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Editorials Team · Posted

Let's keep playing Game Boy games in 2021!

Rules:
- Games must be started and finished no earlier than January 1, 2021, EST.
- No cheat codes, game genie codes, glitches etc. may be used
- Emulation is allowed, but no save states, altered roms, or any advantages over playing on original hardware. (Super Game Boy and Game Boy Player are allowed.)
- Game saves and passwords can only be used if they are obtained from a fresh new game, started this year.
- Photos are not required, but they're fun.

Scoring:
Scoring is based on how many times each game has been beaten in a previous year's thread. Each game beaten is worth at least 1 point. Games that have not been beaten every year since 2013 are worth an extra .5 points per non-beaten year. Games that have never been beaten are worth an additional half-point. So each game ranges from 1 to 5.5 points, as shown in the table below.

Requirements:
    - 100% completion is not required, thus the default or “normal” difficulty is typically fine.
    - Definite ending or credits screens are king. If a game has a “bad” ending and a “good” ending, the “good ending” is typically required.
    - If a game loops indefinitely, only one loop is required.
    - Specific requirements are given for each game, though they're always a work in progress. I tried to anchor the requirements for trickier "unending" games to actual in-game metrics, such as high score tables, obvious loops, etc. So if some requirements seem too easy/hard, it’s because I didn’t find a better anchor.
    - Games with indisputable endings might only say “Complete,” but I’d like to eventually include how many levels/stages/rounds are in the game, as that can be useful for first-timers. (e.g., Complete All 8 Stages)
    - If anything looks off, or if you want to challenge/discuss these metrics, please do so.

Games not in the list:
- Wisdom Tree unofficial releases
- Pokemon Yellow: due to the presence of a GBC header in the ROM of Pokemon Yellow, it is included in the GBC completion thread, coming soon. For real this time.
- 5 Infogenius titles: These are too much fun and would spoil the rest of the list.
- Mortal Kombat 1&2 (single cart): Games tracked individually, since each has its own cart
- Asteroids/Missile Command: Games tracked individually, since each has its own cart
- Centipede (Accolade) and Centipede (Majesco) are consolidated into one entry, since gameplay is identical across both titles.

Centipede/Millipede and Race Days each include entire games that exist on their own cart. Completion requirements focus only on the modes that aren’t already represented on those other carts.

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Beaten By USA-Released title Pts Requirement
Splain 4-in-1 Fun Pak 1.5 Win against the CPU in all 4 games
Splain 4-in-1 Funpak: Volume II 3 Win a game of solitaire (any ruleset) and win against the CPU in the other 3 games
  Addams Family, The 4 Complete
  Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt, The 4.5 Complete
koifish Adventure Island 1.5 Complete; continues are allowed
  Adventure Island II: Aliens in Paradise 3 Complete
JVOSS Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The 3 Complete
  Adventures of Star Saver, The 4 Complete (there are 9 levels)
  Aerostar 3.5 Complete on at least NORM difficulty (there are 7 levels)
JVOSS Aladdin 4.5 Complete
JVOSS Alfred Chicken 4.5 Complete all 11 stages
  Alien 3 4 Complete
  Alien vs Predator: The Last of His Clan 3 Complete (there are 7 levels)
  All-Star Baseball '99 5.5 Win any Season or Playoff mode on the default difficulty
Bucket Alleyway 2 Complete the bonus stage after stage 24 to see the "Nice Play!" screen
  Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure 5.5 Complete
  Amazing Penguin 2.5 Complete all 40 levels
  Amazing Spider-Man 2, The 4.5 Complete
  Amazing Spider-Man, The 4 Complete
JVOSS Amazing Tater 4.5 Complete Puzzle Mode (the last level is 4-10)
JVOSS Animaniacs 3 Complete all levels on at least Normal (default) difficulty
Gaia Gensouki Arcade Classic No. 2: Centipede / Millipede 3 Beat the high score in Millipede
Gaia Gensouki Arcade Classic No. 3: Galaga / Galaxian 2 Beat the high score in both games
  Arcade Classic No. 4: Defender / Joust 4.5 Beat the high score in both games
  Asteroids 4 Beat the high score of 35000 on at least '2' difficulty
JVOSS Atomic Punk 4.5 Complete Game A
  Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 4.5 Complete (there are 11 stages)
John198X Avenging Spirit 1.5 Collect 3 keys to rescue your girlfriend and get the good ending
Floating Platforms Balloon Kid 1 Complete all 8 stages in Single Play
Bucket Barbie: Game Girl 1.5 Complete
  Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly 3.5 Complete (6 stages)
koifish Baseball 3.5 Win 1 game
  Bases Loaded 4.5 Play the Official Mode "tournament" until you see the Congratulations screen
  Batman Forever 5.5 Complete
  Batman: Return of the Joker 2.5 Complete all 4 stages (start on any stage you like)
  Batman: The Animated Series 4 Complete (there are 5 episodes)
John198X Batman: The Video Game 2 Complete
Tanooki Battle Arena Toshinden 2.5 Complete 1P Game, default settings
  Battle Bull 4 Complete all 48 levels
acromite53 Battle Unit Zeoth 2.5 Complete (there are 5 stages)
  Battleship 4 Complete all 48 stages
imabadguy1 Battletoads 3 Complete all 8 stages
  Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team 4 Complete
imabadguy1 Battletoads in Ragnarok's World 4 Complete
Bucket Battlezone/Super Breakout 2.5 Beat the high score in Battlezone and clear the first level in Super Breakout
  Beavis and Butt-head 3.5 Complete
  Beetlejuice 4.5 Complete
  Best of the Best: Championship Karate 4.5 Defeat Cogneur to see the Congratulations screen. (need to beat all invitational fighters?)
  Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure 4.5 Complete
  Bill Elliott's NASCAR Fast Tracks 5.5 Win the Championship Season on at least Rookie difficulty
  Bionic Battler 4 Beat Level 5
scaryice Bionic Commando 3 Complete
JVOSS Black Bass: Lure Fishing 4.5 Be the top bass fisher at the end of the tournament
Floating Platforms Blades of Steel 3 Complete Tournament mode on at least College League
  Blaster Master Boy 4.5 Complete
  Blues Brothers, The 5.5 Complete all 5 levels
  Bo Jackson: Two Games In One 4.5 Win a game of baseball and a game of football
Drunktendo64 Boggle Plus 2.5 Win any tournament (any point value) against the 4 top CPU players, reject unrecognized words
  Bomberman GB 3 Complete (there are 8 worlds)
Tanooki Bonk's Adventure 2.5 Complete
Tanooki Bonk's Revenge 3 Complete
  Boomer's Adventure in ASMIK World 4 Ascend to stage 33, then return all the way back down to see the ending.
JVOSS Boxxle 4.5 Complete all levels (the last level is 11-08)
  Boxxle II 5.5 Complete all levels (the last level is 12-08)
  Brain Drain 5.5 Complete all 250 levels in Brain Game
  Brainbender 5.5 Complete all 120 puzzles, any difficulty
Floating Platforms Bram Stoker's Dracula 4.5 Complete
Splain BreakThru! 2.5 Play on default settings; loops after level 6-4
Floating Platforms Bubble Bobble 4 Complete all 100 levels in normal mode
Floating Platforms Bubble Bobble Part 2 4.5 Complete all 80 levels
  Bubble Ghost 1.5 Complete all levels for the unsatisfying GAME OVER ending
  Bubsy II 5.5 Complete
  Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2, The 3.5 Complete all 29 stages
  Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The 3 Complete all 80 stages
  Burai Fighter Deluxe 3 Complete the game on at least Albatross difficulty
  BurgerTime Deluxe 3.5 Complete all 24 levels
Splain Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition 4 Complete Puzzle Game mode (take any path) OR Time Attack mode
  Buster Brothers 4.5 Complete (there are 50 levels, the game lets you start as late as level 19, which is fine)
  Caesars Palace 4.5 Cash out when you have $140,000 to leave the casino with the best animation
  Captain America and The Avengers 4 Complete (on Challenging mode to see the real ending?)
  Casino FunPak 3 Earn $1,000,000 and "break the bank" in any game
Splain Casper 2.5 Complete on at least MED difficulty
  Castelian 3.5 Complete
Gaia Gensouki Castlevania Adventure, The 1 Complete
Gaia Gensouki Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge 1.5 Complete
  Castlevania Legends 2.5 Collect all 5 special items and beat Dracula to get the best ending
  Catrap 4.5 Complete all 100 puzzles
Gaia Gensouki Centipede (Accolade OR Majesco) 2.5 Top the high score table
  Championship Pool 5.5 Beat all opponents in Tournament mode, either 8- or 9-ball
Bucket Chase H.Q. 2.5 Complete all 5 levels
Floating Platforms Chessmaster, The 1 Win 1 game
  Choplifter II 4.5 Complete all 5 sectors
  Chuck Rock 4 Complete all 4 worlds
  Cliffhanger 4 Complete
  College Slam 4.5 Beat the semi-final, tournament time, OR season match-up mode.
koifish Contra: The Alien Wars 3 Complete on at least Normal difficulty
  Cool Ball 3.5 Complete all 101 levels
  Cool Spot 4.5 Complete (bonus levels not required)
  Cool World 4.5 Complete
  Cosmo Tank 3 Complete
  Crystal Quest 4.5 Loops after wave 99
  Cutthroat Island 5.5 Complete
  Cyraid 5.5 Complete
  Daedalian Opus 3.5 Complete all 36 levels
  Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions 4.5 Complete (4 levels and a boss)
  Darkman 4.5 Complete (there are 5 stages)
  Darkwing Duck 1.5 Complete
  Days of Thunder 4.5 Place first in the Season, any # of laps per race is ok
  Dead Heat Scramble 3.5 Complete
  Dennis the Menace 4.5 Complete
  Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf 4 Complete all 3 campaigns (5, 6, and 8 missions respectively)
  Dexterity 4.5 Complete all 30 levels and beat the final boss
Splain Dick Tracy 4 Complete
  Dig Dug 3.5 Complete New Dig Dug mode
  Donkey Kong 1.5 Complete
MegaMan52 Donkey Kong Land 1.5 beat the final boss, 100% not required
  Donkey Kong Land 2 2.5 beat the final boss, 100% not required
  Donkey Kong Land III 3.5 beat the final boss, 100% not required
Tanooki Double Dragon 1.5 Complete all 4 missions
  Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game 3 Complete
  Double Dragon II 2 Complete
bronzeshield Double Dribble: 5 on 5 3.5 Win one game against the CPU on at least difficulty 2
  Dr. Franken 3.5 Complete
  Dr. Franken II 5.5 Complete
Splain Dr. Mario 1.5 Complete level 20 on at least MED speed
  Dragon's Lair: The Legend 5.5 Complete (there are 194 Life Stone pieces)
  DragonHeart 4.5 Complete
  DuckTales 2 Complete at least Normal difficulty
imabadguy1 DuckTales 2 3 Complete at least Normal difficulty
  Earthworm Jim 5.5 Complete
  Elevator Action 4 Loops after stage 6
  Elite Soccer 4.5 Win any of the Competition modes
  Extra Bases 4.5 Beat every team in the tournament; you may select 5-inning games
  F-1 Race 3 Beat Grand Prix mode
  F-15 Strike Eagle 5.5 Complete all 20 levels
  F1 Pole Position 4.5 Beat Grand Prix mode
  Faceball 2000 4.5 Complete the last level in Cyberscape mode, any difficulty
  Fastest Lap 5.5 Complete World Tour mode at the top of the leaderboard, normal difficulty
Bucket Felix the Cat 1.5 Complete (6-2 is the last round)
  Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge 4.5 Complete all races
  Fidgetts, The 5.5 Complete all 20 levels (press up+start to access the "try again" option)
  FIFA International Soccer 4.5 Beat Tournament, Playoffs, or League mode
  FIFA Soccer 96 5.5 Beat Tournament or Playoffs mode, any league
  FIFA Soccer 97 5.5 Win Tournament or Playoff mode
  Fighting Simulator: 2-in-1 Flying Warriors 5.5 Complete Action mode on at least Meduim difficulty
Tantalus Final Fantasy Adventure 3 Complete
  Final Fantasy Legend II 3 Complete
  Final Fantasy Legend III 4 Complete
Floating Platforms Final Fantasy Legend, The 2.5 Complete
  Fish Dude 3 Complete all 18 levels, including A-1 thru C-3
  Fist of the North Star 1 Complete
  Flash, The 4 Complete (there are 13 levels. Press Select at the title screen to enter a password)
  Flintstones, The 4.5 Complete (7 acts); feel free to bump up your lives and continues on the Options screen
  Flintstones: King Rock Treasure Island, The 2 Complete
  Flipull 4.5 Reach stage 49, which cannot be completed
  Foreman for Real 5.5 Beat the Tournament mode on at least Medium difficulty
scaryice Fortified Zone 1.5 Defeat the final boss (at the end of the Fortress level) to see the credits.
  Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball 5.5 Win a Season of any size
Splain Frogger 4 Complete (8 levels)
  Game & Watch Gallery 2.5 Get 1000 points in any 4 games/modes, to view the first "credits"
  Game of Harmony, The 4 Complete all 50 levels
MagusSmurf Gargoyle's Quest: Ghosts 'n Goblins 1 Complete
  Gauntlet II 4 Play until you defeat the randomly-appearing Dragon
  Gear Works 4.5 Complete all 12 monuments, the last level contains the word END
  George Foreman's KO Boxing 5.5 Beat all other fighters
Tanooki Getaway: High Speed II, The 4 Reach multiball and get a jackpot
John198X Ghostbusters II 3.5 Complete
  Go! Go! Tank 4 Complete all 10 levels
  Goal! 5.5 Win the Super Cup, any options
  Godzilla 4 Find the room where Minilla is held and rescue him
  Golf 4.5 Complete the Japan and US courses, each with a score of par (72) or better
  Gradius: The Interstellar Assault 2 Complete all 6 stages
  Great Greed 2.5 Complete the game and choose someone to marry.
  Gremlins 2: The New Batch 3.5 Complete (4 levels)
  HAL Wrestling 4.5 Beat the Elimination match
  Harvest Moon GB 4 Earn the approval of your grandfather at the end of the first year
Splain Hatris 1.5 Beat level 9-5 to see the "CONGRATURATIONS" screen
  Heavyweight Championship Boxing 4.5 Beat all opponents
  Heiankyo Alien 3 Finish all 12 New Game levels, OR Old Game loops at level 20
Splain Hercules 4.5 Complete
Floating Platforms High Stakes Gambling 5.5 Defeat all Mafia bosses
  Hit the Ice 4.5 Beat every team in the Championship (blues, greens, yellows, and blacks)
  Home Alone 4 Complete
  Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 4 Complete
  Hook 4.5 Complete
Splain Hudson Hawk 3.5 Complete
  Humans, The 4 Complete all levels
  Hunchback of Notre Dame, The 4.5 Beat each of the 5 minigames, and complete all 5 Funfair challenges
  Hunt for Red October, The 4.5 Complete (there are 8 levels)
Floating Platforms Hyper Lode Runner: The Labyrinth of Doom 5.5 Reach and complete level 50 for "game all clear" screen
  In Your Face 3.5 Win a 1-on-1 game and a 2-on-2 game
  Incredible Crash Dummies, The 4.5 Difficulty increases each loop, ending is shown after 4th loop
  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 3.5 Finish all levels and "choose wisely" to see the credits
  International Superstar Soccer 4.5 Win the International Cup
  Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal 4.5 Complete
Splain Ishido: The Way of Stones 2.5 Solitaire mode - empty the pouch
JVOSS Jack Nicklaus Golf 4.5 Score par or less on any course in Stroke Play, any difficulty, any tee.
LHCGreg James Bond 007 3.5 Complete, any ending
  Jeep Jamboree: Off Road Adventure 5.5 Win the Championship race season on at least intermediate difficulty
Splain Jeopardy! 1 Win 1 game against CPU
Splain Jeopardy! Platinum Edition 2 Win 1 game against CPU
  Jeopardy! Sports Edition 2.5 Win 1 game against CPU
Floating Platforms Jeopardy! Teen Tournament 2 Win 1 game against CPU
imabadguy1 Jetsons: Robot Panic, The 2.5 Complete
  Jimmy Connors Tennis 4 Complete the Tour on at least Intermediate difficulty
  Joe & Mac 4 Complete
  Jordan vs. Bird: One on One 4 Win a game of One on One Full, at least CPU level 3
JVOSS Judge Dredd 4.5 Complete
  Jungle Book, The 4.5 Complete normal mode
  Jungle Strike 5.5 Complete
  Jurassic Park 3 Complete (6 levels)
  Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues 3.5 Complete
  Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents Major League Baseball 5.5 Win either Season mode or Playoffs
  Kid Dracula 1.5 Complete
DefaultGen Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters 2 Complete
  Killer Instinct 2.5 Defeat Eyedol on at least Normal difficulty
Tanooki King of Fighters '95, The 3 Beat Single Play or Team Play
  Kingdom Crusade 4.5 Defeat the computer on at least Standard difficulty, any world size
  Kirby's Block Ball 2 Beat Dedede (reach the borderline score on every level to access the final level)
Tanooki Kirby's Dream Land 1 Defeat King Dedede, only one run-through required
imabadguy1 Kirby's Dream Land 2 1.5 Find all seven Rainbow Drops, then beat the final boss for the good ending
  Kirby's Pinball Land 3.5 Defeat the boss of all 3 tables, defeat King Dedede
imabadguy1 Kirby's Star Stacker 3 Complete Round Clear mode, all difficulties
Splain Klax 4 Complete wave 99
  Knight Quest 3.5 Complete
Floating Platforms Krusty's Fun House 5.5 Complete all levels
Splain Kung Fu Master 1 Complete, any difficulty
  Kwirk 3 Complete all 30 "Going up" puzzles
  Lamborghini American Challenge 4.5 Complete
  Last Action Hero 4 Complete
  Lazlos' Leap 4 Complete all 100 puzzles, par not needed-- there is no known ending screen
  Legend of the River King GB 3.5 Catch a Guardian to see the ending
Jeevan Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, The 1 Complete
  Lemmings 4.5 Complete all 100 levels
Floating Platforms Lethal Weapon 5.5 Complete
  Lion King, The 4.5 Defeat Scar to see the credits
  Little Mermaid, The 1 Complete
  Lock 'n' Chase 3.5 Complete Normal and Extra Mode
  Looney Tunes 1.5 Complete
  Loopz 5.5 Complete Game C (50 screens)
  Lost World: Jurassic Park, The 4.5 Complete
  Madden '95 5.5 Beat Season or Playoffs mode
  Madden '96 5.5 Beat Season or Playoffs mode
  Madden '97 5.5 Beat Season or Playoffs mode
  Malibu Beach Volleyball 4.5 Win a 3-game set against the CPU to get the "best on the beach" screen
  Marble Madness 1.5 Complete one loop (5 levels?)
Jeevan Mario's Picross 1.5 Complete all puzzles (Easy Picross not required)
  Maru's Mission 3 Complete
  Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow 4.5 Complete
Splain Mega Man II 1 Complete
acromite53 Mega Man III 1.5 Complete
Khromak Mega Man IV 1.5 Complete
Khromak Mega Man V 1 Complete
Splain Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge 1 Complete
  Megalit 4.5 Complete all levels in both Easy and Quest modes
  Mercenary Force 3.5 Complete
  Metal Masters 5.5 Complete
  Metroid II: Return of Samus 1 Complete
Splain Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands! 3 Complete
  Mickey's Dangerous Chase 1 Complete
Splain Mickey's Ultimate Challenge 2 Complete on at least medium difficulty
  Micro Machines 4.5 Complete Challenge mode to see the credits
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 3.5 Complete the game on Hard to get the "real" ending
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie 3.5 Complete the game on any difficulty
  Milon's Secret Castle 4 Complete
  Miner 2049er 5.5 Complete all 10 stations
  Missile Command 4 Get 150,000 points (this is the high score in the Arcade Classics cart; either cart may be used)
JVOSS Mole Mania 3 Make your way through all worlds and beat Jinbe. Total # of points doesn't affect the ending.
JVOSS Monopoly 1.5 Win 1 game against any number of "top four" CPU opponents
Splain Monster Truck Wars 4.5 Top the leaderboard after the last race, medium difficulty
  Mortal Kombat 2 Beat all enemies with any character
  Mortal Kombat 3 4 Beat all fighters on at least Warrior difficulty
Floating Platforms Mortal Kombat II 1.5 Beat all enemies with any charcter, medium difficulty
  Motocross Maniacs 3 Qualify on course 8C to get the boring GAME OVER screen
JVOSS Mouse Trap Hotel 3.5 Complete
Splain Mr. Chin's Gourmet Paradise 2.5 Loops after stage 8
  Mr. Do! 4 Loops after scene 16
  Ms. Pac-Man 3.5 See all 3 intermissions
  Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing 4.5 Win the World Title
Floating Platforms Mulan 4.5 Complete
  Mysterium 4.5 Complete
  Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon 4.5 Complete
  Nail 'n' Scale 5.5 Complete all 51 levels, any difficulty
  Navy SEALs 4.5 Complete
  NBA All-Star Challenge 4.5 Win the Tournament on at least Skill Level 2
  NBA All-Star Challenge 2 4.5 Win the One-on-One Tournament on at least Skill Level 2
  NBA Jam 4.5 Beat all 27 teams
  NBA Jam: Tournament Edition 4.5 Beat all 27 teams
  NBA Live 96 5.5 Win Season or Playoffs
  Nemesis 2.5 Complete (adding more lives at the title screen is allowed)
the_wizard_666 New Chessmaster, The 1.5 Win 1 game
Floating Platforms NFL Football 4.5 Win a game, any settings
  NFL Quarterback Club 3.5 Win Tournament mode on at least Medium difficulty
  NFL Quarterback Club 96 5.5 Win Season or Playoffs mode
Splain NFL Quarterback Club II 4.5 Win a single game, any settings
  NHL 96 4.5 Win New Playoffs or Sevens
  NHL Hockey 95 5.5 Win New Playoffs or Sevens
  Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing 5.5 Win the Full Season
  Ninja Boy 4 Complete (the last stage is 8-4)
  Ninja Boy 2 5.5 Complete on at least Normal difficulty
Tanooki Ninja Gaiden Shadow 1.5 Defeat the boss at the end of stage 5 to see the credits
Nintegageo Ninja Taro 4.5 Complete
Bucket Nintendo World Cup 3.5 Beat all teams in 1P mode
koifish Nobunaga's Ambition 4 Select any daimyo on any difficulty, defeat everyone else to see the ending
  Oddworld Adventures 4.5 Complete
  Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta 1996 4.5 Top the final medal count in Play mode (Normal difficulty, do not exclude any events)
acromite53 Operation C 1.5 Complete
  Out of Gas 4.5 Complete (last level is 8-8)
  Pac-Attack 4.5 Beat all 100 levels in Puzzle mode
  Pac-In-Time 4.5 Complete all 50(?) levels
  Pac-Man 2.5 See all 3 intermissions
  Pagemaster, The 4.5 Complete
Floating Platforms Panel Action Bingo 4.5 Choose letters or numbers and finish all 60 levels
  Paperboy 3.5 Finish the week without losing all your subscribers
  Paperboy 2 5.5 Top the high score list (100,000 points?)
  Penguin Wars 2.5 Win 40 rounds (beat each opponent 10 times) to see credits
  PGA European Tour 5.5 Win a Tournament
  PGA Tour 96 4.5 Win a Tournament
Bucket Pinball Dreams 3 Top the high score list for all 3 tables
  Pinball Fantasies 3.5 Top the high score list for all 4 tables
  Pinocchio 4.5 Complete (7 stages, counting the balloons/coaster stages as 1)
Floating Platforms Pipe Dream 2 Finish all levels, any difficulty
  Pit-Fighter 4.5 Become the champion
Splain Play Action Football 4.5 Complete 1P Playoffs
  Pocahontas 4 Complete
  Pokémon Blue Version 1 beat the Elite Four
  Pokémon Red Version 1.5 beat the Elite Four
Tanooki Popeye 2 3 Complete
  Power Mission 5.5 Complete all areas
Bucket Power Racer 3.5 Complete round 9 to get "All cleared"
  Prehistorik Man 5.5 Complete
  Primal Rage 4 Complete 1P Game
  Prince of Persia 5.5 Complete
  Prophecy: The Viking Child 5.5 Complete all 8 levels
  Punisher: The Ultimate Payback, The 4 Complete all 5 missions
  Pyramids of Ra 5.5 Complete all 5 pyramids to see the credits
  Q*bert for Game Boy 5.5 Complete all levels. After 16-4 you'll see the last scene of the movie and the credits.
  QBillion 5.5 Complete all levels
Splain Qix 2 Score at least 500,000 points to see a Congratulations screen when you die
Floating Platforms Quarth 4 Unlock and finish stage 5-9
  R-Type 3.5 Complete all 8 levels
  Race Days 5.5 Select Dirty Racing, complete every area on at least Hazardous mode.
  Race Drivin' 4.5 Qualify, then beat CPU players on all 3 tracks
  Radar Mission 3.5 Beat Game A with any settings and Game B on Normal difficulty
  Raging Fighter 5.5 Complete the 1P Tournament mode OR the Story mode, default difficulty
  Rampart 5.5 Conquer all areas on Normal difficulty
Floating Platforms Real Ghostbusters, The 4 Complete all stages
  Ren & Stimpy Show: Space Cadet Adventure, The 3.5 Complete
Splain Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots!, The 2.5 Complete
  Rescue of Princess Blobette, The 3 Rescue Princess Blobette
  Revenge of the 'Gator 2.5 Beat the high score
  Riddick Bowe Boxing 4.5 Beat Career mode
  Ring Rage 4 Beat Tournament mode
Bucket Road Rash 3 Finish all 5 levels (5 races per level)
Floating Platforms Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 4 Complete
  RoboCop 3.5 Complete
  RoboCop 2 4 Complete
  RoboCop Versus The Terminator 4.5 Complete
  Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball 5.5 Win the Regular Season
  Rolan's Curse 3 Complete
  Rolan's Curse 2 4.5 Complete
  Rugrats Movie, The 4 Complete (7 stages)
Floating Platforms Samurai Shodown 3.5 Defeat all other fighters and see the ending with any character
  SeaQuest DSV 5.5 Complete
Splain Serpent 2.5 Beat the CPU in either mode, at least level 3. "Bonus" ending screens not required.
Bucket Shanghai 1 Complete the board generated by the first three letters of your real name. Playback allowed.
bronzeshield Shaq Fu 2.5 Complete Shaq Fu mode
  Side Pocket 4.5 Achieve World Class in Pocket mode
Floating Platforms Simpsons, The: Bart & the Beanstalk 4.5 Complete
  Simpsons, The: Bart vs. The Juggernauts 4.5 Complete
  Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Miniature Golf Madness 4.5 Finish all 9 holes (par?)
  Skate or Die: Bad 'n' Rad 2.5 Beat all 7 stages
  Skate or Die: Tour de Thrash 3.5 Clear the Stale Fish Tour and beat the high score (40000) on the retro-rocket ramp
  Small Soldiers 4.5 Complete
John198X Smurfs, The 1.5 Complete
Floating Platforms Sneaky Snakes 3 Complete all 16 levels
  Snoopy's Magic Show 3.5 Complete all 120 levels
imabadguy1 Snow Bros. Jr. 2 Complete all levels
  Soccer Mania 4 Beat all 5 opponent teams
Red SolarStriker 1.5 Complete (6 stages)
the_wizard_666 Solitaire FunPak 3 Win every game once (except poker; unless there is some way to "win" poker)
  Solomon's Club 3.5 Access and complete Level Solomon
Bucket Space Invaders 1.5 Beat the high score (1000)
  Spanky's Quest 4 Complete all towers
  Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe 5.5 Win either League or Cup mode
  Speedy Gonzales 4 Complete
  Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers 5.5 Complete
  Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge 4.5 Complete
  Sports Illustrated for Kids: The Ultimate Triple Dare! 4.5 Finish each event once without throwing your Game Boy across the room
  Sports Illustrated: Championship Football & Baseball 4.5 Win a football tournament and a baseball tournament
Floating Platforms Sports Illustrated: Golf Classic 5.5 Get par or better on a full course in 1-Player Practice mode
Splain Spot: The Cool Adventure 3.5 Complete on any difficulty
the_wizard_666 Spot: The Video Game 2 Win a game against the CPU on at least difficulty 3
  Spud's Adventure 4 Complete (there are 5 stages)
  Spy vs. Spy 4 Complete all levels
  Square Deal: The Game of Two Dimensional Poker 5.5 Beat level 10
  Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus 4.5 Enter the answer to the final trivia question as a password, then finish that mission
  Star Trek: 25th Anniversary 5.5 Complete
  Star Trek: The Next Generation 4.5 Achieve Captain rank
Floating Platforms Star Wars 4 Complete (there are 6 stages)
  Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 4.5 Complete
  Stargate 4 Win 1P Battle mode, default difficulty
  Stop That Roach! 5.5 Complete all 100 levels
Tanooki Street Fighter II 1.5 Complete Normal or Survival mode
  Street Racer 4.5 Win Championship > Gold Cup on at least MED difficulty
  Sumo Fighter 4 Complete
Splain Super Battletank 4.5 Complete all 10 missions
  Super Black Bass 5.5 Advance to the final tournament and win
Splain Super Breakout 4.5 Complete one level in each mode (except progressive)
Bucket Super Chase H.Q. 3.5 Complete all 7 stages. Secret 8th stage not needed
  Super Hunchback 4.5 Complete
koifish Super Mario Land 1 Complete
Tantalus Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 1 Complete (normal mode)
Splain Super Off Road 3.5 Buy all powerups, including 99 nitros, and top the scoreboard
Red Super R.C. Pro-Am 2.5 Spell NINTENDO three times to see the ending
  Super Scrabble 3.5 Win 1 game against CPU
  Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 5.5 Complete on at least Brave difficulty
  Superman 4 Complete
  Swamp Thing 3 Complete
  Sword of Hope II, The 3.5 Complete
  Sword of Hope, The 3.5 Defeat the Dragon to see the "fin" screen
  T2: The Arcade Game 3.5 Complete
  Tail 'Gator 2 Defeat the Giant Dragon at the end of Area 4
Floating Platforms TaleSpin 2 Complete
Floating Platforms Tamagotchi 4 Win any tournament with an adult Tamagotchi
  Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle 5.5 Complete
  Tasmania Story 4 Complete
  Taz-Mania 4 Complete
  Taz-Mania 2 5.5 Complete
  Tecmo Bowl 4 Advance to the Tecmo Bowl and win with any team
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers 2.5 Complete
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue 4 Complete
wiedo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan 1.5 Complete
  Tennis 1 Win a match against the CPU, level 3 or higher
  Terminator 2: Judgment Day 4.5 Complete
Splain Tesserae 3.5 Complete a "tournament" on at least intermediate difficulty
Splain Tetris 1.5 Score 100,000 points on game A, and clear level 9-5 on game B
  Tetris 2 4 Complete all puzzles with the "minimum moves" icon
Splain Tetris Attack 2 Complete Vs. Com mode, at least Normal difficulty
Splain Tetris Blast 2 Beat Fight mode and loop Contest mode (50 rounds)
Floating Platforms Tetris Plus 3.5 Complete all levels in all locations, at least Normal difficulty
  Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Montana's Movie Madness 4 Complete Hard mode (finish the game normally to receive the code)
Floating Platforms Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break 1.5 Complete
  Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports 4.5 Win the Sports Festival on at least Amateur difficulty
  Titus the Fox 3.5 Finish level 6 part 2 to compete the game
Floating Platforms Tom & Jerry 4.5 Complete (there are 10 levels)
  Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics 4.5 Complete (there are 10 levels)
  Top Gun: Guts and Glory 5.5 Complete all missions
  Top Rank Tennis 4.5 Achieve the #1 ranking and defeat Master Joe
  Torpedo Range 4.5 Liberate all countries from the terrorists
  Total Carnage 4.5 Complete
Floating Platforms Toxic Crusaders 4 Complete
  Toy Story 4 Complete (10 stages)
  Track & Field 4.5 Competition mode: Place on the podium (get 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place overall)
  Track Meet 4 Defeat all 5 opponents
Bucket Trax 1.5 Complete all stages on Main Game
  True Lies 3.5 Complete
  Tumblepop 3 Complete
  Turn and Burn: The F-14 Dogfight Simulator 5.5 Complete all missions
  Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs 4.5 Complete
  Turrican 4.5 Complete (there are 10 levels)
  Ultima: Runes of Virtue 4 Complete on at least Medium difficulty
  Ultima: Runes of Virtue II 5.5 Complete on at least Medium difficulty
  Ultra Golf 4 Win the Masters tournament, then Championship tournament
  Universal Soldier 4 Complete
  Urban Strike 4 Complete all 5 areas
  Vegas Stakes 4.5 Win 10 million dollars to see the ending
  Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! 2.5 Complete all levels and final boss as either Bomberman or Wario
  Wario Land II 3 Complete every level
Nintegageo Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 1.5 Collect every treasure and beat the final boss to have your face carved into the moon
  Wave Race 3.5 Beat Circuit and Slalom modes at 800cc to see the credits
  Wayne's World 3.5 Beat the final boss at the end of Stage 4 Part 2
  WCW World Championship Wrestling: The Main Event 3.5 Finish Elimination tournament mode on any difficulty
JVOSS We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story 4.5 Complete
Bucket Wheel of Fortune 1.5 Win 1 game
  Who Framed Roger Rabbit 3.5 Beat the final boss at the end of Scene 6
  WildSnake 4 Complete the King-Cobra challenges to see the credits
  Winter Olympic Games: Lillehammer '94 5.5 Play "FULL COMPETION" mode and top the leaderboard after the last event.
  Wizards & Warriors X: The Fortress of Fear 4 Defeat Malkil and save the princess
Splain Wordtris 3 Spell the bonus word on level J, which is endless
  WordZap 2.5 Complete all 6 rounds of WordHai - Challenge Play
  World Bowling 5.5 Beat the 'hi-score' in all six countries
  World Circuit Series 4.5 Complete the Series Circuit mode, at least middle difficulty
  World Cup 98 5.5 Win the Tournament or Playoffs
  World Heroes 2 Jet 4 Beat Tournament mode
  WWF King of the Ring 2.5 Win the Tournament on Medium difficulty
  WWF Raw 2.5 Win the One-on-one Tournament on Medium difficulty
  WWF Superstars 2 Beat all other wrestlers, any options
  WWF Superstars 2 3 Win the Tournament, either regular or cage match.
  WWF War Zone 4.5 Beat WWF Challenge mode with any wrestler
  Xenon 2 Megablast 4 Complete (5 levels)
Floating Platforms Yogi Bear's Gold Rush 4.5 Complete - feel free to increase your retries/continues
  Yoshi 3.5 Game B: loops after level 16
Splain Yoshi's Cookie 2 beat level 10-10 to see the credits
  Zen: Intergalactic Ninja 2.5 Complete
  Zool: Ninja of the "Nth" Dimension 5.5 Complete on Normal difficulty - feel free to increase your continues
  Zoop 5.5 Complete Level mode
BEATEN BY PAL-REGION EXCLUSIVE TITLE PTS REQUIREMENT
  Adventures of Lolo 4.5 Complete all levels to see the ending, pro stages not required
  Alien Olympics 5
Play "one player" mode and play through all events. Place 1st overall to be the Champion.
  Asterix 4.5 Rescue Obelix to see the credits
  Asterix & Obelix 5 Complete all levels
  Battle of Olympus, The 5 Defeat Hades
JVOSS Beethoven 5 Complete all 6 levels
  Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventures, The 5 Complete
PII Bomb Jack 5 Complete all 60 levels to see the credits
  Boulder Dash 5 Complete the last level in each world
  Bust-a-Move 3 DX 4.5 Complete any path in Arcade > 1P Puzzle mode
  Castle Quest 5 Complete Quest Mode
  Choplifter III 5 Complete each level in each sector
  Cool Hand 4 Win each game (one round of blackjack is ok)
  Die Maus 5 Complete each level to see credits
Bucket Dropzone 4 Beat the high score of 10,000 points
  FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 5 Win the Tournament or Playoffs mode
  Fire Fighter 5 Complete all 10 levels
  Football International 5 Win the World Cup
  Franky, Joe & Dirk: On The Tiles 5 Complete each level, any difficulty
  Game Boy Gallery 3 Play each game
  Hammerin' Harry: Ghost Building Company 4 Complete every stage, see the ending
  Hugo 2 4 Complete
  Jelly Boy 5 Complete every level
  King of Fighters: Heat of Battle, The 4.5 Reach the credits on Single Play or Team Play
  Lawnmower Man, The 4.5 Complete
  Lemmings 2: The Tribes 5 Complete every level for every tribe
  Lingo 3.5 Win 1 game against the computer, you can choose to play the bonus round or not
  Lucky Luke 5 Complete
  Lucle 5 Complete every level
  Magnetic Soccer 4.5 Win a game against CPU, at least level C
  Matthias Sammer Soccer 5  
  Max 5 Complete every level
  Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament 5 Win the Super League
  Monster Max 5 Complete
  Montezuma's Return 5 Complete
  Mr. Nutz 4.5 Complete
  Othello 3.5 Win a game against the CPU, at least COM2
  Ottos Ottifanten: Baby Bruno's Nightmare 5 Complete (130 levels?)
  Palamedes 5 Win a Tournament
  Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II 5 Complete
  Parodius 4 Complete
  Pierre le Chef is... Out to Lunch 5 Complete
  Pinball Mania 5 Top the high score list for each of the 4 tables
  Pocket Bomberman 4 Complete the Normal game
  Pop'n TwinBee 4 Complete stage 6
  Populous 5 Complete (last level is ~1000)
  R-Type II 4.5 Complete
  Reservoir Rat 5 Complete all levels
  Rodland 5 Complete (40 levels)
JVOSS Sea Battle 4 Win 5 rounds of Super Battle Game for the good ending
  Sensible Soccer: European Champions 5  
  Smurfs Travel The World, The 4.5 Complete all regions
bronzeshield Smurfs' Nightmare, The 4.5  
  Spirou 5 Complete
  Splitz 5 Complete all puzzles
Bucket StarHawk 4.5 Complete
  Sunsoft Grand Prix 5  
  Super James Pond 4.5  
  Super Kick Off 4.5 Win a single game against the CPU
  Tintin in Tibet 5 Complete (14 stages)
  Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun 5  
  Tip Off 5 Win a tournament (choose a team and switch it to P)
scaryice Trip World 3.5 Complete
bronzeshield Un Indien Dans La Ville 5 Complete
Bucket V-Rally Championship Edition 4 Win the Championship
  Waterworld 4.5 Complete (final boss at level 7, stage 5)
  World Beach Volley: 1992 GB Cup 5  
  World Cup USA '94 5 Win the World Cup
  Worms 4 Win a tournament, any size
BEATEN BY JAPANESE-EXCLUSIVE TITLE PTS PRODUCT CODE
Tanooki Nettou Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special 2.5 DMG-ARBJ
Tanooki Nettou Samurai Spirits: Zankuro Musoken 2.5 DMG-X4J
Tanooki Nekketsu Koukou Dodge Ball-Bu 2.5 DMG-NDJ
bronzeshield Monster Truck 2.5 DMG-MTA
John198X Nettou Garou Densetsu 2 2.5 DMG-X3J
scaryice Ikari no Yousai 2 2.5 DMG-I2J
scaryice Ninja Spirit 2.5 DMG-UJA
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Leaderboard

User Points Games
Floating Platforms 118 32
Splain 103 37
JVOSS 63.5 16
Bucket 44.5 17
Tanooki 31 13
imabadguy1 19 7
bronzeshield 18 5
koifish 13 5
scaryice 13 5
John198X 11 5
Gaia Gensouki 10 5
the_wizard_666 6.5 3
Nintegageo 6 2
acromite53 5.5 3
PII 5 1
Red 4 2
Tantalus 4 2
LHCGreg 3.5 1
Drunktendo64 2.5 1
Jeevan 2.5 2
Khromak 2.5 2
DefaultGen 2 1
MegaMan52 1.5 1
wiedo 1.5 1
MagusSmurf 1 1

 

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Does anybody know if there is something significant about this weird black spot on a wall in the second adventure? I'm in the castle and it looks like there's some weird indicator with a bat spawning in front of it, and then I cannot figure out what it is. Anybody know? It sort of looks like a cracked wall. I will revisit it in time, but I'm not sure what it is.

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  • The title was changed to Beat every Game Boy game - 2021 - 8/497

Adventure Island is complete.

Expanding on that short statement, I had some time yesterday, and so I did the apocryphal and kept my GB turned on all day and went back to it as I had a moment to clear a level or two. The game would be nicer if it had continues, but now that I see how short it is, maybe it is for the best. The platforming isn't too bad; Many levels are designed to be run through at max speed. But then it is mixed in with other levels that are designed to be played slowly and cautiously. Feel it out on each one; That said, if you are a platform master then you shouldn't struggle with the speed ones. As for the bosses, well, they are all easily spammed. Just stand as close as you're comfortable doing and spam B, then jump out of the way when they fire their one projectile after a few seconds. They will then warp away, but will just repeat the same gimmick. Not worth worrying about.

Overall not bad, just annoying with the lack of continues. It would take a few hours of straight play to beat this game,  so don't go into it unless you've got time to spare.

Oh, also, there are warps in this game. I found at least one; It was in world 3, level 1 or 2, and you just had to find a hidden egg. I found it because the monster I was riding had the power to shoot laser bolts, and while spamming them, I saw a spot where the bolts suddenly collided with thin air. The egg was hiding in that spot, and once you found it, the resulting platform took you to a warp zone to skip the rest of the island. I suspect there are other warp eggs, I just never found any of them.

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Last year, I didn't get to announce my first clear of the year until May.  Now, even though I'm not getting nearly as much time this week to play as I thought thanks to some last minute scheduling, I get to already put my name on the board.

Lethal Weapon is done.

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This game would be brutal if it weren't for one key feature:  You can play as either Riggs or Murtaugh and whomever is off-screen will slowly recover health. I wasn't able to find a manual, so I don't know if this is supposed to be known from the start or something you can discover, but I learned it from watching Moelleuh's stream. If I didn't know I could sit for a couple minutes to let health replenish, I could see this being extremely difficult. You get the life bars of both characters but once they're both dead, you have to continue, and I think you only get one. Maybe you can earn more, but I didn't risk it. I stopped to wait and made a slow meandering walk to the bosses.  Along the way, I saw a few different enemy designs, but they all played the same from what I could tell.  You have a gun and your fists, but the gun is largely worthless. If you're too far, they'll chuck a bunch of grenades, so it's best to get close and punch. The gun takes just as many hits to kill as your punch anyway, if not more, and your ammo can run out.  The levels look okay. There is a helicopter in the last level that pops up a few times and is neat to look at, but its a total pushover.  The bosses are also extremely easy and the difficulty comes from the slog of dealing with a seemingly never-ending corridor of enemies.  The game also lacks any story. No cut scenes, no text, no anything other than a map to show what level you're going to next. Pretty disappointing all around.

Next, I'm looking to try out Panel Action Bingo. Might get to start that tomorrow.

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Oh, @Splain, thanks again for setting all of this up!  When you get a chance, you may want to double check some of the point values. I noticed that Riddick Bowe and NBA Jam TE both have the full 5.5 points for a "never been cleared" value, but those were taken down at the end of 2020. I didn't really look at any others, but noticed those in bold as I was quickly scrolling through.

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Thanks @Floating Platforms, I definitely missed those last 2 clears, or at least I didn't get them into the actual spreadsheet, so it messed the points up. I think I got everything else. That means our (North American) total for 2020 was 225, about 45%. Maybe this year we can hit 50%!

I played Panel Action Bingo a couple years ago. The AI has a very strict strategy of relentlessly going for the next number, and doesn't care about getting a bingo at all. So for as long as you camp on the next number without claiming it, the AI will camp on the one after that, and you have all the time in the world to plan your game out and find a gettable bingo.

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So if I am on the mark here, the games not yet completed are as follows? (I copied into a spreadsheet for my own local reference and sorted by highest points):

All-Star Baseball '99     5.5
Altered Space: A 3-D Alien Adventure     5.5
Batman Forever     5.5
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Fast Tracks     5.5
Blues Brothers, The     5.5
Boxxle II     5.5
Brain Drain     5.5
Brainbender     5.5
Bubsy II     5.5
Championship Pool     5.5
Cutthroat Island     5.5
Cyraid     5.5
Dr. Franken II     5.5
Dragon's Lair: The Legend     5.5
Earthworm Jim     5.5
F-15 Strike Eagle     5.5
Fastest Lap     5.5
Fidgetts, The     5.5
FIFA Soccer 96     5.5
FIFA Soccer 97     5.5
Fighting Simulator: 2-in-1 Flying Warriors     5.5
Foreman for Real     5.5
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball     5.5
George Foreman's KO Boxing     5.5
Goal!     5.5
High Stakes Gambling     5.5
Hyper Lode Runner: The Labyrinth of Doom     5.5
Jeep Jamboree: Off Road Adventure     5.5
Jungle Strike     5.5
Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents Major League Baseball     5.5
Krusty's Fun House     5.5
Loopz     5.5
Madden '95     5.5
Madden '96     5.5
Madden '97     5.5
Metal Masters     5.5
Miner 2049er     5.5
Nail 'n' Scale     5.5
NBA Live 96     5.5
NFL Quarterback Club 96     5.5
NHL Hockey 95     5.5
Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing     5.5
Ninja Boy 2     5.5
Paperboy 2     5.5
PGA European Tour     5.5
Power Mission     5.5
Prehistorik Man     5.5
Prince of Persia     5.5
Prophecy: The Viking Child     5.5
Pyramids of Ra     5.5
Q*bert for Game Boy     5.5
QBillion     5.5
Race Days     5.5
Raging Fighter     5.5
Rampart     5.5
Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball     5.5
SeaQuest DSV     5.5
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe     5.5
Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers     5.5
Sports Illustrated: Golf Classic     5.5
Square Deal: The Game of Two Dimensional Poker     5.5
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary     5.5
Stop That Roach!     5.5
Super Black Bass     5.5
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi     5.5
Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle     5.5
Taz-Mania 2     5.5
Top Gun: Guts and Glory     5.5
Turn and Burn: The F-14 Dogfight Simulator     5.5
Ultima: Runes of Virtue II     5.5
Winter Olympic Games: Lillehammer '94     5.5
World Bowling     5.5
World Cup 98     5.5
Zool: Ninja of the "Nth" Dimension     5.5
Zoop     5.5

 

PAL


Alien Olympics     5
Asterix & Obelix     5
Battle of Olympus, The     5
Beethoven     5
Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventures, The     5
Bomb Jack     5
Boulder Dash     5
Castle Quest     5
Choplifter III     5
Die Maus     5
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98     5
Fire Fighter     5
Football International     5
Franky, Joe & Dirk: On The Tiles     5
Jelly Boy     5
Lemmings 2: The Tribes     5
Lucky Luke     5
Lucle     5
Matthias Sammer Soccer     5
Max     5
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament     5
Monster Max     5
Montezuma's Return     5
Ottos Ottifanten: Baby Bruno's Nightmare     5
Palamedes     5
Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II     5
Pierre le Chef is... Out to Lunch     5
Pinball Mania     5
Populous     5
Reservoir Rat     5
Rodland     5
Sensible Soccer: European Champions     5
Spirou     5
Splitz     5
Sunsoft Grand Prix     5
Tintin in Tibet     5
Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun     5
Tip Off     5
Un Indien Dans La Ville     5
World Beach Volley: 1992 GB Cup     5
World Cup USA '94     5

 

I'm going to make this list my priority going forward, but to confirm, the 5-pointers in PAL count as unfinished since they were introduced in 2019 at 4 points, correct?

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I was thinking and wondered, does anybody know of a website that catalogs game magazine scans, but even better, one that has OCR and has thus made searchable text out of the pages? It would be really helpful to be able to look up if any of these random games had a tips+tricks page or even just a basic overview article written somewhere back when they were contemporary titles.

This also reminds me of my not-so-active initiative to write new, better FAQs on GameFAQs to replace the ones that were created as filler. I don't know when it happened, but somewhere along the line, GFAQs users started a project to put at least one FAQ up for every game in the website's database. Unfortunately, that meant sometimes the FAQ provided only the most basic surface info, or even missed things (I think I remember Gauntlet II's only FAQ saying that potions did nothing, like seriously?).

We here as a collective are probably the greatest currently existing wealth of GB tips and tricks out there, barring the streamers that others mentioned last thread. If we could leverage that at some point then it would be pretty groovy. Course, we've been saying that for a while I think. Maybe someday it will come true!

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Problem is that these things take a LOT of time. I remember watching a video from the aforementioned Jeremy Parish who did a review on an interesting Japan-exclusive RPG called Ayakashi no Shiro. At that time there was no fan translation available, so he didn't make it very far, i.e. the very first floor. But I was intrigued, beat the game and uploaded a longplay. I also drew maps and wanted to create a walkthrough as well, but it just took so much time that I gave up eventually. Otherwise I would have done more like that.

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Yeah, I wrote a few FAQs for GameFaqs a while back, for GB and N64 games that didn't have them. I didn't do a whole lot of them, and they sure do take a lot of time, but some of those existing FAQs are awful. There's one author in particular who wrote a ton of those fillers (just a review of the controls and some incorrect first-glance impressions about the game) and when I see that they wrote the FAQ, I don't even bother looking at it. I already started making one for a game that already had one FAQ, because that FAQ is literally worse than no FAQ at all.

On NA we had that strategies thread, where I collected notes and tips from the completion threads. Like @Floating Platforms's notes about Lethal Weapon. I still have those notes, we could bring that back as sort of a midway point between nothing, and a full writeup.

And yes, I added an extra half-point to unbeaten games, so that they would be worth a full point more than games that have been beaten once. But PAL exclusives, I'm not sure what to do with those. US games have been tracked since 2012, and PAL exclusives only 2-3 years. So the point values will basically always be higher, even for common/easy titles like Othello or GB Gallery. So I didn't add an extra half-point there since they're already inflated. But I don't want to de-incentivize those games, especially the ones that have never been beaten. Maybe it's time to move to a more dynamic point system like the NES thread uses...

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9 hours ago, koifish said:

So if I am on the mark here, the games not yet completed are as follows? (I copied into a spreadsheet for my own local reference and sorted by highest points):

I think the only ones to take off are Riddick Bowe, NBA Jam TE and Lethal Weapon.  I'm not sure how many first time clears I'll have this year. So many of them are sports and to keep variety, I only play 3-4 (5, if you count racing) for every 25 games.

 

6 hours ago, Splain said:

On NA we had that strategies thread, where I collected notes and tips from the completion threads. Like @Floating Platforms's notes about Lethal Weapon. I still have those notes, we could bring that back as sort of a midway point between nothing, and a full writeup.

I recall a conversation about possibly getting a wiki or something together at some point as well. My thought was to have one page dedicated to each game to outline tips, have screenshots, manuals, list potential endings, codes/passwords, and whatever other details would be good to relay & document. No idea if VGS would be a place to house that or if it's better to go through some wiki site or do it on wordpress.  I always have so many projects running around in my head, but with other people involved something might actually get done with them.  Maybe if we're not bound to the gamefaqs FAQ structure and can simply edit whatever pieces we know and let others fill in gaps as they have time it would feel less daunting.

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^ a reasonable point, there is a lot of framework that is expected of a GameFAQs page. The only reason I think of it is that it still stands as an ancient pillar of world wide web supply for game info, so it seemed appropriate. There aren't many still in it that are that old; Maybe it means the site will still remain as an faq supplier.

Come to think of it, I wonder if there's a backup of GF FAQs. Would be crazy to lose all of that info someday!

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Anyway, I'm bored of Rolan's Curse at the moment, so I'm going to switch to one of the unbeaten games, "Out to Lunch" . Seems like a reasonable platformer; Just catch all the runaway food and put it in a cage. Tap B to throw balls that stun the food, then hold B next to them and you'll use a cape flip move that captures them. Getting hit by an enemy causes you to let some of the enemies you've gathered go free, and you are on a time limit, so you have to go without making mistakes but also without running back to the start of the level to fill the cage.

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Panel Action Bingo is done but with a correction needed to the description. The game is 60 levels (30 counting up if doing numbers or A-Z if letters; 30 going down/Z-A).  I went through the numbers all the way and went through 10 levels of the letters, which was enough to see that the picture you slowly uncover is the same so I think both produce the same ending.

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The only similarity to bingo in this game is that you need to match 5 in a row, but otherwise it plays like a flash game you might find on AOL. I lost my first life because I was expecting bingo and waiting for numbers to be called. No, you need to select the numbers in order before the CPU to match 5 in a row.  I found the whole thing to be very monotonous and would be better served with either more variety built-in or half as many levels. It was either far too easy or far too difficult and there were only a couple levels with each grouping of 30 where you needed to employ much strategy. Otherwise it was a cake-walk or heavily luck based.  On the last levels, I devised a strategy to try to park on a specific row or column and only focus on those numbers while hoping the CPU cat didn't get a bingo first or ruin my line. Took a few tries, but it wound up being effective.

I'm moving on to what should be a shorter game in "Tale Spin."  If it's as short as people say, I might be able to get another game done besides that too!

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As a random fling the other day, I booted up All-Star Baseball '99, and I noticed it looks really similar to Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball.

Checked out on video, looks like they might be almost the exact same game! They have identical opening music, a different logo image, but the same menu, and the gameplay looks the same too. I wonder if it is literally the same game, or if they just took the existing game, updated the roster, and shipped it as a new title. It wouldn't be the first time we've seen game boy tie-ins be more or less copycat titles; Recall that I found last year that College Slam is basically NBA Jam TE but with college teams and a different league/tournament setup.

A quick wikipedia search showed me the truth: Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball was the immediate predecessor to All-Star Baseball. The version of '99 is probably the same game with an updated roster, if that. Now to see if any FAQ has a breakdown of character stats, etc. so that one could compare and see if Big Hurt on GB is the same as All-Star 99 on GB. Compare them visually, and they look identical. I'm not sure what else could be different. Maybe somebody knows how to track down the developers? XD

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