What have you PLAYED weekly tracker 2024 (ALL GENERATIONS)

[agb]

Atari 2600

 

Eggomania 26

Solar Fox 82

 

NES

Tetris 45

 

 

[+jgkspsx]

Apple iOS:

Apple News - 40 min

 

 

Pinball Breaker - 20 min

 

Arcade:

Black Widow - 15 min

Time Pilot - 30 min

Atari 2600:

Mr. Run & Jump - 20 min

My long ago preorder of this finally game in. While the graphics suffer from some of the worst flicker I've ever seen, the gameplay and control is spot on.

 

Atari Jaguar:

Protector Resurgence - 20 min

 

Awesome to finally play this without even having to get a Jag CD.

 

GCE Vectrex:

Hera Primera - 25 min

 

Minestorm II (twin stick hack) - 10 min
Solar Quest (twin stick hack) - 20 min

These are collectively known as the Twincart with custom menu to boot:

 

SpideX - 35 min

 

Not a direct Black Widow clone but its own thing. Somewhat simplified but still a great time.

 

Microsoft Xbox 360:

Rock Band Blitz - 45 min

 

Good night, sweet prince.

 

TNT Racers - 20 min

 

I'll miss these stupid popups.

 

Nintendo DS:

Away: Shuffle Dungeon - 25 minutes

Started a new game of this after many years and that's how I feel too.

 

Nintendo Game Boy Advance:

Worms Blast - 330 min

 

I mostly played vs mode but I worked on the rest of the game too. I have absolutely no idea how these puzzles are supposed to work.

 

Nintendo Switch:

Endless Ocean Luminous - 140 min

 

 

Tetris 99 - 20 min

[oyamafamily]

Atari 2600 (for HSC) - Fantastic Voyage - 105 minutes

I tried to improve my score, but I reached my best score of circa 360,000 points, lower than my personal best (401,480) for Major League Tournament.

 

The NEW HSC Season 15 Major Tournament in which I participated was very competitive and more exciting. With 1 strike received at the end of Final Round, I won the Silver Medal (Zilch Sr. and JasonAtari won the Gold and Bronze Medals, respectively). I am very happy by winning the medal as I expected.

[TheGameCollector]

This past week I played:

 

Knuckles' Chaotix for Sega 32X - 148 minutes

 

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land for Game Boy Advance - 93 minutes

 

Metroid for NES - 166 minutes

 

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards for Nintendo 64 - 141 minutes

 

Mario Clash for Virtual Boy - 148 minutes

 

Progress:

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land - I played through the whole game, finding all the secret switches, unlocking Extra Game.

Mario Clash - I played through the game using save states only to start from the beginning of the level if I lost, until reaching level 56.

Knuckles' Chaotix - I played through the whole game as Knuckles & Mighty, getting all the Chaos Rings and defeating the true final boss.

Kirby 64 - I played through the whole game, but did not get every single crystal shard.

Metroid - I played through the whole game, getting all the powerups, only skipping a couple missiles I didn't need.

[Hwlngmad]

Yesterday's (7/29) totals were:

 

PC Modern

1) Little Known Galaxy - 65 minutes

[+wongojack]

14 hours ago, jgkspsx said:

Atari 2600:

Mr. Run & Jump - 20 min

My long ago preorder of this finally game in. While the graphics suffer from some of the worst flicker I've ever seen, the gameplay and control is spot on.

 

Microsoft Xbox 360:

Rock Band Blitz - 45 min

Good night, sweet prince.

 

 

Regarding Mr. Run and Jump - I posted in a dedicated thread for that game and @Thomas Jentzsch helped explain that they are using a very old style kernel that doesn't handle flicker the way almost every 2600 player is used to.  It is so obvious that it almost seems like a choice - like maybe they thought the game looked so bland that flicker offered some variation.  I've had a copy since I purchased on Woot a few weeks ago.  I decided that I just couldn't enjoy it without save states, but YMMV.

 

AND . . . Thank you for commemorating that the 360 store is officially offline.  I didn't buy anything, but I noticed yesterday because now when you log in, it doesn't even display the center XBox "Live" tile on the 360 dashboard.  Truly the end of a glorious era.

[carlsson]

Week 30 Summary

 

For the week July 22 - 28, we logged 2728 minutes of gaming, playing 38 games (of which 11 new) on a total of 20 systems.

 

Individual Top 20

 

1. Worms Blast (Game Boy Advance) - 330 min.
2. Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) - 175 min. (#11)
3. Metroid (NES/Famicom) - 166 min.
4. Arkanoid (NES/Famicom) - 160 min. (#1)
5. Little Known Galaxy (PC Modern) - 155 min. (#9)
6. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 154 min. (#14)
7. Knuckles' Chaotix (Sega 32X) - 148 min.
7. Mario's Clash (Virtual Boy) - 148 min.
9. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Nintendo 64) - 141 min.
10. Endless Ocean Luminous (Switch) - 140 min.
11. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 108 min.
12. Fantastic Voyage (Atari 2600) - 105 min. (#13)
13. Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (Game Boy Advance) - 93 min.
14. Mr. Run and Jump (Atari 2600) - 81 min.
15. Spider-Man vs The Kingpin (Sega Master System) - 49 min.
16. Rock Band Blitz (Xbox 360) - 45 min.
16. Tetris (Nintendo) (NES/Famicom) - 45 min.
18. Apple News+ Quartiles (Apple iOS) - 40 min.
19. H.E.R.O. II (Atari 2600) - 37 min.
20. Retro Bowl (Android) - 35 min.
20. SpideX (Vectrex) - 35 min.
 

Pre-NES Top 10

 

1. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 154 min. (PN#3)
2. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 108 min. (PN#6)
3. Fantastic Voyage (Atari 2600) - 105 min. (PN#2)
4. Mr. Run and Jump (Atari 2600) - 81 min.
5. H.E.R.O. II (Atari 2600) - 37 min.
6. SpideX (Vectrex) - 35 min.
7. Ghostbusters (Atari 2600) - 33 min. (PN#7)
8. Time Pilot (Arcade) - 30 min.
9. Eggomania (Atari 2600) - 26 min. (PN#5)
10. Hera Primera [Juno First] (Vectrex) - 25 min.

 

Systems Top 20

 

1. Atari 2600 (7 games) - 544 min. (#1)
2. Game Boy Advance (3 games) - 438 min. (#3)
3. NES/Famicom (3 games) - 371 min. (#2)
4. Wii (1 game) - 175 min. (#11)
5. Switch (2 games) - 160 min. (#14)
6. PC Modern (1 game) - 155 min. (#6)
7. Virtual Boy (1 game) - 148 min.
7. Sega 32X (1 game) - 148 min.
9. Nintendo 64 (1 game) - 141 min.
10. Vectrex (4 games) - 90 min.
11. Xbox 360 (2 games) - 65 min. (#16)
12. Apple iOS (2 games) - 60 min. (#15)
13. Sega Master System (2 games) - 59 min.
14. Arcade (2 games) - 45 min. (#20)
15. Android (1 game) - 35 min. (#10)
16. Nintendo DS (1 game) - 25 min.
16. Game Boy Color (1 game) - 25 min. (#12)
18. Commodore 64 (1 game) - 20 min.
18. Atari Jaguar (1 game) - 20 min.
20. Browser based (1 game) - 4 min.
 

The Worms blast into first place, followed by two installments in the Metroid series. Kaboom! returns as the most played pre-NES game, while the latest Atari-branded game for the 2600 places fourth. All seven games together bring the Atari 2600 as the most played system, with GBA and NES swapping positions right behind.

 

No changes to the 1000, 5000, 10000 Minute Clubs.

[Hwlngmad]

My totals from 7/30 and 7/31 were:

 

PC Modern

1) Circuit Superstars - 20 minutes

2) Little Known Galaxy - 115 minutes

[carlsson]

Atari 8-bit:
Gateway to Apshai - 41 min.
 

HSC material as always.

[Kurt_Woloch]

Here are my times for this past week (July 29th through August 4th) on classic gaming...

 

Unfortunately, there are no times because I didn't play anything... at least not that I could remember. I'm now in another hot phase regarding my flat exchange... I'm already living in the new flat, but I'm constantly fetching things from the old flat, and I've calculated that using a trolley I have, I'd need to go about 100 times back and forth, so I now chosing to use bigger things to transport everything. Sadly, the rollable table didn't survive this, and now I'm trying a phono wagon. Let's hope it continues to hold up...

 

 

[Atarian7]

Atari 2600

Kaboom! - 142 minutes

Solar Fox - 113 minutes

 

I didn't make it that far on either one.  I got around 98,000 on Kaboom! and a couple million on Solar Fox.

[Hwlngmad]

Here are my times from (8/2 to 8/4).  They were:

 

PC Modern

1) Circuit Superstars - 25 minutes

2) Little Known Galaxy - 45 minutes

3) Oxytone - 20 minutes

[+wongojack]

Arcade 

720 10 

Defender 5 

Defender II 35 

Joust 22 

Liberator 23 

Lunar Lander 15 

Millipede 44 

Pong 12 

Sinistar 7 

Spy Hunter 1 

Tempest 9 

 

A2600 

Mr. Run and Jump 14 

 

A8 

Caverns of Mars 16 

 

PS4 

Tetris Effect: Connected 141 

 

Wii 
Metroid Prime Trilogy (Prime) 442 

 

Xbox Series S/X 

Castlevania Anniversary Collex 31 

Atari 50 26 

 

I got some new Xbox Controllers, including an arcade joystick and a 16-bit styled gamepad, so I gave them some use.  As always, the debate of how to log time when playing a compilation raises its head for me this week.  I did my best to sort things, but it was quite the string of compilations this time.  I also posted about some recent playtime in Ghostbusters games here.

 

 

[TheGameCollector]

This past week I only played:

 

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 for PS2 - 134 minutes

 

Progress: I played through Dragon World once and unlocked the Potara <Gokule> capsule for Hercule that I didn't know I was missing because I already had Goku's.

Edited August 5 by TheGameCollector

[CapitanClassic]

July 29-Aug 4: Had a small amount of gaming this week. Didn't make much progress on LoZ:ALthP. Kind of forgot where I left off. I stumbled upon the Bar that gives you half (twice) magic. I know I still need to pickup a heart container on the mountain, and one of the spells (since I got the master sword). Didn't start Crystal 2, but set a save point there so next time I play I can get right into it. Somehow I got to thinking about classic racing games on SNES, so played a couple of tracks of Rock n Roll Racing. It seems much easier (and slower) than I remember, compared to Rare's R.C. Pro-Am. Which reminds me I need to beat the Genesis version (Championship RC Pro-Am).

 

PC Modern 

Faster Than Light - 240 min

I lost my old save game, (not really lost, but on another computer), so I just started from scratch. Unfortunately, I am not that good at this game. I see people on Twitch doing no loss runs multiple times in a row, and i've played 4 rounds and died before even getting to the 3rd sector.

 

SNES

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - 45 min

Ronk n Roll Racing - 35 min

 

[agb]

Atari 2600

Solar Fox 32

 

NES

Tetris 30

 

 

[+jgkspsx]

Arcade:

Darwin 4078 - 45 min

Twin Cobra - 15 min

 

Atari 2600:

Aquaventure - 95 min

Atari Lynx:

Anti A-Bomb Aircraft Artillery - 20 min

Berzerkoids - 95 min

Toki - 35 min

 

Browser:

Evil Otto Returns - 25 min

LCD Handhelds:

Tandy Hold Up! - 20 min

HESTEC Electronic Poker 7 in 1 - 25 min

Mattel Intellivision:

Astrosmash - 10 min

Microsoft Xbox 360:

Lost Odyssey - 95 min

The usual fantasy trappings mixed with a lot of writing about grief.

Nintendo Entertainment System:

The Escape from Atlantis - 25 min

 

Super Mario Bros - 17.5 min

Beat the game twice, once in 9 minutes and once in 8.5.

 

Thunderbolt - 15 min

NEC PC Engine:

Luna Patrol - 65 min

Soldier Blade Caravan - 4 min

 

Nintendo Switch:

Endless Ocean Luminous - 120 min

F-Zero 99 - 120 min

Nintendo World Championships - 120mi

 

Sony PlayStation Minis:

Did we classify these as PSP before? They run equally well on PSP, Vita, and PS3.

Pinball Fantasies - 25 min

 

Sony PSP:

Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower - 65 min

Echochrome - 10 min

 

[+wongojack]

6 hours ago, jgkspsx said:

Sony PlayStation Minis:

Did we classify these as PSP before? They run equally well on PSP, Vita, and PS3.

Pinball Fantasies - 25 min

 

 

Say more about this.  Are you talking about the Sony Playstation Classic?

 

Also, escape from Atlantis - never played it, but woof, that looks ugly.

 

And, is that Astrosmash all the way at the bottom?

[Hwlngmad]

Yesterday's (8/5) totals were:

 

PC Modern

1) Circuit Superstars - 20 minutes

2) Little Known Galaxy - 100 minutes

3) Oxytone - 45 minutes

[+jgkspsx]

4 hours ago, wongojack said:

And, is that Astrosmash all the way at the bottom?

Thanks for catching that! I posted just as I fell asleep  

[carlsson]

Another Tuesday that slipped past. Stats coming in the next day(s).

[Hwlngmad]

Yesterday's (8/6) totals were:

 

PC Modern

1) Circuit Superstars - 15 minutes

 

NES / Famicom

1) Tetris (BPS) - 30 minutes

2) Wit's - 20 minutes

 

2600

1) Stronghold - 5 minutes

[carlsson]

On 8/6/2024 at 9:46 AM, jgkspsx said:

Sony PlayStation Minis:

Did we classify these as PSP before? They run equally well on PSP, Vita, and PS3.

The only entry where I have denoted Minis was Denki Blocks, played on the PSP. I suppose that may be the lowest common denominator. Is the PS3 binary compatible with the PSP?

[+jgkspsx]

30 minutes ago, carlsson said:

The only entry where I have denoted Minis was Denki Blocks, played on the PSP. I suppose that may be the lowest common denominator. Is the PS3 binary compatible with the PSP?

Yes, these run as native apps on PSP, PS3, and PSVita. I'm fine with calling this PSP, though I think I have called this exact same software PSVita before.

[carlsson]

Week 31 Summary

 

For the week July 29 - August 4, we logged 3192 minutes of gaming, playing 53 games (of which 15 new) on a total of 18 systems.

 

Individual Top 20

 

1. Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) - 442 min. (#2)
2. Little Known Galaxy (PC Modern) - 260 min. (#5)
3. Faster Than Light (PC Modern) - 240 min.
4. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 145 min. (#11)
5. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 142 min. (#6)
6. Tetris Effect: Connected (PS4) - 141 min.
7. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (PS2) - 134 min.
8. Endless Ocean Luminous (Switch) - 120 min. (#10)
8. F-Zero 99 (Switch) - 120 min.
8. Nintendo World Championships (Switch) - 120 min.
11. Aquaventure (Atari 2600) - 95 min.
11. Berzerkoids (Atari Lynx) - 95 min.
11. Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360) - 95 min.
14. Circuit Superstars (PC Modern) - 80 min.
15. Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (PSP) - 65 min.
15. Luna Patrol (NEC PC Engine/TG-16) - 65 min.
15. Oxytone (PC Modern) - 65 min.
18. Darwin 4078 (Arcade) - 45 min.
18. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) - 45 min.
20. Millipede (Arcade) - 44 min.
 

Pre-NES Top 10

 

1. Solar Fox (Atari 2600) - 145 min. (PN#2)
2. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) - 142 min. (PN#1)
3. Aquaventure (Atari 2600) - 95 min.
4. Millipede (Arcade) - 44 min.
5. Gateway to Apshai (Atari 8-bit) - 41 min.
6. Defender II: Stargate (Arcade) - 35 min.
7. Liberator (Arcade) - 23 min.
8. Joust (Arcade) - 22 min.
9. Hold Up! (Tandy) (Handheld/Tabletop) - 20 min.
10. Caverns of Mars (Atari 8-bit) - 16 min.
 

Systems Top 20

 

1. PC Modern (4 games) - 645 min. (#6)
2. Wii (1 game) - 442 min. (#4)
3. Atari 2600 (5 games) - 401 min. (#1)
4. Switch (3 games) - 360 min. (#5)
5. Arcade (13 games) - 243 min. (#14)
6. Atari Lynx (3 games) - 150 min.
7. PS4 (1 game) - 141 min.
8. NES/Famicom (6 games) - 138 min. (#3)
9. PS2 (1 game) - 134 min.
10. PSP (3 games) - 100 min.
11. Xbox 360 (1 game) - 95 min. (#11)
12. SNES (2 games) - 80 min.
13. NEC PC Engine/TG-16 (2 games) - 69 min.
14. Xbox Series S/X (2 games) - 57 min.
14. Atari 8-bit (2 games) - 57 min.
16. Handheld/Tabletop (2 games) - 45 min.
17. Browser based (1 game) - 25 min. (#20)
18. Intellivision (1 game) - 10 min.
 

Metroid Prime Trilogy on Wii joins the 5000 Minute Club with a total of 5420 minutes after winning the individual title this week by a margin just over three hours. The battle for pre-NES is much tighter, only three minutes between Solar Fox and Kaboom! The modern PC platform returns into first place with the Wii in the runner-up position.