Games Beaten: 2010

[Ack]

Soul Calibur IV (Xbox 360)
Super Bomberman 2 (SNES)
Cybernator (SNES)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC)
Devil Kings (PS2)
Still Life (PC)
Dead Space (PS3)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
LEGO Batman (Xbox 360)
Penumbra: Black Plague (PC)
Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC)
Penumbra: Requiem (PC)
Portal (PC)
Medal Of Honor: Airborne (PC)
Aliens Vs. Predator 2 (PC)
Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt (PC)
Zork 1 (PC)
LEGO Star Wars 2 (PS2)
Gungrave (PS2)
Saints Row 2 (Xbox 360)
Red Faction 2 (PC)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (PC)
Command & Conquer Renegade (PC)

TOTAL: 23

Wow, C&CR wasn't a good game...

[final fight cd]

NES
castlevania
kid icarus
trojan
mega man 2
mega man 6
journey to silius
metroid
ghost n goblins
mega man
little nemo: dream master

snes
super metroid
super castlevania 4

sega
streets of rage 2
streets of rage 3
shinobi 2
shinobi 3
shadow dancer
rocket knight adventure
bloodlines
taz escape from mars
vectorman 2
world of illusion starring mickey mouse and donald duck
earthworm jim 2
earnest evans
jurassic park rampage edition
wonder boy in monster world
valis
double dragon

sega cd
final fight cd
terminator

32x
pitfall
tempo

xbox360
project gotham racing 4
mega man 9
metal slug 3

tempo could have been an amazing game. but it isn't. controls suck. by suck i mean they feel stiff. you would think that a game with a theme of music - which is supposed to be fluid and smooth (minus dillinger escape plane) - would have better controls. but what takes the cake are the boss battles. they are uninspired, bland, and boring.

[Ack]

Soul Calibur IV (Xbox 360)
Super Bomberman 2 (SNES)
Cybernator (SNES)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC)
Devil Kings (PS2)
Still Life (PC)
Dead Space (PS3)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
LEGO Batman (Xbox 360)
Penumbra: Black Plague (PC)
Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC)
Penumbra: Requiem (PC)
Portal (PC)
Medal Of Honor: Airborne (PC)
Aliens Vs. Predator 2 (PC)
Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt (PC)
Zork 1 (PC)
LEGO Star Wars 2 (PS2)
Gungrave (PS2)
Saints Row 2 (Xbox 360)
Red Faction 2 (PC)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (PC)
Command & Conquer Renegade (PC)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (PS2)

TOTAL: 24

Yes, I consider a fighter beaten when I've made it through arcade mode which admittedly I had never done in MvC2 before today...but then again, seeing as I've only played it about five times, I suppose that's not that big a thing. I still prefer MvC1. At least it had character endings.

Anyway, a fighter is beaten when arcade mode is beaten. A fighter is completed when all unlockables are collected, endings are viewed, etc. That's my definition for it anyway. And I've got a lot left to do to complete MvC2. I've currently only unlocked four characters, two costumes, and three galleries...this may take a while.

[Luke]

I've currently only unlocked four characters, two costumes, and three galleries...this may take a while.

Clear your calendar.

[Mr.White555]

New games are in blue.

Contra 3 & 4
Starfox 64
Operation C
Metroid Fusion
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Super Mario World
Arkham Asylum
Starfox
GTA IV: The Lost and Damned
Wario Ware inc
Little Big Planet
Super Mario Bros.
Act Raiser
Kirby and the Krystal Shards
Jurassic Park Rampage Edition
Pokemon Heart Gold
Aliens vs Predator
Donkey Kong '94
Kirby's Adventure
Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland
Donkey Kong Country 2
Ghouls 'n' Ghosts
General Chaos
Half Life 2: Episode 1
Half Life 2: Episode 2
GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Rampage World Tour
SpongeBob Squarepants: Super Sponge
Red Dead Redemption
Donkey Kong Country
Toy Story
Wario Blast featuring Bomberman
Warioland:Super Mario Land 3
Super C
Contra
Streets of Rage 2

Total: 39

[Luke]

GHOSTBUSTERS the Video Game 360
Super Mario Bros. NES
Contra Rebirth WiiWare
TetrisGameboy (*5)
Star Wars Force Unleashed 360
Street Fighter II T.E 360 arcade
Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis
Contra NES (x2)
THPS Play Station
Ninja Gaiden NES
Blaster Master Overdrive WiiWare
Batman Returns SNES
Golden Axe GBA
Halo 2 XBOX
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 360
Pit-Fighter Genesis
Act Raiser snes
BATMAN Genesis
TMNT: Fall of the Foot clan Gameboy
TMNT: Back from the Sewers Gameboy
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES
StarFox (Paths 1, 2 & 3) snes
Battle Arena Toshinden Remix Saturn
Super Ghouls'N Ghosts. GBA
Final Fight One GBA
Donkey King Country GBA
DOOM GBA
Jackal NES
Bionic Commando NES
Duck Tales NES
Duck Tales 2 Game Boy
BATMAN NES
Super STAR WARS snes
Super Empire Strikes Backsnes
Super Return of the Jedi snes
7/2/2010 Crossword Puzzle New York Times
Disney's Aladdin snes
Altered Beast Genesis
Streets of Rage 2 Genesis
Super C new NES
Grand Theft Auto San Andreasnew PC

My wife has been out of town this weekend, and I should have beaten a lot more games than I did the past few days, but I've been playing a lot of Arkham Asylum. After playing Arkham for five straight hours, I went back to the classics. So I beat Contra again, and without the code, I beat it using two continues. I finally figured out how to beat the boss that always seems to take three lives away from me, so a perfect run is now probable for me.

Super C. I don't know what it is, but I don't like it as much as Contra. It looks the same, pretty much plays the same, but has a different feel; if that makes any sense. Enjoyable game, just not as fun as Contra is.

San Andreas. Definitely a game I play multiple times each year. It's also in my top 5 games of all time, well, at least the PC version of it is. As of now, there are only two or three missions that give me any trouble at all; the second rc plane mission, and backing the car up to prevent a suicide mission. Other than that, the missions are now cake. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to GTA SA. If I die, I resume from last save. But that's probably why I got so good at it.

The graphics just look amazing on a PC, the controls feel tighter, even when using a cheap logitech controller. And being able to add your own radio station kicks so much ass, especially since I love rap music from the 90's, so it all fits together. GTA SA also achieves something that so few games do, you feel like you are the video game character. Arkham is great, but I don't feel like I'm batman when I play it. In Andreas, you feel like a gangster from Watts. Maybe it's all the little comments CJ says in-game. Maybe it's the way you can customize his wardrobe. Maybe it's the environment, but there is something about this game that really puts you in the character's shoes. GTA IV doesn't do it for me.

[Ack]

San Andreas. Definitely a game I play multiple times each year. It's also in my top 5 games of all time, well, at least the PC version of it is. As of now, there are only two or three missions that give me any trouble at all; the second rc plane mission, and backing the car up to prevent a suicide mission. Other than that, the missions are now cake. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to GTA SA. If I die, I resume from last save. But that's probably why I got so good at it.

The graphics just look amazing on a PC, the controls feel tighter, even when using a cheap logitech controller. And being able to add your own radio station kicks so much ass, especially since I love rap music from the 90's, so it all fits together. GTA SA also achieves something that so few games do, you feel like you are the video game character. Arkham is great, but I don't feel like I'm batman when I play it. In Andreas, you feel like a gangster from Watts. Maybe it's all the little comments CJ says in-game. Maybe it's the way you can customize his wardrobe. Maybe it's the environment, but there is something about this game that really puts you in the character's shoes. GTA IV doesn't do it for me.

I gotta agree. I realized I loved the game when I jacked a riding lawnmower and performed a drive-by on some suckers at the beach. I would get bored, steal a bicycle, and just ride it around town. There was so much to do, and moving from city to city felt like I was navigating a much larger world than the limited locales in previous games.

Plus jacking cars and gunning down pigs while listening to Easy E? Pure gold.

[Luke]

I gotta agree. I realized I loved the game when I jacked a riding lawnmower and performed a drive-by on some suckers at the beach. I would get bored, steal a bicycle, and just ride it around town. There was so much to do, and moving from city to city felt like I was navigating a much larger world than the limited locales in previous games.

Plus jacking cars and gunning down pigs while listening to Easy E? Pure gold.

I love jacking a motorcycle and taking it to the skate park. Fun stuff. I'm sure there are literally hundreds of fun "toying around" things I haven't done yet. And like the previous installments, you get to use your brains to make missions much easier. Need to jack an armored vehicle? Create your own roadblock by jacking a few cars and cluttering up the road with them. A mission requires you to snipe someone? Nonsense, blow them the eff up with a rocket launcher instead.

And the mini games! Complex? No. Great detail to graphics? No. But they are so addictive and fun.

Just a great game in all aspects. And my friends and I still quote the game all the time. Even recently I was grocery shopping and heard "Hey CJ!" and it was one of my buddies shouting at me. One of my favorite quotes and deliveries from the game is "I'm just gonna listen". I say it all the time to my wife when she's in a bad mood, although she doesn't get the reference.

When you've played thousands of games, and own several hundred, it is hard to make a top 5 list. That said Andreas is without a doubt in my top 5.

[alienjesus]

Gals Fighters NGPC
Puzzle Link NGPC
Puzzle Bobble Mini NGPC
Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure NGPC
Tatsunoko vs Capcom Wii
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast GC
Tomena Sanner WiiWare
Sonic Jam Saturn
Dark Void Zero DSiWare
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ DSiWare
Starship Patrol DSiWare
Pokemon Platinum DS
Pokemon Rumble WiiWare
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia DS
Megaman 10 WiiWare
Pokemon HeartGold DS
Art Style Nemrem DSiWare
Art Style Boxlife DSiWare
Photo Dojo DSiWare
Bird & Bombs DSiWare
Metal Torrent DSiWare
Another Code R Wii
Beach Spikers GC
DoReMi Fantasy Milons DokiDoki Adventure VC
Ecco the Dolphin Mega Drive
Art Style Penta Tentacles WiiWare
Art Academy First Semester DSiWare
F Zero GX GC
Geometry Wars Galaxies Wii
Ico PS2
Kuru Kuru Kururin GBA
Tales in a Box: Hidden Shapes in Perspective DSiWare
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth DS
The Rub Rabbits DS
Little King's Story Wii
Muramasa: The Demon Blade Wii
Chrono Trigger DS
Okami Wii
ChuChu Rocket DC
Jet Set Radio DC
Total: 40

ChuChu Rocket was fun, but short. I assume it's missing a lot of online content, but that doesn't matter too much, as it's still great fun in multiplayer.

Jet Set Radio was the first dreamcast game for me that's REALLY lived up to the hype. Space Channel 5, Chuchu rocket, Sonic adventure 1 & 2 - They're all good enough games, but not as amazing as they were hyped to be. This was much better than I expected though, my favourite Dreamcast game by some way, despite it being kinda short, the final boss being ridiculously easy and the Tutorial being ridiculously hard (I still cant beat it, and I've beat the game).

Next up: NiGHTs , Pokemon Stadium , Quarth and Red Steel .

[dsheinem]

Gals Fighters NGPC
Puzzle Link NGPC
Puzzle Bobble Mini NGPC
Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure NGPC
Tatsunoko vs Capcom Wii
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast GC
Tomena Sanner WiiWare
Sonic Jam Saturn
Dark Void Zero DSiWare
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ DSiWare
Starship Patrol DSiWare
Pokemon Platinum DS
Pokemon Rumble WiiWare
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia DS
Megaman 10 WiiWare
Pokemon HeartGold DS
Art Style Nemrem DSiWare
Art Style Boxlife DSiWare
Photo Dojo DSiWare
Bird & Bombs DSiWare
Metal Torrent DSiWare
Another Code R Wii
Beach Spikers GC
DoReMi Fantasy Milons DokiDoki Adventure VC
Ecco the Dolphin Mega Drive
Art Style Penta Tentacles WiiWare
Art Academy First Semester DSiWare
F Zero GX GC
Geometry Wars Galaxies Wii
Ico PS2
Kuru Kuru Kururin GBA
Tales in a Box: Hidden Shapes in Perspective DSiWare
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth DS
The Rub Rabbits DS
Little King's Story Wii
Muramasa: The Demon Blade Wii
Chrono Trigger DS
Okami Wii
ChuChu Rocket DC
Jet Set Radio DC
Total: 40

ChuChu Rocket was fun, but short. I assume it's missing a lot of online content, but that doesn't matter too much, as it's still great fun in multiplayer.

Jet Set Radio was the first dreamcast game for me that's REALLY lived up to the hype. Space Channel 5, Chuchu rocket, Sonic adventure 1 & 2 - They're all good enough games, but not as amazing as they were hyped to be. This was much better than I expected though, my favourite Dreamcast game by some way, despite it being kinda short, the final boss being ridiculously easy and the Tutorial being ridiculously hard (I still cant beat it, and I've beat the game).

Next up: NiGHTs , Pokemon Stadium , Quarth and Red Steel .

I don't think I've ever beat the tutorial either - it used to put me off to playing the game. Now that I think of it, I'm not sure I ever played it through to completion either...

I'll join you for Nights, as it is on my summer Challenge list. I'll give it a whirl tonight or tomorrow.