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

[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.

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.

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!



-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!



-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. 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.

[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

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*