Originally posted by: Rickstilwell1

A good question though: are there any games on this list that nobody on NA has ever beaten before? Has anyone been keeping track of which ones always get missed? Instead of going around in circles year after year it would be interesting to answer this question and put those particular titles in bold for the beginning of next year. (if the goal is not reached that is)

Originally posted by: scaryice

So, I've been thinking about next year's thread. I remember last year around this time saying that I didn't want to do unlicensed again, but a number of people wanted otherwise, so we gave it another go. Unfortunately, we have even fewer unlicensed games completed this year. And even though it says 74/91, it's actually not very close to being finished. That's because of all the multicarts (especially Action 52), so in reality we're 99/156 with everything taken into consideration. There's actually quite a few more games to complete when you break it down like that.

I think for 2015, rather than try to complete unlicensed games for a third year, we should instead try to beat all licensed PAL games that weren't released in the Americas (I would say "exclusives," but some of the games were released in Japan). That should be our "side goal" for next year. Here's my reasoning (and don't say do them all, because that's not gonna happen):

1) The list is much shorter, and much more doable. It's about 35 games.

2) There's a lot of excellent games, like Gimmick & Ufouria. Plus, Banana Prince, Devil World, Hammerin' Harry, New Ghostbusters II, Over Horizon, Parodius Da - the average quality is much higher.

3) It gives us a new challenge and new games to play after two years of doing the same thing.

Thoughts?

Originally posted by: nerdynebraskan

I think that sounds ok too, scary. I do feel bad about tucking tail and running from the unlicensed list. Also, I wonder if we won't be a bit more reliant on our European members for completing some of those. Many of us here are original-only, and some of those games just don't work on US systems. (There's also fewer people around here excited to drop big bucks on rare sports carts like Rackets & Rivals and Tecmo World Cup Soccer.)

How are you going to assign points for them? I suppose it could be done as they fall; like the first few to go could be worth 1 each, the next few 2 each, etc. Not the most scientific, but I suspect the ones that are long, tedious, or difficult will last longer.

Originally posted by: nerdynebraskan

In any event, I'm already excited for next year's challenge. It doesn't seem like anybody has ever won the thread twice, much less been a back-to-back champion. I'm eager to see if I can do better. (No offense, anyone, but I don't think anybody will catch me in the last three weeks of this year.)

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Is anyone still working on Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? I actually finished the game the other day, but don't want to take credit for it if someone has been slugging away at it for a while and is close to being done. The game is so damn repetitive and long (80 cases seems a bit excessive to beat the game. They should have done like 40), but easy enough to complete. I'll take credit for it if no one else is interested in it.

Originally posted by: scaryice

So, I've been thinking about next year's thread. I remember last year around this time saying that I didn't want to do unlicensed again, but a number of people wanted otherwise, so we gave it another go. Unfortunately, we have even fewer unlicensed games completed this year. And even though it says 74/91, it's actually not very close to being finished. That's because of all the multicarts (especially Action 52), so in reality we're 99/156 with everything taken into consideration. There's actually quite a few more games to complete when you break it down like that.

I think for 2015, rather than try to complete unlicensed games for a third year, we should instead try to beat all licensed PAL games that weren't released in the Americas (I would say "exclusives," but some of the games were released in Japan). That should be our "side goal" for next year. Here's my reasoning (and don't say do them all, because that's not gonna happen):

1) The list is much shorter, and much more doable. It's about 35 games.

2) There's a lot of excellent games, like Gimmick & Ufouria. Plus, Banana Prince, Devil World, Hammerin' Harry, New Ghostbusters II, Over Horizon, Parodius Da - the average quality is much higher.

3) It gives us a new challenge and new games to play after two years of doing the same thing.

Thoughts?

Originally posted by: nerdynebraskan

Also, congrats to bimmy on Carmen Sandiego. That would be a test of patience, for sure. I'm thinking of being the one to tackle it next year.