How many games have you completed? (Nerdism)

[Ish]

Wow. You guys keep track of this stuff? I have no idea. I would guess around 30 to 40 games. A game has to be damn good for me to bother completing it if its lengthy but some really good games I've completed many times.

[dc-arena]

Only recording since Jan 2005, but I started listing games I finished. It started as only brandnew games, but I have been back to a few too. I update it everytime I complete a game now, its up to date as of this week.

http://www.seaside765.co.uk/tvg.htm

[oblivion_6]

No idea how many games ive completed, I know when I was a lad and didnt have the distractions of sex, social life and alchihol I was able to burn through games, i used to rent MD games from Global and have them completed by the time i returned them

Im going to say roughly ive completed about 40% of the games ive ever played for a major length of time.

[yosai]

I'm interested! Obviously
And for those who don't believe there are 32 games even worth playing on N64, this is the list: 1080 Snowboarding, 64 de Hakken! Tamagotchi Minna de Tamagotchi World (got all Tamagotchi), Banjo-Kazooie, Blast Corps (not platinum medals), Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition (beaten all modes and levels), Castlevania, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Diddy Kong Racing (including hard/backwards mode), Fighters Destiny (done everything), Goldeneye, Hybrid Heaven, Killer Instinct Gold (all characters), Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart 64, Mischief Makers (full ending), Mystical Ninja starring Goemon, Operation WinBack, Paper Mario, Perfect Dark, Pilotwings 64, Puyo Puyo Sun 64 (all characters), Sin & Punishment: Successor to the Earth, Snowboard Kids, Starfox 64, Super Mario 64, Super Smash Brothers (all characters), Tetrisphere (all modes), Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Yoshi's Story

I have noticed Bangaioh is missing from the list. Completing that seperates the men from the boys. GET TO IT.

Back on topic around 40 games this gen, mostly GC titles.

[Darwock]

Likewise, I've got absolutely no idea. I could hazard a guess but it's all going to be hazy around the 8-bit, 16-bit era.

That said, it was very rare to actually finish a game on the ZX Spectrum. Atic Atac, Sabre Wulf, Chuckie Egg, Manic Miner... did anybody ever actually *complete* these? Sod it I'm going to try to list 'em.

ZX Spectrum (just the linear games I have clear memories of finishing) -

Batman the Movie
Barbarian
Robocop 2
The Untouchables
Ghost Hunters
F117-A stealth fighter
Castle Master
Midnight Resistance
Myth
Hong Kong Phooey
Strider

Atari ST -

Speedball 2
Cadaver (one of my finest moments, was before the days of net walkthroughs - and I was stuck for over a year!)
The First Samurai
Lure of the Temptress
Ishar: Legend of the Fortress (if that's what it was called)
Another World
Heimdall
Megalomania
Populous 2
Rainbow Islands
Llamatron
James Pond: Robocod
Thunderhawk
Lemmings

Playstation:

Parappa
Um Jammer Lammy
Exhumed
Metal Gear Solid
Soul Blade
Tekken 3
Abe's Oddyssey
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Suikoden
Suikoden II
G-Police
Chocobo Racing...

there must be more.. thinking of PS2 titles now I realise this was a bad idea to even start! I'm going to estimate around 100, not counting games with no obvious end.

[Rsdio]

Wow, Lure of the Temptress! One of those games having an extra floppy drive came in handy for. Don't think I ever got to the end of it, the graphics were quality at the time though.

[Molloy]

Oh, I'd say a good 150 or so. Most of them being on the 16-bit and 8-bit consoles. With each year games keep getting longer (and consequently ****ter) so I complete less and less of them.

Bring back games that you can complete in 30 mins I say. I like learning a game like the back of my hand and playing it over and over again just for the sake of it. Like listening to a good music CD. I don't listen to Pet Sounds once and think, right, that's that CD finished. Why do customers/developers have such a disposable attitude to gaming? Maybe if publishers spent more time on cutting a games down to its core elements instead of hiring farms of drones to create content we'd have games with more lasting appeal?

[Plisken]

christ 100's , i clocked nearly all the GG/MS/MD / MCD games i had as a kid..
nevermind the Saturn, PSX, N64, DC, XB, 360...

[Samurai Matt]

29 excatlly

[vertigo]

I have noticed Bangaioh is missing from the list. Completing that seperates the men from the boys. GET TO IT.

I never beat the last boss

[mid]

I didn't even get more than about halfway through, myself. Got stuck on a level with a light-brown background where I just couldn't work out how to get to the end before the time ran out.

[Rsdio]

I never beat the last boss

[smug bastard]Took me two goes.[/smug bastard] I think I've posted before about that game, I swear it's difficulty is mostly psychological. I got through it without much trouble in a couple of days when I hadn't heard anything much about it.. When I tried it again after a couple of years of people saying how hard it was I couldn't get anywhere at all with it.

[vertigo]

I didn't even get more than about halfway through, myself. Got stuck on a level with a light-brown background where I just couldn't work out how to get to the end before the time ran out.

Time on the N64 one doesn't count for anything except the lack of a bonus. You can take as long as you like.

[mid]

Ah - I'm playing the DC; everything seems to get really difficult when the time runs out.

[vertigo]

The N64 one's better anyway. The DC one's been tweaked to be too easy.