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[Son of Godzilla]

Well summer's almost over and of course I hardly touched a videogame. Sure did buy a few though. WHICH IS INCREDIBLY DUMB AND I THINK I HAVE SOME SORT OF PROBLEM. But hey, I know I'm not alone. So, in no real order at all, I present:

THEBACKLOG (Games I sincerely plan to beat, someday)
GC:
Skies of Arcadia: Legends (Save right after defeating Galcian)
Resident Evil: Remake (In caves with Chris I think, but I watched someone beat Jill, that counts right?)
Viewtiful Joe (At the stupid shit shark's level in Adult, just beyond that it Kiddie)
Resident Evil 0 (Saved right after starting the game)
Lost Kingdoms II (Somewhere in the middle)
Tales of Symphonia (Saved right before the first temple)
Beyond Good & Evil (Saved right before you get in the car and go wherever it is you go)
Zelda Collection MM (Saved on 2nd day)
Zelda Collection LoZ (6th Dungeon I think)
Zelda 4 Swords (We couldn't get past like the 3rd screen)
Zelda Master Quest (In the final dungeon where you go through those 6 rooms)
Pac Man Fever (This game fucking sucks)
F-Zero GX (Ghost race in story mode on Easy, haven't beaten 1 hard. Haven't played anything but first cup in GP either)
Super Monkey Ball (Stuck on like #13 on Hard)
Soul Calibur II (Beat the world thing in normal)
Luigi's Mansion (Need to collect 50 ghosts or something)
Pikmin (At that field with the scary shit in it. The one with water and cool music)
Bomberman Generation (Beat the first world, haven't done any others)
SSX Tricky (Got to Alaska in tricks)
Rogue Leader (The mission where you bomb the downed cruiser)
Ikaruga (I suck at videogames)
Mega Man Network Transmission (But some videogames just fucking suck. Got totally raped by the first boss)
Resident Evil CVX (Haven't opened it)
Super Smash Bros Melee (Lost old save file, beaten maybe 2 or 3 characters)

XBOX:
MGS2S (Beat first boss, where you get the real gun)
Panzer Dragoon (Beat first level)
MechAssault (Beat 2nd Mission)
Jet Set Radio (Pretty far, I think I'm chasing after the pyramid gang atm)
Abe's World (Couldn't beat first level after reuniting the two)
Halo (Gave up after getting lost in level where you unleash the spore dudes)
Morrowind (I'm jumping my way to Baltimore)

GBA:
Mario & Luigi (Gotta go through this factory thing)
Castlevania TheFirstOne (Stuck at this damn two headed dragon piece of garbage)
Mario Kart (I've unlocked one track)
Lunar (I've put it in GBA once, that counts for something right?
Zelda Oracle of Ages (Got the harp)
Chu Chu Rocket (Beat all the normal puzzles)
Yoshi's Island (Got to lava world)
SMB 3 (Got to the giant world without skipping)
Advance Wars 2 (2nd Mission)

DC:
Ecko (Who knows. I think I have to fight a shark or something)
Bangai-o (Like level 13 or so)

PS1:
Vagrant Story (Gave up after it took me half an hour to kill some damn fire elemental thing because my weapon sucked and then going forward and getting raped by lizards or something)

I'm ignoring all the games that don't really have anything you can beat, such as sports games. I suppose you can beat a season or whatever, but shit.

I am at least proud that I have played a few minutes of almost every game I own. If there's any game that's especially worth playing or beating, please tell me as I'm not particularly inclined towards any of em.

 

[Ranger X]

Good! A backlog thread! Those make me feel i'm not alone and saves me from gamer depression! lol


I wasn't really effective with mine this summer too. But I SWEAR i'll be more carefull until the end of the year. I just have somewhat 10 new games to buy until the end of the year so i have to play ALOT and very soon! lol


PS2:

Metal Gear Solid 2 (i'm halfway)
Dark Could 2 (i'll be back at this one soon, lost my first save that was like 30 hrs...)
Primal
Megaman Anniversary Collection (only Megaman1 done and mastered)


PS1:

FF Origin
Lunar Eternal Blue (nope, didn't touch this one yet. Shamefull isn't it?)
FF Chronicles
Quake 2
Ghost In The Shell


N64:

Zelda Majora's Mask
Paper Mario (halfway through)


NES:

Kid Niki
Castlevania Dracula's Curse


GBA:

Castlevania Aria Of Sorrow (just began a game)
Metroid Zero Mission


SNES:

Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
Hagane


GC:

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

 

[radioheadrule83]

GBA

Golden Sun -
‌ ‌ ‌Just left desert and met Hammet's wife.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong -
‌ ‌ ‌On level 6-MM.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past w/ the Four Swords -
‌ ‌ ‌Need to play Four Swords through fully with someone and get the unlockabes.


GAMECUBE

Beyond Good & Evil -
‌ ‌ ‌Not far past the slaughterhouse. Next destination is the moon. Pearl collection ahoy!

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem -
‌ ‌ ‌ Completed the game with two alignments. One more left.

F-Zero GX -
‌ ‌ ‌ Chapter 7 in story mode

Luigi's Mansion -
‌ ‌ ‌Haven't gotten the best Mansion yet.

Metroid Prime -
‌ ‌ ‌ Fighting Ridley. Seems harder in the PAL version believe it or not.

Pikmin -
‌ ‌ ‌ Always seem to play first few days and delete my save to free blocks for other games.

Resident Evil -
‌ ‌ ‌Need to complete with Chris and do master mode.

Resident Evil Zero -
‌ ‌ ‌I'm not sure how far I am. Been attacked by monkeys, saw lots of FMVs with weirdo
‌ ‌ ‌ guy, Wesker and the other bloke.

Serious Sam: Next Encounter -
‌ ‌ ‌Completed Ancient Rome, which was filled with Romans that had wheels instead of
‌ ‌ ‌legs, men without heads that somehow scream and suicide bomb you and other
‌ ‌ ‌idiotic enemies. Ancient China is next.

Skies of Arcadia Legends -
‌ ‌ ‌Not far at all. First ship battle.

Spider-Man 2 -
‌ ‌ ‌Not really enjoying the story mode, I like throwing it on just to swing about.

Super Mario Sunshine -
‌ ‌ ‌Only blue coin shines left.

Super Monkey Ball -
‌ ‌ ‌Need to unlock and complete Master mode.

Tales of Symphonia -
‌ ‌ ‌Just completed first shrine.

The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition -
‌ ‌ ‌Need to complete Master Quest and Majora's Mask. Whenever I put either on though I
‌ ‌ ‌ just want to play Wind Waker. The original Legend of Zelda and Adventure of Link also
‌ ‌ ‌need completing.

TimeSplitters 2 -
‌ ‌ ‌There's three more levels to unlock in arcade mode, and I'm not sure how I get em.
‌ ‌ ‌There's probably characters I haven't got yet as well.

Viewtiful Joe -
‌ ‌‌Upto the shark dude in Adult. Completed in Kids. Everyone loves a hero, a hero is you.
‌ ‌ ‌or something like that.

 

[Kiriku]

Hehe, I spent 6 months earlier this year only playing backlog titles, while not buying any games at all. During this summer though, the list has yet again seen somewhat of an expansion.

PS2:

Onimusha 2
Sly Cooper
Freedom Fighters
Gregory Horrow Show
Soul Calibur II (The Edge Master Mode, that is)
Kingdom Hearts
Hot Shots Golf 3 (when I feel motivated to complete all the cups)

Xbox:

Star Wars: KOTOR
Otogi: Myth of Demons

GC:

F-Zero GX (beating story mode, perhaps)

All I can think of for now.

 

[Psymon]

Sure did buy a few though. WHICH IS INCREDIBLY DUMB AND I THINK I HAVE SOME SORT OF PROBLEM.

Same here. I have to stop doing this! I, also, have to stop buying games based on reviews and hype; for example - Metroid Prime ("Hmm, I've never really liked first person action shooters, but hey, it's Metroid. It's supposedly a masterpiece! But I don't like those kind of games... Naaw *buys*"), Viewtiful Joe ("Okay, so this game is HARD and HARDCORE! But I'm not hardcore. Ah well, it's a 2D action platformer! *buys*"), Devil May Cry & Resident Evil 1+CV & Silent Hill 2 ("I don't like horror/old school action games... But they're great?! Yeah! *buys*). Yes, I already know it's idiotic. >_<
Basically, I should just sell the games that I really don't like. But again, I... can't. I also collect games, after all. >:O

Some of the games listed here can't really be beaten, but oh well... I'll list them anyway.

GameCube:
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition (Sealed)
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Super Monkey Ball
F-Zero GX
Viewtiful Joe
Metroid Prime
Sonic Mega Collection
Skies of Arcadia: Legend (Sealed)
Star Fox Adventures
The Legend of Zelda: Four Sword Adventures (Sealed)

PlayStation2:
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Devil May Cry
Silent Hill 2
Katamari Damashii
Jak II: Renegade (Sealed)
Ape Escape 2 (Sealed)
Pro Evolution Soccer 3
Taiko no Tatsujin 4th Generation: Gathering Festival

Xbox:
Halo (Sealed)
Panzer Dragoon Orta (Sealed)
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon (Sealed)
Project Gotham Racing 2
TopSpin

Game Boy Advance:
Metroid Fusion
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (Sealed)
Metroid Zero Mission (Sealed)
Guru Logic Champ

Nintendo 64:
Perfect Dark
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Mischief Makers

DreamCast:
Sonic Adventure 2
Resident Evil CODE: Veronica

PlayStation One:
Resident Evil
Vagrant Story
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy Chronicles (Sealed)

PC:
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror (Sealed)
The Dig (Sealed)
Grim Fandango (Sealed)
Full Throttle (Sealed)
Sam & Max Hit the Road (Sealed)

 

[8bit]

Of what you mentioned I'd recommend you work on the following, Bangai-o first.

THEBACKLOG (Games I sincerely plan to beat, someday)
GC:
Super Monkey Ball (Stuck on like #13 on Hard)
Pikmin (At that field with the scary shit in it. The one with water and cool music)

XBOX:
Jet Set Radio (Pretty far, I think I'm chasing after the pyramid gang atm)

GBA:
Yoshi's Island (Got to lava world)
Advance Wars 2 (2nd Mission)

DC:
Bangai-o (Like level 13 or so)

I am at least proud that I have played a few minutes of almost every game I own. If there's any game that's especially worth playing or beating, please tell me as I'm not particularly inclined towards any of em.

 

[Kiriku]

I've realized it's stupid to buy new games just because they seem great when you still have a lot of great games to finish. Also, I've realized it can be stupid to buy good games just because they're cheap. It'll only add more weight to your backlog shoulders. Why would I need more games when I already got more than a few great games to play? I can only play one game at a time anyway.

Write a list of the games you want to complete, stick the list to your consoles or something, so that you'll always be reminded of it whenever you think about playing something. That's what I did, and it worked. It gave me that little extra push I needed to start playing backlog titles again, which I otherwise would be too lazy to do.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Adventure of Link
Full Throttle
Majora's Mask
Soul Calibur II (still have to unlock about 30% of weapons)
Shadowrun (Genesis)
The Legend of Zelda

And that's about it right now.

 

[Odysseus]

My list is not quite as long, but these are the games I have either not started or have not played for more than an hour, yet I still intend to play and beat all of them:

Devil May Cry
Dark Cloud 2
Final Fantasy X-2
Suikoden III
Sudeki

In just over a week, I'm also buying Viewtiful Joe for PS2. Then, of course, Fable in September. These should be more than enough single player games to last until Halo 2, but then there is my Xbox Live addiction with Crimson Skies and Amped 2 to consider, as well as the upcoming Dead or Alive Ultimate.

I need to quit my day job.

 

[Ranger X]

I've realized it's stupid to buy new games just because they seem great when you still have a lot of great games to finish. Also, I've realized it can be stupid to buy good games just because they're cheap. It'll only add more weight to your backlog shoulders. Why would I need more games when I already got more than a few great games to play? I can only play one game at a time anyway.

Write a list of the games you want to complete, stick the list to your consoles or something, so that you'll always be reminded of it whenever you think about playing something. That's what I did, and it worked. It gave me that little extra push I needed to start playing backlog titles again, which I otherwise would be too lazy to do.

It is indeed good advice! I always have my backlog list stick right on the door of my living room TV stand. I did kill almost half of my backlog list just in 2004.

 

[swoon]

GCN:

Mario SunShine:
45 shines or so.

Viewtiful Joe
Fighting the other viewitful joe(adult)

PS2

Ico:

um. somewhere towards the end

Ratchet and Claink 2

giant clank fighting some hard ass ufo

 

[Solid]

Manhunt
Primal
Ratchet & Clank 2
Unlimited SaGa
Metroid Prime
Resident Evil Remake

Plus I will be getting Riddick, RalliSport 2, Transformers and KOTOR on tuesday. I don't know what da hell I'm doing at the moment, but I got KOTOR and RSC2 dead-cheap so I guess that justifys it! ^__^

 

[drohne]

i don't even want to think about it. but for the sheer hell of it:

(unopened/unplayed unless otherwise noted)

gba:

advance wars 2
boktai
fire emblem (played through about half og it)
hajime no ippo
klonoa g2
mario luigi (almost finished, but i haven't touched it this year)
tactics ogre: kol (got quite a ways into it but quit)
wario land 4 (SUCKS)

gc:
namco museum
tales of symphonia (about 40 hrs in, but i haven't touched it in a week or so)
the wind waker (got bored towards the end of the game, never finished it)
wario world

psx:
gunner's heaven (barely played)
image fight + x multiply (image fight is too bloody hard, x multiply ain't that great)
one
raycrisis (barely played, had it for years)
rayman
gekisha boy
x2: no relief (barely played)

ps2:
ace combat 4
ape escape 2
bombastic
breath of fire: dq (played it for a few hours, haven't touched it in months)
chain dive (barely played)
dark cloud 2
devil may cry
disgaea
kof 2000/2001
king's field: the ancient city
maximo
megaman x7
onimusha 2
poinie's poin (barely played)
ratchet and clank: gc
RAD
rygar
samurai warriors (played through a few characters and stopped)
sly cooper (never finished it)
mark of kri
txr 3

xbox:
beyond good and evil (unfinished)
breakdown (unfinished)
broken sword
metal arms
star wars: kotor
chronicles of riddick (unfinished)

dreamcast:
chu chu rocket
shenmue II
skies of arcadia (bought this the day it came out, AND I STILL HAVEN'T OPENED IT)

saturn:
shining force III
d+d collection (need a 4 in 1 cart...long story)

genesis:
pulseman (barely played)
world of illusion

neo geo:
blazing star (i'll get to it once i 1cc gradius v)

nes:
ducktales 2
mighty final fight

n64:
kirby 64
goemon's great adventure (barely played)

snes:
lufia II

pce:
macross 2036

pc:
doom 3 (suspended until i can find a control method that doesn't give me carpal tunnel)


and then there are about a dozen games i want to replay for one reason or another. i've been victimized in a big way by all the clearance sales lately. i don't know if i'll ever get through all those games. but as cheap as they were, i don't know if i feel obligated to.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Ugh.

I just bought Mario Vs DK, Pacman Vs/World 2, Red Faction 2, and XIII. And I will probably buy Mario Golf AT or Metroid ZM or Zelda Classic tommorrow.

Oh, and I'm buying that game tommorrow so I can get the MP2E bonus disk. SELFCONTROL IS A GODDAMN NEGATIVE.

 

[bjork]

My backlog is like 200 games.

 

[Screaming_Gremlin]

GBA:
Fire Emblem
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Metroid Fusion
Legend of Zelda

GCN:
Megaman: Network Transmissions
Wario World
Metroid Prime (I'm at Metroid Prime, I'm just to lazy to beat it)

PS2:
Ico
Disgaea
Suikedon III
Kingdom Hearts
Megaman Anniversary Collection

Xbox:
Silent Hill 2
Simpsons Road Rage

PC:
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale II
Baldur's Gate 2 (almost finished)
Morrowind (almost finished)

 

[Dyne]

I'm lucky, but unlucky. My backlog is only 29 games big. But.. I cut out all the worthless games, and most of the remaining are long RPGs I haven't really even started. That's why I didn't want to buy TOS.

Oh wait, make that 28. I just finished Zelda: Four Swords today. Yay!

 

[Brofist]

I don't have a backlog, I play all the games I buy all the way through before going on. Otherwise you are just wasting money, and also ruining your enjoyment for each game.

A game should be played through without interuption, not while trying to beat 20 others simultaneously. Do you read 20 different books to chapter 1, then go back and read each at random times? Do you watch the first 15 minutes of several different movies before finishing one all the way through? Gaming should be no different.

Certain games I play all the time, such as sports games, or racing. I don't really count those as backlog..since those are game you can just pick up and play at anytime.

 

[rareside]

I hate having backlogs, and it seems the longer I let games sit on the shelf, the more likely it is I'll never come back to them. The Circuit City firesale last month is pretty much the only reason I have a backlog at all at this point, with just a few games I need catching up on...

PS2-
Parappa the Rapper 2 - Shouldn't take but an hour to beat it, as I think I'm on leve 5
WipeOut Fusion - This game sucks. I'm content with never opening it again.

GCN-
Metal Arms - I think I'm about 40-50% of the way through it. Hopefully will take a few days at most to finish off.
Donkey Konga 1+2 - This is a party game so no need to rush to beat everything.

GBA-
Boktai - Haven't started it yet because I bought in the firesale.

PC-
Deus Ex: Invisible War - Need to d/l the patch, cuz it runs like ass on my system right now. Can't download patch because I'm on a 28.8 connection.

 

[cvxfreak]

Star Fox Adventures: I'm at the part right after Fox goes through a few trials in that one village
Tales of Symphonia: Right after the first boss battle (at least I think it's a boss battle)
Pokemon Colosseum: Reached the second town
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance: Beat the dude on the heliport

 

[Alcibiades]

I've realized it's stupid to buy new games just because they seem great when you still have a lot of great games to finish. Also, I've realized it can be stupid to buy good games just because they're cheap. It'll only add more weight to your backlog shoulders. Why would I need more games when I already got more than a few great games to play? I can only play one game at a time anyway.

Write a list of the games you want to complete, stick the list to your consoles or something, so that you'll always be reminded of it whenever you think about playing something. That's what I did, and it worked. It gave me that little extra push I needed to start playing backlog titles again, which I otherwise would be too lazy to do.

hm, maybe I need to do this, I have a ton of Dreamcast games, plus a few SNES/N64/Saturn, plus a ton of Cube and GBA games to get to...

 

[Scott]

It's a huge list, but here goes:

Nintendo
Destiny of an Emperor
Dragon Warrior II
Dragon Warrior IV

Super Nintendo
Breath of Fire II
Chrono Trigger
Lufia & the Fortress of Doom
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Secret of Mana
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

GameCube
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Pokémon Colosseum
Skies of Arcadia: Legends
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition

Gameboy
Final Fantasy Legend II
Final Fantasy Legend III
Great Greed
Pokémon: Red Version

Gameboy Color
Dragon Warrior Monsters
Legend of the River King
Lufia: The Legend Returns
Revelations: The Demon Slayer

Gameboy Advance
Breath of Fire II
Dokapon: Monster Hunter
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Fire Emblem
Lunar Legend
Sword of Mana

Genesis
Phantasy Star III

Dreamcast
Armada
Evolution: The World of Sacred Device
Record of Lodoss War
Seaman
Shenmue

XBox
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

PlayStation
Arc the Lad Collection
Azure Dreams
Beyond the Beyond
Chocobo's Dungeon II
Crusaders of Might & Magic
Dark Stone
Diablo
Digimon World II
Digimon World III
Dragon Warrior VII
Eternal Eyes
Front Mission III
Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth
Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
Kartia: The Word of Fate
King's Field
King's Field II
Koudelka
Parasite Eve II
Persona: Revelations Series
Persona II: Eternal Punishment
SaGa Frontier
SaGa Frontier II
Saiyuki: Journey West
Shadow Tower
Star Ocean: The Second Story
Suikoden II
Tactics Ogre
Vagrant Story
Valkyrie Profile
Vandal Hearts
Vandal Hearts II
Vanguard Bandits
Warriors of Might & Magic
Wild ARMs II

PlayStation 2
.hack//QUARANTINE: Part IV: The Final Chapter
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
Chaos Legion
Dark Cloud
Dark Cloud II
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Ephemeral Fantasia
Grandia Xtreme
Jade Cocoon II
King's Field: The Ancient City
La Pucelle: Tactics
Legaia II: Duel Saga
Legion: The Legend of Excalibur
Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color
Suikoden III
Tsugunai: Atonement
UNLIMITED Saga
Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land
Xenosaga: Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht


...Dammit, longest one in the thread.

EDIT: Ugh, forgot a game... Brings the total to 90.

 

[rareside]

The easiest way to keep the backlog free is to

STAY AWAY FROM RPG's!

I think I can count the number of RPG's I've played on one hand, maybe 2.

 

[kiryogi]

Hmmm...

Gamecube
Beyond Good and Evil
Baten Kaitos
Gakuen Toshi Vara Noir Roses
Legend of Zelda: 4 swords plus
Need for Speed: Underground
R:Racing Evolution
Mystic Heroes
Megaman Anniversary Collection
Megaman Network Transmission
Viewtiful Joe
Phantasy Star Online: Episode 3 CARD Revolution
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Super Smash Bros. Melee
SSX3
Harvest Moon: A wonderful life
Eternal Darkness

Currently looking to add:
PN03
Summoner 2
Bloody Roar: Primal Fury

Gameboy color/advance
Mario Golf: Advance Tour
Sword of Mana
Tales of the World Narikiri Dungeon 2
Tales of Phantasia
Tales of the World Summoner's Lineage
Shining Soul 2
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Megaman Xtreme 2
CIMA: The enemy
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Phantasy Star Collection
Mario Kart Super Circuit

Playstation 2
Atelier no Iris: Eternal Mana
Nightshade
Naruto: Narutimet Hero
Xenosaga: Episode 2
La Pucelle Tactics
Shinkon Gattai Godannar

Currently looking to add:
Disgaea
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter
Full Metal Alchemist 1
Sakura Taisen: Atsuki Chishio ni (belated bday gift, any day now)
Sakura Taisen 5: Episode 0
Tales of Destiny 2 JPN (in the mail! )

 

[Chrono]

oh man, I thought I had quite a backlog. You guys are just... o__O


I gave away both REmake and RE: Zero just to clear my conscious... so I would not have to finish them... I couldn't take it and enjoy other games after that so just tonight I ordered a new copy of each game. Can you guys give me an idea on how long it took you to finish each? I'm hoping REmake/Zero are in the 10 hour range and not 15-20...

As for my backlog...

PS2/PS1

Ico
Chrono Cross
Soul Calibur (for some reason I can't freaking learn it... I'm weaksauce >__< )

Gamecube

Tales of Symphonia (I'll be starting this in a few hours maybe..)
Zelda Majora's Mask reply
Mario Sunshine (played 15 minutes when first got it.. sobbed and forgot about it..)

Gameboy Advance
Zelda: link to the past


I've been trying to stop myself from buying new games if I have unfinished ones lately.. without that rule my backlog would include a good 12-15 other games.



Anybody here feels like you have to finish certain games because of the hype? Some times I think if I don't like playing a game, I should just quite. It's not like a book or a movie; games take a much longer time to finish and I can't afford to waste so much time. But then again if it's not horrible I think I might as well get it over with and just beat it.

 

[Ferrarisimo]

PlayStation 2
Zone of the Enders 2

GameCube
Metroid Prime
Zelda Four Swords Adventures

Xbox
Prince of Persia
Riddick

GBA
Mario & Luigi

Currently playing Gaiden and Doom 3, but with the release of the holiday games, the backlog will probably only get larger.

 

[BreakyBoy]

GBA:

Advance Wars (Got near the end on my first run through, put it down for some reason, never went back. It's on loan now)
Boktai (Awesome game, and I actually have plenty of sunlight outside, but it's friggin hot. Hopefully wintertime will provide some decent days)
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (Played some during a recent trip. Great fun, put it down due to hiatus from gaming (see below))
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (easily my favorite of the GBA series, even though I haven't finished it yet)
F-Zero Maximum Velocity (haven't beaten all the cups yet)
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (technically I beat it, but I haven't gotten Judge Cid yet :S)
Fire Pro Wrestling (received as a gift, good fun, haven't played more than an hour of it though )
Mario Golf: Advance Tour (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong (see Broken Sword)
Mega Man Battle Network 3 (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (beat one story, want to try the other *true* path)


Gamecube:
Beach Spikers (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Blowout (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Burnout (hasn't been played yet)
Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO (received to review, loved it with X-Arcade, haven't played much due to friend's loss of interest in fighters :/)
Cubivore (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (played about 5 years into it w/ 4 player-multi, haven't had a gaming session since)
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Ikaruga (Can't beat it w/out using a continue yet. Won't consider it complete until then)
Lost Kingdoms (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (some multi, no single play yet)
Mega Man Network Transmission (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
PSO Episode I & II (beat Episode I on normal & hard, have barely touched Episode II; loss of case w/ code to activate online pass has prevented me from playing online; not sure I want to anymore)
Pikmin (got to 30 days and was missing ONE part when I first got this at launch; did this without a memory card, in one sitting; initially my fury overcame my love for the game and I didn't replay it; now, unfortunately, it is one of many)
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Zelda: Collector's Edition (Zelda 1, both quests complete. Nothing else has been touched yet)
Zelda: Master's Quest (untouched)
Timesplitters 2 (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Viewtiful Joe (have played quite a bit of various levels (including beating the final one) at other people's houses, have never touched my own copy)
XIII (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)


PSone

Alundra (Very early on in the game, just stopped playing)
Ape Escape (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Arc the Lad Collection (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Breath of Fire III (beat it on a rental years ago, recently purchased, need to beat again)
Breath of Fire IV (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (lost original copy & mem card; was given new GH copy by good friend, need to replay)
Deception III: Dark Delusion (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Dragon Warrior IV (just got it off eBay ^_^)
Dragon Warrior VII (haven't even started, and I love this series)
Fear Effect (hasn't been played yet)
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (hasn't been played yet)
Final Fantasy VII (see Breath of Fire III)
Final Fantasy VIII (hated it on first playthrough, was asked to switch to Disc 2, I opted not to; purchased recently because it was cheap and I wanted to complete the "set")
Front Mission 3 (2 years ago, 20 hours in, and I stopped. Not sure why)
Grandia (beaten years ago, recently purchased, need to replay)
Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth (hasn't been played yet)
Legend of Mana (see Breath of Fire III & FF VII)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddesy (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Parasite Eve (see FF VIII, except it was purchased to appease a friend)
Parasite Eve II (part of the "set", never played)
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (not sure when it was purchased, it just appeared one day when I was organizing things )
Silhouette Mirage (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Strider 2 (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Suikoden II (hasn't been played yet)
Tail Concerto (hasn't been played yet)
Tales of Destiny (hasn't been played yet)
Tales of Destiny 2 (hasn't been played yet)
Threads of Fate (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Um Jammer Lammy (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Valkyrie Profile (hasn't been played yet)
Vandal Hearts (hasn't been playaed yet)
Vandal Hearts II (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Wild ARMs (see Breath of Fire III)
Wild ARMs 2 (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
WipEout XL (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Xenogears (see Breath of Fire III)


PS2

Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Arc the Lad: Twilight of Spirits (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (hasn't been played yet)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (hasn't been played yet)
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (hasn't been played yet, on loan to a friend)
Chaos Legion (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase, on loan to a friend)
Contra: Shattered Soldier (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase, on loan to a friend)
Dark Cloud 2 (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase, on loan to a friend)
DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution (Circuit City sale, no room to DDR in cramped quarters)
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy (hasn't been played yet)
Escape from Monkey Island (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Freedom Fighters (hasn't been played yet)
Giants: Citizen Kabuto (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Gitaroo Man (hasn't been played yet, on loan to a friend)
Grandia Xtreme (hasn't been played yet)
Guilty Gear X2 (lots of multi w/ other's copies, my copy hasn't been played yet)
Hunter: The Reckoning Wayward (hasn't been played yet)
I-Ninja (hasn't been played yet)
ICO (2 hours in, and I stopped to play DDRMAX 2 for a month while I had the opportunity to)
Karaoke Revolution (see Guilty Gear X2)
Kinetica (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
La Pucelle: Tactics (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
MDK2 Armageddon (rented DC version, loved it, hasn't been played yet)
Mega Man Anniversary Collection (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Nightshade (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
OKAGE: Shadow King (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Onimusha Warlords (close to the end, never finished it)
Parappa the Rapper 2 (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Robot Alchemical Drive (hasn't been played yet)
Shadow Hearts (hasn't been played yet, on loan to a friend)
Silpheed: The Lost Planet (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Soul Reaver 2: Legacy of Kain (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (hasn't been played yet)
The Mark of Kri (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Wild ARMs 3 (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)


Xbox

Armed & Dangerous (hasn't been played yet)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Gladius (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Gunvalkyrie (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Legacy of Kain: Defiance (hasn't been played yet)
Otogi: Myth of Demons (hasn't been played yet)


Dreamcast

Armada (I love the concept, and the game itself was loads of fun, but I don't think I ever finished it)
Dino Crisis (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
NFL 2k (35 cents, bought as a joke, not a fan of sports games)
Sonic Adventure 2 Birthday Pack Import (hasn't been played yet)
Typing of the Dead (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase, need keyboard)


Nintendo 64

Beetle Adventure Racing (hasn't been played yet)
Blast Corps (see Breath of Fire III in PSone section, on loan to a friend)
Body Harvest (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Excitebike 64 (hasn't been played yet)
Extreme-G (see Breath of Fire III in PSone section)
Fighters Destiny (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Jet Force Gemini (see Breath of Fire III in PSone section)
Killer Instinct Gold (see Breath of Fire III in PSone section)
Mega Man 64 (hasn't been played yet)
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (hasn't been played yet)
Perfect Dark (had an old copy which I beat, but was stolen, this one was purchased recently)
Resident Evil 2 (beat PSone ver on a rental, recent purchase, hasn't been played yet)
Ridge Racer 64 (hasn't been played yet, recent purchase)
Shadow Man (see Breath of Fire III in PSone section)
Sin and Punishment: Successor to the Earth (just got in on eBay ^_^)
Star Fox 64 (see Perfect Dark)
Super Smash Bros. (see Perfect Dark)
The New Tetris (see Perfect Dark)
WCW/NWO Revenge (purchased to be used as an SRAM cart while I was borrowing someone's CD64 (Google it), haven't played it more than twice)


There's more pre PSone era, but not as much as you may think. Although it's growing (recently purchased Star Ocean for the SFC on eBay ).

Adding to the backlog is the fact that I'm on a self-imposed hiatus from gaming on the whole, in the hopes that I will focus on my own game-development project. So far it's working, but I miss my games. Unfortunately, as you can see, it hasn't stopped my purchasing habits entirely. It's merely slowed it down quite a bit.

Anything marked as a "recent purchase" was within the last 6 months (maybe 7 for some if I don't recall the purchase date correctly).

All this isn't for a lack of trying. I tend to play one game at a time, with the intention of completing it before moving on. Off hand I'm confident I could count a bit over 100 games I've completed from the PSOne era on. I'd say 75% of my current collection was purchased in the last year and a half since I split w/ my ex-fiancee. Money + time + insane addiction to gaming has created this monster.

That's 133 post-16 bit era games, for those who are curious.

Now, I sleep.

 

[Brofist]

We need more gamer classifications other than hardcore and casual. I'd say collectors fit a whole other category of gamers. Those who buy any game that sounds good, play it for a short time and plop it on a pile of other games never to be touched again.

 

[BreakyBoy]

My problem is, every game I buy is with the full intention of playing it and beating it. I just have a very broad taste in games, and decent funds w/ few obligations to stop me recently.

To clarify what I already touched on in my last post, that's only about half of my actual "collection". The rest I consider beaten.

I think my addiction goes beyond even "collection". Thus another reason for the cold-turkey hiatus.

 

[Seth C]

I've got at least 50 games I've never even OPENED much less played. I'm not even going to bother with a list.

 

[Ranger X]

oh my god... i thought i was sick...

All those with more than 50 games in backlog should actually kill themselves.

 

[Red Dolphin]

Sorry but most of you guys are fucking sad and wasting a shitload of money. Make that insane amounts of money. And don't tell me you picked up half of them for 10 - 20 bucks or whatever. Because its still ridiculous how many games some of you guys have bought. The people that shock me even more are people that buy a game, don't even open it, and then buy another one.... and don't open it and then buy ANOTHER one and the cycle continues.

I don't have a backlog, I play all the games I buy all the way through before going on. Otherwise you are just wasting money, and also ruining your enjoyment for each game.

A game should be played through without interuption, not while trying to beat 20 others simultaneously. Do you read 20 different books to chapter 1, then go back and read each at random times? Do you watch the first 15 minutes of several different movies before finishing one all the way through? Gaming should be no different.

Certain games I play all the time, such as sports games, or racing. I don't really count those as backlog..since those are game you can just pick up and play at anytime.

This is my exactly the way I am. I get much more enjoyment out of a game that way too. Having said that I've only just recently got an Xbox (been a GameCube only gamer) and I really want to go back and play games like Halo, Prince of Persia, and Splinter Cell before their sequels comes out. Also I have a strong urge to play through Half Life on PC as I never did quite finish that.

 

[atomsk]

i procrastinated posting in this thread till i found some time to do so...

anyhow...

gba:

mario & luigi (somewhere in the university)
super monkey ball jr (expert 7...how i'm going to do it with a dpad, i'll never know)
metroid fusion (that tank boss where you hang from the ceiling)

gamecube:

billy hatcher (the 4th world i think, the controls finally pissed me off enough i couldnt get past this part where you guide an egg on the rails. it kept falling through. i was loving the game up until this point)
eternal darkness (last chapter, got bored)
fzero gx (need to unlock master and the AX tracks... will never happen)
zelda collection, majora (last temple before you go to the moon, halfway though)
zelda: wind waker (beat the import, barely touched the domestic)
resident evil zero (right after the giant scorpion)
pacman world 2 (bought it for pacman vs...)
sonic collection (uhh, need to unlock stuff... lazy)

ps2:

clock tower 3 (got to scissorman/woman)
mister mosquito (11th stage, 2nd year. KGB ILLUSION! argh)
stuntman (6th movie, 2nd stunt)

xbox:
amped 2 (23%)
crimson skies (all i play is the online)
grabbed by the ghoulies (only about an hour in)
midtown madness 3 (all i play is online)
panzer dragoon orta (last boss)
RSC2 (halfway into pro career)
toejam and earl 3 (27%)
wreckless (mission 3)
galleon (havent started)
red dead revolver (3rd or 4th mission)

pc:

doom 3 (delta labs 1)

GAMES I NEED TO BUY THAT WILL END UP IN THE BACKLOG MOST LIKELY:

ribbit king
mario vs donkey kong
metroid zero mission

 

[MoxManiac]

I've got a mild backlog at the moment, unfortunatly i'm being forced to buy Phantom Brave before i'm ready due to the LE.

 

[Littleberu]

I only got some things to unlock in most of my games (minor things like Videos and such), but I don't buy a game before I finish the main story or unlock one big thing.

 

[distantmantra]

PS2:
Xenosaga (about halfway through it)
Wild Arms 3 (about halfway through it)
Final Fantasy X-2
Suikoden III (about halfway through it)
Onimusha 2

Xbox:
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
Shenmue II (about halfway through it)
Otogi

 

[Jumpman Jr.]

Blockbuster's had a clearance sale and I gleefully got MDK (PS1) and MDK2 (PS2) on the cheap. I wanted to relive my MDK2 DC days. Haven't touched them yet.

 

[TekunoRobby]

I beat ICO this morning, weee! What a great game.

 

[Dave Long]

I have a backlog that could fill a garage. You know what game I was playing this past week and finished for a review?

Catwoman.

WTF is wrong with me?

 

[T-1000_Model3]

As of 10 minutes ago....

600 Master System,400 Genesis,2000 NES and 2,300 2600 games burned on CDRs and are sitting in my 3 DreamCasts.

Oh wait,were talking this gen.?:b

 

[Ranger X]

As of 10 minutes ago....

600 Master System,400 Genesis,2000 NES and 2,300 2600 games burned on CDRs and are sitting in my 3 DreamCasts.

Oh wait,were talking this gen.?:b

OMGWTFLOL!!!!!

 

[Wario64]

As of 10 minutes ago....

600 Master System,400 Genesis,2000 NES and 2,300 2600 games burned on CDRs and are sitting in my 3 DreamCasts.

Oh wait,were talking this gen.?:b

Why isn't this guy banned yet? Eventually he will be, judging from his tag, but why not now