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[thegoldenband]

Times for the week:

Amiga:
Turrican - 3 min.

Nintendo 64:
Gauntlet Legends - 322 min.

Edited by thegoldenband, Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:05 PM.

[TheGameCollector]

Ok so its not letting me edit posts in this topic although I can edit my posts in other topics... weird. Ok so see my post a few entries above for my Zelda 2 NES time.

Here is the rest of what I played this weekend after Zelda 2 for NES:

NES
Kirby's Adventure - 200 minutes
Faxanadu - 170 minutes

Game Boy
Kirby's Dream Land - 50 minutes
Super Mario Land - 62 minutes

[Taskmaster99]

Found a little time in between Live and PSN.


Neo Geo MVS
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KOF 99 - 30 min.
Rage of the Dragons - 15 min.
Samurai Shodown 3 - 15 min.

NES
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Donkey Kong - 10 min.

Genesis
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Punisher - 45 min.

[thegoldenband]

Here's the summary for Week 3, running from January 10-16. We logged 3091 minutes of eligible play, playing 49 games on a total of 13 systems.

Top 10:

1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 585
2. Zelda II: The Adventures of Link (NES/Famicom) - 352
3. Gauntlet Legends (N64) - 322
4. Kirby's Adventure (NES/Famicom) - 200
5. Faxanadu (NES/Famicom) - 170
5. Monopoly (Sega Master System) - 170
7. Trains (C64) - 155
8. Super Punch Out (SNES) - 95
9. Doom (Sega 32X) - 70
10. Super Mario Land (Game Boy) - 62

Pre-NES top 10:

1. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 585
2. Trains (C64) - 155
3. Wizball (C64) - 52
4. Dreadnaught Factor (Atari 5200) - 40
5. Galaxian (Atari 5200) - 30
6. Shark! Shark! (Intellivision) - 25
7. Lock 'n' Chase (Intellivision) - 20
8. Thunder Castle (Intellivision) - 15
9. Double Dunk (Atari 2600) - 10
9. Infiltrate (Atari 2600) - 10
9. Pac-Man (Atari 2600) - 10
9. Pitfall (Atari 2600) - 10
9. Commando (Intellivision) - 10

Top 10 systems:

1. NES (847)
2. Atari 2600 (630)
3. Nintendo 64 (377)
4. Sega Genesis (300)
5. Commodore 64 (207)
6. Sega Master System (170)
7. SNES (125)
8. Game Boy (112)
9. Sega 32X (110)
10. Atari 5200 (70)
10. Atari Jaguar (70)
10. Intellivision (70)

Kaboom for Atari 2600 still holds the top spot for gameplay, but this week's most-played system is the NES. Meanwhile the Atari 7800 drops completely off the radar, while the Commodore 64 leaps into the top 5. Big gains as well for the SNES and Game Boy, so a strong week for the Nintendo systems.

[JayWI]

The Jaguar tied the Intellivision? This just won't do!

*sets up his INTV for some gaming*

[JayWI]

Intellivision

AD&D Cloudy Mountain- 15 minutes
Frogger- 10 minutes
Popeye- 15 minutes
Thunder Castle- 10 minutes

[GKC]

Last two days:

NES

1942 - 25 min
Duck Hunt - 15 min

Genesis

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - 70 min

Edited by GKC, Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:59 PM.

[Atarian7]

Thank you thegoldenband for compiling the stats for us.

Anybody ever hear from cvga? I asked Albert if he could email him but never got a response.

[JayWI]

Intellivision

ABPA Backgammon- 10 minutes
Kool-aid Man- 10 minutes
Shark! Shark! - 20 minutes
Star Strike - 10 minutes

[thegoldenband]

Atarian7, on Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:37 AM, said:

Thank you thegoldenband for compiling the stats for us.

Anybody ever hear from cvga? I asked Albert if he could email him but never got a response.

You're very welcome! I've PM'ed Albert with the exact same question, and got no reply. I also PM'ed cvga twice, with no response.

[GKC]

Today:

Sega 32x

Doom - 50 min

I am going to single handedly make sure the 32x stays on the top ten list

[thegoldenband]

The final stats for 2010 are in! We've got pretty much everything from the missing year, and though the overall winner is no surprise, there are some interesting developments in the lower ranks.

We don't have the numbers for 2009, which means we can't yet update the all-time stats. However, pinball22 has graciously offered to handle 2009, so once he's done with that formidable task, we should be able to reinstate the "all-time" stats.

Unfortunately I'm no longer able to track individual gaming times -- that's about the only thing we've lost, along with the ability to track individual gaming sessions -- so I can't tell you how many minutes a particular member has logged, or how long the average session of Kaboom lasts. However, that's not really the main thrust of the tracker, so I think we'll be OK.

[pinball22]

Hopefully I'll be done with 2009 within a week or so... oh, and I'm a she, just for future reference.

[thegoldenband]

You know, the funny thing is that I did have a "blip" when I wrote that pronoun, but then thought "Naah, I'd remember if..." But apparently I was wrong! Mea culpa.

[pinball22]

No problem... I've never made it terribly obvious.

[zylon]

5200:
Dreadnaught Factor 1hr
SMS:
Mono Poly 3.25hrs
A8:
Ms. Pacman 15min

Slow week here.

[thegoldenband]

Here are my times for Monday - Thursday:

Arcade:
Crazy Climber - 19 min.
Crazy Climber '85 - 8 min.
Gyruss - 6 min.
Moon Cresta - 9 min.
Shao-lin's Road (aka Kicker) - 10 min.
Wonder Momo - 2 min.

Intellivision:
Utopia - 3 min.

Dreamcast:
Hydro Thunder - 4 min.
Maken X - 7 min.
Speed Devils - 7 min.
Vanishing Point - 5 min.
Virtua Tennis - 8 min.

All the arcade titles were played via various arcade collections on the PlayStation 1. I can't find any evidence that Crazy Climber '85 was ever released in the arcades, but it certainly looks like a 1985 game. Either someone did a fantastic job programming it in that style, or Nichibutsu had an unreleased prototype lying around (or a Japan-only release under a different name).

Also, gotta love Shao-lin's Road. "Guts!"

Edited by thegoldenband, Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:54 AM.

[GKC]

Today:

Jaguar

Doom - 25 min
Raiden - 20 min

Sega 32x

Virtua Racing - 25 min
Knuckles Chaotix - 20 min
Doom - 5 min (decided I was all Doomed out for the night)

[JayWI]

Intellivision

ABPA Backgammon - 10 minutes
Popeye - 10 minutes
Shark! Shark! - 10 minutes


TurboGrafx-16

Battle Royale - 15 minutes
Blazing Lazers - 15 minutes
Bloody Wolf - 15 minutes
Ninja Spirit - 10 minutes

[GKC]

Decided to give Doom one last chance at beating it all the way through starting from the beginning and unlocking the hidden last level... Accomplished

Sega 32x

Doom - 100 min

[Jibbajaba]

TurboGrafx - Alien Crush (40 mins)

Chris

[GKC]

With tomorrow being full with eating and watching football I got my gaming out of the way today:

Sega 32x

Kolibri - 70 min
Metalhead - 20 min

Jaguar

Raiden - 20 min
Power Drive Rally - 25 min

NES

Jackal - 30 min

[Atarian7]

Atari 2600
Kaboom!-830 minutes


High score of the week: 152,982

[Kurt_Woloch]

Here are my times for this week:

The classic game (eligible for the Top 10):

Wizball (C-64): 365 minutes in 8 sessions

The non-classic games (all Facebook apps, non-eligible for the Top 10):

Cityville: 208 minutes in 14 sessions
The settlers: 61 minutes in 12 sessions
Disco Empire: 5 minutes
Restaurant City: 20 minutes


Total time logged: 659 minutes (94 minutes per day)

As you can see, I only played one classic game, which made up the majority of my gaming time this week: Wizball by Ocean / Sensible Software (again). By now I've re-discovered several tricks that make you survive longer, such as only proceeding slowly in order not to let too many enemies come out at once (since the enemies only spawn if you reach some distinct point in the landscape). And I've also tried to deploy the cat as "destroyer" once it's indestructible (which it actually isn't, this effect fades after a few minutes as well). But I've also seen how difficulty increases in time. I don't exactly know what triggers the increases in difficulty, though...

And then there were the usual Facebook games, but their share of my gaming time has been greatly reduced. There's a huge difference between games like "Wizball" and social games like "Cityville"... in Cityville you don't have to react fast, but you also can't lose. Unless you do all things wrong in the beginning, like destroying all possibilities of gaining coins, you can only stall in your progress. The second big difference is that you constantly help your friends and get helped by them, while Wizball is clearly a one-player (or two-player cooperative) game. I won't go into many details here... I think I already talked about all the social games more than enough.

Edited by Kurt_Woloch, Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:29 PM.

[Taskmaster99]

neo Geo MVS
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Windjammers - 30 min.
Magical Drop 2 - 30 min.

NGPC
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Last Blade 10 min.
Sonic - 15 min.