Video Game Time, 2021
Games finished
- Bonk’s Adventure, Turbo Grafx-16, played on rom. Rating: 3. Watch the playthrough on YouTube.
- Death Stranding, Playstation 4, played on Steam. Rating: 5. Watch my review essay.
- Project x zone 2, Nintendo 3DS, played on Nintendo 3DS. Rating: 4
- Psychosis, Turbo Grafx-16, played on rom. Rating: 3. Watch the playthrough on YouTube.
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, Microsoft Xbox 360, played on Nintendo Switch. Rating: 3. Watch my Kim Boss run on YouTube.
- Sonic Adventure, Sega Dreamcast, played on Steam. Rating: 3. Watch my Sonic run on YouTube.
- Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Seven Stars, Super Nintendo, played on rom. Rating: 3
- Tetris Effect: Connected, Playstation 4, played on Xbox Game Pass. Rating: 3. Watch one Level on Youtube.
- R-Type, Turbo Grafx-16, played on rom, 90%. Rating: 3. Watch the playthrough on YouTube.
- Pokémon Crystal, Nintendo Game Boy Color, played on Nintendo 3DS. Rating: 4
Games I played, did not finish, but will likely try again
- Super Metroid, Super Nintendo, played on Nintendo Switch Online, 60%. Rating: 3
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, played on Nintendo DS, 50%.
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Nintendo Switch, 50%. Rating: 5
- Coffee Talk, Nintendo Switch, 30%. Rating: 3
- Nier Automata, Playstation 4, played on Xbox Game Pass, 30%. Rating: 3
- Cyberpunk 2077, played on Good Old Games, 20%. Rating: TBD
- Theatrhythm Final Fantsasy: Curtain Call, played on Nintendo 3DS, 20%. Rating: 3
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, Nintendo Switch, 15%. Rating: 4
- New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo DS, played on rom, 70%
- Cozy Grove, played on Nintendo Switch, 15%. Rating: 3
- Undertale, Steam, played on Nintendo Switch, 5%. Rating: TBD
- Final Fantasy IV, Super Nintendo, played on Nintendo DS, 0%. Rating: TBD
Games I played, did not finish, and likely won’t try again
- Panzer Dragoon Remake, Sega Saturn, played on Nintendo Switch, 50%. Rating: 1
- Wario Land II, Nintendo Game Boy Color, played on rom, 50%. Rating: 1
- Fantasian, Apple Arcade, played on Apple Arcade, 10%. Rating: 2
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster, Playstation 3, played on Xbox Game Pass, 5%. Rating: 2
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 1
- Columns, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 2
- Columns III: Revenge of Columns, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 2
- Decap Attack, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 1
- Flicky, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 1
- Gain Ground, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 1
- Galaxy Force II, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 1
- Kid Chameleon, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 1
- Shining in the Darkness, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 1
- Sonic 3D Blast, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 1
- Sonic Spinball, Sega Genesis, played on Nintendo Switch, 1%. Rating: 2
Games I played too much of but are they ever really done?
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo Switch. Rating: 4. Watch some highlights of my first run on YouTube
- Stardew Valley, Steam, played on Nintendo Switch. Rating: 5
Notes & thoughts
- The ratings are out of 5. My rating system for games is the same as my rating system for wrestling matches.
- I recorded and edited a video for almost every game I beat. I did not mean to do this!
- Most of the games I tried but won’t return to are from the Sega Genesis Collections bundle. I think this says more about the nature of bundled game collections than anything specifically about the Genesis. I purposefully put aside a few games in that collection to enjoy later, but that doesn’t show up in the data.
- 2021 was a year I subscribed to Xbox Game Pass for a few months, Apple Arcade, and the Nintendo Online service (I’m a sucker who upgraded to the expansion pak as well). I can’t help but think that subscriptions to game collections are only going to become more of a thing as time goes on. For the purposes of my own organization, I categorize games from these collections as if its a separate system entirely. That’s why there’s “Nintendo Switch” and “Nintendo Switch Online.”
- I played roms mainly to try out mods and hacks and cheats, because I spent a few months this year being very interested in how they work in terms of enjoying games using fresh perspectives. I still might make a video about that sometime.
- I “beat” Project-X-Zone 2 this year, but I played 99% of it back in 2016. I had just left the game at the final boss without having finished the thing. You ever just stop watching a TV show before the last episode? It’s like that. You’ll come back to it when you’re ready for it to be over, not when the creators are.
- My video game spreadsheet lives on Airtable, which is pretty perfect for things like this.
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