Zaiqukaj buys games at a higher rate than she can play them. A lot of the multi-word titles are misspelled, I just know it. This list is incomplete at the moment.
In the beginning of each section I'm going to go over my history with the system and/or my opinions of it.
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For their amazing backwards compatibility and ability to play imports Game Boys have most of my respect. Actually, I collect them.
I have one Game Boy of every major model except for the Game Boy Light (but not every color). What amuses me about this is my first one was a Game Boy Color. It was also the first and only game system I bought at the launch (all other systems get to wait at least a year so they have at least a few things of value in their game libraries).
The Game Boy games are organized minimally. Any titles that are technically for the GBC will still be listed in GB since they are the same thing to me.
| Game | Notes | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Powers Oh Behave! | I have yet to make it work at all. Unplayable! | 0% |
| Boomer’s Adventure in ASMIK World | Can’t figure out the controls/objective. | ??? |
| Bubsy II | The series is made of bad puns. I need to give this one a try. | Unstarted. |
| Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle | This was a fun series. Hopefully it plays just as well on the GB. | Unstarted |
| Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 | Unstarted | |
| Conker’s Pocket Tales | One of the few games that needs color to make any sense. | ??? |
| Dragon Warrior 3 | Made of love. | Need to restart. |
| Final Fantasy Adventure | I’m bad at it but it’s fun! | 70%? |
| Fortress of Fear | ||
| Hamtaro Ham-Hams Unite! | ||
| Kirby’s Block Ball | ||
| Kirby’s Dream Land | ||
| Kirby’s Dream Land 2 | ||
| The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages | ||
| The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons | ||
| Lil’ Monster | The internal battery just died so saving is not possible. This is a really confusing game. | Was halfway through. |
| Magi Nation | ||
| Megaman II | ||
| Monster Rancher Explorer | ||
| Pocket Bomberman | ||
| Pokémon Blue | This was actually my friend's copy. She was the first of us to ever play any of the series. This is our messed up cartridge that has seen Missingno and such. | |
| Pokémon Gold(Japanese and English) | The first of the 2nd gen Pokémon games I had beaten. Gold and Silver are so far my favorite of the Pokémon settings | |
| Pokémon Red | This was my first Pokémon game, my starter was a Squirtle. | |
| Pokémon Silver (Japanese) | I didn't get too far on this one. After beating Gold the inability to read anything became much more annoying. | |
| Pokémon Yellow | This has been beaten once. Before retiring this cartridge I have begun playing through it again and won't stop until it has a full Pokédex. | |
| Robopon Sun Version | This Pokémon clone makes me die a little inside every time I ever tried to play it. Accessing the menus takes an abnormally long time to load. I got about 2/3 of the way through. | |
| Tamagotchi | Sped up version of the hand held originals. Can this game even be beaten? | ??? |
| Game | Notes | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Banjo-Kazooie Grunty’s Revenge | Need to restart. | 50% |
| Boktai The Sun is in Your Hands | This game should be illegal in Seattle. Our sunny days are not sunny at all. *dances* I have a brand new never played before copy for when the fragile light sensor in the cartridge finally dies in my used one. | To the first boss. |
| ChuChu Rocket! | I’m really really bad at this game. | Barely started. |
| Monster Rancher Advance | My first GBA game. Getting that system was a Christmas conspiracy. | ??? |
| Monster Rancher Advance 2 | My preferred of the DS Monster Ranchers since it abandons the weird aesthetics of the earlier title that were based on Monster Rancher 3 | ??? |
| Pokémon Emerald | This is my favorite of the 3rd gen but I haven't beaten it yet. By the time I got to this one I was pretty trained out. | Beaten. |
| Pokémon Fire Red | My main gen 3 cartridge. Has been beaten. Very close to finishing that darn Pokédex. | Beaten. |
| Pokémon Leaf Green | Haven't been able to start this one. It really loves being misplaced. | Started. |
| Pokémon Ruby | My first game for the 3rd gen. | Beaten. |
| Pokémon Sapphire | Nobody else ever has these games so I tend to have to trade with myself. This is one of my games I often loan out to friends. | Started. |
| Yu-Gi-Oh Destiny Board Traveler | I still think this monstrosity is unplayable. The words are insanely hard to read. All the other games before this one were ledgible. | 0% |
| Yu-Gi-Oh The Eternal Duelist Soul | One of the better Yu-Gi-Oh! GBA titles. | Beaten. |
| Yu-Gi-Oh GX Duel Academy | It’s weird but in a good way. Came with the cutest Kuriboh card ever. | 50% |
| Game | Notes | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Age of Empires The Age of Kings | Not past the tutorial | ??? |
| Cooking Mama | A fun mini game collection type of game. | 100% |
| Digimon World: Dawn | Best Digimon world ever. It is actually fun and not painful! | 80% |
| Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime | This game is adorable and stars one my all time favorite game characters. | Started. |
| Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates | Much more fun not being tethered to a moogle (or friend stuck as a moogle). Love running around as a Yuke. | 80% |
| Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings | Incredibly disappointed in gameplay change. Commanding armies is not fun for me. | 40% |
| Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game | Have yet to start. | 0% |
| Hoshigami Remix | This game makes me feel conflicted. The harder settings are specifically harder because they severely reduce accuracy and experience gained. | 15% |
| Kirby Canvas Curse | Weird controls but fun. | 25% |
| Nanostray | Even though it is pretty hard Nanostray resembles one of my favorite types of arcade machines: the upwards scrolling shooter. | 100% (easy) |
| New Super Mario Bros. | I especially like the card matching mini-game | ??? |
| Pokémon Pearl | Final 4 beaten and all that is left is the pokédex and final dungeon. | 80% |
| Pokémon Trozei! | Gameplay is frantic screen scrubbing. A screen protector is a must. | Beaten. |
| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney | I’m a fan of this type of gameplay. A good point and click type adventure is hard to find. | 80% |
| Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords | Defeating monsters with Bejeweled is more entertaining than it sounds. | Beaten. |
| Sonic Rush | I can’t beat the first boss. This is an unbearable shame. | ??? |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller | Yay, online battles. | ??? |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour | The touchscreen is perfect for this type of game. | Beaten. |
| Game | Notes | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Banjo-Kazooie | This is one of my favorite N64 games. I have no idea how far my progress is. | |
| Banjo-Tooie | Incredibly similar to the first one, horrah. | 40% |
| Chameleon Twist | This was a cute 3D platformer. The only thing missing is giving me a legitimate reason to collect the collectable items. | |
| Diddy Kong Racing | When I was a kid we got a video tape of an ad for this in the mail. I still don't comprehend why. | |
| Donkey Kong 64 | The memory expansion thing is required for this one I think. | 30% |
| Earthworm Jim 3D | I can't get past the first boss battle. How sad is that? | ??? |
| Kirby 64 | I'm only a few levels in. So far it's the most disappointing Kirby game I have played. I really preferred how the second Kirby did combining abilities. | |
| Mario Kart 64 | Beaten before, but this is a new cartridge so it will have to be done again. | |
| Mario Party | The original killer of controllers. | |
| Mario Party 3 | ||
| Mischief Makers | This is a new copy I have yet to try out. | Unstarted. |
| Paper Mario | ||
| Pilotwings 64 | ||
| Pokémon Stadium | ||
| Pokémon Stadium 2 | ||
| Quest 64 | Kind of lame but gets points for being on the 64. | Need to restart. |
| Space Station Silcon Valley | Another favorite of mine. Strangely, this game will not work if the N64 has that expanded memory chip/cartridge thing in it. The story was really bad but this game has a lot of variety and clever things thrown into it. | |
| Super Mario 64 | About half way through. There are a lot of stars I have never been able to get. Water and Ice levels are the worst for me. | |
| Tetrisphere | Another favorite of mine. | 60% |
| Super Smash Bros. | Beaten before, but this is a new cartridge so it will have to be done again. | Need to restart. |
| Game | Notes | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Wii Sports | Only tried out Boxing and Tennis. I don’t like the game enough to keep messing around with it. It’s great for giving guests their first flails on the Wii however. | Barely anything. |
| Jenga | I played long enough to get one game in after the tutorial. It's kind of cute that the game takes itself so seriously. | Knocked over a few towers. |
| The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Oh the joys of saving someone who likes my horse better than me. | Right before the boss in the Goron Mines. I missed something and have to go back through the dungeon. |
| Super Mario Galaxy | All that’s left are a lot of the comet stars and the levels I'm horribly bad at. | Beaten, but don't have every star. |
The PS has been one of my favorite systems. Even though I have yet to touch a PS3 this series has always been pretty solid. A lot of good developers release a lot of games so the biggest strength of these fellows is their backwards compatibility and extensive game libraries.
I still have one of these fellows hanging around for the um... 2 games I have ever encountered that are wonky on the PS2. This one was a Christmas gift from a close family friend around when I was in school. For the longest time we only had Monopoly and Spider for it. Too bad I loaned those out and never got them back.
| Game | Notes | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Bloody Roar | This is my favorite fighting series and is probably the only one I’m not intensely bad at. | Finished most of the story modes. |
| Bomberman Fantasy Race | Have never played since I want to try it out with a friend. | N/A |
| Bomberman Party Edition | There is never too much Bomberman. | ??? |
| Bust-A-Move 4 | Always a good series for a puzzle fix! | Beaten story mode. |
| Chocobo’s Dungeon 2 | Fun battle system that is used in a lot of games. | Wark. |
| Final Fantasy Tactics | I always get stuck in the same boss fight that is only me verses 1 opponent. Since everyone suggests a very specific (very twinky) route instead of doing whats fun I’m pretty put off by this game now. I’ll stick with the Advance incarnation. | ??? |
| Ghost in the Shell | The game is fun and all, but since there is a time limit every stage AND I’m very bad at games like this I can’t get very far. | 3rd stage. |
| Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu | This game is snazzy. The way experience gained is pretty weird (in a good way). | 30% |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | This is such a weird fighting game. It’s fun even though I suck at it. | Beaten story mode. |
| Monster Rancher | I can never beat the final tournament, my monster always dies of old age right when I reach the right rank for it. Pfft, I’m way too nice to them and can’t help it. Favorite monster = Worm. | Final tournament. |
| Monster Rancher 2 | Favorite new monster = Hopper. | Final tournament. |
| Oddworld Abe’s Oddysee | I really wanted to be loyal to this series. Because of their random console jumping they have been abandoned completely by me. It’s pretty unique for a side scroller and the first 2 games in the series are highly suggested by Zaiqukaj. | Beaten. |
| Smurf Racer! | It’s so bad it’s good! *Ahem* Yeah, it’s a Mario Kart clone. Play it in French for the proper hilarity. | ??? |
| Spyro Year of the Dragon | Spyro games give me a bit of motion sickness after an hour or so thus I’m not very far. | ??? |
| Tomba! | Love this series so much! | Beaten. |
| Tomba! 2 The Evil Swine Return | Just started. |
Of all the systems that require a TV this one gets the most use. At the moment I have 2 of these: an old model that was bough a few years after the launch and one of the new slim silver ones. It is a little bigger than a game case! This only leads me to want to wait for a smaller model of the PS3 to be released some day. I can easily wait since there is a stack of at least 20 long RPGs that have yet to be started for the PS and PS2.
My PS2 game collection has the most unplayed games in it. I'm a sucker for buying games that are under 10$ and snatch them up once they reach a target price.
| Game | Notes | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy X | Cutscenes in cutscenes make this game really annoying. | 20% |
| Final Fantasy X-2 | Dreading starting this one. | Unplayed |
| Final Fantasy XII | I really like this one. The gambit thing made me fearful since I'm a big fan of turn based systems. | 60% |
| Jade Cocoon 2 | Their are a lot of fun aspects to this game. It's one of my favorites to constantly do random quests in. | Restarting again. |
| Oni | Unplayed | |
| Onimusha | My first PS2 game ever. One of my favorite hack and slash series for the system. | Beaten. |
| Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny | ??? |
It took forever for me to buy one of these because of the outrageous price that never goes down. After getting one it was proven really worth it. The screen is easy to damage but other than that it's a hardy little machine.
The one I have is the silver one that was available last Christmas (2007). Zaiqukaj may start collecting silver systems.
| Game | Notes | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Patapon | Cute + Annoying = Win | 40% |