T-Pac

Neat! Are the duplicates different prints or something? I don't collect these myself, but I love Pokemon and it's cool seeing the original game lineup so neat and pristine like this. [T-Pac]

I was actually wondering if you'd done the math to see how long this would theoretically take. Even managing to 100% complete 2 games a week would take over 20 years for the bulk of these libraries haha. Anyway - it's quite a goal and I admire your enthusiasm for it! [T-Pac]

Also - the video I'm currently working on is actually Star Parodier, which is basically Hudson's version of Parodius anyway haha. [T-Pac]

Good call - I actually have played Parodius Da on the Super Famicom (not the other two, though). Surprisingly - I felt like it crossed the line just a bit too far from cartoony into kitschy, but I definitely need to revisit it to see if my opinion has changed. It's been a long time since I last sat down with it, and considering how much people seem to like it, I think the game deserves a revisit. [T-Pac]

Alright - it's just about the one-quarter mark of 2024 and I've finished 17 out of 40 games for my backlog this year. Feeling pretty good about that - hopefully I can keep the momentum going. And I'm really looking forward to a lot of the games left on my list (plenty of shoot-em-ups), so that should definitely help. [T-Pac]

17/40 - Twinbee 3 [Nintendo Famicom - 1989] Finished: 2024/03/27 Caveats: Used turbo-fire. [T-Pac]

Twinbee 3 [Nintendo Famicom - 1989] The logical part of my brain wants to cement Twinbee 3 in my top 25 favorite games, but the emotional part of my brain isn't willing to commit just yet... [T-Pac]

I used to collect chewed-up loose carts of platformers... Now I collect chewed-up loose carts of shoot-em-ups. [T-Pac]

This is such a solid list, dude. I'm pretty sure I bought Over Horizon on your recommendation a couple of years ago, and I had a great time with it. And I just finished a playthrough of Gradius II and loved it even more. Axelay was my biggest surprise this year as far as games I didn't expect to love so much. Musha Aleste is hovering near the top of my "to-play" list for Mega Drive shooters. I'm hoping it holds up to the hype (which seems likely, based on the short time I spent play-testing my copy). I absolutely love Image Fight on the NES, but I've never tried the PCE version. (And I obviously love R-Type on the TG-16). [T-Pac]

Shoot-em-ups are my favorite type of game, and this list is subject to change since I've still got so many on my backlog - but this is my current personal ranking. (Definitely not the "best" shoot-em-ups by popular consensus - just my own preferences...) My Favorite Traditional Shoot-Em-Ups: 1 ) Abadox [NES] 2 ) R-Type [GB] 3 ) R-Type II [GB] 4 ) Image Fight [NES] 5) Astro Warrior [SMS] 6 ) Super R-Type [SNES] 7 ) Star Parodier [PCE-CD] 8 ) Blazing Lazers [TG-16] 9 ) Curse [MD] 10 ) Burai Fighter [NES] My Favorite Roaming Shoot-Em-Up: Bosconian [PnP / Arcade] My Favorite Lane Shoot-Em-Up: Turmoil [2600] My Favorite Fixed Shoot-Em-Up: Phoenix [2600] My Favorite Hybrid Shoot-Em-Up: Robocco Wars [FC] [T-Pac]

16/40 - Gradius II [Nintendo Famicom - 1988] Finished: 2024/03/23 Caveats: Used turbo-fire and save-states. [T-Pac]

Gradius II [Nintendo Famicom - 1988] I loved this game on the PC-Engine CD, and I love it on the Famicom, too. It just has so much going for it. [T-Pac]

Congrats! Made one this morning just for you! (And a "PLAY Casio Loopy" charm if you wanna start beating those games, too haha). There are some pending charm updates in the system, so it'll be ready for you once that's taken care of. [T-Pac]

@koifish @Splain - We're actually updating "Contest" and "Beat Every Game" participant charms to remove the yearly designation, so we'll have an "all-in-one" Game Boy charm for you once the system is updated! [T-Pac]

Backlog edit: I finally got a capture setup that lets me record VRC-chip famicom games (I won't bore anyone with the technical details), so I'm swapping two of my backlog games for Gradius II and Twinbee 3. (Sorry Godzilla and TaleSpin - maybe next year haha). Excited to finally play these! [T-Pac]

Nah - I played a version that looked like this (surprisingly uglier haha)... [T-Pac]

We had Windows computers, so it must've been a more modernized port. I guess I never really thought about it as a 'classic' game that's been around since the 80s! [T-Pac]

15/40 - Twinbee [Nintendo Famicom - 1986] Finished: 2024/03/19 Caveats: Used turbo-fire and save-states. [T-Pac]

Haha good 'ol Oregon Trail. Yeah - I remember playing that in the library's computer lab in elementary school. [T-Pac]

Twinbee [Nintendo Famicom - 1986] I was afraid I wouldn't be able to finish this game since my copy started glitching-out in Stage 4. Luckily, I was still able to parse the garbled graphics enough to make it through. And oddly enough, I had the same problem with my copy of Stinger (Twinbee's sequel) when I played that last year. [T-Pac]

Gyruss is on my backlog for later this year, but that's the only one I can think of off the top of my head... [T-Pac]

Oh, neat! I've actually never tried out classic computer games before. The classical music in Alpiner is definitely cool, but I've gotta admit the voice samples seem the best part. [T-Pac]

Whoa @Tdub21! That's quite the haul - do you have a favorite game from the lot so far? [T-Pac]

Ah well ... at least I tried. [T-Pac]