2014 was a great year for gaming. Particularly for me, as I decided to undertake the ultimate lonely gamer task: complete 52 games in a calendar year. That works out at just shy of 4.5 games a month. Ouch.
Now I’m typically a gamer who starts many games, but takes forever to finish them. Save points are often my weak point in that I often to decide to call it quits once I reach one. Note to RPG makers: NO MORE SAVE POINTS, autosave all the way please.
Anyway, although late one, I completed the challenge. A simple feat for a lonely gamer such as myself, if I’d not started it in June! Yes, that’s 52 games completed in 6 months. And here they are:-
Xbox Live Arcade:-
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Streets of Rage 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade
Streets of Rage 3
TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
Street Fighter III Third Strike
Final Fight
X-Men
Sonic Adventure 2
The Walking Dead Season 2
King of Fighters ’98
Xbox 360:-
Lego Batman 2
PES 2015 (Champions League)
PSN – Duck Tales Remastered
3DS:-
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Sega 3D Classics: Sonic The Hedgehog
Sega 3D Classics: Shinobi III
Kirby Triple Deluxe
Fantasy Life
Super Mario 3D Land
Wii U:-
Super Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8 (Special Cup)
Bayonetta 2
Wii – Kirby’s Epic Yarn
Gamecube – Capcom Vs. SNK 2
Nintendo 64 – Lylat Wars
Gameboy:-
TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan
Kirby’s Dream Land
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Bros Deluxe
Donkey Kong Land
SNES:-
TMNT: Turtles in Time
Mickey’s Magical Quest
Final Fight 2
Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium
The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mick and Minnie Mouse
Aladdin
Super Castlevania IV
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Castlevania: Dracula X
Starwing
Donkey Kong Country
Mega Drive/Genesis – TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist
Master System – Sonic The Hedgehog
NES:-
TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project
Castlevania
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
Where’s Waldo?
Super Mario Bros 2
Duck Tales 2
Turbografix – Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Arcade – Sunset Riders
Particular highlights from this list have been many, but the standouts are Kirby’s Epic Yarn, A Link Between Worlds, 3D World, Fantasy Life and Bayonetta 2. LOVE THAT GAME. Not many particularly lengthy titles I know, with Fantasy Life probably the longest, but there were some tough cookies, the standout being Castlevania’s III and Dracula X. But that was the beauty of the challenge; it drove me on to finish even those difficult titles, in order to move onto the next one.
I shall once again be undertaking the challenge in 2015, in fact, if I get to 52 in 6 months again, I may well go for ANOTHER 52! I shall keep you all updated on here, plus I shall Instagram and Tweet each game as I finish them.
How about you, are you up for the challenge?
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