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I found StrategyWiki in May 2012 while searching for a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic wiki, and have contributed to it rather than alternatives like Wikia because I (much) prefer the way it's organized: each game has its own guide (not a single project for multiple games in the same series) and each guide has a table of contents on every page which links to all other pages (aside from ease of navigation, it encourages keeping it streamlined).

Listed below are all 63 titles (including 14 expansions) I can remember acquiring or completing, 36 (~57%) of which have been played to completion (at least to my own satisfaction). All but four of those completed were released before 2000 (I started playing computer games in 1990): in more recent years, contributing to wikis like this has (significantly) reduced completion rate.

I have also played, or watched my brother play, various Sierra games in the King's Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Police Quest and SWAT, Quest for Glory and Space Quest series, but these aren't included since they weren't mine and at this point I'm uncertain which ones I played (or to what extent). My library also contains a substantial number of free titles, but I don't feel any compulsion to play them, let alone contribute to their guides, so these also won't be included unless I do contribute (Torchlight), or I complete them (Blackthorne).

Games I don't currently possess are highlighted like this. Games I've completed are highlighted like this.

List last updated: Onderduiker (talk) 10:38, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Comprehensive guides

These are comprehensive guides to which I've made any contribution, however minor (or even singular, in this case).

Game Genre System Released Completion stage
First Last
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Action-adventure Wii 2008 Comprehensive 22/06/15 Comprehensive 22/06/15

I've already played this to 100% completion, so I'm unlikely to make any further contribution (I simply reorganized its Table of Contents).

I'm most likely to write comprehensive guides of my own for games I haven't already completed, that I play(ed) through multiple times and for which I found existing resources lacking (or simply too spread out). However, this will take a while as I've yet to complete numerous RPGs to whose guides I've contributed, and I prefer to personally verify as much information as possible (which often involves use of editors and other utilities to get it straight from the source).

Contributions

These are other guides to which I've made any contribution, however minor (or even singular). I'm currently focusing on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and I'll continue to do so until I judge it to be comprehensive. Ideally I'll do likewise for its sequel and every other guide to which I've made any contribution, although that's overly ambitious (since I haven't completed a single guide yet).

More realistically, I plan to make anything to which I contribute at least a stage 2 guide, with enough of the walkthrough completed to show others how they could proceed (with notes on talk pages concerning presentation, templates, images and gathering and verifying information: if nothing else, I may need it myself if I return to complete a guide at a (much) later date).

Game Genre System Released Completion stage
First Last
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic RPG Windows 2003 Sparse 05/05/12 Maturing
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords RPG Windows 2005 Initial 20/04/13 Sparse
Command & Conquer: Red Alert RTS MS-DOS 1996 Sparse 25/04/18 Sparse
Star Wars: TIE Fighter Flight simulation MS-DOS 1994 Sparse 11/10/14 Sparse 08/05/18
Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Defender of the Empire Flight simulation MS-DOS 1994 08/05/18 Initial 08/05/18
Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Enemies of the Empire Flight simulation MS-DOS 1995 08/05/18 Initial 08/05/18
Star Wars: X-Wing Flight simulation MS-DOS 1993 Initial 11/10/14 Sparse 08/05/18
Star Wars: X-Wing - Imperial Pursuit Flight simulation MS-DOS 1993 06/05/18 Initial 08/05/18
Star Wars: X-Wing - B-Wing Flight simulation MS-DOS 1993 06/05/18 Initial 08/05/18
Command & Conquer RTS MS-DOS 1995 Maturing 22/04/18 Maturing 08/05/18
Command & Conquer: The Covert Operations RTS MS-DOS 1996 Maturing 22/04/18 Maturing 02/05/18
Command & Conquer: Red Alert: The Aftermath RTS MS-DOS 1997 29/04/18 Initial 30/04/18
Dune II: Battle for Arrakis RTS MS-DOS 1992 Sparse 27/12/17 Sparse 27/12/17
Star Wars: Dark Forces FPS MS-DOS 1995 Sparse 11/10/14 Sparse 20/03/17
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans RTS MS-DOS 1994 Sparse 05/12/16 Maturing 10/03/17
Diablo II RPG Windows 2000 Maturing 11/04/15 Maturing 03/01/17
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction RPG Windows 2001 Maturing 11/04/15 Maturing 03/01/17
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead FPS Windows 2002 14/06/16 Initial 27/07/16
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough FPS Windows 2003 14/06/16 Initial 27/07/16
Return to Castle Wolfenstein FPS Windows 2002 07/07/16 Sparse 27/07/16
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault FPS Windows 2002 Initial 12/06/16 Sparse 18/07/16
Syndicate Action MS-DOS 1993 Initial 16/04/15 Initial 18/07/16
Syndicate: American Revolt Action MS-DOS 1993 16/04/15 Initial 16/06/16
Torchlight II RPG Windows 2012 Initial 31/05/16 Initial 04/06/16
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith FPS Windows 1998 Initial 09/05/15 Initial 16/04/16
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast FPS Windows 2002 Sparse 09/05/15 Sparse 09/05/15
Torchlight RPG Windows 2009 Thorough 30/12/13 Thorough 20/04/14
Grand Theft Auto 2 Action Windows 1999 Maturing 17/05/13 Maturing 07/04/14

Completion stage isn't necessarily a good measure of progress: while it should be relatively quick and easy to get any guide to stage 2, it may remain at stage 2 (or 3) even after a significant amount of work has been done on it.

Pending games

These are games I haven't played to completion (at least to my own satisfaction) and to whose guides I'm most likely to contribute in the future, particularly if I'm unable to find existing resources which cover everything I needed or wanted to know while playing. However, I'm less likely to create a guide which doesn't already exist, or to contribute to one if a game isn't currently in my possession or I cannot otherwise run it.

Game Genre System Released Completion stage
Ashes Cricket 2009 Sports Wii 2009
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II FPS Windows 1997 0004.svg Comprehensive
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy FPS Windows 2003 0000.svg Initial
Star Wars: Battlefront II Action Windows 2005 0003.svg Thorough
Star Wars: Empire at War RTS Windows 2006 0000.svg Initial
Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption RTS Windows 2006 0000.svg Initial
Star Wars: Republic Commando FPS Windows 2005 0002.svg Maturing
Star Wars: Starfighter Action Windows 2002 0002.svg Maturing
Titan Quest RPG Windows 2006 0001.svg Sparse
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne RPG Windows 2007 0000.svg Initial
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos RTS Windows 2002 0003.svg Thorough
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne RTS Windows 2003 0000.svg Initial

I'm trying to maintain a moratorium on buying and playing new games until I've eliminated or at least reduced the number pending, but unfortunately I don't seem to be able to pass up a bargain: buying a Star Wars Saber Bundle in May 2015 was a serious lapse, doubling the number of Star Wars titles in my library from 9 (including 4 expansions) to 18 (I'm not nearly a big enough fan for them to account for just over 1/4 (!) of all games I've ever bought or completed).

Completed games

These are games I have played to completion (at least to my own satisfaction) and to whose guides I'm least likely to contribute in the future, particularly if one hasn't already been created. My grounds for completion are completing the game at the highest (sensible) difficulty level without cheating, and not feeling any need to replay the game in order to explore anything missed on any previous play-through.

Game Genre System Released Completion stage
Blackthorne Platform MS-DOS 1994 0002.svg Maturing
Caesar II Strategy MS-DOS 1995
Carmageddon Racing MS-DOS 1997
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now Racing Windows 1998
Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons Platform MS-DOS 1990
Keen Dreams Platform MS-DOS 1991
Commander Keen: Goodbye, Galaxy! Platform MS-DOS 1991
Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter! Platform MS-DOS 1991
Doom FPS MS-DOS 1993 0002.svg Maturing
Doom II: Hell on Earth FPS MS-DOS 1994 0002.svg Maturing
Duke Nukem 3D FPS MS-DOS 1996 0002.svg Maturing
Mortal Kombat Fighting MS-DOS 1994 0004.svg Comprehensive
Mortal Kombat II Fighting Windows 1995 0004.svg Comprehensive
Mortal Kombat 3 Fighting Windows 1996 0004.svg Comprehensive
Rise of the Dragon Adventure MS-DOS 1990 0002.svg Maturing
Rise of the Triad: Dark War FPS MS-DOS 1994
Sam & Max Hit the Road Adventure MS-DOS 1993 0000.svg Initial
SimCity 2000 Simulation Windows 1995 0002.svg Maturing
Spear of Destiny FPS MS-DOS 1992
Wii Sports Sports Wii 2006 0003.svg Thorough
Wolfenstein 3D FPS MS-DOS 1992
Worms Artillery MS-DOS 1995 0000.svg Initial

Technically, Doom and Doom II: Hell on Earth were only completed on Ultra violence and not Nightmare! (enemies re-spawn) but I'll only revisit those games in the highly unlikely event that I complete or abandon all current and pending games, and get the urge to play them again (the release of Doom (2016) had made me a little nostalgic, but so far that's not been enough).

Wii Sports

Technically I shouldn't consider Wii Sports completed until I've been awarded all platinum medals for Training with both hands, and I only have 8/15 with my left and 7/15 with my right. However, it's been years since I've made any effort to improve on that.

Last updated: Onderduiker (talk) 18:20, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Sport Pro Skill Level
Tennis Yes Yes 2266 2151
Baseball Yes Yes 2084 2055
Boxing Yes Yes 3001 2802 Best
Bowling Yes Yes 1426 1444 300 (*19) 300 (*50)
Golf Yes Yes 1014 1450 3-Hole Game
Beginner -3
Intermediate -3
Expert -1
9-Hole Game
±0
3-Hole Game
Beginner -3
Intermediate -3
Expert -2
9-Hole Game
-7

Training records and gold and platinum medals awarded:

Tennis Baseball Bowling Golf Boxing
Returning Balls Hitting Home Runs Picking Up Spares Putting Working the Bag
91 106 10 (1725m) 10 (1741m) 17 lanes 18 lanes 10 (miss) 10 (miss) 43 pts 36 pts
Timing Your Swing Swing Control Power Throws Hitting the Green Dodging
50 57 70 pts 79 pts 782 pins 711 pins 40.2m 32.8m 84 pts 89 pts
Target Practice Batting Practice Spin Control Target Practice Throwing Punches
28 31 30 hits 29 hits 20 lanes 20 lanes 650 pts 675 pts 62 pts 63 pts