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[Kurt_Woloch]

Here are my times for this week (December 21st through 27th):

The classic games (relevant for the Top 10):

Shanghai (TI-99) 147 minutes in 3 sessions (I think I'm finished with that now)
St. Nick (TI-99) 138 minutes in 2 sessions (I'm finished with that one too)
Parsec (TI-99) 79 minutes in 2 sessions
Slymoids (TI-99) 70 minutes in 2 sessions
TI Invaders (TI-99) 19 minutes
Hen pecked (TI-99) 15 minutes (pretty easy to finish if you know how to survive)
Super Space Acer (TI-99) 11 minutes
Tombstone City (TI-99) 11 minutes
Super Pacman (Demo) (2600) 3 minutes (yes, I really spent 3 minutes staring at that demo!)

The non-classic games (irrelevant for the Top 10):

Super Mario War (PC) 30 minutes (written by Florian Hufsky who worked at the place where I work, the Bundesrechenzentrum, for one week before (as is told in some circles) killing himself about two weeks ago. He was the founder of Austria's Pirate Party, so his death caused quite a stir on the Internet)
Blosics (Online game) 23 minutes
Pac-Man (Uzebox) 9 minutes (quite beautifully rendered homebrew version for the "geek" video game system - about as accurate as Pacman 4K for the 2600)
Basketball (Online game) 3 minutes

[Ransom]

cvga, on Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:25 AM, said:

Finally, An update to the Top Ten. I apologize for the lateness of this update.

No apology needed. You're doing this out of the kindness of your heart, after all.

Here are my totals for today:

Intellivision:
AD&D (Cloudy Mountain): 30 minutes
Lock 'N' Chase: 10 minutes
Las Vegas Roulette: 10 minutes
Space Armada: 15 minutes

[Ransom]

AD&D (Cloudy Mountain): 90 minutes

[Ransom]

Cosmic Avenger (Colecovision): 10 minutes
Lady Bug (Colecovision): 10 minutes

AD&D (Intellivision): 30 minutes

[holgibo]

2600:

Defender: 15 minutes
E.T.: 30 minutes

[cvga]

Since we're in week #52, I'm letting this last period run through the end of tomorrow. We still have 2 or 3 games that might reach the 1,000 minute club before the end of the year. Get those last games played for 2009!

[rmaerz]

Arcade
Pepper II 15 mins
Donkey Kong 15 mins

2600
Sea Wolf 12 mins
Seaquest 10 mins
Reactor 21 mins
Solar Fox 3 mins
Pressure Cooker 9 mins
Racer 5 mins
Robot Tank 5 mins
Spider Fighter 5 mins
Mario Bros 10 mins
Ms. Pac-Man 5 mins
Megamania 2 mins
Pitfall! 8 mins
Phoenix 7 mins
Adventure 13 mins
Blue Print 3 mins
Frankenstein's Monster 7 mins
Gorf 4 mins
Jr. Pac-Man 3 mins

7800
Asteroids 7 mins
Donkey Kong 10 mins

[rmaerz]

cvga, on Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:06 AM, said:

Since we're in week #52, I'm letting this last period run through the end of tomorrow. We still have 2 or 3 games that might reach the 1,000 minute club before the end of the year. Get those last games played for 2009!

So week #1 is just Friday, Sat and Sun?

[cvga]

rmaerz, on Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:22 AM, said:

cvga, on Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:06 AM, said:

Since we're in week #52, I'm letting this last period run through the end of tomorrow. We still have 2 or 3 games that might reach the 1,000 minute club before the end of the year. Get those last games played for 2009!

So week #1 is just Friday, Sat and Sun?

We had a shortened week for Week #1 last year. I've been trying to keep the calendar years together while keeping the cutoff on Sunday night.

[rmaerz]

Final entries for the year:

Arcade
Galaxian 4 mins
Pepper II 16 mins
Mr. Do! 15 mins
Donkey Kong 60 mins
Donkey Kong Jr. 4 mins
Super Mario Bros. 9 mins
Mario Bros. 9 mins
Galaga 25 mins

[cvga]

OK, from this point on please use the What have you played in 2010 thread in the Classic Gaming forum. The last week produced 93 different games for 2,187 minutes. Here is the Top Ten for Week 52 (Season 2)...

1. Sinistar (Arcade) 300
2. AD&D Cloudy Mountain (Intellivision) 150
3. Shanghai (TI-99) 147
4. St. Nick (TI-99) 138
5. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) 113
6. Donkey Kong (Arcade) 85
7. Parsec (TI-99) 79
8. Slymoids (TI-99) 70
9. Into the Eagles Nest (Atari 8-bit) 50
9. Star Raiders (Atari 5200) 50

Great system diversity for the final week! Stay tuned for some 2009 highlights including the Top 100 for the year!

[cvga]

Here are some summary stats from 2009...

1,038 different games played
120,218 minutes logged
30 different systems
117 users

9 games with 1,000+ minutes logged
4 users with 10,000+ minutes logged
16 users with 1,000+ minutes logged

Kaboom! was the most frequent game logged (95 times)
Adventure was second with 46

[cvga]

Top 100 for 2009...

100. Bowling (Atari 2600)
99. Megamania (Atari 2600)
98. Breakout (Atari 2600)
97. Defender (Atari 2600)
96. Fatal Run (Atari 2600)
95. Adventure 8k (Atari 2600)
94. AD&D Cloudy Mountain (Intellivision)
93. Spare Change (Atari 8-bit)
92. Frogger (Atari 2600)
89. Mario Brothers (Atari 2600)

89. Wolfenstein VCS (Atari 2600)
89. Keystone Kapers (Atari 2600)
88. Fall Down (Atari 2600)
87. DROL (Atari 8-bit)
86. Mr. Do! (Colecovision)
85. Iron Soldier (Atari Jaguar)
82. Porky's (Atari 2600)
82. Takin' It to the Hoop (Turbo Grafx)
82. Space Duel (Atari 7800)
81. Shanghai (TI-99)

80. Pac-man (Atari 5200)
78. Thrust+ (Atari 2600)
78. Dig Dug (Atari 2600)
77. Asteroids (Arcade)
76. Trick Shot (Atari 2600)
75. No Escape (Atari 2600)
73. Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back (Atari 2600)
73. Juno First (Atari 2600)
71. Moon Patrol (Atari 2600)
71. Frostbite (Atari 2600)

70. Ladybug (Atari 2600)
68. Circus Galacticus (Atari 2600)
68. Joust (Atari 2600)
67. Asteroids Arcade (Atari 2600)
66. Ms. Pac-man (Colecovision)
65. Circus Atari (Atari 2600)
64. Qix (Atari 5200)
63. Super Breakout (Atari 2600)
62. Defender (Colecovision)
61. Pac-man (Arcade)

60. H.E.R.O. (Atari 2600)
59. Super Mario Brothers 3 (NES)
58. Phoenix (Atari 2600)
57. Centipede (Atari 7800)
56. Jr. Pac-man (Arcade)
55. Debro Pac-man (Atari 2600)
54. Pac-man (Atari 2600)
52. Wolfenstein 3D (Atari Jaguar)
52. Boxing (Atari 2600)
51. Doris (Atari 2600)

50. Yars' Revenge (Atari 2600)
49. Pole Position (Atari 2600)
48. Q*bert (Atari 2600)
47. Cabbage Patch Kids - Adventure in the Park (Atari 2600)
46. Donkey Kong (Atari 2600)
44. Sinistar (Arcade)
44. Dragster (Atari 2600)
43. Dumbo's Flying Circus (Atari 2600)
42. E.T. (Atari 2600)
41. INV+ (Atari 2600)

40. Galaxian (Colecovision)
38. Berzerk (Atari 2600)
38. Asteroids Deluxe (Atari 7800)
37. Galaga (Atari 7800)
36. Galaxian Arcade (Atari 2600)
35. Asteroids (Atari 7800)
34. KO Cruiser (Atari 2600)
33. Pitfall (Atari 2600)
32. Space Invaders (Atari 2600)
31. Breakout 2000 (Atari Jaguar)

30. Reindeer Rescue (Atari 2600)
29. Jr. Pac-man (Atari 2600)
28. Asteroids (Atari 2600)
27. Ms. Pac-man (Arcade)
26. TV Sports Basketball (Turbo Grafx)
25. Pac-man Arcade (Atari 2600)
24. Millipede (Atari 2600)
23. Ms. Pac-man (Atari 2600)
21. Missile Command (Atari 2600)
21. Go Fish (Atari 2600)

20. Jack and the Beanstalk (Atari 2600)
19. Tapper (Colecovision)
18. Ram It (Atari 2600)
17. Toyshop Trouble (Atari 2600)
16. Pac-man Plus (Colecovision)
15. Pepper II (Arcade)
14. MisAdventure Revised (Atari 2600)
13. Demon Attack (Atari 2600)
12. Midnight Magic (Atari 2600)
11. Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom (Atari 2600)

10. Devil's Crush (Turbo Grafx) 935 minutes
9. Medieval Mayhem (Atari 2600) 1,075 minutes
8. Jr. Pac-man (Atari 7800) 1,182 minutes
7. Pepper II (Colecovision) 1,360 minutes
6. Galaga (Arcade) 1,429 minutes
5. Mouse Trap (Colecovision) 1,755 minutes
4. Adventure (Atari 2600) 2,475 minutes

3. Park Patrol (Commodore 64) 2,736 minutes Kurt Woloch causes this game to soar up the charts

2. Kaboom! (Atari 2600) 9,030 minutes Nearly everyone plays this game but not as much as Atarian7!

1. Galaxian (Atari 2600) 11,279 minutes Who could forget Homerwannabee's successful quest to break the World Record which eventually leads to him changing his name to Mr. Galaxian!!!

[rmaerz]

Nice platform diversity in the top 10 - that's the way it should be...

[Ransom]

Thank you for compiling the stats! It's interesting to see what people played and for how long. It'll be neat to compare this year's results, with the thread in a more general forum!

[cvga]

Ransom, on Fri Jan 1, 2010 3:31 PM, said:

Thank you for compiling the stats!

No problem. I'm glad other people are enjoying it!!!

Here are the Top Ten classic systems for 2009...

1. Atari 2600 75,533 minutes
2. Arcade 9,416
3. Colecovision 9,243
4. Atari 7800 5,592
5. Commodore 64 3,821
6. NES 3,184
7. Turbo Grafx 2,964
8. Atari 5200 2,921
9. Atari Jaguar 2,260
10. Atari 8-bit 2,068

[cvga]

Here are the Top Ten players for 2009...

1. rmaerz 24,116 minutes
2. sandmountainslim 14,448
3. Kurt_Woloch 12,775
4. homerwannabee 11,140 (now Mr. Galaxian)
5. Atarian7 7,895
6. Ransom 5,002
7. cvga 4,513
8. Wickeycolumbus 3,892
9. midnight magicman 3,605
10. disjaukifa 2,255

[cvga]

Week #30 was our best week in Season 2 with 5,190 minutes logged.
Week #44 was our lowest week in Season 2 with only 815 minutes logged.

We logged over 4,000 minutes 2 weeks
We logged over 3,000 minutes 11 weeks
We logged over 2,000 minutes 32 weeks
We logged over 1,000 minutes 48 weeks

[Atarian7]

another 124 minutes of Kaboom! atari 2600 in 2009 Sorry for the late post.

I hope to finally reach 999,999 in 2010. If I do I will switch to other game(s).

Edited by Atarian7, Sat Jan 2, 2010 10:18 AM.

[cvga]

Top Ten by System

Atari 2600:
1. Galaxian (#1 overall)
2. Kaboom! (#2)
3. Adventure (#4)
4. Medieval Mayhem (#9)
5. Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom (#11)
6. Midnight Magic (#12)
7. Demon Attack (#13)
8. MisAdventure Revised (#14)
9. Toyshop Trouble (#17)
10. Ram It (#18)

Arcade:
1. Galaga (#6)
2. Pepper II (#15)
3. Ms. Pac-man (#27)
4. Sinistar (#45)
5. Jr. Pac-man (#56)
6. Pac-man (#61)
7. Asteroids (#77)
8. Tapper (#104)
9. Road Blasters (#112)
10. Bosconian (#115)

Colecovision:
1. Mouse Trap (#5)
2. Pepper II (#7)
3. Pac-man Plus (#16)
4. Tapper (#19)
5. Galaxian (#40)
6. Defender (#62)
7. Ms. Pac-man (#66)
8. Mr. Do! (#86)
9. Donkey Kong (#107)
10. Carnival (#140)

Atari 7800
1. Jr. Pac-man (#
2. Asteroids (#35)
3. Galaga (#37)
4. Asteroids Deluxe (#38)
5. Centipede (#57)
6. Space Duel (#82)
7. Pole Position II (#108)
8. Ms. Pac-man (#114)
9. Mario Brothers (#125)
10. Joust (#128)

Commodore 64
1. Park Patrol (#3)
2. M.O.O.D. (#132)
3. Snake-Pit (#214)
4. Spare Change (#292)
5. Tapper (#301)
5. Peanut Butter Panic (#301)
7. Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom (#310)
8. Crystals of Zong (#342)
9. Pinball Spectacular (#416)
9. Sea Wolf (#416)

NES
1. Super Mario Brothers 3 (#59)
2. Friday the 13th (#106)
3. Super Mario Brothers (#121)
4. The Legend of Zelda (#126)
5. Frontline (#177)
6. Challenger (#192)
7. Super Mario Brothers 2 (#207)
8. Sesame Street (#216)
9. Castlevania 2 - Simon's Quest (#266)
10. Nuts and Milk (#292)

Turbo Grafx
1. Devil's Crush (#10)
2. TV Sports Basketball (#26)
3. Takin' It to the Hoop (#82)
4. Boxy Boy (#134)
5. Galaga '90 (#172)
6. Splash Lake (#232)
7. Super Star Soldier (#238)
8. Bonk 3 - Bonk's Big Adventure (#300)
9. Final Lap Twin (#393)
10. Alien Crush (#442)

Atari 5200
1. Qix (#54)
2. Pac-man (#80)
3. Centipede (#102)
4. Star Raiders (#134)
5. Defender (#152)
6. Berzerk (#162)
7. Missile Command (#184)
8. Space Invaders (#192)
9. Galaxian (#225)
10. Pitfall II (#266)

Atari Jaguar
1. Breakout 2000 (#31)
2. Wolfenstein 3D (#52)
3. Iron Soldier (#85)
4. Tempest 2000 (#154)
5. Soccer Kid (#178)
6. Baldies (#196)
7. Rayman (#207)
8. NBA Jam (#346)
8. Diam Jag (#346)
10. Cannon Fodder (#504)
10. Beebris (#504)
10. Pitfall (#504)

Atari 8-bit
1. DROL (#87)
2. Spare Change (#93)
3. Gyruss (#190)
4. Eckn+ (#216)
5. Mule Wars (#246)
6. Arkanoid (#266)
6. Super Breakout (#266)
8. Galaxian (#292)
9. River Raid (#311)
10. Donkey Kong (#346)

[Ransom]

Looks like we need to drum up more Intellivision usage. =)

[cvga]

Ransom, on Sat Jan 2, 2010 1:56 PM, said:

Looks like we need to drum up more Intellivision usage. =)

Agreed. I think Intellivision will do much better in 2010. It was actually the #11 system for 2009 but it didn't have half as many minutes as #10. In fact, it didn't quite make it to 1,000 minutes for all games combined.

Here are its top games...

1. AD&D Cloudy Mountain (#94 overall)
2. Burgertime (#129)
3. Shark! Shark! (#284)
4. Thunder Castle (#322)
5. Safecracker (#370)
6. Happy Trails (#436)
7. Golf (#440)
8. Bump N Jump (#534)
9. Tower of Doom (#570)
10. Demon Attack, Beauty and the Beast, Utopia (#612)

[Ransom]

Thank you for posting that!

[Atarian7]

Are you going to start the 2010 thread now?

[cvga]

Ransom, on Sat Jan 2, 2010 6:43 PM, said:

Thank you for posting that!

No problem. Those are all good games. One thing I've noticed about the Top Ten is that multi-player games don't do as well. I played a bunch of Intellivision sports games and Swords and Serpents as a kid but the sports games are dated (although still good) and there's no one around who wants to play the other games. Actually my 10 year old likes to play older games with me but she's not interested in Swords and Serpents.