Splain | 2,629 Editorials Team · Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,629 Editorials Team · Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,629 Editorials Team · Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 566 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I'm gonna be the annoying person here and take one off. I think I might have done this before, but couldn't remember for sure. Anyway, I took care of one for fun tonight; Super Mario Land is done. Next up, baseball games baby! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 566 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Changed my mind, working on Rolan's Curse instead. I've beaten the first boss and I'm onto the "next" zone. I don't fully know what's going on, just proceeding onward. Tells me to find "the fire rod" next I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 566 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Gensouki | 1,079 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I beat Castlevania Adventure. This game has been growing on me, partly due to the great soundtrack. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket | 93 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) I beat Alleyway as part of my annual play through. I also beat Space Invaders and Dropzone (assuming the PAL games are included again this year). Edited January 4, 2021 by Bucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Gensouki | 1,079 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Beat a few highscores from arcade classics: Centipede, Galaga, Galaxian and Millipede. I think Galaga and Galaxian count as one? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket | 93 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Wheel of Fortune is done. I didn't catch the end screen properly, but managed to take a blurry snap of my prize. Glad this one is out of the way, it's a horrible game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 566 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) 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. Edited January 5, 2021 by koifish touchup on game mini-review 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Platforms | 759 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 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. 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Platforms | 759 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,629 Editorials Team · Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 566 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 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? Edited January 5, 2021 by koifish Removed games already cleared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 566 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Gensouki | 1,079 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,629 Editorials Team · Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket | 93 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Maybe keep the 5 points for unbeaten PAL games, but once they have been beaten they just get the .5 points per year they have not been beaten since inclusion? You'll need some form of incentive to make Populous worth playing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Platforms | 759 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 566 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 ^ 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 566 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Platforms | 759 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 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. 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagusSmurf | 577 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I think Tale Spin is just a port of the NES game, Can confirm that one’s short. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 566 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 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 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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