Summer Game-a-thon 07

[CoconutMikeNIke]

Starting today, the 30th day in June, 2007, I shall start the journey of a lifetime.  I shall go through each and everyone of the video games that I own, and beat it.  By September 6th, I will have either completed over 20 years of games, or failed miserably.

Basically, I want to beat, in some form, every game that I own.  The reason for posting here is that I need your help.  Since for some of these games, it’s been years since the last time I played, I’m going to need some help.  And also, I need other people to know about it if I am to motivate myself to go through all of them.  Otherwise, I might get lazy and not complete the task.  I’m going to list the games that I need to beat, and I will use the site as a sort of continuous checklist, which I will update when I beat a game.  Okay, here’s the list, starting with Nintendo, going to Sega, then Sony. (Note-to make some games more difficult, such as ones I’ve beaten many times before, or to specify what it means to “beat” the game, there will be an added note after the game’s title?

NES

Super Mario Bros.      No Warps Done!
Super Mario Bros. 2      No Warps Done!
Super Mario Bros. 3      No Warps
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Karate Kid
RoboWarrior
Bugs Bunny Birthday Bash
Dig Dug II
Top Gun
Rescue Rangers
Castlevania
Kirby’s Adventure
Dr. Mario         Through Level 20, high speed
Adventure Island II
Joe & Mac
Lolo
Digger T. Rock
Little Nemo Dream Master
Golgo 13
Kickle Cubicle      Until the end of the story adventure
Yoshi’s Cookie      ?
Marble Madness
Pac-Man         ?
Darkwing Duck
Cybernoid
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures 2
The Jetsons
Yoshi            ?
The Flintstones
Ducktales
Ducktales 2
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
The Little Mermaid
Wario’s Woods      From 1 through 256
Donkey Kong         ?
Snow Brothers
Gauntlet         ?
Rampage

Super NES

Donkey Kong Country 2
Super Mario All-Stars      Beat each game
Secret of Mana
Street fighter II: World Warrior
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario RPG

Nintendo 64

Conkers Bad Fur Day
Space Station Silicon Valley
Donkey Kong 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Starfox 64
Spider-Man
Banjo-Kazooie      All Jiggys
Kirby 64         All Shards
Perfect Dark         ?
Pokemon Snap
Mario Golf         ?
Pokemon Stadium      Beat all Gym Leaders AND all Stadium Cups
Yoshi’s Story         ?
Pokemon Stadium 2      Beat all Gym Leaders AND all Stadium Cups
Hey You, Pikachu
Super Mario 64            All Stars
Legend of Zelda: OoT
Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire
Paper Mario
Mario Tennis         Beat all tournaments
Cruis’n USA         Cruise USA on each difficulty that upgrades the car

Nintendo Gamecube

Pokemon Collosseum      Beat the story mode, complete purification
Pac-Man World 2
Metroid Prime         100%
Hitman 2         Silent Assassin rank
Soul Calibur 2         Complete Weapon Master, obtain all weapons
007: Agent Under Fire
DDR Mario Mix      Hardest song difficulty through Story Mode
Geist
Animal Crossing      ?
Simpsons Hit and Run
X-Men Legends      Hard level
X-Men Legends II      Hard level
Legend of Zelda: Collectors edition      All games beat
007: Everything or Nothing
NBA Street         ?
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Super Mario Sunshine      All Shines
007: From Russia W/ Love
Sonic Gems Collection   All games beat
Mario Kart Double Dash   150cc
007: Nightfire
SSBM            All characters complete Classic, Adventure, and All-Star on Very Hard

Wii

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Red Steel
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Madden ‘07         ?
Rayman Raving Rabbids   Beat story
Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘07   Beat Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach
Wii Sports         Pro on every sport

Sega

Genesis

Mortal Kombat      Beat with each character
Primal Rage         Beat with each animal
Desert Demolition      Beat with both characters
Sonic 3D Blast
Ecco Tides of Time
Bubsy
Bubsy II
The Lion King
Busters Hidden Treasure
The Addams Family
Sonic the Hedgehog 2    Done! With all Chaos Emeralds
Sonic the Hedgehog 3      Once with Sonic, once with Tails   Done! With all Chaos Emeralds, with both characters
Sonic and Knuckles      Once with Sonic, once with Knuckles   Done! With all Chaos Emeralds, with both characters
Knuckles the Echidna 2
Sonic 3 & Knuckles      Beat with Super Emeralds with Each character
Superman
Mortal Kombat II      Beat with each fighter
Hook
Sonic Spinball
Animaniacs
Spiderman X-Men Arcades Revenge
The Jungle Book
McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure   Done!
Ecco the Dolphin
ToeJam and Earl: Panic on Funkotron
Lethal Enforcers

Dreamcast

Crazy Taxi         ?
Expendable
Star Wars Demolition
Marvel Vs. Capcom
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Tomb Raider: Last Revelation
Coaster Works

Sony

Playstation

Spyro the Dragon
Tony Hawks Pro Skater
Final Fantasy IV
Crono Trigger
Final Fantasy VIII    Problem with disk, Cannot complete

Playstation 2

Devil May Cry      Beat Hard mode or higher
Gameboy/ Gamboy Advance

Super Mario Land    Done!
Game and Watch Gallery   ?
Mortal Kombat II      With each fighter
Pokemon Red         Each Pokemon game will be the same, half of Pokedex and beat the Elite 4
Pokemon Blue         (75 minimum)
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
Donkey Kong ‘94
Adventure Island II    Done!
Donkey Kong Land 2
Pokemon Crystal      (125 minimum)
Pokemon Yellow      (75 minimum)
Monster Max
Pokemon Sapphire      (101 minimum)
Metroid Fusion
Tetris            300,000 points/ Level 9, height 5 on game B

And there you have it, every game that I must beat.  The games with “?” are ones that I don’t know how to consider it beaten, or I don’t know how to make it harder for myself.  Mainly, puzzle games that have no ending I need some suggestions on.  I didn’t include games that I am borrowing from friends, since those aren’t part of MY collection.  I also did not include my DS games, since right now I am without a DS, making that goal impossible to complete.  I will allow any game I get in the next week to be a part of the challenge, so if I find the DS in that time, I will add it, otherwise, no.  As games are beat, I will take a photo proving that I have beaten it, and edit the list with the completed games crossed out. 

My basic plan of action is to go through the NES, Genesis, and Gameboy games, as those are generally shorter, while worry about the RPGs until the end, as those take the most time.  All games will be played from the beginning, so no old, partial completions to work off of.  I might have at least one LoZ game going at all times, since those can also be quite time consuming.  Any suggestions or comments are welcome.  I might be forgetting something I wanted to say, but for now, I think this looks good.  Oh, and the spacing is a little off because I originally wrote this in another program, then just copied it over.

[PaperLuigi]

Dang dude. Good luck!

[Lizard Dude]

September 6th? There's no way dude. You're going to have to play like 25 hours a day every day and be really good to be able to beat all those hardcore old NES games.

[bobman37]

Yeah. Two months isn't long enough for that massive list of games. I think you'll find yourself getting frustrated/running out of time. Good luck though.

[Kojinka]

Start by beating the ones you've never beaten.  Otherwise, good luck.

[PaperLuigi]

Be sure to buy lots of toliet paper, drinks, food and what not.

[BP]

No way. Just, no way. Hey, don't give up, though... prove me wrong! I'll offer all the help I can give, though... jump, jump, don't die. You can do the Mew glitch in Yellow as soon as you get an Abra south of Cerulean, and it turns lethal really quickly. PUNCH THE MIIS FOR GOD'S SAKE! You can use Epona to jump over Gerudo Valley and finish the Biggoron's Sword quest anytime after Link gets old instead of waiting until after you get the Longshot.

[N64 Chick]

That's quite the list there. Good luck to you.

[Robert]

So, you're going waste 2 glorious months free from school playing your entire game collection?

Why not get some air? I mean, do you really want to be couped up in your house all summer long? If you fail, that would have been 2 months of no-school gone to waste.

[CoconutMikeNIke]

I'd be doing pretty much the same thing then, just not having a real goal to it.  At least this way I'm trying to accomplish something.  I just have to beat an average of about 3 games a day, for the next 66 days.  It's going to be tough, and that's the idea.  Most of these games have been replayed so many times that they've lost that sense of achievement.  I'm just trying to get that back.

[PaperLuigi]

3 games a day? Dude, I don't think I could last barely one without going nuts.

[GiftedGirl]

Optimist me: You can do it! Go! Go! I have total faith in you~!

Pessimist me: My God, man, you're insane! No one could do that! No one!

My stomach: Chips...

Real me: Okay, don't listen to the pessimist and the stomach. They'll just get you into trouble. I have faith in you, really, but that is a big list... Just try your best and remember to get some fresh air every once in a while, okay? ;)

[Pt_Peach]

WOW.

This is an impossible list and if you do prove me wrong, dude...you must have had a LOT of time on your hands.

I think that you might/ARE going to lose your sanity trying to do this.

By the way, nice collection of games you have there ^_^.

[Toad]

Cheese.. I wish you luck on trying to tackle that monster of a list in 2 months.

I do have a question though: wouldn't it be a bit redundant to beat the Mario All*stars versions of the first three games, since you would have done it already (assuming you are playing in order)?

I think you should exclude games that are remakes (unless they are home versions of arcade games, or have completely new areas), and endless puzzle games (Wario Woods, Mario Bros).

Just my thoughts. Good luck.

[MEGAߥTE]

A lot of puzzle games aren't endless; you just haven't played them enough :-p
For instance,

Yoshi's Cookie (NES/GB) has two endings, one after level 10-10 and one after level 99-10.
Wario's Woods (NES) has 99 rounds in each of game A and B as well as time trial.

The SNES versions are somewhat different.