__If you've been following this blog for a while, you'll know that video games have been occupying almost all my time. I've compiled a list of every game I own, be it legitimately or as a ROM for an emulator, and I'm going through them in order from oldest to newest (or rather alphabetically within each year). I've mainly been focusing on the ones that I haven't played before, and whose rating on my list is therefore blank.
__Now, I never claimed to be a good gamer, so typically what happens is that I try playing the first few minutes of the game, and if it becomes clear that I can't progress quickly (whether it's because I can't see the way forward or I don't feel like putting in the necessary practice), I switch to watching a longplay on YouTube so I can at least see the rest. After all, I have so many games to get through that I don't want to get hung up on each one for days or weeks at a time. Still, there are exceptions where I have actually played the whole game myself, like Super Metroid, Chrono Trigger and Super Mario 64.
__I've been at this for over a year now. I first made the inventory and started playing some of the older games (or at least trying to) towards the end of 2020, but it wasn't until February the next year that I started writing reviews for them. And guess what. I'm still not even halfway through the list! That's partly because the schedule keeps getting interrupted by other games that I decide to preview to see if they're worth adding to my library. At the moment, the prime examples are the Sonic and Castlevania series, of which I'd only played a select few before, but now I've decided to catch up on all the rest.
__Anyway, now that I've finished with the games from 2004, I thought I'd write up a full list of all the games in my collection that I've covered up to this point. As I said, most of them are new to me (and you can check the backlog for my "first impressions" comments), but there are a few old favourites mixed in there, including some educational titles that were among the cornerstones of my childhood.
__Now, needless to say, these games cover a wide range of systems. I have emulators for several old-school consoles, including NES, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, a Sega emulator that plays not only Mega Drive ROMs but Game Gear and Sega CD ones as well (and 32X if I felt so inclined), and a Game Boy emulator that plays original Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance ROMs. And then there are the numerous PC games. Many of them are on Steam, obviously, but I still have a few on physical media, and not all of them are compatible with my Windows 10 laptop. In those cases, playing them may have involved installing a virtual desktop for Windows 98 or XP, or using my older laptop that runs Windows 8.
__Also, I'm not necessarily playing the games on the system for which they were originally intended. With Mega Man, for example, I bought the Legacy Collection bundles on PS4, but some of those games date back to the NES days. So what I've decided to do is, as well as my rating out of ten for each game, I'll include the system on which I'm playing it highlighted in yellow, and the system on which it was originally released highlighted in blue.
__And one final note before we start. As I kind of implied before, I'm mainly going through all these games to fill in all the blank ratings on my list. As it stands now, up to 2004, only two are still blank: Final Doom, because it consists of two campaigns, each the same length as Doom II, and I can only take so much Doom at once; and DuckTales on NES, of which what little I've seen suggests it'd make more sense if I'd seen the show. The show is on my watchlist, but it's not a priority at the moment.
__So, with all that said, let's get started.🙂
1983
Dragon's Lair — PS3 — Arcade — 7/10
1985
Super Mario Bros. — Emulator, NES — NES — 9/10
1986
Castlevania — Emulator, NES — NES — 9/10
The Legend of Zelda — Emulator, NES — NES — 9/10
Metroid — Emulator, NES — NES — 9/10
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels — Emulator, NES — NES — 7/10
1987
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest — Emulator, NES — NES — 6/10
Final Fantasy — Emulator, NES — NES — 7/10
Mega Man — PS4 — NES — 6/10
Metal Gear — PS3 — MSX2 — 9/10
Shinobi — Nintendo Switch — Arcade — 9/10
Street Fighter — PS4 — Arcade — 6/10
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link — Emulator, NES — NES — 8/10
1988
Altered Beast — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 7/10
Contra — Emulator, NES — NES — 8/10
Double Dragon — Emulator, NES — NES — 7/10
Galaga — Emulator, NES — NES — 8/10
Jackal — Emulator, NES — NES — 8/10
Mega Man 2 — PS4 — NES — 6/10
Pac-Man — Emulator, NES — NES — 8/10
Super Mario Bros. 2 — Emulator, NES — NES — 7/10
Super Mario Bros. 3 — Emulator, NES — NES — 10/10
1989
Batman — Emulator, NES — NES — 8/10
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse — Emulator, NES — NES — 7/10
Castlevania: The Adventure — Emulator, Game Boy — GB — 7/10
The Revenge of Shinobi — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 9/10
Super Mario Land — Emulator, Game Boy — GB — 7/10
1990
F-Zero — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 7/10
Ghostbusters — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 7/10
Mega Man 3 — PS4 — NES — 8/10
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake — PS3 — MSX2 — 7/10
Super Mario World — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 10/10
1991
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge — Emulator, Game Boy — GB — 9/10
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp — PS3 — Arcade — 6/10
Final Fantasy II — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 7/10
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 10/10
Mega Man 4 — PS4 — NES — 7/10
Metroid II: Return of Samus — Emulator, Game Boy — GB — 7/10
Mystic Quest [AKA Final Fantasy Adventure] — Nintendo Switch — GB — 9/10
Sonic the Hedgehog — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 10/10
Street Fighter II — PS4 — Arcade — 9/10
Super Castlevania IV — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 9/10
1992
Mega Man 5 — PS4 — NES — 8/10
Mortal Kombat — PS3 — Arcade — 9/10
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 10/10
Super Mario Kart — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 7/10
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Rings — Emulator, Game Boy — GB — 7/10
Super Star Wars — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 8/10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 7/10
1993
Aladdin — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 9/10
Asterix and the Great Rescue — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 5/10
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood — PS4 — PC Engine — 9/10
Jurassic Park — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 9/10
Mega Man 6 — PS4 — NES — 8/10
Mega Man X — PS4 — SNES — 7/10
Mortal Kombat II — PS3 — Arcade — 8/10
Sam & Max Hit the Road — PC, Steam — MS-DOS — 6/10
Secret of Mana — Nintendo Switch — SNES — 10/10
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 8/10
Sonic the Hedgehog CD — PS3 — Sega CD — 8/10
Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos — Emulator, Sega Game Gear — Sega GG — 8/10
Star Fox — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 7/10
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 6/10
The Terminator — Emulator, Sega CD — Sega CD — 8/10
X-Men — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 6/10
1994
The Adventures of Batman & Robin — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 8/10
Castlevania: Bloodlines — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 8/10
Donkey Kong Country — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 10/10
Doom II: Hell on Earth — PC, Steam — MS-DOS — 8/10
Earthworm Jim — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 6/10
Final Fantasy III — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 6/10
The Incredible Hulk — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 8/10
Indiana Jones’ Greatest Adventures — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 8/10
The Lion King — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 9/10
Mega Man X2 — PS4 — SNES — 6/10
Microsoft Ancient Lands — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 8/10
Microsoft Dangerous Creatures — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
Microsoft Dinosaurs — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 9/10
Sharks — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 + Sonic & Knuckles — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 10/10
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble — Emulator, Sega Game Gear — Sega GG — 8/10
Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections: Stowaway! — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
Super Metroid — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 10/10
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 7/10
1995
The Adventures of Batman & Robin — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 7/10
Asterix & Obelix — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 9/10
Castlevania: Dracula X — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 7/10
Chrono Trigger — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 10/10
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 7/10
Mega Man 7 — PS4 — SNES — 7/10
Mega Man X3 — PS4 — SNES — 8/10
Rayman — PS1 — PS1 — 7/10
Star Wars: Dark Forces — PC, Steam — MS-DOS — 6/10
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams — PS4 — Arcade — 8/10
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 9/10
Tekken — PS1 — PS1 — 8/10
Toy Story — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 6/10
Trials of Mana — Nintendo Switch — SNES — 7/10
The Ultimate Doom — PS3 — MS-DOS — 9/10
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 — PC, Steam — Arcade — 9/10
X-Men 2: Clone Wars — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 9/10
1996
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars — PC, Steam — PC — 9/10
Crash Bandicoot — PS1 — PS1 — 6/10
Discovering Endangered Wildlife — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! — Emulator, Super Nintendo — SNES — 7/10
Mario Kart 64 — Emulator, Nintendo 64 — N64 — 9/10
Mega Man 8 — PS4 — PS1 — 6/10
Resident Evil — PS1 — PS1 — 9/10
Sonic Blast — Emulator, Sega Game Gear — Sega GG — 6/10
Sonic 3D Blast — Emulator, Sega Mega Drive — Sega MD — 9/10
Street Fighter Alpha 2 — PS4 — Arcade — 9/10
Super Mario 64 — Emulator, Nintendo 64 — N64 — 8/10
Tekken 2 — PS1 — PS1 — 8/10
3D Dinosaur Adventure — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
3D Movie Maker — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 10/10
Tomb Raider — PS1 — PS1 — 9/10
The Way Things Work 2.0 — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
1997
Attenborough's Antarctic — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 8/10
BodyWorks — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 8/10
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror — PC, Steam — PC — 8/10
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night — PS1 — PS1 — 9/10
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back — PS1 — PS1 — 6/10
Dinosaur Museum — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 8/10
Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature 2.0 — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
Final Fantasy VII — PS1 — PS1 — 6/10
I Can Be a Dinosaur Finder — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
Lego Island — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 9/10
Mega Man Legends — PS1 — PS1 — 5/10
Mega Man X4 — PS4 — PS1 — 8/10
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II — PC, Steam — PC — 6/10
Street Fighter III — PS4 — Arcade — 8/10
Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
Tomb Raider II — PS1 — PS1 — 9/10
1998
Banjo-Kazooie — Emulator, Nintendo 64 — N64 — 9/10
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped — PS1 — PS1 — 6/10
Dinosaurs 3D — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 9/10
Encyclopedia of Animals and Nature — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 8/10
F-Zero X — Emulator, Nintendo 64 — N64 — 8/10
Half-Life — PC, Steam — PC — 9/10
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX — Emulator, Game Boy Color — GBC — 9/10
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — Emulator, Nintendo 64 — N64 — 9/10
Metal Gear Solid — PS1 — PS1 — 9/10
Motocross Madness — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 9/10
Resident Evil 2 — PS1 — PS1 — 9/10
Sonic Adventure — PS3 — Dreamcast — 6/10
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith — PC, Steam — PC — 4/10
Street Fighter Alpha 3 — PS4 — Arcade — 8/10
Tekken 3 — PS1 — PS1 — 8/10
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft — PS1 — PS1 — 6/10
1999
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time — PS1 — PS1 — 5/10
Chrono Cross — PS1 — PS1 — 5/10
Dino Crisis — PS1 — PS1 — 10/10
Driver — PS1 — PS1 — 5/10
Half-Life: Opposing Force — PC, Steam — PC — 9/10
Legend of Mana — PS1 — PS1 — 9/10
Lego Racers — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 7/10
The Nomad Soul — PC, Steam — PC — 4/10
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis — PS1 — PS1 — 7/10
Silent Hill — PS1 — PS1 — 8/10
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation — PS1 — PS1 — 6/10
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue — PS1 — PS1 — 7/10
2000
Dino Crisis 2 — PS1 — PS1 — 7/10
The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 8/10
Hitman: Codename 47 — PC, Steam — PC — 7/10
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask — Emulator, Nintendo 64 — N64 — 8/10
Lego Stunt Rally — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 8/10
Mega Man Legends 2 — PS1 — PS1 — 5/10
Mega Man X5 — PS4 — PS1 — 6/10
Rayman 2: The Great Escape — PS1 — PS1 — 6/10
Stupid Invaders — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 6/10
Tomb Raider Chronicles — PS1 — PS1 — 6/10
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 9/10
2001
Castlevania Chronicles — PS1 — PS1 — 7/10
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 8/10
Devil May Cry — PS3 — PS2 — 7/10
Half-Life: Blue Shift — PC, Steam — PC — 9/10
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone — PC, Windows 8 — PC — 6/10
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone — PS1 — PS1 — 4/10
Ico — PS3 — PS2 — 8/10
Interfact Shakespeare: Macbeth — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 10/10
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy — PS3 — PS2 — 9/10
Jurassic Park III: Dino Defender — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 5/10
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages — Emulator, Game Boy Color — GBC — 9/10
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons — Emulator, Game Boy Color — GBC — 9/10
Lego Island 2: The Brickster’s Revenge — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 7/10
Luigi's Mansion — Nintendo GameCube — GameCube — 8/10
Max Payne — PS2 — PS2 — 3/10
Mega Man X6 — PS4 — PS1 — 4/10
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty — PS2 — PS2 — 7/10
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Nintendo Switch — GBA — 8/10
Resident Evil – Code: Veronica X — PS2 — PS2 — 7/10
Silent Hill 2 — PS2 — PS2 — 6/10
Sonic Advance — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 7/10
Sonic Adventure 2 — PS3 — Dreamcast — 5/10
3D Dinosaur Hunter — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 10/10
2002
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 7/10
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — PC, Steam — PC — 5/10
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — PC, Windows 8 — PC — 6/10
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — PS2 — PS2 — 5/10
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin — PS2 — PS2 — 7/10
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix — PS4 — PS2 — 9/10
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo GameCube — GameCube — 8/10
Lego Island Xtreme Stunts — PS2 — PS2 — 8/10
Mafia — PC, Steam — PC — 7/10
Metroid Fusion — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 8/10
Metroid Prime — Nintendo Wii — GameCube — 4/10
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All — Nintendo Switch — GBA — 4/10
Ratchet & Clank — PS3 — PS2 — 8/10
Resident Evil — Nintendo GameCube — GameCube — 8/10
Resident Evil Zero — Nintendo GameCube — GameCube — 7/10
Sonic Advance 2 — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 8/10
Spider-Man — PS2 — PS2 — 8/10
Star Fox Adventures — Nintendo GameCube — GameCube — 7/10
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast — PC, Steam — PC — 6/10
Super Mario Sunshine — Nintendo GameCube — GameCube — 7/10
Superman: Shadow of Apokolips — PS2 — PS2 — 5/10
2003
Beyond Good & Evil — PS2 — PS2 — 10/10
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon — PC, Steam — PC — 8/10
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 7/10
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — PC, Windows 98/XP — PC — 8/10
Devil May Cry 2 — PS3 — PS2 — 5/10
Encyclopaedia Britannica Profiles: Dinosaurs — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 7/10
Jak II: Renegade — PS3 — PS2 — 6/10
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 9/10
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — PS2 — PS2 — 5/10
Mega Man X7 — PS4 — PS2 — 4/10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — PS2 — PS2 — 8/10
Ratchet & Clank 2 — PS3 — PS2 — 7/10
Silent Hill 3 — PS2 — PS2 — 7/10
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut — Nintendo GameCube — GameCube — 6/10
Sonic Heroes — PS2 — PS2 — 7/10
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — PC, Windows 10 compatible — PC — 7/10
Sword of Mana — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 8/10
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — PC, Windows 8 — PC — 8/10
2004
CSI: Miami — PC, Windows 8 — PC — 8/10
Doom 3 — PC, Steam — PC — 7/10
Far Cry — PC, Steam — PC — 6/10
Half-Life 2 — PC, Steam — PC — 10/10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — PC, Windows 8 — PC — 5/10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — PS2 — PS2 — 5/10
Hitman: Contracts — PS2 — PS2 — 6/10
Jak 3 — PS3 — PS2 — 5/10
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 9/10
Mega Man X8 — PS4 — PS2 — 6/10
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater — PS2 — PS2 — 8/10
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes — Nintendo Wii — GameCube — 6/10
Metroid: Zero Mission — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 10/10
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations — Nintendo Switch — GBA — 6/10
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within — PS2 — PS2 — 7/10
Ratchet & Clank 3 — PS3 — PS2 — 6/10
Red Dead Revolver — PS2 — PS2 — 6/10
Sid Meier’s Pirates! — PC, Steam — PC — 8/10
Silent Hill 4: The Room — PS2 — PS2 — 7/10
The Sims 2* — PC, Windows 8 — PC — 10/10
Sonic Advance 3 — Emulator, Game Boy Advance — GBA — 7/10
Spider-Man 2 — PS2 — PS2 — 7/10
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow — PC, Windows 8 — PC — 7/10
*I have the University, Nightlife and Open for Business expansions installed.
__There are also these three, which are remasters of games that I included in the same year the original versions came out:
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary — PC, Steam — Xbox 360 — 8/10
Halo 2 Anniversary — PC, Steam — Xbox One — 6/10
Rayman 3 HD — PS3 — PS3 — 5/10
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