Unfortunately we have probably hit the ceiling for what we can do in a year in my thread, because I sure as hell am not doing 150 games ever again, or anything close to that.  For that reason the goal of the SNES thread will be changing next year to make it more manageable, and to try and draw in some of these reluctant NES guys

 

Also something to consider is doing one of these: http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...

No reason not to save the strategies Daniel has for the Koei games, Bea's thoughts on Mutant Virus, tables' strategies for To The Earth, etc.

But my strategy for Mutant Virus so far has been drink lots of alcohol till inhibitions are a thing from the past...
So I will take time off next year to figure out how to beat it sober and put it on paper. Same with Lunar Pool and a few other games I do enjoy that are fairly easy to beat.

I have no idea what that game is. I just saw lots of complaints about it. I should check it out.

I played Mutant Virus on my phone for a few minutes to see what it's like. At first I was just like 'What the hell is going on' Got the virus covered in blue in the first room. Went on my way. Then I saw more and I actually destroyed the next batch I saw and it clicked. Went back to the first room and wiped it out there. It's kinda cool.

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
2Legit28Bit	10
8-bit boice	3
acromite53			10		10
Bea Iank				2	1
bearcat-doug	6
bimmy lee	8	4	9	7
bronzeshield					9
cdbblw				5	8
Crabmaster2000	1	2
DoctorNick			2	1
Dr. Morbis		9
Enternal		6
gnarblast			7
guitarzombie				8	7
gutsman004			8
khog143	9	9
MaarioS					4
nerdynebraskan			1	3	2
Nightowljrm	4
Ozzy 98				10
Red		3	5
scaryice	2	8	3	9	6
Sukhov		5	6
tablew/chairs				4	3
the wizard 666	10	6
TheMexicanRunner					5
TWarwick07	7
WashYourFace	5	1	4	6

		Total		Licensed	Unl/pal
1	nerdynebraskan	330.8		289	41.8
2	Bea Iank	230.3		147	83.3
3	scaryice	227.7		215.8	11.9
4	WashYourFace	205.9		156.3	49.5
5	Crabmaster2000	173		173	0
6	bimmy lee	156		148	8
7	DoctorNick	153		148	5
8	tablew/chairs	128.8		128	0.8
9	Red	104		102	2
10	the wizard 666	80		61.5	18.5
11	cdbblw	74		74	0
12	Sukhov	72		70	2
13	guitarzombie	70		65	5
14	8-bit boice	64		64	0
15	Nightowljrm	62		62	0
16	Enternal	51		51	0
17	bronzeshield	50.1		39	11.1
18	acromite53	49.5		48	1.5
19	khog143	42.8		42.8	0
20	gnarblast	42		24	18
20	MaarioS	42		36	6
22	Dr. Morbis	41		34.5	6.5
23	Vectrex280996	40.5		36	4.5
24	gutsman004	40		40	0
25	ruudos	36		36	0

Change	2017	2016	2015
0	392	333	295
±1	256	288	295
±2	14	41	65
±3	0	0	7

	2017	2016
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar	8	6
Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine	6	8
Gradius	3	5
Hook	6	8
Incredible Crash Dummies, The	4	6
Last Action Hero	7	9
M.U.L.E.	5	7
Peter Pan & the Pirates	5	7
Pipe Dream	5	7
Silent Service	8	10
Stinger	4	6
Terminator 2: Judgment Day	4	6
Twin Eagle	4	6
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja	5	7

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
50	2-Jan	1-Jan	1-Jan	1-Jan	1-Jan
100	4-Jan	1-Jan	1-Jan	1-Jan	1-Jan
150	9-Jan	1-Jan	1-Jan	2-Jan	2-Jan
200	16-Jan	3-Jan	3-Jan	3-Jan	3-Jan
250	29-Jan	7-Jan	6-Jan	4-Jan	5-Jan
300	6-Feb	14-Jan	11-Jan	6-Jan	8-Jan
350	17-Mar	25-Jan	17-Jan	10-Jan	12-Jan
400	26-Apr	17-Feb	26-Jan	16-Jan	19-Jan
450	7-Jun	2-May	16-Feb	21-Jan	31-Jan
500	22-Jul	10-Jul	9-Mar	31-Jan	21-Feb
550	16-Aug	8-Nov	7-Jun	10-Feb	21-Apr
600	14-Oct	xxx	13-Sep	24-Feb	29-May
650	30-Nov	xxx	xxx	8-Apr	26-Aug
677	31-Dec	xxx	xxx	12-Jun	13-Dec

I can't wait to see next year's game list with all point values!

Dude, I cannot wait. I'm trying to bang out SNES games right now, but NES is my system. I hope to be one of the heavy hitters in 2017.

Huh... looks like I will have to complete at least a game next year so I stay on that list of people who have beaten games every year since 2012.  

I loved Ultimate Air Combat. I beat it last year for myself. Its pretty long tho.  I also did pretty good for someone that just started 2 years ago.  I got more games this year but ive been concentrating on gameboy.  I have a larger list of games I own so I cant be going feverishly into it again but much more casual.

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I've been thinking about what this thread should look like for next year. So far, we've done the following:

2012 - licensed (successful)
2013 - licensed + unlicensed (unsuccessful)
2014 - licensed + unlicensed (unsuccessful)
2015 - licensed + pal exclusives (successful)
2016 - licensed + unlicensed + pal exclusives (successful)

After two years of failing the unlicensed games, they were replaced with the PAL games for a change of pace. Then after 2015 went well, they were added back in to see if we could finally clear them - we ended up doing everything. Where to go from here? There isn't really a bigger goal we can have for next year, so instead I think we should do something different. For 2017, I'd like to do licensed + a selection of good/interesting Famicom games.

Why do this? Several reasons. First, one of fun things about these threads is finding new games. I know I've played many games I wouldn't have otherwise due to these competitions. Second, I think it's unlikely we would beat all unlicensed games again. The motivation to complete it for the first time is gone, and several people have already suggested that they won't beat certain games again. Third, I think it would be good to have a slightly easier goal so that NA can do better on the SNES thread.

I'm planning to pick 73 Famicom games (677+73 = an even 750). I won't pick rpgs that require Japanese knowledge, anything from the FDS, or any crappy Mahjong games. There's a ton of exclusives that were Japan only (over 600), so there's plenty of good games to choose from. Of course, I'll probably throw in a few bad ones too for fun.

That sounds good to me. I would be interested in trying a few different Famicom games that I never played before. Would be a nice chance of pace, specially given that I have other focus for 2017 and won't be playing NES as much.
Not much point in doing the unlicensed set again, specially because most of us don't want to suffer through action 52 again.  

Setting PAL games aside for 2017 is also a good idea. I have beaten all of them this year (even the two that Guitarzombie beat before me) and have no intent in doing so again in 2017.

Maybe throw a crappy Mahjong game or two just for fun. I actually enjoy mahjong