Beaten in 2008

[heybtbm]

Last week: Mass Effect
Yesterday: Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Phantom Hourglass tested my patience a bit after my fourth and fifth trip to the hourglass dungeon. That section non-withstanding, it was a great game. It only took me 5 months to beat the damn thing.

[grolt]

Enduro Racer for the SMS. The ending will seriously change your life.

[Jmill]

Black Belt for the sega master system.

[jcalder8]

Super Mario Brothers with no warps

[Sudo]

Adventures of Lolo (NES)
Beyond Oasis (Genesis)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Genesis)
Devil May Cry 3 (PS2)
Half-Life 2 (PC)
Half-Life 2: Episode One (PS3)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (PS3)
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (Wii)
Kirby's Dream Land 2 (GB)
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES)
Legend of Zelda, The: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
Monster World IV (Genesis)
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii)
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
No More Heroes (Wii)
Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis)
Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast)
Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra (PS2)

No, I don't have a life. ;) I managed to finish 93 games last year, and I'll likely break that record at this rate unless I manage to find a job sometime soon.

[Jmill]

I just beat Isolated Warrior on the NES once, and then I beat it again to get to the secret last level.

[heybtbm]

Just finished God of War II. It took me 10 months.

My goal for the beginning of this year is to finish most of the games that I started, but never completed. God of War II was one of those games. I bought it on launch day but stopped playing a week or so later. I've been playing it off and on for the past few months and finally decided to finish it this weekend. Done and done.

[CreamSoda]

My list so far...

1-Super Mario 64(N64)
2-Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth(N64)
3-Wario Land(GB)
4-Wario Ware: INC- Mega Microgame$(GBA)
5-Dodgeball: Advance(GBA)

Yeah I know, not the most impressive list, but it's all good fun. :)

[darkhades]

4. Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
3. Call of Duty 4 (360)
2. Contra 4 (DS) On Easy & Normal difficulty
1. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (wii)

[Sudo]

Finished the original Mega Man earlier out of boredom and desire to complete a rather short game.

[djbeatmongrel]

1- Simple 2000 Series Vol. 95: The Zombie vs. Kyuukyuusha (ps2) 1/15/08
2- Geometry Wars: Galaxies *medals on all planets besides ds unlockable ones, all drones are maxed (wii) 1/16/08
3- No More Heroes (Wii) 2/05/08

[Sudo]

Just beat Mega Man 2. Two games in one day, I really need to find something more productive to do, but what? :confused:

[PentiumMMX]

Already finished:

#1: Super Mario Land [Normal & Hard] (Game Boy)

New to list:

#2: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening [Perfect Ending] (Game Boy)

[Sparkster]

Just finished Final Fantasy II (SNES). Probably could have been done earlier today with the strategy I chose, but I did some levelling before the final battle... is it my fault that I wanted my team saved at its best?

[Sudo]

Finished Devil May Cry 4, New Super Mario Bros. and Kirby Squeak Squad since I last posted in this thread.

[Sotenga]

No More Heroes. The ending was BRILLIANT. Hell, the entire game was brilliant. :D

[Leo_A]

Beat Metroid Zero Mission a few days ago. Took 6 hours though so I got the sucky ending, and only had 50 or 60% item completion.

[diskoboy]

Just finished Devil May Cry 4.

[Nate Nanjo]

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

[diskoboy]

FINALLY beat the last planet on Super Stardust HD.

[JSoup]

#2 - Altelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny
Like the previous game, takes a surprising amount of patients. Not really a whole lot a character backstory going on, much more straight forward. There is one alchemy chain, that is very simple to create, that completely obliterates any difficulty. I did like the new weapon synthesis system. Basically, you mix your previous weapon with an item and the result might be better or worse than what was aimed for based on the quality of the item.

#3 - Pokemon Diamond
Took me awhile, but I finally got around to grinding those last few levels. Actually, I came close to beating it once, but got far enough to open up Pal Park and swipe a few of my Lv. 80 Pokemon from Ruby. It was still a job after all that, as I forgot to take a grass-type with me.

[Sudo]

Finished Yoshi's Island DS.

[figment1988]

Vigilante for the Turbo Grafx-16 (via Wii's Virtual Console). i used to lose to the final boss most of the time, but after watching and learning some tactics from a youtube video, i put those lessons into good use, and it paid off in the end.

[VACRMH]

Just finished Dragon Warrior for the first time ever.

[darkhades]

5. No More Heroes (wii)
4. Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
3. Call of Duty 4 (360)
2. Contra 4 (DS) On Easy & Normal difficulty
1. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (wii)

[Sudo]

Just beat Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)

[segagamer4life]

just beat Nanostray complete.. 100% now I have to unlock the artwork with the challenges. I have to say, crappy ending, although Nice music. Can't wait for nanostray 2...

[lynchmcgahee]

Got the best ending on Star Fox 64 for the first time. I didn't even know more than one ending existed for the 10 years I've had the game.

[Sudo]

Finished Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

[Hyper_Sonic]

Finished The Simpsons Game last week, but not at 100%.

[98redM6]

I've yet to beat any games this year. I get to playing every once in a while but I cannot devote any marathon sessions due to time. Every weekend it's someones birthday or someone is having a party. My wife can't ever just stay at home and relax. She wants to be all up in the mix with others.

[Sudo]

Just beat Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS).

[diskoboy]

Rygar (NES) for the umpteenth time.

[Nintendork]

I just beat Abadox for the NES yesterday. Go me.

[Nate Nanjo]

3: Warriors Orochi (Wu Branch)

[Sudo]

Just finished up Lunar Knights (DS).

[grolt]

After about 20 or so hours, I finally finished GOLDEN AXE WARRIOR for the Sega Master System. Such a wonderfully designed game, I think it even passes WONDER BOY III as my favorite SMS game. So epic!

[darkhades]

6. Daxter (PSP)
5. No More Heroes (Wii)
4. Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
3. Call of Duty 4 (360)
2. Contra 4 (DS) On Easy & Normal difficulty
1. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)

[Sudo]

Finished Kirby Canvas Curse (DS) earlier, and Wizards and Warriors (NES) a little while ago.

[bangtango]

I beat Life Force on the NES a few days ago. It wasn't the first time I had beaten it, as I've finished the game many times before through the years (since the 1980's). This is my first time beating Life Force in 2008, though.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

#7 Professor Layton and the curious village

We have a new great series here my friends go get this game

next up Wild arms 5

[Sudo]

Just finished Phantasy Star IV.

[Amnion-Chorion]

Let's see....so far this year I've finished:

Actraiser (Wii VC)
Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (DS)
Digimon World Dusk (DS)
No More Heroes (Wii)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

5 games total. Not off to a bad start at all, I suppose!

[djbeatmongrel]

game #4 - Betty Boop's Double shift (DS) 2/20/08

[Sudo]

Finished up Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney a few minutes ago.

[namzep]

2) the Simpsons (PS3) - only about 63% completion percentage, though. Going to try and gather everything and bring it up to 100% (which will take forever).

[JSoup]

#4 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (GBA)
I found this in my collection the other night and realized that I never finished the final battle. It's a great remake of a great game.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

#8 Wild arms 5

Longer than I thought it would be but good none the less

[jcalder8]

#5 Super Mario Land 2 for the GB

Still a fun game after all these years, even if it is too easy

[darkhades]

6. Final Fight (SNES)
5. No More Heroes (wii)
4. Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
3. Call of Duty 4 (360)
2. Contra 4 (DS) On Easy & Normal difficulty
1. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (wii)

[PentiumMMX]

Already finished:

#1: Super Mario Land [Normal & Hard] (Game Boy)
#2: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening [Perfect Ending] (Game Boy)

New to list:

#3: The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Game Boy)

(I'm eventually going to finish Gurumin...)

[GnawRadar]

No More Heroes
Halo 3
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (all 135 puzzles)
Dead or Alive 4 (all stories)

Working on:
Super Mario RPG and Final Fantasy VI Advance

[Sudo]

Just finished up Tales of Phantasia (PSX).

[bangtango]

NFL 2K2 (XBox)
-My New England Patriots went 15-1 on their way to a Super Bowl title, losing only to the Colts when I played them waaaaaaay too conservatively on both sides of the ball. My Patriots squad was led by starting quarterback (and ex-NFL first round draft bust) Rick Mirer. I wanted to pick one of the worst quarterbacks in the game to see how my team would fare. I learned that the quarterbacks in the 2K2 game really play up (or down to) their rating, Sega/Visual Concepts really put together a good game here. His (Rick's) completion percentage was barely 50%, Mirer only had 3 more TD's than he did picks, he barely cracked 2,000 passing yards and I ran more than I passed but ultimately Rick Mirer did the job. Bledsoe was the Patriots starting quarterback to open my first season of Franchise mode but I traded him off to help boost the D-Line (and make room for Mirer). I look forward to the next season of Franchise mode with this team and expect to march back to the Super Bowl again, Rick Mirer is still my starter but in case he fizzles out (which could happen), I've got free agent backup Troy Aikman ready to go under center.


Double Dragon 2 (original Gameboy)
-I beat this in both Easy mode, which cuts off after Level 4, and in Normal mode which allows you to play through to the very end. I had to use the GB's Game Genie though because the very last stage, in which you fight ALL of the bosses from the previous levels in succession before meeting the final boss, is murder. Next, I plan to beat this in Hard mode and once I have done that, I'll probably sell the game and most likely the Game Genie since this is the only GB game I've used it on in the past 10 years.

[xfrumx]

1: Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
I beat this game a few days back making as many of the weapons as I could. Is there much to the story after you beat it or do you just go down further and fight more enemies? If anyone could let me know I might keep playing.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Finished in 2008

#1: Bioshock (evil ending)
#2: LOST : Via Domus
#3: Uncharted : Drake's Fortune
#4: God of War : Chains of Olympus
#5: Heavenly Sword

I hadn't played through Heavenly Sword since I had picked it up on sale earlier in the year ... I had played the demo, but I was waiting for something, a stretch of free time, or a "good reason". When I picked up the Dual Shock 3 controller this week, that seemed like a good enough reason to play through. Oh, what to say about this game ... what to say ... it's a good example of a company being strongly influenced by a great game (God of War) and at the same time trying desperately to disassociate itself by creating a slightly different control style. The end result is a game that could have been so much better if it just was a by-the-numbers play-alike of God of War ... instead we're left with a above average looking title that suffers from a rock/paper/scissors attack/block/parry control scheme that simply does not work the way that it's designed to (mostly due to AI issues). The camera is also problematic. Not a bad game, but one that could have used another year of development, and not one that I'll ever go back and play through again.

[xfrumx]

#2 - 2/28/08 - Earthworm Jim 2 (Sega Genesis)
This game was super fun, I beat it without cheats but used continues/password functions. The last level was pretty tough for me but wasn't so bad once I figured it out.


#1 - 2/25/08 - Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (GBA)
I beat this game making as many of the weapons as I could. Is there much to the story after you beat it or do you just go down further and fight more enemies? If anyone could let me know I might keep playing.

[jb143]

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Dx (Gameboy Color)

Super Mario 2 (GBA)

[outofkeyslightly]

I finally beat Spiderman and X-men - Arcade's revenge for the Genesis this year. Alas, there was much cheating. If game genie is your style btw gshi.org has the best selection of genie codes around for any system, a multitude of which are new and hacked by members. Anyway, I also finished Wolverine for genesis. I guess January was a good month for shitty X-men games...

[Jimid2]

Well, lessee... not too much so far this year...

1. Jean D'Arc (PSP) - I loved this SRPG - in fact, I tried going back to FFT after finishing it and just couldn't... Jean D'Arc does it better, I think. I've got 60+ hours into it!!

2. Puzzle Quest (PSP) - compulsive little title... A damn sight longer than you'd think if you go off and do all the sidequests (which I did!)...

3. Symphoney of the Night (PSP) - Only 191.6% at the last save (just before Shaft & Drac) but what the hey, I feel like it's time to move on...

[namzep]

3) Tetris DS (DS, obviously) on Marathon mode. I'm also only about 10 or so puzzles away from beating puzzle mode.

[PentiumMMX]

Already finished:

#1: Super Mario Land [Normal & Hard] (Game Boy)
#2: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening [Perfect Ending] (Game Boy)
#3: The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Game Boy)

New to list:

#4: Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands (Game Boy)

(It makes me feel old...)

[xfrumx]

#3 - 3/01/08 - Ninja Five-O (GBA)
I beat it on easy.. it was still semi challenging, mine is a bootleg cart called Ninja Cop (I guess thats what it is called in Europe) I found at a Gamestop for $4.99 and I really wanted to play it so I bought it and now the save doesn't work and I didn't wanna play through half the game on normal difficulty today.


#2 - 2/28/08 - Earthworm Jim 2 (Sega Genesis)
This game was super fun, I beat it without cheats but used continues/password functions. The last level was pretty tough for me but wasn't so bad once I figured it out.


#1 - 2/25/08 - Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (GBA)
I beat this game making as many of the weapons as I could. Is there much to the story after you beat it or do you just go down further and fight more enemies? If anyone could let me know I might keep playing.

[Sotenga]

My most recent victory was on Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. An excellent continuation to what was formerly known as the Phoenix Wright series, and it was a thorough blast to play. I can see why others were not too fond of the last half-hour or so of the game, but the more I reflect on it, it was a damn good ending. I can't wait for the fifth one, that's for sure! :)

[lynchmcgahee]

Beat Marvel vs Capcom and Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter for the first time.

[Greg2600]

Over the course of the last week, I beat all three Super Nintendo Super Star Wars games....on Easy of course.

[Sudo]

Just finished Zelda: Oracle of Seasons.

[Julio III]

#1 - Shanghai - PC Engine - shouldn't really count but hey
#2 - New Super Mario Bros - DS - did both extra worlds but a couple of random bonus levels remain unfinished
#3 - Sonic Pocket Adventure - NGPC - complete, didn't get all Chaos Emeralds to unlock bonus level
#4 - Daytona USA - Saturn - placed first in all 3 courses

[Nate Nanjo]

4. Apollo Justice.

I also beat Warriors Orochi with all branches.

[Sudo]

Finished the original Adventure Island on NES.

[PresidentLeever]

The Guardian Legend (NES)
Power Strike/Aleste, Castle of Illusion (SMS)
Mega Man X (SNES)
Landstalker (MD)

[darkhades]

7. Disaster Report (PS2)
6. Daxter (PSP)
5. No More Heroes (Wii)
4. Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
3. Call of Duty 4 (360)
2. Contra 4 (DS) On Easy & Normal difficulty
1. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)

[PentiumMMX]

Already finished:

#1: Super Mario Land [Normal & Hard] (Game Boy)
#2: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening [Perfect Ending] (Game Boy)
#3: The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Game Boy)
#4: Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands (Game Boy)

New to list:

#5: Super Smash Bros. (N64)

(First non-Game Boy game on the list. Beaten all of the Break the Targets and Board the Platform stages on top of unlocking everything again)

[xfrumx]

#4 - 3/06/08 - Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii)
I didn't know what to think of this game before I started it I love Sonic so I had to get it. Boy am I happy about this game, other than a few stupid Wii remote control issues this game rules, staying up until 2:15am to beat it shows it was well worth it. Great game and first 3D Sonic game I have actually played all the way through!

#3 - 3/01/08 - Ninja Five-O (GBA)
I beat it on easy.. it was still semi challenging, mine is a bootleg cart called Ninja Cop (I guess thats what it is called in Europe) I found at a Gamestop for $4.99 and I really wanted to play it so I bought it and now the save doesn't work and I didn't wanna play through half the game on normal difficulty today.


#2 - 2/28/08 - Earthworm Jim 2 (Sega Genesis)
This game was super fun, I beat it without cheats but used continues/password functions. The last level was pretty tough for me but wasn't so bad once I figured it out.


#1 - 2/25/08 - Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (GBA)
I beat this game making as many of the weapons as I could. Is there much to the story after you beat it or do you just go down further and fight more enemies? If anyone could let me know I might keep playing.

[Juganawt]

Previously....on Jug's completed 2008 list:

#1 Cobra The Space Adventure (Sega CD)
#2 Metal Slug 3 (XBLA)

now

#3 Burnout Paradise (360)
#4 Dynasty Warriors Gundam (360)
#5 Wartech Senko no Ronde (360)
#6 Orange Box (360)
#7 FEAR Files (360)
#8 ClockTower (SNES)
#9 Warriors Orochi (360)
#10 Speedball 2 (XBLA)
#11 Rez HD (XBLA)
#12 Advance Wars DoR (NDS)
#13 Turok (360)
#14 The Club (360)
#15 Triggerheart Excelica (XBLA)
#16 Musou Orochi (PSP)
#17 God of War - Chains of Olympus (PSP)
#18 Bike Banditz (PC)
#19 Undertow (XBLA)

one of these are probably going to be next: Frontlines Fuel of War (360), Rocketmen (XBLA), Dynasty Warriors 6 (360), Samurai Warriors Katana (Wii) or Sweet Home (NES)