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1-Jan-23 12:06pm
#1

SupremeSarna

This topic had many older posts which were moved here: https://gametz.com/V...

Here's the spreadsheet for '23

Link to 2022's Thread for reference

LEADERBOARDS

Total Games Beaten: 421 Top Users 1. SupremeSarna (79) 2. Bleed_DukeBlue (47) 3. Slickriven (41) 4. legendrko25 (38) 5. DemonAlcohol (29) ---------------------------------------------- Total Systems Covered: 123/362 (33.98%) Top Users 1. SupremeSarna (16) 2. Bleed_DukeBlue, Slickriven (14) 3. Renaissance2K (12) 4. Frank (10) 5. Incubus421 (8) ---------------------------------------------- Total Badges Earned: 64 Top Users 1. Bleed_DukeBlue (19) 2. SupremeSarna (15) 3. Slickriven (11) 4. legendrko25 (9) 5. Yoshi (5) ----------------------------------------------

Best1989 - - Bayonetta 2, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD - Wario Land 3 - - - - Jurassic World Evolution, Anthem, One Night Stand, Cat Quest II, Red Death, Project Starship, Sine Mora EX, Tembo the Badass Elephant, Ice Cream Surfer, Null Drifter, Days Gone, Need for Speed Heat, South Park: The Stick of Truth - - - - - Unique Systems Covered: 3/12 Total Games Beaten: 16

Bleed_DukeBlue image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image image - - Darius II - Mars Matrix - Tekken 3 - - Final Fantasy () - The Caligula Effect: Overdose - Marvel's Midnight Suns, Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC, Dead Space (2023), Hogwarts Legacy, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Cult of the Lamb, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Dead Island 2, Diablo IV - 2 - Horizon: Call of the Mountain, Kayak VR: Mirage, The Light Brigade, Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge - Halo 2 - - The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom - High On Life, Kentucky Route Zero, Immortality, Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition, A Memoir Blue, Redfall, Serious Sam 4 - Inscryption, Master Takahashi's Adventure Island IV (), Jesus: The Terrifying Bio-Monster (), WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! (), Samorost 1, Hearthstone, Aerial_Knight's Never Yield, Xeodrifter - Gotham Knights, A Robot Named Fight, Drink More Glurp image - Card Hog, Grumpy Cat's Worst Game Ever *evercade* - Golf (), Avenging Spirit (), American Idol (), Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (), Super Breakout! (), Galaga () Unique Systems Covered: 14/18 Total Games Beaten: 47

BloodPuppetX - Dragon Quest Treasures, The Diofield Chronicle, Fire Emblem Engage, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (), Death's Door, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (), Ninja Jajamaru: Legend of the Golden Castle, Signalis, Metroid Prime Remastered, Metroid Fusion (), Paranormasight, Bayonetta 3, AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - - - - - - - *evercade* - Unique Systems Covered: 1/9 Total Games Beaten: 14

bonham2 - - Astro's Playroom, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - Unique Systems Covered: 1/3 Total Games Beaten: 3

brian9824 image - CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION - - Final Fantasy XV Unique Systems Covered: 2/3 Total Games Beaten: 2

buster4252 image - - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - Pokémon Puzzle League - - - - - - - - - Star Fox 64 3D, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - - - - - Tales of Berseria - - - My Friend Peppa Pig, Townscaper - Munchkin Unique Systems Covered: 6/21 Total Games Beaten: 8

Cevil - Toree 3D, Macbat 64 - Unique Systems Covered: 1/2 Total Games Beaten: 2

DemonAlcohol - - The Riftbreaker, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, Limbo, Greedfall, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Far Cry 6, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, The Collisto Protocol, Kena: Bridge of Spirits - - Dead Space, Dead Space 2, Dead Space 3, Fable Anniversary, Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil Remaster, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard DLC, Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil Village DLC, Atomic Heart, Horizon Zero Dawn, Diablo IV, Horizon Zero Dawn DLC - Unique Systems Covered: 2/5 Total Games Beaten: 29

DragonmasterDX - - - - - - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - Club Penguin: Game Day - - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - - - - - Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars - - - - - - - - - - - Family Guy: The Video Game - - - - - image - - - - The Legend of Zelda Game Watch Unique Systems Covered: 6/34 Total Games Beaten: 7

ErickRPG - - Persona 5 Royal, Unpacking, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, Fire Emblem Engage, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - - River City: Tokyo Rumble, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - - - 2 - - - - - image - Dungeon Village 2, Jumbo Airport Story, Forest Golf Planner image - River City Ransom (), El Viento, Twinkle Tale (), Mega Turrican (), Demolition Man (), Super Off-Road (), Time Gal () Unique Systems Covered: 4/14 Total Games Beaten: 17

Frank image - - - - - - Goldeneye 007 - Metroid Prime Remastered - - - Lunistice, Super Kiwi 64 - Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins - - WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! - - Frogger Returns - - - - - - Arcade Paradise - - - - Portal: Still Alive - Peggle 2 - Aperture Desk Job, Macbat 64, Just Shapes & Beats - - Unique Systems Covered: 10/29 Total Games Beaten: 13

incubus421 - - Super Mario World - - - Metroid Dread, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - - Final Fantasy IX - - Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - - Goat Simulator 3, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins - Oregon Trail, Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum, Heroes of Might and Magic II - The 13th Doll image - PAC-MAN Unique Systems Covered: 8/14 Total Games Beaten: 13

legendrko25 image image image image image image image image image - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Smash Bros. Melee - - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? () - Destroy All Humans! - Gin Rummy, Soulcalibur, Fallout 3, Fallout 3 DLC, Fallout New Vegas, Viva Piñata: Party Animals, MX vs. ATV Alive, Feeding Frenzy 2, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, Call of Duty 2, Dead Rising 2: Case West - High on Life, Dig Dug, PAC-MAN, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Resident Evil 5, Monopoly Plus, Unpacking, WWE 2K15, Red Dead Redemption 2, WWE2K16, The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Road 96, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Resident Evil 6, Resident Evil 5 DLC, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Saints Row IV, Saint's Row 4 DLC, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo, Minecraft Unique Systems Covered: 5/6 Total Games Beaten: 38

nonamesleft - - - - - - Unique Systems Covered: 0/6 Total Games Beaten: 0

image Razeak - - - - - - - - - Bayonetta 3, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - - - - - - - - - - - - God of War (2018) - - - - - - - - image - - Unique Systems Covered: 2/31 Total Games Beaten: 3

Renaissance2K image image - Rayman - - Final Fantasy VI - - Doom 64 - - - - Cuphead, Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line - - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - - - - Virtua Fighter - Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter Remix - - - - Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary - - - - - - - - - CD - - - - Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Cake Bash, Samurai Shodown, Panzer Dragoon Remake - Virtua Fighter PC, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, Just Shapes & Beats, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst - image - Virtua Fighter image - Donut Dodo - Unique Systems Covered: 12/38 Total Games Beaten: 20

RVM - - - - Unique Systems Covered: 0/4 Total Games Beaten: 0

SailorNeoRune - - - - - - Valis: Legend of a Fantasm Soldier (), Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Katamari Damacy Reroll - - - - - Fantasy Life - - - - - - - - - image - F-Zero AX image - Unique Systems Covered: 3/22 Total Games Beaten: 5

Scott - - - - - - - Pokémon Scarlet - - - - - - - - - - - - Unique Systems Covered: 1/19 Total Games Beaten: 1

image Slickriven image image image image image image image image image image image - - Sunset Riders - Fire Electric Pen - - - - - - - Gals Panic SS, Rayman, Daytona USA - - GG Aleste - - - God of War 3 - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - - Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Crysis 3 - Pupperazzi, Aces Of The Luftwaffe, Wreckfest, Blaster Master Zero, Cuphead, Kentucky Route Zero, Recore - Bugsnax, High on Life, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, The Legend of Tianding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, My Friend Pedro, Forza Horizon 5: Rally Adventure DLC, Ryse: Son of Rome, Doom (2016), Planet of Lana, Somerville, Tinykin - Shock Troopers - Layers of Fear 2, 8 Doors Arum’s Afterlife Adventure, Quake, Mirror's Edge - Strider - Mighty Doom, Block Blast Adventure Master, Enchanted 2 image - Virtua Fighter () Unique Systems Covered: 14/25 Total Games Beaten: 41

Staraang - - - - - - - - - - - - - *xsx* - - image - Battle Garegga, Final Fight, Aliens Unique Systems Covered: 1/16 Total Games Beaten: 3

SupremeSarna imageimage image image image image image image image image image image image image image - - Batman Returns, Monster Party, PAC-MAN, Super Mario Bros. - Final Fantasy VI - - Donkey Kong (arcade), Jetpac (image), Donkey Kong 64 - - New Play Control! Pikmin, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Pikmin 2 - Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, Detana!! TwinBee (), Pandora's Tower (), Chubbins, Pocky & Rocky with Becky (), Pikmin 3, Pikmin 3 DLC, Klonoa: Empire of Dreams () - Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Wild Guns Reloaded, Tetris 99, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (), Super Mario Sunshine, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (), Donkey Kong Country (), Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, BurgerTime Deluxe (), Game & Watch Gallery 3 (), Kirby's Dream Land (), Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (), Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (), PAC-MAN 99 - Super Mario Bros. () - Game & Watch Gallery 2 (), Game & Watch Gallery (), Popeye 2 (), Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (), Perfect Dark (), Star Wars Episode I Racer () - Kirby: Canvas Curse, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land () - Mega Man Xtreme 2 (), Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (), Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ (), Star Fox 64 3D, Sonic Blast (), Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble (), Picross e, PUZZLEBOX setup, Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive!, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Picross e2, Mega Man 6 (), Alleyway (), Mega Man 5 (), Crashmo, Paper Airplane Chase (), Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure, Mega Man 4 (), Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, Picross e3, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Mega Man 3 (), Mega Man 2 (), Grimace's Birthday (), Gargoyle’s Quest II: The Demon Darkness (), Mega Man () - Sonic the Hedgehog - Fantasy Zone Gear - - - - Mega Man Powered Up, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, LocoRoco, Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake - Bayonetta - Battletoads Arcade, Star Wars: The Clone Wars () - Junkbot Undercover image - Unique Systems Covered: 16/23 Total Games Beaten: 79

TalonJedi87 - Bayonetta 3, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Kirby's Dream Land (), Kirby's Dream Land 2 (), Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (), Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (), Yoshi’s Story (), Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (), Metroid Fusion (), Metroid Prime Remastered, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond - - - God of War Ragnarök, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, Evil West, Gotham Knights, The Callisto Protocol, Stray, Little Hope, The Quarry, Resident Evil 4 Remake, The Last of Us Part I - Crysis Remastered, Crysis 2 Remastered, Crysis 3 Remastered, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Hi-Fi Rush, Atomic Heart Unique Systems Covered: 3/5 Total Games Beaten: 27

VedicBlade - Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, The Last of Us Part II, Infamous: Second Son, Prey (2017), Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Lords of the Fallen - - Dishonored 2, Grime, Mortal Shell Unique Systems Covered: 2/3 Total Games Beaten: 14

WithinTemptation - - - - Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Styx: Shards of Darkness - Unique Systems Covered: 1/5 Total Games Beaten: 2

Yoshi image image image image image - - - Metroid: Zero Mission () - River City Ransom (), Sega Ages: Shinobi, Rygar () - 3D Space Harrier - - - - - - - Metal Gear () - Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter (*PCECD*), Twinbee, Bionic Commando, Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (), Life Force, Mega Man (), Maniac Mansion, Contra, 1943: The Battle of Midway, Darius, Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel - - Unique Systems Covered: 5/15 Total Games Beaten: 17

"RULES"

1. Respect each other and the gamekeeper(s) - this activity is a gift to the community, and jerks kill the fun. 2. Beat games. Proof is NOT required via an image, but lying is lame and you won't win anything for beating the most games. All you get is bragging rights. 3. It doesn't matter when you started the game - as long as you finish it this year, it counts. However, you cannot load up a finished save file and refight the final boss to get a clear. 4. If you beat a game and then post about it in the next calendar month, I will count that toward the current month. It gets convoluted trying to edit past documents, so remember that when playing. 5. DLC campaigns can count as a single clear for their respective game, so beating The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Champion's Ballad counts as two clears: BOTW and BOTW DLC. Any further DLC completed for that game will be lumped into the first campaign. 6. If you are interested in badges, when you beat a game for one, include something like 'Counts towards badge X' OR 'Earns me badge X, first game was Y.' One particular badge requires proof to obtain, however. 7. All participating past gamekeepers are thanked with a medal: image

ICONS & BADGES

Key - 50% of systems covered, - 100% of systems covered, - 0 games beaten, - 5 games beaten, - 10 games beaten (additional gold stars for 20, 30, 40, 60, etc), - 50 games beaten, - 100 games beaten, - 150 games beaten, - 200 games beaten, - top user in systems completed, - top user in games beaten, - badge leader Badges, note 2 games required for each 2nd Amendment: Beat 2 FPS or 3rd Person (ex: DOOM). All Aces: Beat 2 virtual card games (ex: Hearthstone) - win at least two matches in both. Bear & Bird: Beat 2 3D platformers and/or collect-a-thons (ex: Banjo-Kazooie). BFFL: Beat 2 primarily cooperative games with another person (ex: It Takes Two) - online or couch. Bo Knows: Beat 2 sports games (ex: Madden 08) - complete a single season. Brain Teaser: Beat 2 puzzle games (ex: Tetris). Chance Time!: Beat 2 party games or virtual board games (ex: Mario Party) - short games (under an hour) must be beaten twice while long games (an hour or longer) can be beaten once. Cross the Streams: Beat 2 cross-over games (ex: Mario & Sonic at The Olympic Games). The 2+ franchises meeting MUST be the game's theme, not just a small cameo by one in another's universe. Days Gone By: Beat two games that require 100+ hours to finish (ex: The Elder Scrolls), any genre. Requires in-game timer for proof. Destroy the Core: Beat 2 SHMUPs or on-rails shooters (ex: Gradius). Facelift: Beat a game as well as its remake, remaster, or demake - remake must have substantial differences. Gamer's Day: Beat the exact same game five times in one year. Girl Power: Beat 2 games with female leads, or are targeted towards a feminine audience (ex: Kirby?). Grown-Ass Man: Beat 2 challenging games (ex: Castlevania). Guybrush Threepwood: Beat 2 games from the point-&-click, text adventure, or walking simulator genres (ex: King's Quest). Hackin' and Slashin': Beat 2 3D hack-and-slash or musou titles (ex: Ninja Gaiden). Heavy Machine Gun: Beat 2 run 'n' gun games (ex: Mega Man). Hop 'n' Bop: Beat 2 platforming games (ex: Super Mario Bros.). Hyrulian Hero: Beat 2 action/adventure titles (ex: The Legend of Zelda). Level Up!: Beat 2 JRPGs (ex: Final Fantasy). Localize Mother 3: Beat 2 Japanese games that haven't been officially localized outside of Japan (ex: Mother 3). Makin' Money with Minigames!: Beat 2 games that are made entirely of minigames (ex: WarioWare Inc.). Mass Destruction: Beat 2 games centered on destruction (ex: Rampage). Metroidvania: Beat 2 open-ended 2D platformers that focus on backtracking (ex: Metroid). Moustache-Twirlin': Beat 2 games starring a villain or morally-dubious character (ex: Wario Land). Now You're Playing with Plastic: Beat 2 games using non-standard controllers (light gun, musical instrument, steering wheel, dance pad, etc.). Pile Drivin': Beat 2 belt-scrolling brawler/beat 'em ups (ex: Final Fight). Quarter Muncher: Beat 2 games from the classic arcade, pinball, or breakout genres (ex: PAC-MAN). Quest for Peace: Beat 2 predominately superhero focused titles (ex: Batman: Arkham City). Raccoon City: Beat 2 survival horror games (ex: Resident Evil). Race Drivin': Beat 2 racing games (ex: Mario Kart 64). Rhythmic: Beat 2 rhythm games (ex: PaRappa the Rapper). Street Fightin': Beat 2 1-on-1 fighters (ex: Street Fighter 2) - beat standard arcade mode with 2+ characters OR beat 10+ match story mode. The Best Offense: Beat 2 strategy titles, tactical RPGs, or RTS (ex: Fire Emblem Awakening). Vault Boy: Beat 2 open world and/or Western RPGs (ex: Fallout). You're Winner: Beat 2 games with <55 review OR user score on Metacritic (ex: Sonic '06), or justify how poor your game was. Must be shovelware-quality, not just a game you don't like. image 2nd Amendment image All Aces image Bear & Bird image BFFL image Bo Knows image Brain Teaser image Chance Time! image Cross the Streams image Days Gone By image Destroy the Core image Facelift image Gamer's Day image Girl Power image Grown-Ass Man image Guybrush Threepwood image Hackin' and Slashin' image Heavy Machine Gun image Hop 'n' Bop image Hyrulian Hero image Level Up! image Localize Mother 3 image Makin' Money with Minigames! image Mass Destruction image Metroidvania image Moustache-Twirlin' image Now You're Playing with Plastic image Pile Drivin' image Quarter Muncher image Quest for Peace image Raccoon City image Race Drivin' image Rhythmic image Street Fightin' image The Best Offense image Vault Boy image You're Winner

9-Apr-23 12:28pm
#121

Frank


Dug out my old DSi this morning. I totally forgot about it. @SupremeSarna mind adding it to my list?

Also might as well add Frogger Returns as my game for as well. I just played through all 4 courses in about 29 minutes. This game is definitely rough. Terrible framerate and slowdowns, and awful depth of field.

Edit: That will make my console count 29 (it's currently at 28 but you have it marked 27)

9-Apr-23 5:54pm
#122

SupremeSarna


@Frank
Gotcha covered!

9-Apr-23 11:07pm
#123

incubus421


#6 Heroes of Might and Magic II

Cleared all original maps on normal difficulty....whew. Probably 120 hours or better to complete. On to shorter experiences...

10-Apr-23 12:50am
#124

Slickriven


@SupremeSarna You've got me listed for 6 consoles, but I've got 7. 7th was

10-Apr-23 10:04am
#125

Renaissance2K


Doom 64 was the Retro Talkshop Thread's first Game of the Month of 2023, and it kicked our collective asses. Though I usually prefer to play through a game on its original platform for my first playthrough, I was really missing the controls and the in-level save functionality of the Bethesda re-release. After three months of slow progress and many grueling attempts at the final battle, I finally closed the book on the Nintendo 64 version last night.

Number: 15
Full Title: Doom 64
Platform Played: Nintendo 64
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Nintendo 64
Original Platforms: Nintendo 64
Applicable Badge: 2nd Amendment (1/2)

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Unique Systems Covered: 10/38
Total Games Beaten: 15

Progress in Golden Sun and Crisis Core continues, albeit at a slower pace than expected. It turns out that Evercade's current Game of the Month - Donut Dodo, a callback to single screen arcade games of the early 80s - is surprisingly awesome. I've been cutting my gaming sessions short to take another whack at the kleptomaniacal peacock wannabe.

And on that note, I'm adding Evercade to my platforms list and retiring the Neo Geo CD. With a NGCD core imminent on the MiSTer side and a library that doesn't have much going for it, I've disconnected it and looking to find it a new home.

10-Apr-23 5:12pm
#126

DragonmasterDX


I beat The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures on
Pretty fun game- the levels take 10-20 minutes each, so it's a good game to play in sessions when you've only got an hour or so. I beat the game in singleplayer, but in multiplayer I like that all 4 links can travel anywhere in the stage using the gameboy advance. The story is kind of lacking, that is until the wind palace and the end. A double final boss is always fun in a game, and I thoroughly enjoyed the fights, even though if you've played Four Swords you'll already know how to kill Vaati, and the Ganon fight is very similar to the classic 2d ganon fights.

10-Apr-23 8:01pm
#127

SupremeSarna


incubus421 wrote:
#6 Heroes of Might and Magic II Cleared all original maps on normal difficulty....whew. Probably 120 hours or better to complete. On to shorter experiences...If you can prove that time, you can count it toward the first half of the Days Gone By badge.

11-Apr-23 11:34am
#128

ErickRPG


El Viento - Retroid ()

Continuing my emulator fun, El Viento for Sega Genesis.
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11-Apr-23 4:17pm
#129

legendrko25


I beat Dead Rising 2: Case Zero on the xbox360

I also beat Resident Evil 6 on the xbox1 (beating this and resident evil 5 gets me the raccoon city badge)

I also beat Resident Evil 5 Lost in Nightmares (DLC) on the xbox1

11-Apr-23 8:48pm
#130

Bleed_DukeBlue


#29 down: Resident Evil 4 Remake on PS5. This (alongside my previous clear of the Dead Space remake) gets me the Raccoon City badge.

I had never played Resident Evil 4 before, and this was everything I had hoped it would be. The gunplay is fun, there are lots of interesting ways to navigate each scenario, the bosses are epic, and the graphics look great. Definitely a GOTY contender.

12-Apr-23 12:32am
#131

SupremeSarna


I beat Mega Man 6 (originally NES).
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Great game, as expected from ‘90s Capcom. I haven’t played the NES Mega Mans since high school, so I can’t compare them. I recall digging 6 back then, though.

12-Apr-23 12:36am
#132

Slickriven


4th of April, 22nd overall, 8th
Ryse Son of Rome
Badge - earns me Hackin' & Slashin' with Jedi Fallen Order

Tis another Xbox exclusive I've had for a good while and finally just dove in and played it. There actually was a challenge this month to earn 3 achievements in just 5 games of which Ryse was the best choice for me as I played the first mission around 2 years ago for another Xbox Rewards thing and figured it was time. Overall I mostly enjoyed my time with it, though I wasn't great at it. The Achievements didn't work 100% as it didn't credit me for beating the 2nd mission and thus not the game either, so I might replay that and see if I can do better and get the achievement. The final boss fight was rough for me as I wasn't nailing the block timing initially, but when I got it down I did a lot better.

This was pretty good and I'd recommend to anyone who's not played it. But it doesn't support Quick Resume on the XSX, and I went to my X1X for the final session to see if that would cause the achievements to pop - which did the trick for Recore, but not here. The game really hid the collectables. I enjoy exploring and finding them, but I got less than half as they were seemingly well off the beaten path. I did notice some branching paths and assume many of those I missed where on such paths. One gripe would be the general lack of variety of foes, it's really only like 4-5.

12-Apr-23 8:22pm
#133

Bleed_DukeBlue


#30 down- Drink More Glurp on Steam Deck. I would like to count this toward the Bo Knows badge. It’s a bunch of Olympic track and field-style challenges with weird physics. You’re this strange creature whose arms and legs are all wobbly and who sometimes has wheels for feet or sticky limbs. It’s frustratingly difficult at times as the controls are awful. I went through all of the challenges managed to get a silver or bronze trophy for most events though after running them way too many times. I will never play this game again.

13-Apr-23 5:48pm
#134

Bleed_DukeBlue


#31 down- Xeodrifter on PC. This (alongside my previous clear of A Robot Named Fight) gives me the Metroidvania badge. Xeodrifter has simple graphics and presentation, but the mechanics are deeper than meets the eye. You get power-ups like the ability to shift into the background (which means there are boss battles in which you fight in both the foreground and background, and secrets and routes hidden in both). Some of the boss battles are tough, but each introduced a little bit more challenge in an arc that helped me get better as I went along at a reasonable pace. Not a great game but not a bad one either.

15-Apr-23 9:58am
#135

Yoshi


Number: 16
Full Title: Sega Ages: Shinobi
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Applicable Badge: Grown-Ass Man (2/2)

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Shinobi to me is "the other" great pure action series (as opposed to, say, run 'n' gun) from the 1980s and 1990s alongside Castlevania. This one was relatively fair for a 1987 arcade action game. After a few tries, I believe I beat the last boss without getting hit.

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Unique Systems Covered: 5/15
Total Games Beaten: 16

15-Apr-23 12:04pm
#136

ErickRPG


Those last couple levels of Shinobi are hard, it's one of my favorite games and I've never beaten it, great job! Definitely going to tackle it again.

15-Apr-23 9:38pm
#137

Slickriven


Got my 5th of April, 23rd overall, 1st
Gals Panic SS
Badge - 1 towards Localize since it's in Japanese

I've been moving my ROMs from my older PC to a new one and my last machine didn't do emulation great for the Saturn and others, so I wanted to try some games on this new machine and go through some of the massive library I have. I focused on getting rid of a lot of games that I simply wasn't going to play like late 90's sports titles and a lot of Japanese titles that I couldn't read or follow along with. This game was one that I checked on to see if I wanted to keep it in my library and it was one of those hidden images you need to expose by dragging your cursor around to expand the exposed space. You then 'win' by exposing 80% or more of the focused object behind - being an image of a girl in this case, while dodging the floating objects that could break your line. It has some era-worthy anime/manga art that you exposed, whatever, guess I'm not a 12-14 year old boy. There were 5 boards per girl and 10 girls total with unlimited continues, though your progress on a board would reset after continuing, so I resorted to using some save states. I got a little impatient at times, but overall it maybe only took me an hour+ to finish it since there is a timer you're also up against on each board - thus you don't want to waste time and more time = more objects to avoid.

16-Apr-23 12:12am
#138

SupremeSarna


This weekend got away from me, considering my grandfather had two unexpected strokes in the past 48 hours. I'll get to the weekly update tomorrow, and any prayers would be appreciated.

16-Apr-23 12:40am
#139

Bleed_DukeBlue


I’m really sorry about that. I’ll pray for your grandfather and your family.

SupremeSarna wrote:
This weekend got away from me, considering my grandfather had two unexpected strokes in the past 48 hours. I'll get to the weekly update tomorrow, and any prayers would be appreciated.

16-Apr-23 3:23am
#140

Bleed_DukeBlue


#32 down: Final Fantasy on PS3. This (alongside my previous clear of The Caligula Effect: Overdose) gets me the Level Up badge.

As a kid, I never played the original Final Fantasy games, so I thought it might be nice to try this out. For how old it is, it actually holds up pretty well, although there are definitely some issues with quality of life. Random encounters with enemies are very frequent, saving is tricky (only in towns in inns or outside of dungeons using specific items), and there isn’t much visually to indicate progression or better gear (except in one minor case that I’ll leave vague so as not to spoil it). The graphics are old school, and traversing is often confusing and difficult without a walkthrough. Still, the turn-based combat isn’t bad, there’s decent variety in enemies and dungeons, and I uncovered a few secrets here and there that were neat. Looking forward to Final Fantasy XVI!

16-Apr-23 7:25pm
#141

Slickriven


Sorry to hear about your grandfather @SupremeSarna - hope he recovers fully. If you need any help with this thread, let me know if I can help you out since you helped me last year.