Topic: Advanced Jon Lindemann Syndrome

[jrlibrarian]

I think it's official. I have a problem. In the past 4 months or so, my backlog has increased to a rather overwhelming 99 games, spread across 15 consoles.

NES:
Dragon Warrior
Gradius
Mega Man 3
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Zelda 2

SNES:
Chrono Trigger
Cool Spot
Drakken
Final Fantasy 3/6
Illusion of Gaia
PacMan 2
Populous
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
Super Mario World
Super R-Type

Genesis:
Aladdin
Decap Attack
Dynamite Headdy
Sonic Spinball
Sonic 2

Game Gear:
Sonic: Triple Trouble

Dreamcast:
House of the Dead 2
Tomb Raider: Last Revelation

Game Boy/Game Boy Color:
Wario Land 3
Metroid II
Donkey Kong '94

Xbox 1:
Enter the Matrix
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Metal Gear Solid 2

PS1:
Blade
Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil 2
Evil Dead
Spiderman

PS2:
God of War II
Jax 2
Devil May Cry II
Grandia II
MGS3
Tomb Raider: Legend
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Prince of Persia: Two Thrones
Kingdom Hearts II
Wraith: Unleashed
Sly 3
GTA: Vice City
Bully
Mark of Kri
Shadow of the Colossus
Ratchet and Clank
Beyond Good and Evil
Scaler
Armored Core 2
Cocoto Fishing Master
Final Fantasy X

Saturn: (I have a lot of sports games for Saturn that I'll probably never play. Just got them for cheap because of the collecting aspect)
Galactic Attack
Independence Day
Tomb Raider
Virtual On

Gamecube:
Baten Kaitos
Fire Emblem: POR
Geist (Final Stage)
Luigi's Mansion (Final Boss)
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Pikmin
Pikmin 2
RE2
RE3
RE: Code Veronica
RE: 0
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Monkey Ball
Tales of Symphonia
Viewtiful Joe 2

Game Boy Advance:
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
Mario v. Donkey Kong
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
Metroid Fusion (Final Boss)
Wario Land 4

DS:
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
Legend of Kage 2 (Final Boss)
Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes of Light
Retro Game Challenge
Picross 3D
Layton & Diabolical Box
Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (stuck on Trash Boss)
Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Final Fantasy 4
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

3DS:
Mutant Mudds
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
Starfox 64 3D
Pilotwings Resort
Super Mario 3D Land
Sonic Generations

Wii: (Yes, I finally broke down and bought one off ebay with these games)
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Nights

PC:
Fallout

I guess it's time to get started, now that I actually have an entire list in front of me. I'll probably work on knocking out the games that I'm already at the end of first. After that, any suggestions of what I should tackle next?

[jrlibrarian]

Wow. What terrible formatting my computer has cursed me with. One moment, please.

[Ceric]

I'm Enabling with the Advancement Item.

[Ceric]

At the very least play these out of that.

Baten Kaitos
Super Mario Bros. 2
Zelda 2
Sonic 2
Donkey Kong '94
Kingdom Hearts II
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Monkey Ball
Tales of Symphonia
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Super Mario 3D Land
Sonic and the Secret Rings

The last one will infuriate you until you get a bit of the upgrades and step away from it a little.  It will click and things will be cool then.

[FZeroBoyo]

But really, just take them one at a time. Start with games that you really want to play.

[Lithium]

When i was a kid my parents would never buy me any games, i had to save up my pennies on paper routes and lawn mowing for years to buy my consoles and then a few more years for a new game. Even though my parents weren't using their money to buy me games they still never let me buy a new game until I had beaten every game i had.

and even though i have enough money to be at risk for lindemann syndrome that practice had been beaten into my psyche to this very day. Only now do i apreciate what my parents did for me back then.

[ejamer]

I think it's official. I have a problem. In the past 4 months or so, my backlog has increased to a rather overwhelming 97 games, spread across 15 consoles.

Wow, that's nuts.  Makes me feel better about my own buying habits... or at least recent buying habits. 

Not sure what you should play next (depends on personal preference) but my favorites from that list are:

Final Fantasy 3/6
House of the Dead 2
Donkey Kong '94
Beyond Good and Evil
Tales of Symphonia
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones

[Ian Sane]

If we're talking games I've never played I have a small amount of mostly retro games.  I don't really get to choose when a retro game purchase takes place.  I just check out my favourite used videogame store once a week or so and if something I've been looking for pops up, I buy it.  So I got both Shining Force and Phantasy Star IV about a week apart and due to the length of those games I have yet to have sat down and played either one.  They're RPGs.  It isn't like a 10 minute quick gaming session is going to work.  I have to pick a time where I've got a few hours (and those times often go to new games).  My NES is on the fritz so any NES games I've bought lately have remained unplayed.  I ordered a replacement connector but it seems to have been lost in the mail and I've emailed the store about it. I have 2 or 3 NES titles I have bought since then and I have not played them because I currently can't.

I have only one current title unplayed: Sin & Punishment for the Wii.  The reason it is unplayed is that I got Skyward Sword for my birthday in December and then got S&P and Kirby's Epic Yarn for Christmas (both were titles I wanted but had put off until finding them cheap).  I haven't beaten Skyward Sword yet and I've only played a bit of Kirby and S&P has not yet had a chance to be played.  For Wii time Zelda gets priority.

What I have noticed is that when it comes to current titles this is not an issue.  If I find I don't have much free time and there is a game I'm currently into I just won't buy the next new title I want until later.  I don't however have a choice with gifts and with retro games if I pass up on one I want I might never see another copy for years.  It's easy when I have complete control of when I get the game but is otherwise hard.  S&P is the first time EVER that a new game has sat on my shelf this long without being played.  Of course it will probably remain unplayed for one reason: Xenoblade.  With my backlog you would figure this would be a lousy time to get a new Wii game but when Xenoblade was announced it didn't seem like something I could put off and be able to find easily a few months later.  Again, I don't really have control over the timing of the purchase.

I have noticed that when people share their backlogs Atlus games are common and that makes sense.  The assumption is that an Atlas game will become rare very quickly so one has to get it when the opportunity comes up, even if they currently don't have time to play it.

Now if we want to talk backlogs of games I have not completed, ****, that list is huge.  I own enough games I haven't beaten yet that I probably could never buy another videogame again and still have enough newish videogame content to satisfy me.  Someday I'll probably have a wife who will find this thread and throw that statement back in my face. :)

[jrlibrarian]

To be clear (gonna attempt to defend this poorly), I haven't bought all these games individually. I buy mostly in bulk off eBay, which is my main problem. For example, a box just arrived at my house with 31 ps2 games, some of which are listed above. So many of these games are RPGs though. That's my main concern, I think. I should at least cross metroid fusion off the list by this evening.

[Lithium]

If i were you what i would do is go from shortest to longest game, that will let you make progress relatively quickly

[Ceric]

...
Someday I'll probably have a wife who will find this thread and throw that statement back in my face. :)

Unless you meet her on this forum your pretty safe.

[KDR_11k]

Play DK'94, worry about the rest later.

[jrlibrarian]

Metroid Fusion:

This was basically my first long-term experience with a 2D Metroid game (beat Metroid Prime a few months back), and I definitely enjoyed it. The only spots where it became frustratingly difficult were the final boss sequence and the Space-Jump boss. Glad that my 3DS came with all the ambassador games already installed, so I could get a chance to play this on something without a keyboard. Looking forward to getting around to the other games in the series here soon.

[Lithium]

Geist (Final Stage)
Luigi's Mansion (Final Boss)

looks like both of these are low hanging fruit, you can probably cross both of these off your list today depending on how much time you have


and the original super mario bros can be beaten in about 10 minutes if you just care about completeing it and not playing all of the worlds.

[jrlibrarian]

I think I'll hit those three within the next day or two while not working my way through Kingdom Hearts 2.

[jrlibrarian]

Making pretty good progress through Kingdom Hearts 2 (Just got to Pride Lands, which means I'm almost done with going through every world the first time through).


Unfortunately, I now have to add to my backlog. Fallout 1 is free for 48 hours, and seeing as I've never played it, I snatched it up. Because it's FREE. So, yeah, one more game on the pile. And so we go.

[Lithium]

nice, I snagged myself a copy of fallout as well
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout