It's 2022 tomorrow, and just for the fun of it I thought it would be interesting to discuss people's gaming resolutions for the year. Are there certain games you want to play or buy? Do you want to focus more time on a specific series or console? Maybe you want to cut back and spend less time or money? Here's where you can share your objectives for next year, as pertains to the world of games.
P.S. I know there's a thread for New Years Resolutions already, but that looked much more general and this is for gaming specific stuff!
I didn't do any of these in 2021 as I wanted a year with less checklists to achieve - but I'm having an attempt again next year, let's see how I do:
AJ's 2022 gaming resolutions:
Buy some 'new' gaming hardware
I've got most of the consoles I'm really interested in these days, but there's a few (quite pricy) stragglers that I'd love to add to the collection. I'd like to buy at least one, maybe 2, of these systems in 2022.
The consoles in question are the Neo Geo, the Sega Mega CD and the Sega SG-1000. I'm also quite tempted by those new-fangled PS5s, so that would count too.
Upgrade my set-up
I've got a good few things I'd like to do to upgrade my gaming set-up next year. I've recently purchased a retrotink 5x and I'd like to set it up to work with all my consoles.
To do that, I need to do some of the following:
- Get new shelves built to hold more systems
- Organise my wiring to make it tidier and more manageable
- Get some of my consoles modded for better output. Ideally I'd like PC Engine upgraded to RGB, and my Dreacmast and PS1 upgraded to HDMI.
- Find a HDMI switchbox that works with my HDMI modded N64, as my current one doesn't play nice
- Buy a good quality SCART switchbox
Do some more modding
In 2021 I tackled a few basic mods by myself. This was my first time soldering and I think it went OK, so I'd love to try a few more next year for fun. In 2021 I installed a backlit screen into my Neo Geo Pocket and Wonderswan, and rechargeable batteries and a new soundboard into my Game Gear. I've got lots of spare Game Boy hardware hanging about, so maybe in 2022 I'll start by upgrading one of those!
Focus my game purchases
In previous years I've tried to set a cap to number of purchases but this year I'm ignoring that. I just want to focus purchases on things I would like to buy rather than limited the amount. Things like these:
- 'Complete' a console set. By this I mean buying all the major games I want, not every game for the system. There may be others I'm interested in, but all the big ticket stuff should be ticked off. The closest systems for this for me would be N64 and Gamecube, so one of those systems.
- Buy more games in the Klonoa series. I just like these games, and there's not that many of them, so I want to pick some more up!
- Focus on games for Sony hardware. I have a decent Vita, PSP and PS4 library, but my PS1, PS2 and PS3 collections are very small. This is an area I've not explored for long enough, so I'd like to look at building my collection for these systems somewhat this year!
Stop neglecting some of my consoles
There are some systems I haven't bought a game for in the last 3 years. I would like to buy at least one title for these consoles in 2022. These systems are: Xbox (last purchase: December 2017), PS Vita (Dec 17), Dreamcast (Dec 17), Wonderswan (Nov 17), PS3 (Aug 17), Master System (Mar 17), 3DO (Apr 16) and PS2 (Apr 14!!).
Focus my game playing on one console and handheld at a time
I started this one towards the end of 2021, but I'd like to continue it next year. I noticed some consoles still felt a bit foreign to me every time I played them, because whilst I've played 20 games on them, it was over the space of 12+ years and so I never really settled in and played the console in a way I got familiar.
To combat that, I am choosing one home console and one handheld from my collection and either beating all my unfinished games or 10 of them, whichever comes first. In 2021 I chose Saturn and GBA for this, and I finished all 10 GBA games and 8/10 Saturn games so far.
I'm not going to be super strict with this. Hopefully I can keep it going throughout 2022, but if I move on to something else or play a game from another system because I really want to, I won't count this as failed - I should just aim to get back to it after!
There's my ideas, but I'd love to see what you guys want to do, if you have any gaming plans for 2022!