes

[TampaBay]

13 hours ago, jgkspsx said:

 

Sly Spy - 46 min

It's got it all: jetpacks, sharks with laser eyes, low-rent substitutes for Jaws and Odd Job, everything! You should try it.

 

 

 

This game is fun! Thanks for sharing!

[+wongojack]

1 hour ago, TheGameCollector said:

This week I played:

 

Super Mario Bros.: Level-Headed for NES - 177 minutes

Zelda Randomizer for NES - 889 minutes

 

X-Men Legends for PS2 - 447 minutes

 

Progress:

Mario: I completed 9 games from my 3rd set of roms with original graphics and normal difficulty.

Zelda: I completed 4 games that have remixed dungeons, secrets, item locations and random playable characters. In games where you play as a monster, Zelda is the final boss and you save Ganon.

X-Men Legends: I started a new save file and completed the U.S.S. Arbiter mission where Gambit is first playable.

Beware - there is a "legendary" bug in this version.  If your item storage boxes are full you'll have bad things happen.  I think it is an inability to save the game!  I remember distinctly being very desperate to save our progress only to find online this issue and working around it.

[carlsson]

Week 09 Summary

 

For the week February 26 - March 3, we logged 7412 minutes of gaming, playing 137 games (of which 28 new) on a total of 30 systems.

 

Individual Top 20

 

1. Phantasy Star Online (ver 1 & 2) (Dreamcast) - 1215 min. (#2)
2. Zelda Randomizer (NES/Famicom) - 889 min. (#1)
3. Half-Life: Alyx (PC Modern) - 575 min. (#6)
4. X-Men Legends (PS2) - 447 min.
5. Pac-Man Arcade (tep392) (Atari 8-bit) - 200 min.
6. Ninja, The (Sega Master System) - 199 min.
7. Retro Bowl (Android) - 180 min.
8. Super Mario Bros: Level-Headed (NES/Famicom) - 177 min.
9. Another Code ReCollection (Switch) - 170 min.
10. Mutant Football League (PC Modern) - 145 min.
11. What the Golf (PC Modern) - 140 min.
12. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (Xbox Series S/X) - 113 min. (#13)
13. Jim Power (NES/Famicom) - 110 min.
13. Pit-Fighter (Atari Lynx) - 110 min.
15. Balatro (PC Modern) - 105 min. (#5)
16. Bruce Lee (a.k.a. Lee) (Commodore 64) - 90 min.
17. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 77 min. (#9)
18. Every Extend Extra Extreme (Xbox 360) - 75 min.
19. Plate Up (Xbox Series S/X) - 67 min. (#3)
20. Ghostbusters (Sega Master System) - 66 min.

 

Pre-NES Top 10

 

1. Pac-Man Arcade (tep392) (Atari 8-bit) - 200 min.
2. Bruce Lee (a.k.a. Lee) (Commodore 64) - 90 min.
3. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 77 min. (PN#3)
4. Elevator Action (Arcade) - 57 min. (PN#7)
5. Robot Tank (Atari 2600) - 43 min. (PN#5)
6. Threshold (Atari 2600) - 40 min.
7. Adventures of Tron (Atari 2600) - 34 min.
8. River Patrol (Atari 2600) - 30 min.
8. Turmoil (Atari 2600) - 30 min.
10. Jawbreaker (Atari 2600) - 25 min.
10. Might and Magic (Commodore 64) - 25 min.

 

Systems Top 20

 

1. Dreamcast (6 games) - 1415 min. (#2)
2. NES/Famicom (11 games) - 1239 min. (#1)
3. PC Modern (9 games) - 1073 min. (#6)
4. Atari 2600 (21 games) - 459 min. (#3)
5. PS2 (1 game) - 447 min.
6. Arcade (13 games) - 358 min. (#4)
7. Switch (6 games) - 310 min. (#8)
8. Sega Master System (3 games) - 291 min.
9. Xbox 360 (9 games) - 245 min.
10. Atari 8-bit (3 games) - 238 min. (#11)
11. Android (3 games) - 235 min. (#10)
12. Xbox Series S/X (2 games) - 180 min. (#5)
13. Atari Lynx (4 games) - 165 min. (#18)
14. Commodore 64 (4 games) - 142 min.
15. Apple iOS (2 games) - 82 min. (#14)
16. Intellivision (8 games) - 76 min. (#17)
17. Genesis (6 games) - 75 min. (#19)
18. Game Gear (4 games) - 73 min. (#9)
19. TG-16/PC Engine (2 games) - 40 min.
19. PlayStation (2 games) - 40 min. (#7)

 

Phantasy Star Online and Zelda Randomizer swap positions, which also reflects the systems list. On the pre-NES list, both the A8 game Pac-Man Arcade by tep392 and (Bruce) Lee on the C64 are ahead of Solar Fox. At the same time, Elevator Action (Arcade) becomes member #554 in the 1000 Minute Club with a total of 1013 minutes.

[Hwlngmad]

Yesterday's (3/5) totals:

 

Android

1) Retro Bowl - 10 minutes

 

PC

1) Mutant Football League - 55 minutes

2) Pac-Man Museum+ - 15 minutes

3) What the Golf - 15 minutes

[Hwlngmad]

Yesterday's (3/6) totals:

 

Android

1) Retro Bowl - 10 minutes

 

PC

1) Mutant Football League - 30 minutes

[Hwlngmad]

Yesterday's (3/7) totals:

 

Android

1) Retro Bowl - 30 minutes

 

PC

1) Balatro - 10 minutes

2) Mutant Football League - 55 minutes

3) What the Golf? - 25 minutes

[+neogeo1982]

Less time on one game and more variety this week. Turned on the PlayStation long enough to show off my Destiny characters though. Threw off my all Sega trend. Propellar Arena is more fun than I could have imagined, wish I knew this long before now.

 

Sega Master System

The Ninja - 45min (HSC)

 

Sega Game Gear

Battletoads - 30min

Columns - 20min

Power Strike 2 - 40min

 

Sega Dreamcast

Propellar Arena - 300min

Trizeal - 30min

Chaos Field - 150min

Cave Story - 120min

Tony Hawk Pro Skater - 100min

Dead or Alive 2 - 30min

Marvel Vs Capcom - 30min

18 Wheeler Am.Pro Trucker - 20min

ChuChu Rocket - 20min

Rayman 2 - 150min

Zombie Revenge - 75min

Dynamite Cop - 40min

 

PS4

Destiny - 40min

 

 

[carlsson]

Atari 8-bit:
Galaxian - 37 min.

 

Twice as much as last week. Part of me wants to play something more, part of me it too tired.

 

[Kurt_Woloch]

Here are my times for this past week (March 4th through 10th, 2024)...

 

Arcade:

Elevator Action - 64 min. in 7 sessions

 

This week, like last week, I only played the original version of "Elevator Action". I did improve somewhat, more often completing the 2nd building

Edited March 10 by Kurt_Woloch
removed trash part of message

[TampaBay]

For the week ending Sunday March 10:

 

Atari 2600

* Starmaster: 45 mins

 

Arcade

* Afterburner: 20 mins

* Cruis'n USA: 20 mins

* Firefox: 30 mins

* Out Run: 20 mins

* Sly Spy: 30 mins

* Star Wars Trilogy: 30 mins

* TRON: 30 mins

 

Sega Saturn:

* Sega Rally Championship: 20 mins