I have also beaten Taz-Mania today, after starting it yesterday night.
I have to say I much prefer the Genesis version, which is a fun platformer.

Well, let's see if I can make it to 50 SNES games beaten this year.

Edit:
Trying to find a another short game to beat today before I go to bed.
Pink goes to Hollywood seems to be very short, but I am terrified of the Pink Panther and there is no way I will ever touch this game.
So... any suggestions?

Well, went with California Games II. Beat all the events and ended with a score of 234,500.
It is so much slower than the PC version, which I loved to play back in 1993.

And with that I am done for the night.

I got through most of Dennis the Menace in one try so it's not too bad

Realm has checkpoints or passes after ea h area so it wouldn't be too hard

Well, already went with California games II, since that one is a 15 minutes top commitment.  

I may have to finalize the 2017 numbers by Friday since I maintain it at work and won't have it the night of the 31st.  So Bea or anyone else, if you anticipate beating titles on the 31st try to get me a head's up on that.

I leave to my parents on the 30th, so no. I will be too busy enjoying them and spoiling my nephew and niece to worry about SNES games.
I intend to beat another 3 games till the 30th, though.

Also how in the world does the N64 thread have 800 more views than this one? Especially with how many times I open it up to make updates and such  

Not sure what else I can do to drive visibility/excitement for this guy at this point.

I have failed you. And I have been consumed by Super Meat Boy. I'll try not drinking the next few nights and do some more games. I'm kind of disheartened with Aaahh Real Monsters and Chaos in the Windy City. Curious, can I use my own password in Chaos in the Windy City to only play through the last level or does it need to be continuous in one sitting. I'm assuming my own password is fine, but I want to double check.

You haven't failed anything. Our efforts will roll into 2017 with the change in emphasis to clear the whole library.

And yeah, you can use passwords that the game gives you.

Hell, here's the sneak peak of the new thread (numbers are already out of date).  I would assume its straight-forward enough, but judging by the PMs I got this year, many people do not like to read and will be confused:

 

Can NA Finish Off The SNES Library? - 2017 All-Time: 537/714 - This Year - 0/714

Welcome to the SNES thread.  Once again, the goal is to beat every licensed US release in a year in as many years as it takes. 


Please take note of the changes from past threads, including the omission of a handful of carts, updated point values, and the new emphasis on the all-time unbeatens.

 

Progress Towards Beating the Entire Library
Year	Completions	Percentage	All-Time	Percentage	Link
2012	232/714	32.5%	232/714	32.5%	Click
2013	263/714	36.8%	330/714	46.2%	Click
2014	201/714	28.2%	382/714	53.5%	Click
2015	295/714	41.3%	444/714	62.2%	Click
2016	396/714	55.4%	537/714	75.2%	Click
2017	0/714	0.0%	537/714	75.2%	-

Rules

• Update: Titles in black must be completed entirely within the current calender year.
• Update: Titles in green (never been beaten) will not have such a restriction.  ie if you started Lord of Darkness in 2016 and you finish it in 2017, you will get credit for the clear in 2017.
• Photos are not required, but are highly encouraged
• In general, games should be completed on the medium/default difficulty or above
• Please post the name of the beaten games in bold
• Emulators are allowed.  Save states, cheat codes, Game Genies, and turbo controllers are not
• No calling games.  Points will be awarded to whoever first claims completion.  That doesn't mean it isn't prudent to let the thread know you're playing through a longer game, but players are free to snipe it from you
• For sports titles, you are allowed to skip straight to the postseason if that option is presented to you.  Simulating regular season games is also allowed.
• Scoring - this is meant to mimic the NES thread.  Score value is based on the previous years' speed with which each title was completed.  All-time unbeaten games were divy'ed up by me based on my best possible guesses.  You may also notice some discrepencies with the listed outcomes from previous years.  That is due to changes with the included games list, errors by previous thread owners, and errors by myself no doubt.
• I've added victory conditions to the game list in order to (attempt to) consolidate information, and alleviate confusion.  DISCLAIMER:  There was a lot of guesswork involved; if you notice that what I have seems wrong in some way, please let me know.  Consider that column a major work-in-progress, and more of a guideline at this point.
• Update: If I have no completion notes, assume its a straight-forward "beat the game" 
• Update: For sports titles in general, assume you have to win the championship/playoffs/tournament.

Strategies Companion Thread

• Thread here
• This is meant to be a repository of tips and tricks from previous clears of the games so that future playthroughs are easier
• Please feel free to post in either thread with anything you think will be useful for beating any of the titles
• Links to especially essential guides or walkthroughs, video or otherwise, are also welcome

 

Side Pocket is gone. Physics here are a bit more complex than at Lunar pool, but still a very easy game to break.

You might want to consider giving Roger Clemen's MVP Baseball the full 10 points because of the substantial investment of time it requires--a minimum of 41 games to win the World Series.

This is the sort of information that is greatly appreciated, and what I had to find out the hard way with Troy Aikman and Pro Sport Hockey.

Also seems like a strange number.  I'm guessing the game forces you to do a short season before beginning the playoffs?

 

Mark Dennis the Menace down. Don't think I will be able to beat another game today, but I will try to score three tomorrow.

What it does is start you out towards the end of a full season with an arbitrary W-L record (about 6 games out of first place) with 33 games remaining. If you finish in first place, you go on to play one best-of-seven intra-division series, then a best-of-seven inter-division (World) series. Go undefeated throughout all that and it adds up to 41 contests, minimum, to beat the game.   

Of course, that's if you play as a team in the National division. The American division has two extra teams that you would have to play against in two additional 3-game series, for a total of 39 regular season games. Then the 8 playoff games, for a total of 47 contests, minimum, to beat the game if you play as an American division team--and, of course, go undefeated.

Interesting. Relief Pitcher has something similar where you get put into a series of relief appearances to get the win, save, or hold. Kind of unique approaches to game modes.

Indeed, interesting. For the most part, I like it when games include those sorts of modes.

BTW, Brock, if you haven't yet seen my latest post in S16's beat-'em-all thread, I mentioned that I'm going to try to help out over here as much as I can next year. My hope is to take on some of the cross-platform sports games I've beaten for S16's beat-'em-all effort—stuff like, MLBPA, Cal Ripken, NBA Showdown, Bass Masters Classic, etc. I'm hoping I gained enough of a handle on the Genesis versions of those games that the SNES versions won't end up giving me too much trouble. I'd also like to investigate some of the SNES-exclusive sports games, in particular baseball games, like the aforementioned Relief Pitcher. I'm currently attempting to track down some inexpensive copies of these games.

Nice, that would be awesome. I've yet to take down a baseball game on the system

Got the 16 trophies on Best of the Best Championship Karate right now. Now to decide what my last game for the year will be.

Rocky Rodent is done. And that wraps 2016 for me. Time to practice Ikari Warriors so I can no-death it for the 2017 NES thread then go back to SNES games.

I'm pretty sure I'm tapping out for 2016 and then I'll use the progress I've made on stuff to count early in 2017. That way we can still have a high first time completion rate for next year as well.

Am I mistaken Bea or are you at 49 games?

Yeah, I am at 49 games right now. I might consider even beating another game, since I just realized that 416 is divisible by 8.
So that would make the thread count divisible by 8 and my game count divisible by 2 and 5, which pleases me.

Well, just started on Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Should have it done in an hour, tops, even though I am really drunk.

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is done. It was incredibly short. I wish I could bring the thread to 420 games beaten in the year, but that would bring me to 54 games beaten and 54 is not divisible by 8. So no can do.