post your "videogames i actually want to play" lists (mmxxi)

Rudie · March 14, 2021, 5:11am

Anodyne 2?

Rudie · March 14, 2021, 5:11am

May I interest both of you in Need For Speed 2015?

Rudie · March 14, 2021, 5:12am

Can’t believe this year I was beaten to the punch for my yearly Spring Cleaning thread! Curse yoh @anonymous . (I don’t actually care outside of having a long tradition of doing it.)

I’ll order up a list later.

Polygonzo · March 14, 2021, 5:29am

I remembered: The Snow of Basidia by Modus Interactive

But Anodyne 2 belongs on the list, very interested after reading some recent posts about it.

Thenar · March 14, 2021, 7:55pm

Crumpets wad
super metroid vitality
The quest of ki

Mikey · March 14, 2021, 11:14pm

I dunno what the whole year has in store for me but I think I’ll scratch a few shorter games off my list over the next little while.

Little Nightmares
Sonic Mania
Roundabout

etc

synth · March 15, 2021, 1:01am

off the top of my head

heaven will be mine
killer 7
castlevania: aria of sorrow
death stranding
disco elysium
night in the woods
maplestory
max payne 3

and this spring i’ll be playing plenty of
beatmania iidx 27: heroic verse
to work on my doubles dan ranking

username · March 15, 2021, 2:12am

I had a list of six games I wanted to play during 2020 that I had bounced off of hard or outright hated the first time I tried, I got through three of them before the world got all crazy and i decided to go play through a gigantic bundle for kicks so I guess these are now my 2021 try to get to games:

Killer 7
Gradius V
Bayonetta 2

Rudie · March 15, 2021, 2:08pm

PS4
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yakuza Like A Dragon
Dreams
Cotton Reboot
Transitior
Natsuki Chronoicles
Ketsui Dethiny
ESPRaDe Psi
Battle Garrega
Contra that new one that is awful
Sleepy Dogs Replay

PS3/2/1 Saturn Dreamcast
Stuck in the closet forever

Vita
Chrono Cross

3DS
Game Center CX 3-chome
Labyrinth of Kanaya

DS
A pile of games on a flash cart I look at every night then just play picross and sudoku

If I play old games now I use the mini consoles.

Also got like 10-15 things on Steam I’ve meant to play.

stavekoff · January 31, 2022, 4:40am

All the shit i bought on ps4 in the last 2 years

Mega Man Legends 2
Misadventures of Tron Bonne

All the shit I bought on PS2 in the last XX years

Tales of Graces f

Rudie · January 31, 2022, 4:47am

Woah I actually got through this whole list. I’m playing Kiwami 2 and Chrono Cross now.

idiot · January 31, 2022, 9:12am

how’s that going?

Alyx · March 1, 2022, 7:48am

I seem to be in a phase of actually playing games a fair bit these days,

Right now I’m playing:

Cyber Shadow
Overload
Blazing Chrome
Xeno Crisis
MUSHA

and I’m also pretty actively playing Game Boy games and participating in the Game Boy thread.

As I finish some of what I’m currently playing I’ll probably start playing;

The Messenger
Jet-Lancer
Cuphead

Someday, but not likely anytime soon I’ll play;

Undertale
Dusk

It’s been a long time since I’ve been this engaged in the hobby.
I have a bunch of games I’m enjoying. I have games I’m looking forward to getting around to after those, and games I’m looking forward to getting around to eventually.

a_new_duck · March 1, 2022, 5:34pm

Wow from this list a year go, I abandoned Yakuza but kept playing/cleared (except Spelunky 2, which I’m still playing with some frequency) everything I said I was playing then. I did get through Super Mario 3D World with my partner (but we stalled out at the last castle because she didn’t feel like playing through it when we got there and we just haven’t gotten back to it) and 13 Sentinels. The rest I haven’t touched or maybe played for like an hour. And in my RPG list, I only played FF4, which I’ve been ‘most of the way through’ for like 9 months now. I need to reorient myself and finally finish it.

I’ve been getting through games very slowly, both because I’ve been kind of overwhelmed with freelance work and spending more of my time making games rather than playing them. It took me 3 months to get through SMT V (my partner has also gotten really into Stardew Valley so I haven’t had the Switch as much lately).

Anyway, here’s what I’m hoping to play/finish/spend some more time with soon:
Elden Ring
Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin
Disco Elysium
Umurangi Generation
The Good Life
Death Stranding
Final Fantasy XII
Vanquish
Dragon Quest III

Let’s see how that goes.

EDIT: Oh, I did actually get to PN03. That was fun. Only did one playthrough though.

smbhax · February 7, 2023, 11:20pm

NG(X)  King of Fighters 2000 -5 (-337|1232 x 896; thumb 852 x 479)
PS2    Virtua Fighter 4 -4 (game 15:15) (-325|1276 x 888)
PS3    Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown -9 (2:2) (720p)
       X-Men -9 (1080p)
PS4(X) Arcade Archives Burger Time -21 (-840|1604 x 2160)
       Arcade Archives Crime Fighters -18 (4:3 (-240)|1440 x 1078)
       Arcade Archives Double Dragon -18 (-348|1224 x 908)
       Arcade Archives Kangaroo (use AA Burger Time)
       Arcade Archives Zero Team -15 (-244|1432 x 1070) Big-O cumu.score: 18 x_x
       CA2S - Sat Nite Slam Masters -5 (5:5) (4:3)
       Tetris Effect: Connected -5 (3)
PC     Angband +2? winamp 1%?? (1v from 3%) (hengband ost)
       Crazy Taxi -7? (2:2)
       Dig Dug Revival -27 (Game Capture -1056|1728 x 2160)
       Lady Pac -24 (Game Capture -1080|1680 x 2160)
       RandomPac -24 (Game Capture -1080|1680 x 2160)
       Zachtronics Solitaire Collection -5 (m10) vol in \Documents\My Games\
                Night light (60) OFF 'cept for Scuj

Games I might play:

C64    Way of the Exploding Fist +1? (PAL 50 fps!) (window; pt scale 1620 x 1080)
DC(X)  Capcom vs SNK Pro -21 (record 1280??; 1276 x 950)
       JoJo's Bizarre Adventure -10 (-391|1156 x 894)
PS3    Daytona USA -5 (2:2) (1080p)
       Marvel vs. Capcom 2 -5 (game 2:2) (1080p)
PS4    Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite -5 (game 3 all)
       Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 -5 (game 4 all)

Other games I could play:

PS1
       (x)Darkstalkers 3 -11 (game 2:3? 2:4?) SET NARROW SCREEN (1144 x 894)
PS2
       SFAC - 3rd Strike -5? (game -9:-9) (-364|1196 x 894) (game 94% width)
       (x)Taito Memories II: 1st Volume (Joukan) -5 (game 2:2)
            (record 1276; 1274 x 896 max)
       (x)Taito Memories II: Last Volume (Gekan) -5 (game 2:2)
            (record 1276; 1274 x 896 max)
PS3
       (x)Joust -17? (1080p)
       (x)Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition -5 (game 25)
             (720p) (4:3 894 x 672)
       (x)Virtua Fighter 5 -5 (game 4:13) (1080p*) *disable 720p
PS4
       Arcade Archives Darius -15 [Arcade Archives generic is -21!]
       Arcade Archives Dig Dug -25 (-767|1604x2160)
       Arcade Archives Pac-Man -28? (-767|1604x2160)
       Capcom B'EUB -5 (5:5:5) (-189|1540x1080) CUSTOM--NOT 4:3
       Mr. Driller Drill Land -5 bit loud (1:1)
       Pac-Man Museum+ (Arc Arr) -15 (100:50:50) (-1146|1548x2160)
       Pac-Man Museum+ (CE) -5 (100:50:50)
PC
       (x)King of Fighters 2000 -5
           (cmd: mame kof2000 -nofilter -bios unibios40 -volume -10)
       Mushihimesama -5 (20:20)
             (720,960center|1440x1920 (3:4 960p)) NIGHT LIGHT(45)=65

Games I could play but probably won't:

PS4
       Atari 50 (Asteroids) -5 (game 10/10)
       Arcade Archives Sea Fighter Poseidon -15 (1436x1080)
       Arcade Archives Shusse Ozumo -15 (-1068|1704 x 2160)
       Arcade Archives Vendetta -15 (4:3 aspect)
       (x)Granblue Fantasy: Versus -5 (game 20%)
PC
       Arcade Game Series Ms. Pac-Man -12 (-1032|1776x2160)[gamma 1.5]
       Bagman Comes Back -18? (Game Capture -973|1892x2160)
       Bagman Strikes Back -18 (Game Capture -190|1540x1080)
       Megami Tensei Neuroheroine 2 -29 (-24 in dungeon 2, -27 in 5) (defaults)
           (switch to BLACK win bg color!)
	     (Capture Method: DXGI (fullscreen) but actually want 720p window)
       (x)Tetris.com -5 (70/20)
       Tutankham -10? (Game Capture -973|1892x2160)


Out of rotation:

dreamcast
Capcom vs SNK 2 -? (1278 x 952) (ai weak, bosses ugh, movement clunky)
Guilty Gear X -21 (game medium) (1278 x 952) (AI esp bosses not fun, can't beat w/o fireball)
Virtua Fighter 3tb - 58 (chng Guard to Punch, 2nd ESC to Kick) (ai can't block sweeps)

ps1
Darkstalkers -? (slowdown)
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter - 54 -8 (game 3:3) highlight "OPTION", R1, Circ, L, Tri, Tri
Street Fighter Collection 2 - WW -? (game default) cont. to avoid game over red screen strobe! (puzzle-like AI)
X-Men: Children of the Atom - 63 -4 (game default) (slow? some flashy; not many chars like)
X-Men vs. Street Fighter - 54 -4 (game 4:4--default???) (wht scrn flsh w/ ev special move hit)

ps2
Capcom Fighting Jam/Evolution -15? (game 1:1) (1278 x 896)
Fu'un Super Combo - Kizuna Encounter - 54 -18
Garou Densetsu Battle Archives 1 - FF3 - 54 -18 (side-dodge spam breaks AI)
Garou Densetsu Battle Archives 2 - RBFF - 54 -4
Garou Densetsu Battle Archives 2 - RBFF2 - 54 -6
Hokuto no Ken - 63 -6 (game 24) (too easy--cLK-cHK-air-combo)
King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout - 53 -10 f (pao pao cafe intro flashy; also korea lightning, g over,etc)
king of fighters NESTS - 2001 - 50 -4 (MAX super meter red/orange rapid flash 8p)
king of fighters NESTS - 99 -? (slight flashes, boss sucks, eh)
king of fighters 2002 - 59 -8 (lightning stage; practice only--but too easy)
King of Fighters 2003 - 51 -24 (difficulty curve etc)
King of Fighters '98 UM - NEOGEO MODE - 55 (game 1:1) (not as fun as 2000, confusion)
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 -15? (res toggle at game switch zaps meister)
Neo*Geo Battle Coliseum - 53 (game 1:1) (bleh boss, balance)
Sengoku Basara X - 55 -4 (game 2 all) (not fun)
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos - 53 -10 480p X+/\ p2 - supers too flashy
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology - Upper - 63 -7? (game 7) - flashy, just a bit eh
Sunsoft Collection - Waku Waku 7 - 53 -8 (huge input delay)
Taito Memories II: Last Volume (Gekan) -15 (game 2:2) (1278 x 892) Warrior Blade, Bubble Symphony
Tekken 4 -8 (game 4:4) (1278 x 896)
Tekken 5 - 58 (game 8:8:8) - AI weak to fast attacks
Vampire Darkstalkers Collection -15 (game 8?:8?) (V1 playable but ugh; play others in Training to avoid KO flashes) (1278 x 896)
Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary -? (game 8:4--doesn't save; health bar flash; oppressive w/ no sidestep to avoid edge)
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution -11 (game 6:6) (1280 x 894) (VF5 kinda better)
World Heroes Gorgeous - WH - 53 -6 (approx)

ps3
Dark Awake - 54 -4 (game 4:4) (1080p & xrgb 1080/1440 scene) (flashy)
Darkstalkers Resurrection -15 (game 50:50) (720p) (894 x 672) (red KO flash)
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round - 63 ? (game 45:45:45) (720p) (camera hurts eyes, counters hurt wrist)
Fighting Vipers - 63 -4 (game 4:4) (1080p & xrgb 1080/1440 scene) (eh, iffy clothing strip)
       Final Fight: Double Impact -5? (2?:4?) (1080p)
Golden Axe -18? (1080p)
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus -? (game 20:20:20) (720p) (vs cpu but repick) (big sparks, counter hit char flashes red)
       Jojo's Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. Trial -5 (3:3:3:3) (720p)
Marvel vs. Capcom Origins - MSH - 63 -4 (game 25?:25?) (720p) (894 x 672) (Power activation hits are red)
Marvel vs. Capcom Origins - MvC - 63 -18 (game 25?:25?) (720p) (894 x 672) (eh)
  The Next Space -17? (1080p)
       NEOGEO STATION The King of Fighters '94 -5 (27%) (1472x1080)
       NEOGEO STATION The King of Fighters '95 -5 (27%) (1472x1080)
       NEOGEO STATION The King of Fighters '96 -5 music a bit loud (27%)
             (1080p) KO RED FLASHES
       Ozma Wars -29? (1080p)
       Pac-Man CE (PS minis) -18 (too loud) (1080p)
       Pac-Man Museum -15 TOO LOUD! (720p)
       R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 -9 (game 6:5) (4:3 1080p)
Tekken - 63 -8 (1080p)
Tekken 2 - 63 -8 (1080p)
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection - 63 (game 10:10:10) (1080p) (AI spammable)
Tekken 6 - 63 (game default) (720p) (slower than dr, just not as light and fun)
Tekken Tag Tournament HD - -13 (game 7:7) (1080p) (I'm bad at it ; )
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - 63 -2 (game 8:8) (720p) (feels generic)
       Touch Down Fever -19? (1080p)
Virtua Fighter 2 - 62 -2 (game 3:3) (1080p)
          (duds char u/d, rank st+GPK, xprt chara d2,u2,l2,r2)

ps4 (expanded)
       ACA NEOGEO 3 Count Bout -18? (1536? x 1074)
       Arcade Archives 64th Street -15
       Arcade Archives Shanghai III -16 (-247|1424x1080)
              BLURRY TILES=EYESTRAIN! :P
       Arcade Game Series: Ms. Pac-Man -15 (-1120|1600x2160)
       Capcom Fighting Collection -9 (game 80%)
       Darius (Darius Cozmic Collection) -5 (45)
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round - 63 -16 (game 60) (camera hurts eyes, counters hurt wrist)
Fighting EX Layer - 62 (game 3:1:2:3)
Garou: Mark of the Wolves PS4 -? (game all max) (only like fire guy in survival; grades stop story ending)
       Gran Turismo 7 -9 (game Menu BGM 4, Menu SFX 7, Race SFX 7)
       Injustice 2 -9 (game default 100 all) (1080p) (copyright claims)
       Pac-Man Museum+ (PM) -15 (100:50:50) (-1146|1548x2160)
       Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection -8
Tekken 7 - 63 -2 (game -1 pip main) (feels generic)
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown - 60 (game default)
       Worms Battlegrounds -9 (game -2/-3/-2?) (janky : P)
       Worms WMD -9 (game -2/-4/-3) every kind of eyestrain
       Yakuza 6 -15? FZ -9? others (1540x1080)

PC
       Blue Wish Desire -25 (Shot=0,Bmb=7,Brst=5,FA=2,Paws=6; J2K: Btn2=z(T),Btn3=w,Btn4=c(T)) (720 x 960) Kinda 8o-gross bullet patterns/colors
       Blue Wish Resurrection Plus -25 (960 x 960)
       Sensible World of Soccer 96/97 -5 loud-ish (4:3; 480p x 2.25 point scaling; 1440x900)
       Mahjong Solitaire Refresh -6? (3:3?) RETURNED--slightly blurry tiles
       Star Trigon -9? (~45/~75?) (windowed 800 x 600) (cute but kind of aggravating)
       (x)Worms Armageddon -5 (game ~50%) TURN OFF NIGHT LIGHT

hellojed · February 11, 2023, 3:20am

wourme · February 11, 2023, 6:21pm

I guess I don’t have much of a list at the moment.

Every so often I’m tempted to give Silent Hill: Homecoming a shot, just because there’s nothing else like that series out there and maybe it will be tolerable. It sure has a good soundtrack, at least. But it will probably end up like the time I tried giving Downpour a chance and was sorely disappointed a short way in.

smbhax · February 15, 2023, 8:00am

Pre-ordered a Super Nt. They’re supposedly going to ship in “Q2.” Meant to hold off on buying games but started looking at eBay prices and…pulled some triggers.

The Combatribes (J)
The Death and Return of Superman
Final Fight 2 (J)
Funaki Masakatsu Hybrid Wrestler: Tougi Denshou (J)
Mr. Do
Super Game Boy (J)

Got the two Technos Japan games. Nine more games to go. The most expensive stuff is done, thank goodness. Going to try to hold off on more until next month. Used to have a GB; never had a SNES/SFC.

smbhax · February 21, 2023, 11:58pm

Decided to get a Sanni Cart Reader instead of the Super Nt. Went a little crazy on GameFAQs, YouTube, eBay, and “trying before buying” in Mesen, VisualBoyAdvanceM, and Project64. Now I’ve got:

The Combatribes (SFC)
The Death and Return of Superman (SNES)
Double Dragon II (GB)
Double Dragon Advance (GBA)
Death Brade (SFC)
Final Fight 2 (SFC)
Funaki Masakatsu Hybrid Wrestler: Tougi Denshou (SFC)
Mr. Do (SNES)
Rushing Beat Ran (SFC)
Super Game Boy (SFC)
Tetris (GB)
WCW/NWO Revenge (N64)
WWF WrestleMania Challenge (NES)

Two others I haven’t picked up yet (one SNES beat em up, one GB wrestling game).

Skimmed through loads of “top x games” for GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SNES, SMS, Genesis, and N64, and I guess that’s what I’ve come up with as the essential games for that whole swath of console cartridge game history. ; ) Feeling proud of myself for having a really stupid essential classic cartridge games list. ; D Having the excuse of avoiding games with flashing FX that could give me migraines helps trim the list down a lot.

Moronically bought a bootleg Double Dragon Advance cart before noticing that not only was the seller selling it for like 1/8th of the usual price, which could have been just carelessness–they also had 8 of them in stock. ; P Asked for and got a refund though so huzzah.

Kind of shocking how inexpensive NES and even a lot of N64 games are–whereas SNES and GBA seem to be kinda $$$.

Also kind of shocking how good the Aki wrestling games for N64 look and run in Project64. Hotcha hotcha.

Sure hope this cart reader thing works. ; )

smbhax · February 26, 2023, 1:55am

It works. : )

Full list until I find other old cart games to obsess over:

Batman Returns (SFC)
The Combatribes (SFC)
The Death and Return of Superman (SNES)
Double Dragon II (GB)
Double Dragon Advance (GBA)
Death Brade (SFC)
Final Fight 2 (SFC)
Funaki Masakatsu Hybrid Wrestler: Tougi Denshou (SFC)
Mario Bros. (NES)
Mario Bros. Classic Serie (NES PAL-B)
Mr. Do (SNES)
Rushing Beat Ran (SFC)
Super Game Boy (SFC)
Super Game Boy 2 (SFC)
Tetris (GB)
WCW/nWo Revenge (N64)
WWF Superstars (GB)
WWF WrestleMania Challenge (NES)

The “Classic Serie” very late (1993, SNES had already been out there for a year, and three years in Japan) European revamped release of Mario Bros had a lot of enhancements compared with say the original FC (and later US NES) release of 1983, including air control, critters faster even than the arcade version, bigger critter sprites, less flicker, bigger fireballs, the arcade little cinematics, etc; really plays very differently, the air control makes it a faster-paced game, I guess that’s why they sped up the critters too. Kind of tricky to search for on eBay, not even sure how often it shows up there or for how much…but I did manage to find a single listing, from Germany. : ) Wasn’t even too ridiculously expensive, thank goodness.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mario-Bros-Classic-Series-Nintendo-NES-Entertainmet-Sytem-/165944067172?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l44720.c10&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true

Noticed yesterday that the entire “Rushing Beat” SFC trilogy–aka Rival Turf, Brawl Brothers, and The Peace Keepers to use their SNES names–is available on Nintendo’s new-ish Nintendo Switch Online service.

I ended up getting the second-to-last rather than last games in the Rushing Beat and Final Fight series–oh and third-to-last in Aki’s N64 wrestling games. These earlier games are ridiculously less expensive than the later ones, probably just because people assume later is better. ^ _^ But my other rationalizing went like this:

Rushing Beat Ran: Went for this one because the sequel, Rushing Beat Shura, changes to a bigger, grayer art scheme and just looks less inspired somehow. And while this Japanese version is available in the US version if you enter a code–and I guess I’d want to play the JP version because it’s got more moves, ie hitting people in the junk–with the JP version I don’t have to enter the code every time to switch over. ^ _^ Yeah I won’t get the specifics of the story but it’s a beat 'em up. : P

Final Fight 2: 3 adds super moves, with big flashing power-up indicators and big flashing FX. Don’t really need those in my eyeballs. Also, it’s ridiculously overpriced; I’m not even that huge on FF1 anymore. : P

WCW/nWo Revenge: I don’t know if it’s just kind of related to the different vibes of the WCW vs the WWF of that era–WWF just sort of finally edging the WCW out in the Monday night wars and going more adult with its new “Attitude Era” aggro drama style or whatever it was–but Revenge immediately grabbed me, whereas the two later Aki N64 wrestlers, WWF Wrestlemania 2000 and WWF No Mercy, didn’t quite hit whatever exact sweet spot that was. Specifically, No Mercy goes for a darker, more detailed texture look–more muscle definition and so forth–that I don’t really need on my big blocky wrestlers, and both W2000 and No Mercy have a handful of female wrestlers; now normally I often prefer playing female characters in say fighting games, but the way they’re presented in this WWF scene of the time just feels skeevy, and something I’m happier to leave out. Oh and I’ve read

that No Mercy has strobing effect at the start and end of matches, which my eyeballs and whatever part of the stupid brain gets migraines are happy to avoid.

Update 2/28: Death and Return of Superman is off the list ; P

Update 3/5: Added Super Game Boy 2