Anyone keep track of how many games you've beaten?

[youruglyclone]

Beating is a game is a fine achievement but have you ever thought about how many you've beaten during span as a gamer?

I pretty in the process of doing a tally for myself and I'm up to about 170+ for about 18 years worth of gaming.

granted there are games where I cheated (I was six at the time...), and a majority of the games I haven't "completed" (didn't get all the items, characters, endings blah blah blah).

So anyone care to share their tallies?

[BrokenFlight]

I've beaten about 8 PS2 games, Hitman (2 games), MOH (2) True Crime and others. I've only ever beaten one game on the Megadrive. That was Empire of Steel, an excellent shmup (called Steel Empire in other countries, I think). I've come to the final boss a few times but I usually only have 1 ship left by then.

I've sort of beaten Sonic 3. I used Sonic and Knuckles to unlock all the levels then I played through each level separately. But I don't consider myself to have "beaten" it. I came close to beating Sonic 2 but I was staying up all night and I got bored by 5am

I've done 95% of GTA:SA 96% of VC and 98% of GTA3 but I jsut can't seem to get the last few per cent done :angry:

I should really concentrate on one game for a while. I'd have more chances of beating them if I actually played them a lot. I have a bad habbit of buying a game, playing it for a couple of hours, then putting it away on the shelf and forgetting about it.

[jajaja]

I used to keep a list of all the NES games I've beat when I was a kid. I still have that list hehe :)
But from that, no, I have no idea how many games I've beaten totaly.

[Jumpman Jr.]

No, I haven't... But I could probably make a list of all the games that I've ever beaten in my life (thats how much I actually play: I can actually make a list of them):

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2
Super Mario Land
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Sunshine
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Kirby's Adventure
Streets of Rage 2
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Star Wars: Rogue Squadrun
Super Mario Kart
Mario Kart 64
Goldeneye
TMNT 2

I honestly think thats it @_@

[Nez]

Yes.

Here's what I've beaten this year.
Castlevania Dissonance
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Super Mario Sunshine
King of Fighters '99
Tekken 3
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Gunbird 2
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
Ape Escape
Resident Evil 4
Ico
Jak 2
Onimusha 3
RE 2 Leon
RE 0
KOF 2002
KOF 2003
Viewtiful Joe
Ikaruga
LOZ Wind Waker
Katamari Damacy
Castle Shikigami 2
Half Life 2
Kof max
Wario world
Gunstar heros
Tales Of Destiny
Metroid prime
Soul caliber 2
Gta san an
Burnout 3
Hotd 3
Hitman 2
Tales of symphonia

And in total I've beaten about 197 games +- a few.

[slip81]

I don't have an exact number, but it's around 100 so far.

[atari_wizard]

Atari 2600
pitfall II. i've also earned patches for several of the activsion games, if that counts.

Sega Genesis
altered beast / Forgotten Worlds / Sonic The Hedgehog 1 / Tommy Lasorda Baseball (complete season) / lethal enforcers / streets of rage 2 / arnold palmer's tournament golf / nba jam & t.e. / sports talk baseball (complete season) / zoom

NES
kung fu / karate kid / paperboy / super mario bros. / super mario bros. 3 / Flintstones: rescue of dino & hoppy / Flintstones: surprise at dinosaur peak / baseball stars (complete season) / contra / super c / menace beach / tecmo super bowl (complete season) / teenage mutant ninja turtles II: the arcade game /

Sega Saturn
virtua cop

N64
mario 64 / wave race 64 / blast corps / donkey kong 64 / the legend of zelda: ocarina of time / bust a move 2 / the new tetris (fav. tetris game!) / star wars: shadow's of the empire

Game Cube
THUG

[DDCecil]

I've beaten 110+ NES games so far (Ghostlion or Ultima: QotA was my last back in 2001) and many, many other games. I used to have a list... I'll see if I can dig it up.

[-hellvin-]

I am actually keeping an active list this year by system...here's the progress:

Dreamcast

Gunbird 2
Resident Evil 2 (Leon)

DS

Warioware Touched!

Gameboy Advance

Legend of Zelda: Classics

Genesis

Gunstar Heroes
Lightening Force
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hyperstone Heist

Gamecube

Ikaruga
Resident Evil 4

PC

Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura
Fallout
Fallout 2
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Contracts
T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age

Playsation

Metal Gear Solid

Playstation 2

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (100%)
Katamari Damacy
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Onimusha 3
Shadow Hearts: Covenant

Sega Master System

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World

Sega CD

Lunar: Silver Star
Sonic CD

SNES

Final Fantasy III
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Super Mario World

Xbox

Ninja Gaiden
Silent Hill 4

[Haoie]

I know that what I've beaten is less than 50% of what I own for sure.

[bazariah]

i can recall beating around 250 nes games, 70+ on snes, 100+ on the megadrive, around a hundred on ps1, probably 70 on ps2, 52 on the gamecube and shite loads of others on other systems

[NESaholic]

I don't keep a list of games i beat,but i'm around the 250-300 maybe more for all kinds of systems i own and have owned in the past years.

[AlexKidd]

I have a list somewhere of games i've beaten. It's at about 100 now but it's mostly from the past few years as I don't remember every game I beat as a kid.

[shvnsth]

i keep a word document, with the total at the bottom.



Arcade
Mazan- Flash of the Blade
Time Crisis 2

Computer

Call of Duty
Half-Life
Half-Life- Blue Shift
Halo- Combat Evolved
Max Payne 2- The Fall of Max Payne
Medal of Honor- Allied Assault
Quake III Arena
Star Wars- Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Unreal 2- The Awakening
Unreal Tournament


Dreamcast

Dynamite Cop
Soul Calibur
The House of the Dead 2
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2


Game Boy

Pokemon Red


Game Boy Advance

Castlevania- Circle of the Moon


Gamecube

Super Smash Brothers Melee


Neo-Geo MVS

Bust-A-Move
Metal Slug
Ninja Combat


Nintendo 64

Goldeneye 007
Pokemon Puzzle League
Mario Party
Star Fox 64
Star Wars- Episode I Podracer
Star Wars- Shadows of the Empire
Super Mario 64
The Legend of Zelda- Ocarina of Time
Yoshi’s Story


Playstation

Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Final Fantasy VII
Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil 3- Nemesis


Playstation 2

Baldur’s Gate- Dark Alliance
Def Jam Vendetta
Def Jam- Fight for New York
God of War
Gran Turismo Concept 2001 Tokyo
Jak II
NBA Street
PaRappa the Rapper 2
Rachet & Clank- Going Commando
Rachet & Clank- Up Your Arsenal
Rez
SSX
SSX 3
The Bouncer
The Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King
Tony Hawk Underground


Saturn
Dodonpachi (import)


Super Nintendo

Star Fox


Xbox

Dance Dance Revolution UltraMix
Dead or Alive 3
Halo- Combat Evolved
Jade Empire
Madden 2004
NCAA Football 2005
Soul Calibur 2

61 total games beaten

[Sothy]

Kaminos site has a big "look how many games I beat " circle jerk. I dunno.

At least he opens his games.

[MattyXB]

No idea how much games I have beat. So many which I never have count. But the important games which I know are these.

Atari 2600 VCS:
Dragonfire (the White Dragon is always the same, so endless game)
Pitfall II - Lost Cavern
Raiders of the Lost Ark

GameBoy:
Final Fantasy Adventure / Mystic Quest

NES:
Guardian Legend
The Legend of Zelda

SNES:
Final Fantasy II/IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy III/VI
Final Fantasy - Mystic Quest
Illusion of Gaia / Time
Secret of Evermore
Secret of Mana
Shadowrun
Soul Blazer
Star Ocean
Super Castlevania IV
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi Island
Super Metroid
The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past

N64:
Mario Kart 64
Super Mario 64

GBA:
Castlevania - Circle of the Moon
Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow
The Legend of Zelda - The Minish Cap

Game Cube:
Luigi's Mansion
Mario Kart Double Dash!!
The Legend of Zelda - Wind Waker

Nintendo DS:
Another Code - Two Memories
Polarium (100 Puzzles)
Super Mario 64 DS

Mega Drive:
Landstalker (Japanese & German, Japanese is much harder game, not only the language)
Shining Force
Shining Force 2
Soleil

Playstation:
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night
Final Fantasy VII (only the last Boss and Weapon Monster missing, but see the ending from someone else)
Final Fantasy IX

Playstation 2:
Castlevania
Monkey Island

And maybe much more, which I don't remember yet

[rbudrick]

A little bump here...I was doing a search on something else and came across this.

I have kept a list of games I have beaten, along with the time it took me to beat them, and what system they were for since I was 11 or 12. It's in the 470 range or so, iirc.

I'll never forget the greatest summer ever when I was 15 or so (maybe 14). I beat 90 games that summer. <sigh> It wasn't uncommon to beat 2 in a day then, sometimes 3 (rent it, beat it, return it, rent another). One day I beat 5! I really wish I dated my accomplisments so I can look back on what games I beat close to each other.

Can't say I didn't get any excercise either...the video store was 3 miles away, and I rode my bike there. I used to get a minimum of 6 miles a day on my bike...

How the hell did I find so much time to get into trouble back then?!

-Rob

[Jumpman Jr.]

Over my life, no... I'm sure I beat many games back when I was a kid, but there is no way I would ever remember which ones they are.
Recently, yes. Everytime I beat a game, I add it to my post in the "Beaten in 2005" thread. 8-)

[§ Gideon §]

Haha, wow that's pretty impressive. I remember you telling stories about how the rental store would give you freebies? Was that you?

Anyway, I don't keep track. I probably won't start any time soon, either... I could find out though, really easily. I've got my entire collection catologued. Hmm... This is making me curious...

[rbudrick]

Haha, wow that's pretty impressive. I remember you telling stories about how the rental store would give you freebies? Was that you?

Anyway, I don't keep track. I probably won't start any time soon, either... I could find out though, really easily. I've got my entire collection catologued. Hmm... This is making me curious...

Yep, that was me! Wow...good memory, dude. They used to depend on me to review the games all thre way through to tell them which ones were good so they'd know what to recommend. People starting calling me from all over for game tips...even showing up at my house sometimes, lol. It got the point where I would often help people through games I had never even played just by having them describe what they were doing in the game.

The store wanted to hire me when I was 14, but they couldn't due to age restrictions for the workers in NH. They used to let me rent the games for free. I'd often help out around the store for the free rentals. Computer Junction...later Game Junction was the coolest store ever for rentals. They rented everything...TG16, Genesis, SNES, NES, GB, GameGear, NeoGeo. No SMS though, I don't think.

They used to let you play any game before you played it right there in the store. I remember being really let down when they went out of business.

The day the SNES came out I rented it and beat Super Mario World the same night. I was psyched because I found about 45 levels that night, including the secret worlds (and made it through them). I think the Blue switch palace was the last level I ever found in that game.

Renting a NeoGeo RULED.

-Rob

[Crush Crawfish]

Yep, I keep a list of every game I've ever beaten, along with what system it was for, and even the date I beat it. Dear sweet jesus, I'm a dork. LOL

Anyways, my current total is 162 games.

[Tanis178]

you know this would've been a good poll question, or even what's the ratio of beaten versus owned, could really tell how many people just buy them as opposed to play them

[rbudrick]

you know this would've been a good poll question, or even what's the ratio of beaten versus owned, could really tell how many people just buy them as opposed to play them

Not if you factor in rentals.

-Rob

[adaml]

Yep, I keep a list of every game I've ever beaten, along with what system it was for, and even the date I beat it. Dear sweet jesus, I'm a dork. LOL

Anyways, my current total is 162 games.

I guess I'm probably the biggest dork of all then.

TOTAL VIDEO GAMES BEATEN
1306

Last updated: 12/8/05

[kevin_psx]

Beating is a game is a fine achievement but have you ever thought about how many you've beaten during span as a gamer?

Very few 'cause most games suck & aren't worth completing. Let's see - FF3 (japan), FF5, FF6, FF7, FF9, FF10, Kingdom Hearts, Banjo-Kazooie, Mario64, Ratchet & Clank 1, Tales of Destiny 2, Metroid Zero, plus other i forgot

15

[rbudrick]

I guess I'm probably the biggest dork of all then.

TOTAL VIDEO GAMES BEATEN
1306

Damn.

I was only counting the ones I didn't cheat on, dude!

LOL LOL LOL

-Rob

[darknut101]

I keep a list of finished games in excel spreadsheet. I don't have as many as I should for how long I've been playing games. If I were to add up the number of times I've beaten certain games it would be high. Some games I've been 20+ times. If I had a list of all my back logs and all the games I haven't finished it would be huge. I can't imagine the number of games I started and never finished.

[adaml]

I guess I'm probably the biggest dork of all then.

TOTAL VIDEO GAMES BEATEN
1306

Damn.

I was only counting the ones I didn't cheat on, dude!

LOL LOL LOL

-Rob

Bastard. [note adaml's use of sarcasm]

I abandoned the quest to legit beat every single NES game around the time I met my wife (1998). Since then my philosophy on finishing NES games is to be the only person who has gone through every single NES game and seen the endings (or lack thereof).

The last couple of years I have really slowed down, beating only a few regular NES games this year. I have really enjoyed playing through some wretched Sachen games lately and a lot of the PAL only NES games, but once in awhile the mood strikes me just right like it did with Wario's World the other day and I just go for it. Let me tell you, even through cheating Wario was a bitch at Stage 99.

If anyone cares, here's what I have left:

Bandit Kings of Ancient China (Koei) --10
F-117A Stealth Fighter (Microprose) --8
Gemfire (Koei) --8
L'Empereur (Koei) --9
Miracle Piano Teaching System (Mindscape) --10
Nobunaga's Ambition II (Koei) --9
Overlord (Virgin) --9
Pirates (Ultra) --8
Pool of Radiance (FCI) --8
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 (Koei) --9
Silent Service (Ultra) --9
Ultima: Warriors of Destiny (FCI) --10
Uncharted Waters (Koei) --9

The number next to them is what I assess the difficulty of the game at. Miracle Piano scares me.

[Funk E. Gamez]

Let's see uh...

Well I've been playing video games for about 7 years.

I've completed approximately.... 100 games. :D I'd say I'm pretty good at just about any game now too. I'm not the best at sport and racing games, but other games I can win in no time flat.

I could probably make a list, but nah... I don't feal like it.

NOTE: My estimate may be way off. LOL

[christhegamer]

I've only beaten, like, 10 games; and all of them with cheat-codes!

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

[Zilla]

I started keeping track around the time I started collecting last year. I've taken out about 10 games in the past year and hope to keep that going.

[Wavelflack]

Back in the "old days", I had a list of the entire rental inventory of our local Curtis-Mathes store, and I used that to check off the games I beat. They had all of the NES and SMS games (with minor exceptions), and so I had a fairly definitive listing. Anyway, I would generally rent a "Nintendo game", beat it, and return it the next day. The higher quality games (Zelda, Metroid, etc.) I bought and paced myself (you can beat Zelda 1 in a few hours, if you want to, but if you laid out $40 for it, don't you want it to last awhile?).

Anyway, in the late 80's, I had two lists: One list was arcade games I beat (including Pyros, which I felt was pretty impressive at the time), and the other was the rental list showing NES and SMS games I beat. I still have the lists. I stopped keeping count once I got a Genesis, but at the time I had about 100 NES games beaten, 20 or so SMS games, and about another 20+ arcade games finished. Since then (estimates), probably 50-60 Genesis games, 5 or so 32X games, 5 Sega CD games, 10 Saturn, 15 Dreamcast, and 5 Xbox games. That covers the Sega (!) systems. I didn't pick up a SNES until later. and I only have 10 or so SNES games beaten. A couple of N64 games, a few Gamepube games.

There are a few old games that I consider "beaten", such as Pitfall 2, Frankenstein's Monster, and a few others.

All in all, I would guesstimate that I've beaten around 300-350 games in my life. I beat myself more frequently (it's a win/win situation).

[cyberfluxor]

I don't know all the games off the top of my head, but when I see the title I know if I beat it. For example:
PC: Diablo series (1,2,exp), Starcraft (Not exp), Doom 1 & 2, Simcity 2k (When Exodus occues), Wolf 3D, Descent, Duke Nukem, and then my memory fades for PC.
On consules, it's a lot more difficult to recall because:
1) I own a lot more games for it, and
2) I would usually pick up another game before I'd beat my previous.
eg. In FF7, the farthest I got was the crator, then I got into Gran Turismo 2. What a switch :P

But escentially, I'd say I've beaten around 20 games. Sad but true.

Oh! I made it all the way through Unreal Turnament and Quake III arena on the DC! I played the hell out of that game! And reminds me, I beat Quake 2 on the PC!

[S_W_Prof]

dont have an exact number but its gotta be around 110-120 by now

[Whiskers the Wonder Cat]

Kirby Adventure
Forgotten Worlds
Final Fantasy VII
Grandia II
Phantasy Star Online
Final Fantasy Legends III
Diablo II
Star Wars:KOTOR
Star Wars:KOTOR II
Suikoden
Suikoden II
Front Mission III
Tatics Ogre:Knights of the Lodis
Astro Boy:Omega Factor
Tomba II
Metal Gear Solid II
Metal Gear Solid III
Felix The Cat
Advanced Guardian Heroes
Some Mighty Morphin Power Rangers game on the Genesis

[Red Hedgehog]

Back when all I had was a NES, 1987-2003 (okay, I had an original Gameboy during that period as well), I made a concerted effort to beat every beatable game I had. Now that I have many more systems, that's still a goal of mine. On my collection lists, besides listing whether I have the box and manual for the game, and how many players it accommodates, I also list whether I have beaten it or not.

NES games are the most impressive, and I don't have any beat for SMS, Genesis (including Sega CD and 32X), Saturn, or N64. Anyway, here are the breakdowns:

NES: 45
SNES: 6
Playstation (includes PS1 and PS2): 8
Gamboy (includes original, color, and advance): 18

Obviously, there are plenty of computer games I've beaten over the years, but since I don't maintain a collection of them, I can't add their numbers. Still, I'm pretty happy with my totals.

[Amy Rose]

I've beaten games I no longer own, and games I used to rent as a kid, but I've made a little project recently of trying to beat half of the games I own. I don't own many games (like, 250), but it's still an uphill struggle! So far:

Wonderswan
- Digimon Battle Spirit

GBA
- Breath of Fire II
- KoF Neoblood
- Kirby Slide-e :P
- Kuru Kuru Kururin
- Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advanced 3

GB
- Pokemon Blue

GBC
- Pokemon Silver
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

NGPC
- Fatal Fury: First Contact
- King of Fighters Round 2
- Samurai Shodown II

NES
- Super Mario Bros/Duckhunt

N64
- Pokemon Puzzle League
- Pokemon Snap
- Pokemon Stadium
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Yoshi's Story

GCN
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
- Sonic Heroes
- Soul Calibur II

Dreamcast
- Capcom vs SNK
- Grandia II
- Guilty Gear X
- KoF 99 Dreammatch Never Ends
- KoF 2000
- Mr Driller
- Sonic Adventure 2

Game Gear
- Castle of Illusion
- Columns
- Cool Spot

SMS
- Alex Kidd: The Lost Star
- Castle of Illusion
- Sonic Chaos

Mega Drive
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
- Ariel The Little Mermaid
- Bubsy I
- Castle of Illusion
- Columns
- Cool Spot
- Disney's Aladdin
- Disney's Tale Spin
- Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Ecco Jr
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Lion King
- Mega Games I
- Mickey Mania
- Mr. Nutz
- Rocket Knight Adventures
- Sonic & Knuckles
- Sonic Compilation
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Sparkster
- Street Fighter II
- Tazmania
- X-Men
- Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel

Saturn
- Sonic R
- Tenchi Muyo: Tokomuyo (well, as much as you can finish it...)

PSX
- Digimon World
- Ehrgeiz: God Bless The Ring
- Fatal Fury: Real Bout
- Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy IX
- Guilty Gear
- Metal Gear Solid
- Spyro the Dragon
- Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage

PS2
- Final Fantasy X
- Final Fantasy X-2
- Gitaroo Man
- Kingdom Hearts
- Parappa The Rapper 2
- Space Channel 5 Part 2
- The Bouncer

SNES
- Final Fantasy III
- Kirby's Ghost Trap
- Yoshi's Island

Xbox
- Panzer Dragoon Orta

PC
- Grandia II
- Abe's Exoddus
- Abe's Oddysee
- Sonic & Garfield

[dreamcaster]

53 beaten out of a total of 415.

That's only about 12.5% of my total. :/

I really should get some more done during the holidays.

EDIT: Guess I should post a list.

NES
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt :hmm:

Mega Drive
Ecco Jr.
Turbo Outrun

Super NES
Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
Pilotwings
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Stunt Race FX
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Kart
Top Gear 3000

Mega CD
Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Saturn
Fighters Megamix
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
Sega Rally Championship

PSX
Driver
Gran Turismo
SoulBlade
Street Fighter Alpha 3

N64
Cruis'n USA
Cruis'n World
F-Zero X
GoldenEye 007
Hydro Thunder
Mario Kart 64
Re-Volt
Star Wars: Episode I Racer
Super Mario 64
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Top Gear Overdrive
Top Gear Rally
Top Gear Rally 2
Vigilante 8
Wave Race 64

GBC
Driver
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
V-Rally: Championship Edition

DC
Crazy Taxi
Shenmue
Soul Calibur
Tokyo Highway Challenge

PS2
Aqua Aqua: Wetrix 2
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Crazy Taxi

Xbox
Halo
RalliSport Challenge

GCN
Burnout
Wario Ware Inc. Mega Party Games
Wave Race: Blue Storm

Nintendo DS
Polarium
Wario Ware Touched

[FlufflePuff]

For awhile, I was keeping a notation in IGN when I completed a game, but I stopped that years ago. On the games this year front, minimal games completed here. Too much work with promotions and what-not:

Jak & Daxter
Ratchet & Clank
Culdcept
Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Fire Emblem
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
GTA: SA
Star Wars: Kotor
Halo
Zelda: Minish Cap
*More Ive forgotten about*