I can definitely do this. Here's what I've played since January 1st.
January 1st - February 28th1) Night Trap (3DO) - This game surprised me. It's actually pretty fun and entertaining. I'm convinced a lot of the haters have never actually played the game.
2) Super Mario kart 8 (WiiU) - I just recently started playing this game with my son. It's easy to pick up and a the tracks offer a lot of variety. I can see why so many other people like it. I wish they had made separate tracks for battle mode though.
completed3) Cluedo (Phillips CDI) - My wife doesn't like this game but I think it's pretty cool. Full-motion video is pretty good quality. The acting is corny but in an entertaining way. I find the board game version of Clue very boring. My wife loves the board game.
4) Wonder Boy (Sega Master System) - This game is more commonly known as Hudson's Adventure Island for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Sega Master System version has better graphics and sound but is otherwise the exact same game.
5) Montezumas Revenge (Sega Master System) - More commonly known on the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, and Colecovision. The Master System version boasts the best graphics sound and gameplay options.
6) Super Mario 2 (famicom - Wii/WiiU Virtual Console) - This is the real Super Mario Brothers 2 that was released in Japan it's harder than the first and has better graphics and lots of bonus levels once you've beaten it.
competed7) Blaster Master Enemy Below (GBC) - The NES sequel we all wanted. Returning the game to its roots and adding more power ups and totally changed up levels. There are some slight deviations from the original but all in all it's the best Blaster Master sequel we've gotten yet.
Metroid Zero Mission (GBA) - This game takes the original Metroid and gives it a massive upgrade. This is how you properly re-master a classic.
completed9) Double Switch (Sega CD) - If you're like me and you've become addicted to full-motion video games this game is just as much fun as Night Trap but a bit more complex. Rather than just press a button at the right time you actually have to choose the right trap to set first. THEN press a button at the right time.
10) Brain Dead 13 (3DO) - This is without exaggeration the worst "video game" that I've ever "played". Imagine Dragons Lair only without any kind of hints about what you're supposed to do. That's this game. If you enjoy watching beautiful full-motion video while
desperately randomly banging on buttons in a vain attempt to see the next clip this might be your game. All normal gamers should steer clear. Part of me wonders if Brain Dead 13 is a reference to the people who thought up this game.
11) Demolition Man (3DO) - Awesome light gun shooter sections. Passable 3-D Wolfenstein like sections. Horrible driving sections. And ridiculously bad Mortal Kombat style beat them up sections. Plus lots of footage from the actual movie surprisingly make for a game I can't stop playing. The entire game even features footage of Stallone and Snipes that was shot specifically for the game.
completed12) APB (PS3 Midway Arcade Origins) - lots of people remember Spy Hunter. Fewer people remember this game. That's a pity because this game is way better. For starters it's free roam and the screen scrolls in multiple directions. When you catch the bad guys you get to choke (yes I said choke) their confessions out of them.
13) Joust 2 (PS3 Midway Arcade Origins) - How the hell did I never know until now that there was a arcade sequel to the arcade game Joust? This game is everything that made the first game awesome and then some.
14) Pit Fighter (PS3 Midway Arcade Origins) - I don't understand how this game ever got popular. I mean yeah I get it there are digitized people fighting. Honestly Mortal Kombat is better than this game in every possible way. Not worth saying much more about this game.
15) Super Off Road (PS3 Midway Arcade Origins) - This game is still just as fun as it was in the arcades.
16) Rayman Raving Rabbids (wii) - My wife and I have tons of fun playing this game.
17) Rayman Rabbids TV Party (wii) - see 16.
18) Kirby's Block Ball (SGB) - Kirby provides interesting twist on the original "Break Out" game.
19) Panky the Panda (Atari 2600 Home brew) - Stop reading this right now. Go buy a harmony cartridge. Download the ROM and play this game. Or emulate it in Stella!
20) Pac Man (Atari 2600 Home Brew) - Once you're done playing Panky the Panda play this.
21) Tempest (arcade) - Believe it or not I never played this until last weekend. Which is a real shame because this game is a lot of fun.
22) Black Ice (PC Indie Game) - this game is your typical loot grind but I got the steam key direct from the developer for only five bucks. It's a cyber punk first person shooter with Tron style graphics.
23) Shock Troopers (Neo Geo) - After playing this game for less than five minutes it instantly made my wish list. Guerrilla war/Ikari Warriors style gameplay but way better graphics and enough power ups to make Contra jealous.
completed24) Attack From Mars (pinball machine) - In my opinion the greatest pinball machine ever created. The end.
25) Midevil Madness (pinball machine) - The second greatest pinball machine ever created. Actually this pinball machine was designed by the same genius that designed Attack from Mars.
26) Star Trek into Darkness (pinball machine) - not a bad pinball machine.
27) Tales of the Arabian Nights (pinball machine) - A decent pinball machine.
28) Jurassic Park (pinball machine) - I'm not sure if I like this pinball machine or not. Maybe it's because I got very little playtime out of the actual table. It's one of those ones that likes to drop the ball directly between the flippers as soon as you launch it. Booo.
29) Dig Dug (arcade game) - Dig Dug. Do I really need to say more?
30) Road Runner (arcade game) - This game is simple but very fun. Good graphics. Good sound. I never realized the Tengen game for NES was based on this arcade game.
31) Point Blank (arcade) - Fun light gun shooter with lots of diverse gameplay.
32) Lethal Enforcers (playstation) - This game plays awesome with the cobra light gun. The PlayStation version is arcade perfect. Beat it first play through.
completed33) Lethal Enforcers 2 (playstation) - see 32. Beat it first play through.
completed34) Mortal Kombat Trilogy (iPhone) - It's a pity EA games no longer sells this because it is surprisingly awesome for an iPhone game.
completed35) the Need for Speed (3DO) - The gameplay is slow but surprisingly satisfying. The graphics are impressive when you remember this was two years before the Play Station existed.
36) Bonks Adventure (TG-16) - This game is made by the same folks that made Hudson's Adventure Island. If you like Mario Brothers and Adventure Island you'll like this game.
37) Doc's Punch Out (Wii) - I got this just before Club Nintendo shutdown. You basically get to box against little Mac's trainer Doc. It's pretty good. Much more of a challenge than I expected.
38) Mega Force (Atari 2600) - You ride a motor bike that can transform into a flying jet ski and you blow stuff up!
I had this game as a kid. It's still great as an adult. I've read it's (very loosely) based on a movie by the same name.
39) Duke Nukem the Manhattan Project (PC) - While 3D Realms was researching strippers and booze for Duke Nukem Forever's development Sunstorm Interactive developed and released this game licensing the Duke Nukem IP. It's a side scroller but everything is 3D rendered. It's an excellent game and worth much more than the $6 you can snag it for now on ebay (sealed). If you want it cheaper I think it's $3 on Steam.
40) Ninja Gaiden (TG-16) - Only released in Japan but playable in English if you hold I and II at the title screen then press Select. The graphics are excellent (better than Ninja Gaiden Trilogy on the SNES). Some of the music (boss fights for example) is different. The remixed music and sounds are better. But music they completely changed is not as good as the NES version. The backgrounds also scroll in a very jarring way compared to the foreground.
41) King of the Monsters (SNK Classics Wii - Neo Geo) - this game has an awesome premise. You pick a giant monster then fight other giant monsters while trampling cities beneath your feet. Unfortunately slow & clunky controls, pitiful attacks, and generic monsters make this game way less fun than it should be.
42) The King of Fighters 94 (SNK Classics Wii - Neo Geo) - Great graphics. Mai's assets are hypnotizing. I think she was the inspiration for ever Dead or Alive game ever made. The sound is also top notch. I just really suck at fighting games.
43) Samurai Showdown (SNK Classics Wii - Neo Geo) great graphics, sound, and control doesn't change the fact that I suck at fighting games.
44) Metal Slug SNK Classics Wii - Neo Geo) awesome side scroller a la Contra. Puzzling inability to shoot diagonally!? Other than that, great graphics, sound, and gameplay!
completed45) Sonic Pinbal party (GBA) - surprisingly disappointing game. The tables are pretty boring and there's not much variety to the play modes. Glad I only paid $3 for it.
46) Street Fighter II (GB) - Surprisingly passable game! It plays slower than dirt and the hit detection is questionable but in a way that works in your favor. The graphics are pretty good. The music and sound is the best you can hope for on the original gameboy and very very faithful to the arcade game. I played this to get it done and over with and found myself beating the game with Chun Li on my first playthrough. Vega, E. Honda, and Dalsim are missing but Balrog and M. Bison are playable. This game is not a bad distraction at all and remember I suck at fighting games! It's not as good as the GB Mortal Kombat II but not as bad as Mortal Kombat 1.
47) Samurai Showdown (GB) - A decent fighting game but be ready for a lot of squinting! The graphics and sound effects reproduce the Neo Geo originals as best they can. Overall it's a respectable attempt but damn the characters are SMALL!
March 1st-???48) Magical Chase (TG-16) - A really fun side scrolling shmup (shoot-em-up). You are a witch and you fly around on a broomstick through fantasy worlds trying to save something or other from something else. I'm not really sure because I don't read Japanese. But the game is very very fun. You have a life bar so you can take quite a few hits and you collect gems that you can use in shops to buy weapon, health, and speed power ups. I was blown away by how much fun I had with this game. Starts out easy but they turn up the heat in stage 3
49) Parodius Da (TG-16) - Another shmup that aims to be a parody of Gradius. You ship is a cute animal and you shoot other cute animals. But in this game one hit kills you. I couldn't get to the end of the first stage. It's a good game I just suck at it.
50) Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (TG-16) - A great port of the arcade game. All the bosses are playable. The music and sound are great. The controls are interesting. Run (start), II, I are weak punch, med punch, high punch. tap select and they become weak kick, med kick, high kick. I knew this going in and thought it would make game play a disaster but it actually works remarkably well. This is a great port for a unloved system.
51) Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu (TG-16) - Great graphics and good game play. This is a solid game. You can punch, kick, jump kick, shoot fireballs, and control gravity while jumping! I plan to play this one to completion!
52) Night Rider (TG-16) Based on the television show. It's like Spy Hunter but played from a Rad Racer perspective. Maybe it's just me but I never thought the Rad Racer style 8 & 16 bit racers held up well today. This is an okay game but I just can't power through it. The graphics make me want to have a seizure.
52) Chase HQ (TG-16) Read what I said about Night Rider. Next.
53) Bubble Gum Chrash (TG-16) A point and click adventure game. Good graphics. I'll probably play through this some more when I am in the mood for an anime Shadowgate experience.
54) Don Doku Don!! (TG-16) imagine Bubble Bobble except you have hammer.
55) New Adventure Island (TG-16) this game is amazing. The animation and graphics are the best I've seen yet. The characters are large, colorful and detailed. This is the best version of Adventure Island without a doubt. Wonder Boy looked good but there is just no comparison between that and this.
Update May 9/201556) Super Bonk 2 (Super Famicom) I need to find a translation patch for this game. I couldn't make it to the end of the tutorial.
57) Ehrgeiz (PS1) An okay fighting game featuring some of the cast of FF7. I'll play this when I have an itching to button mash.
58) Rumble Roses (PS2) All female wrestling with stories that sound like they came straight from a bad porn flick. I have to admit this game is a guilty pleasure and I have played it far more than I should have. I will most likely play it until I've unlocked every character.
59) Okami HD (PS3) Fantastic graphics and pretty good gameplay. Once you get through the 20 minute opening story that is. I'm not kidding. This game is heavy on story. But it's fascinating and beautiful to play. I bought the Japanese version in physical copy and can confirm that like the Asian version it plays in English on America PS3s. I'm 2 hours in now and will for sure be playing this one to completion.
60) Star Wars Episode One Racer (N64) I played this on May 5th (Revenge of the Fifth day). The first and last time I played.
61) Metroid Prime Pinball (DS) Killed a few hours with this game. It's a solid pinball game. Harder than piss to beat. I doubt I will ever beat it without cheating.
62) Attack from Mars (iPhone) My favorite pinball game of all time!
63) Need for Speed Most Wanted (PS3) a.k.a Burnout 5.
64) Super Off Road the Baja (SNES) Forgettable. Only played it to show my father in law what NFS for 3DO was competing with back in the day.
Sept-Dec65) Super Mario Maker (WiiU) The dream of every child of the 80's.
66) Bravely Default (3DS) Currently the BEST RPG I have ever played. Good voice acting with quirky but lovable characters made for many laugh out loud moments.
completed67) Dead or Alive Dimensions (3DS) The fantasy of every teenage boy for all time. The 3DS version of this game is surprisingly solid as a fighter and jiggly where it's supposed to be. Unlockable characters, costumes, and stages provide plenty of replay value. Story mode sometimes goes the easy route of frozen scenes with just voice acting. It's weird the first few times because you think the game is broken. At the end of the day the 3DS does the best job so far of pulling all the characters into a cohesive story.
68) Rise of the Tomb Raider (Xbox One) I've only completed 30% of the game. Was it worth $450? (Special edition +Xbox On Console)... You bet your bippy!
69) Sunset Overdrive (Xbox One) It's derivative, self-indulgent, and mindless. Which in this case makes it a LOT of fun to play. Insomniac games basically took a single trophy from Sucker Punches Infamous (get 40 kills while grinding) and turned it into an entire game. Did I mention it's a hell of a lot of fun?
It is.
70) Never Alone (WiiU) A basic platformer with beautiful graphics and an interesting story. Rather unique is the live action documentary about eskimo's that unlocks piece by piece as you progress through the game.
71) Dead or Alive 5: Last Round (PS4) Set physics to NR. Best physics yet.
72) Back to the Future the Game (PS4) My whole family has already beaten this on PS3. But we're playing the Anniversary edition to enjoy the addition of Tom Wilson as the voice of Biff Tannen.
