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It’s in Post #268. Basically, he said that you can count a game for the system you play it on or for its original system (but you can’t count it for both).

ErickRPG wrote:

ok but that's weird isn't the rule that you give a list of systems you own? (Personally I like it this way better). Say I play an SNES game on my emulator system. I can now add SNES to my system list? I mean if that's the case, fine by me, and I'll be adding a bunch of systems to my cleared list.

A big reason I didn't want to do 'Sarna's new method' was basically what ErickRPG just described, I didn't want to be continually adding new consoles to participant's lists. The count of consoles appears in a few places for the user and overall so it's not ideal. If someone goes out and buys a new PS5 or something that is slightly different.

To be frank, I also had that policy too, but had the limitation that you at least owned the original system as well and therefore it was included in your initial listing of consoles.

It is kind of a pain, I agree, but not that many people seem keen to balloon their console count this way. As long as no one's doing anything fraudulent (claiming Super Mario Bros. for Sega Saturn or something absurd like that), it should all be good.

SupremeSarna wrote:

I have lots of favorites among so many systems. So I will be one of those people. Probably not much time this year to make it too big though. :)

Tropical Resort Story - IOS
Was saving this for a Summer play. Was fun. Only have a couple more Kairo games I haven't played. Then I'll have to move on to more vidyagaems!
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Advance Wars 1 -
From The Rearmed collection or whatever. Got a little frustrated with the fog of war on some fights. I really just dislike FOW. But I managed. I must have been having fun because my battery got down lower than it usually goes. Pretty addictive and I wanted to keep playing. Will save part 2 for later this year or even next year. Will definitely be playing the second one for sure though.
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Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth 1 -
This is my first game I played on my brand new vita. I saw a "barely used" US Vita OLED and the pictures looked really good. It's nice and minty. And I am having so much fun. Should have never sold my original Vita. But at least this one looks great, the battery is still really good, and I even tracked down the original carrying case I had. I plan to play the main Trilogy of Neptunia. Since I've only ever played a bit of the OG PS3 game, then Rebirth 2 MK2, then Finally beat Neptunia VII on switch when they reprinted the physical version. As the first one that I actually beat. Just love these characters.
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Number: 21
Full Title: Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose
Platform Played:
Collection: N/A
Native Platform:
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Applicable Badge: Girl Power (1/2)

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I held off on playing this one until I upgraded my hardware, and, boy, did it pay off. Cranking literally every setting and never seeing it drop below 120fps was a site to behold, especially in ultrawide. I enjoyed the mixing up of the gameplay styles between the various chapters and am glad I went for Hardcore the first time for a little challenge.

My house lost power and doesn’t seem likely to get it back immediately. I won’t be able to update the OP until it returns. (ATMR)

When you get power back Sarna, I got another for you
9th in Aug, 64th overall, 7th Mame
Ms. Pac-Man

Played through a few bucks in virtual quarters and got to the point where, Inky, Blink, Pinky and Dot were just too fast and hard to avoid, I did nearly clear the 5th board, but just couldn't pull it off. Top score was 23750. Fun game of sorts. But I've played the Xbox's Pac-man Championship Edition 2 a decent amount in the past year with the family and that's fun and frenetic, which maybe helped me a little with this game from around my birth.

My power and Internet are back, so I'll update tonight!

welcome back!

My internship whipped me good today, so I'll update the OP later. Hold tight.

Until then, I beat Crazy Taxi ! It was really fun once I got over the learning curve. The best I could do was an A rank, but that's not shabby.
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I've loved B.D. Joe ever since I first discovered him in Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. He's got a radical attitude, cool fashion sense, and an appreciation for vehicular carnage. I built a LEGO version of him with his taxi as a kid, created a Mii that I still use as my avatar on all my Nintendo consoles, and more. Heck, I once dressed up as him for Halloween, though I didn't quite look like him for, uh, reasons.

My #32 is Divinity: Original Sin 2

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One of the best games ever. I still need to go back and finish the last playthrough I need for the platinum on PS4, but I had a blast with this. If you haven't played Baldur's Gate 3 yet, it's a natural progression from this and fantastic so far.

DemonAlcohol wrote:

Number: 22
Full Title: Galaga '88
Platform Played: Mini
Collection: N/A
Native Platform:
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Applicable Badge: N/A

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This is such a nice follow-up to the original, reducing the crazy number of levels and adding more variety for a quality over quantity experience. For anyone looking to play it, the western title was Galaga '90.

I went to a real arcade today and dabbled in a bunch of games! I beat two, maybe five. I'll leave that to you guys to decide.

I definitively beat Luigi's Mansion Arcade and Deadstorm Pirates Special Edition, both arcade games.
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As for the others, I played one round of Bosconian, reaching Stage 4 and beating the default high score.
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I played two rounds of Ms. Pac-Man, reaching Stage 4 and beating the default high score.
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I played three rounds of Donkey Kong 3. I don't remember how many rounds I cleared, but I did beat the default high score.
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All three of these games are endless aside from having a kill screen or resetting your round progress. I obviously didn't spend much time on them, and the scores aren't all they could be, but I did see what game had to offer and beat the default high scores. What do you guys think? Are they beaten or nah?

Yeah Galaga 88 is awesome, can't recommend that game enough.

Going to claim my 10th in Aug, 65th overall, 17th
Dead Cells

I've owned this for a good while and put a lot of time into in largely before I even got involved with this thread and beat it on a harder difficulty (just 1 Boss Cell active) back in '20. Then I largely didn't bother playing it over the last few years, but this past week I was doing some significant game inventory on my XSX as my connected external drive was acting up and I got a replacement for it. In that process I removed many games from my setup but knew there were some updates to Dead Cells and it caught my attention again. So it actually took me a good 5 or so runs to finally even reach the 2nd boss, but on that run I made it all the way to the final boss and beat him. Along the way I visited 2 new areas to me and got and tried out some of the cross-over weapons like from Hyper Light Drifter and others.

The game is still fantastic, though they did make at least one change that I didn't like - basically physical projectile weapons now take up both attack slots and seem to have unique melee focused attacks - 1 example was the Hyper Light Drifter sword and gun, that was 1 pickup, but went into both slots. I used to largely use a sword and crossbow, but can't now - I suppose it's not a terrible, just is something I'd need to account for with more runs. The run that I beat the King with, I was rolling with a solid sword before getting the Hollow Knight needle. I also used some fireballs for most of the run until I got to a new area (for me) called the Derelict Distillery and there you actually rather need to pick up a new weapon called the Barrel Launcher - which launched barrels of hooch and that was awesome. So I stuck with that and used it against the King in the very next level. The weapon was powerful, but fired a bit slow, but thankfully I had enough health and passive attacks to take him down.

I want to get all of the DLC for the game now, as they did a cool Castlevania crossover one, as well as like 3 others. I will have to see if they go on sale, wish they'd do a bundle of all 4, you can get the game with all 4 DLC, but that's a bit pointless for me and not a great deal... granted I'm sure the price is worth it since I've put so much time into the game over the years and can see me playing it a bit more.

Sarna, I claimed Ms. Pac-man with a 3500 higher score vs. you, I played about 6+ times but used virtual quarters, so I'd say claim it and the other arcade games. I mean you already are 30+ games in the lead and I don't think anyone will even try to catch you.

#70 down: Going Under on Steam Deck. This, alongside my previous clear of Battle Axe, gets me the Hackin' and Slashin' badge. I started this one at the airport while I was out of town, and I've been putting in some time here and there for awhile. It added up more quickly than I expected, and I ended up playing this for over 20 hours.

Going Under is a rougelite hack n' slash game in which you are interning at a company with a monster problem. There are all sorts of interesting power-ups (one that makes your arms huge that says you're a jerk but everyone likes you, one that attaches a chomping block to your leg that slows you down but attacks enemies, a cloud that floats around and electrocutes enemies, one that makes you spawn pools of fire when you roll dodge, etc.), and the game has a twist that makes it end up being a lot longer than I originally anticipated. You can also recruit mentors and complete tasks for them in order to get benefits whenever you select them before going into a dungeon. This was challenging by the end but fun.

I beat Banjo-Tooie (originally 360, or better yet, N64). Two years later, I still love it!
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A phenomenal game full of action, humor, collectibles, bosses, and transformations. It's got an interconnected world that makes the levels feel like parts of a greater whole. There are so many people to meet and quests to complete. Top-notch N64 graphics and sweet tunes make this a highlight of the era.

Tooie does push its luck a bit more than Kazooie, with some Jiggy requirements involving a needless amount of backtracking or too many steps. I can forgive it, but its ambition does hamper it sometimes. I'd like a word with whoever decided Canary Mary needed a rematch race in Cloud Cuckooland, because the button-mashing required to beat her in race 3 is nearly inhuman. I tore the skin off two of my fingers from the friction and still lost! But I did ultimately manage to best her sorry hide.

This time around, I liked Terrydactyland far better than on my first file, Mayahem Temple a little more, Jolly Roger's Lagoon a tiny bit less, and Grunty Industries a bit less as well. Hailfire Peaks still stinks. Witchyworld, Glitter Gulch Mine, and Cloud Cuckooland are still the highlights (Canary Mary not withstanding).

I'm glad I nabbed Rare Replay for $7 months ago. Just getting Tooie on a modern console validates that purchase, not to mention every other game on there.

Over the past week or so, I've been working to polish off the rest of the Arcade August Back Room titles. They're all games I've played before and praised or lamented in "Beat a Game" threads past, so here's the dump:

Number: 49
Full Title: Strikers 1945
Platform Played: Arcade
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Arcade
Original Platforms: Arcade
Applicable Badge: Destroy the Core (already earned)

Number: 50
Full Title: Metal Slug
Platform Played: Neo Geo
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Neo Geo
Original Platforms: Arcade, Neo Geo
Applicable Badge: Heavy Machine Gun (already earned)

Number: 51
Full Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Platform Played: Arcade
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Arcade
Original Platforms: Arcade
Applicable Badge: Pile Drivin' (already earned)

Number: 52
Full Title: Dynamite Cop
Platform Played: Arcade
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Arcade
Original Platforms: Arcade
Applicable Badge: Pile Drivin' (already earned)

Number: 53
Full Title: Strider
Platform Played: Arcade
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Arcade
Original Platforms: Arcade
Applicable Badge: N/A

Number: 54
Full Title: Renegade
Platform Played: Arcade
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Arcade
Original Platforms: Arcade
Applicable Badge: N/A

Number: 55
Full Title: Splatterhouse
Platform Played: Arcade
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Arcade
Original Platforms: Arcade
Applicable Badge: N/A

Number: 56
Full Title: Jackal
Platform Played: Arcade
Collection: N/A
Native Platform: Arcade
Original Platforms: Arcade
Applicable Badge: N/A

Renegade is the only standout here, as I attempted the arcade version during its original Game of the Month run and gave up fairly quickly when I couldn't make it past the first level. Opting for the home console version actually helped me out here as it taught me to rely on the jump kick move to deal decent damage while still keeping my distance, especially for the motorcycle stage. It was over before I knew it... quite literally. I finished the final stage, which features a friggin' boss with a one-hit kill gun, and then the game abruptly looped. Yay, I guess?

With somewhat fortuitous timing, my team has an offsite event today at an arcade, so I'm going to try to close out Arcade August by playing on some actual arcade cabinets. There's a pretty hefty chance that the venue is nothing but Dave & Buster's-styled tickets dispensers, but I'll comb the floor looking for a decent light gun game or arcade classic. Failing that, it's back to Final Fantasy XVI this evening.

My #33 is Mafia: Definitive Edition.

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Going to try to get through the trilogy before Starfield releases.

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