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13. Beat a game made by an indie developer
Crush the Castle Legacy Collection (Steam)

38/52

37. Beat a game you'd dropped or had a long hold on
Tomba! (PSX)

It really is starting to get difficult to find categories for some of the stuff I'm playing. I know I'm not gonna hit 52 this year but still.

37/52

28. Beat a game with the supernatural as a central theme
Dossun! Ganseki Battle (SFC)

36/52

15. Beat a puzzle game
Tetris Battle Gaiden (SFC)

35/52

43. Beat a game based on licensed stories/characters
Sanrio World Smash Ball! (SFC)

34/52

Bad Rats?

So it's a Virtuos Mission?

JackMan posted...

MGS4 would be exciting, but looking at the amount of effort put into these ports and knowing how notoriously difficult MGS4 is to port, I'm not going to get my hopes up.

For what it's worth, the narrative about MGS4 being un-portable seems to largely be a misconception. The game's associate producer has said that it was never a contractual exclusive and that they developed a proof of concept 360 version that ran perfectly; it was the limitations of DVD storage that caused them to drop it. It's widely speculated that Volume 2 of these new collections will include a port of 4.

Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps3-exclusive-metal-gear-solid-4-was-once-running-beautifully-on-xbox-360/

I think Twin Snakes was always an unrealistic expectation between the rights issues and needing the Nintendo stuff scrubbed out of it. Everybody hated Twin Snakes anyway, I don't know who these people are who are coming out of the woodwork all outraged about it. And MGS1 was never going to run at 60 FPS as long as it has framerate dependencies.

I admit I haven't picked it up yet so I don't have firsthand impressions, but the negativity towards this compilation baffles me. It's exactly the type of collection I want more of: great games presented accurately and performing well, full of options and bonus features for enthusiasts and adding a bunch of content that wasn't present in any previous release.

2. Beat a game released between 1993-2002
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x (Xbox)

33/52

39. Finish a game that took you at least twenty-five hours to beat
Red Dead Redemption II (PS4)

I wish I could see the total playtime, it felt like forever.

32/52

Mobilezoid posted...

It was interesting reading this reddit thread and seeing what outsiders think of the site.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/17alwk4/gamefaqs_owner_sballen_is_stepping_down_from_the/

I wonder if that dude in the comments is the real CJayC.

I go physical for every major release I'm interested in, but the indie/AA market has pushed me more towards digital for smaller games. There's a lot of stuff I'd buy physically if it were ~$5 more than the digital copy, but paying two or three times the digital price is nuts.

46. Beat a game you received for free or through a paid subscription service
Kuru Kuru Kururin (GBA, via Nintendo Switch Online)

30/52

Departure
Take Back the Tower

Two tough matches. I wasn't expecting to like Departure as much as I do.

6. Beat a game in a completely new series
Watch Dogs (PS4)

29/52

Wily Stage 1
Wily Field

I like Apple Market more than either of the second match songs, but alas.

Maybe a weird answer, but I started The Stanley Parable recently and while it's not bad, I think there've been so many "ooh this isn't what it seems" and fourth-wall-breaking narrative games since that it feels a little rote. Enjoyable, but definitely of an era. Probably a lot of first-wave indie games would feel that way for their respective genres.

MMX opening theme vs. MMX opening theme arranged is pretty funny

I'd be down for a play-in contest, but the other options are fine too.

Support:
Final Slot-In (Rockman.EXE N1 Battle)

Support:
DOUBLE: Prologue-Awakening Road ~OPENING:HIGHWAY STAGE~ (ROCKMAN X ALPH-LYLA with TOSHIAKI OHTSUBO)
Tornado Man Stage (Integer Spin Mix) (Chiptuned Rockman)
Central Highway (Opening Stage) (Mega Man X)
We're the Robots (Mega Man 9)
Armored Armadillo (Mega Man X)
Aqua Man stage - Saturn ver. (Mega Man 8)
Storm Eagle Stage (Mega Man X)
Night in the White -Chill Penguin stage- (ROCKMAN X ALPH-LYLA with TOSHIAKI OHTSUBO)
Opening, Snakeman Stage (2A03+VRC7 mix) (Chiptuned Rockman)

45. Beat a game that features historical events or people
Shaun White Skateboarding (PS3)

I debated what category to put this in. Shaun White is historic, right?

28/52

42. Beat another user's favorite game
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)

27/52

Surprised not to see Sideways on here

The list posted earlier doesn't seem complete to me. This is the one I've seen floating around the most, but I don't think the bolded games are wholly accurate - I haven't checked on my Xbone, but I think titles like Death Tank and Vigilante 8 Arcade are 360 exclusives that'll be caught in this sweep.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1hxTr0R6EO--X34hqIt3i7fJJge6AU6ReG3z2JVSLVzY/mobilebasic

I'm taking the opportunity to go through the marketplace altogether and pick up other stuff in case we see more delistings follow. Great time for recs if anyone knows any stuff that's XBLA exclusive or where the XBLA version is the best available.

There's an Action Button Discord server that posts periodic updates on his stuff. He's on the Insert Credit podcast often and does a lot of streaming, and he's opening for a comedy group later this month? Dude doesn't post a lot but I think he stays busy.

23. Beat a sports game
Forza Horizon 3 (Xbone)

26/52

Sonic Adventure 2 seems to have gone through a resurgence in recent years. Its reputation was never terrible, but there was always a camp that saw it as the beginning of the franchise being a joke and now it seems to shine a lot more in comparison to what came next.

Also, just in general, peripheral-based rhythm games like Guitar Hero. Not that they were viewed as bad games at the time, but outside of their living room party game success I remember them quickly becoming sort of an embarrassing thing to have around. Nowadays people are more likely to think it's neat than to say "yeah but can you do that on an actual guitar"

KamikazePotato posted...

Still one of the worst gaming articles ever written.

Which review was this? I didn't know about the game when it first came out, I missed the initial reception.

15. Beat a puzzle game
Chameleon (DS)

23/52

31. Beat a game with a child lead
Elebits (Wii)

22/52

Haven't posted in a while

7. Beat a game in a series you've already played some of
Super Mario Sunshine (GCN)

8. Beat a spin-off or a game that rebooted a franchise
Double Dragon Neon (PSN)

12. Beat a game made by a developer you've never tried
Arkanoid: Eternal Battle (PC)

20. Beat an action game
Vanquish (PS4)

33. Beat a game with a robot/artificial lead
Arkanoid (PC)

41. Beat a game with a Metascore above 90
Grand Theft Auto III (PS2)

21/52