Something went wrong. Try again later

F1000003

This user has not updated recently.

77 1405 11 72
Forum Posts Wiki Points Following Followers

Playing all the video games - Part 000001: 005

I have decided to start the rather futile task of playing all the video games.

Why futile?

Well, to an order of magnitude, 10 new games are released every week - I tend to pick up a new title to try at a rate of at most, one a week... There is a bit of a disparity here! Combine this with the fact that there are approximately 35,000 games listed in Giant Bomb's database, and in the past twenty-odd years I estimate that I've played, say, 1% of them. So even if I could keep up with the constant tirade of new releases - my current backlog is almost certainly insurmountable.

Where to start?

Julia Andrews once said "When you read you begin with A-B-C." Surely this rule of thumb could also apply to video games? Consequently, it is my intention to play through the games listed in Giant Bomb's database in alphabetical order, and to write briefly about my experiences.

Caveats:

I only intend to play games that I can obtain legally, practically and without prohibitive cost. Additionally, if I reach a game that is part of a sequence of games - I will most likely tweak my ordering and play them chronologically instead.

Game 000001: 005

005: Stealth-em-up
005: Stealth-em-up

005 is an arcade "stealth-em-up" released by Sega in 1981. An hour of research leads me to believe that there is no practical and legal way for me to play this game. Admittedly I haven't yet defined what I mean by "practical" - but purchasing a standalone cabinet is definitely on the wrong side of my personal line of practicality.

Reviews dotted around the internet lead me to suspect that I am not missing much, but surely no game where you can ice-skate past cops while simultaneously attacking them with laughing gas can be that bad? This video demonstrates the four levels in the game. The helicopter vs helicopter level is supposedly pretty tricky.

---

OK so 0 out of 1 for games played isn't a brilliant start, but I've just ordered the PS2 version of 007: Agent Under Fire from Amazon. Check back next week sometime for my thoughts.

44 Comments

46 Comments

Avatar image for f1000003
F1000003

77

Forum Posts

1405

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 13

Edited By F1000003

I have decided to start the rather futile task of playing all the video games.

Why futile?

Well, to an order of magnitude, 10 new games are released every week - I tend to pick up a new title to try at a rate of at most, one a week... There is a bit of a disparity here! Combine this with the fact that there are approximately 35,000 games listed in Giant Bomb's database, and in the past twenty-odd years I estimate that I've played, say, 1% of them. So even if I could keep up with the constant tirade of new releases - my current backlog is almost certainly insurmountable.

Where to start?

Julia Andrews once said "When you read you begin with A-B-C." Surely this rule of thumb could also apply to video games? Consequently, it is my intention to play through the games listed in Giant Bomb's database in alphabetical order, and to write briefly about my experiences.

Caveats:

I only intend to play games that I can obtain legally, practically and without prohibitive cost. Additionally, if I reach a game that is part of a sequence of games - I will most likely tweak my ordering and play them chronologically instead.

Game 000001: 005

005: Stealth-em-up
005: Stealth-em-up

005 is an arcade "stealth-em-up" released by Sega in 1981. An hour of research leads me to believe that there is no practical and legal way for me to play this game. Admittedly I haven't yet defined what I mean by "practical" - but purchasing a standalone cabinet is definitely on the wrong side of my personal line of practicality.

Reviews dotted around the internet lead me to suspect that I am not missing much, but surely no game where you can ice-skate past cops while simultaneously attacking them with laughing gas can be that bad? This video demonstrates the four levels in the game. The helicopter vs helicopter level is supposedly pretty tricky.

---

OK so 0 out of 1 for games played isn't a brilliant start, but I've just ordered the PS2 version of 007: Agent Under Fire from Amazon. Check back next week sometime for my thoughts.

Avatar image for adzpearson
AdzPearson

253

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 30

Edited By AdzPearson

This could potentially be an awesome series. XD I'll definitely be following this

...and yeah, futile seems to be the right word. I'm going to have a hard time playing all the JRPGs I want to play, let alone virtually all games in existence. Still, I salute you for giving it a shot.

Avatar image for killacam
killacam

1342

Forum Posts

66

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By killacam

hahah i can get behind this

Avatar image for ramone
Ramone

3210

Forum Posts

364

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 5

Edited By Ramone

You literally can't do it, but it'll be fun to watch you fail.

Avatar image for bollard
Bollard

8298

Forum Posts

118

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 12

Edited By Bollard

This is going to be expensive if you plan to play all the games legitimately!

Avatar image for mattyftm
MattyFTM

14914

Forum Posts

67415

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 11

Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

There are a lot of terrible James Bond games you're going to have to play at the start of this run. I don't think you're even going to get past them.

Avatar image for mracoon
mracoon

5126

Forum Posts

77135

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 15

Edited By mracoon

This is a great idea. I tried to do something similar with my '365 Games to Play Before You Die' series of blogs but I got burnt out by entry 150.

Avatar image for james_giant_peach
James_Giant_Peach

756

Forum Posts

1114

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

This is the best idea.

Avatar image for rubberfactory
RubberFactory

333

Forum Posts

245

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By RubberFactory

Good luck, you crazy motherfucker.

Avatar image for sadpatrol
SadPatrol

529

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By SadPatrol

I'm going to watch all the movies. Hell, I'll even read all the books while I'm at it

Avatar image for starfoxa
StarFoxA

5262

Forum Posts

260822

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 12

User Lists: 12

Edited By StarFoxA

I love this! Couldn't you have emulated this game in MAME? Or are you going to avoid going d

Avatar image for starfoxa
StarFoxA

5262

Forum Posts

260822

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 12

User Lists: 12

Edited By StarFoxA
@StarFoxA Own that route? (accidentally hit submit on mobile)
Avatar image for willthemagicasian
WilltheMagicAsian

1548

Forum Posts

391

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

God speed.

Avatar image for morrow
Morrow

1871

Forum Posts

32782

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By Morrow

@F1000003:

Insane gameman - y u no go to work?!

Avatar image for f1000003
F1000003

77

Forum Posts

1405

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 13

Edited By F1000003

@StarFoxA: Yes, this game is available for MAME - but I've decided to avoid emulating games unless I can get consent from the copyright holders.

Avatar image for starfoxa
StarFoxA

5262

Forum Posts

260822

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 12

User Lists: 12

Edited By StarFoxA
@F1000003 You're going to have a hard time playing a ton of games then! But good luck anyway!
Avatar image for musubi
musubi

17524

Forum Posts

5650

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 8

User Lists: 17

Edited By musubi

I assume you've made arrangements and your local mental health facility for when you go insane? =p Good luck though. There are so many awful early games on the Atari that your a better man than me for trying to play them all.

Avatar image for bobafettjm
bobafettjm

2639

Forum Posts

874055

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 69

Edited By bobafettjm

I say good luck to you sir, but without any emulation you have a hard and very very expensive road ahead of you.

Avatar image for andrewb
AndrewB

7816

Forum Posts

82

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 16

Edited By AndrewB

@F1000003 said:

OK so 0 out of 1 for games played isn't a brilliant start, but I've just ordered the PS2 version of 007: Agent Under Fire from Amazon. Check back next week sometime for my thoughts.

Oh man, I totally had a poster for that game hanging on my wall 'till very recently. For video game posters that came from a magazine, that was a pretty good one.

Avatar image for jjor64
JJOR64

19700

Forum Posts

417

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 5

Edited By JJOR64

Have fun with all the LJN games. ;)

Avatar image for deactivated-5d056614f191a
deactivated-5d056614f191a

1008

Forum Posts

11123

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 4

Impossible task but good luck anyways :)

Iv been considering doing something similar but for PC games only.

Iv actually packed away all my consoles and console games.

I will be following your progress :)

Avatar image for thebatmobile
thebatmobile

995

Forum Posts

330

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By thebatmobile

Consider yourself followed. Don't disappoint me!

Avatar image for nail1080
nail1080

2025

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By nail1080

This is a stupid idea which you will never even come close to completing.

Avatar image for beachthunder
BeachThunder

15269

Forum Posts

318676

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 30

Edited By BeachThunder

I think you should start with the games that you personally find interesting; I'm willing to bet that you'll even struggle doing that.

Avatar image for mistasparkle
MistaSparkle

2293

Forum Posts

999

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

Edited By MistaSparkle

You play those games. Play'em hard!

Avatar image for negativecero
NegativeCero

3160

Forum Posts

32

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By NegativeCero

At least you didn't add a rule that you had to beat them, at least the ones that can be beat with an actual ending. Anyway, good luck with your insanity.

Avatar image for hughesman
hughesman

314

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By hughesman

Get a hold of yourself man!! Tis' a fool's errand!

Avatar image for fearbeard
Fearbeard

885

Forum Posts

3

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

Edited By Fearbeard

Haha, good luck with this. I'll be curious to see how far you can make it.

Avatar image for aegon
Aegon

7345

Forum Posts

104

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Aegon

Do you have lots of money? 

Avatar image for sungahymn
sungahymn

1192

Forum Posts

65

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By sungahymn

Make sure to Have Batman.

Speaking of which, I guess I Will Follow you.

Avatar image for ravenlight
Ravenlight

8057

Forum Posts

12306

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By Ravenlight

Fuck Julie Andrews.

Avatar image for dichemstys
dichemstys

3957

Forum Posts

16891

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 2

Edited By dichemstys

This is gonna rule.

Avatar image for thebostonpops
TheBostonPops

71

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By TheBostonPops

Shine on, you crazy diamond!

Avatar image for quarters
Quarters

2661

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Quarters

This is insane...and genius. Will be watching.

Avatar image for nintendoeats
nintendoeats

6234

Forum Posts

828

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 9

Edited By nintendoeats

What if games come out that are behind where you are in alphabetical order? Like if you've reached the Bs and then a game comes out called Aardvark Attack?

Anyway, good luck. This might work better as a team effort. Let me know if there are games which I have and you don't.

Avatar image for hizang
Hizang

9475

Forum Posts

8249

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 22

User Lists: 15

Edited By Hizang

Just remember, somewhere in all the games is Dark Souls and Super Man 64.

Avatar image for redhatdrew
RedHatDrew

375

Forum Posts

842

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

Edited By RedHatDrew

Good luck, sir. Especially since Agent Under Fire is next on your list.

Just remember that when times get tough, "You Gotta Believe!"

Avatar image for duggshammer
duggshammer

155

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By duggshammer

I commend you... and, you got me interested in how long this might take.

If you spent one hour with each of the ~35,000 games, it would take about 4 years of playing with no sleep. So let's take the best case scenario here and say that you wouldn't play for 10 hours a day (sleep + 2 hours leisure time). That would be = ((35,000(games) x 1(hour with each game)) / 14(hours that you're playing a day)) / 365(days in a year). That would take just under 7 years. How bout we put a more realistic number in for the hours a day? If you played 6 hours a day, one hour on each game, it would take nearly 16 years.

Now let's say that you actually want to finish all of these games. This is hard to calculate, a game might take 30 minutes for a little time-waster or >20 hours for an adventure rpg. Let's make a really rough estimate and say that 5,000 of these games will take you 10 hours to complete, and you spend 6 hours everyday playing. About 23 years.

Avatar image for jjgiant
JJGIANT

884

Forum Posts

1002

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 6

Edited By JJGIANT

Love it man, more power to you. Your going to have to play through all the Mega Man games!!!! Definitely following.

Avatar image for xyqxyq
xyqxyq

12

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By xyqxyq

007: Agent Under Fire is a pretty good game. I still have it on Gamecube. Make sure you try out the multiplayer, wherein you can use the Q-claw (you'll be introduced to this at the very beginning of the campaign) on any surface.

Avatar image for undeadpool
Undeadpool

8414

Forum Posts

10761

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 20

User Lists: 18

Edited By Undeadpool

You're mad, sir, it can't be done. But don't let that stop you from trying, you magnificent bastard!

Avatar image for ch3burashka
ch3burashka

6086

Forum Posts

100

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By ch3burashka

Lol, '005' is number 2 in forums rank right now. The most attention it's gotten in a few decades.

Avatar image for shagge
ShaggE

9562

Forum Posts

15

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By ShaggE

Rooting for ya from 005 to Zzzap/Dodgem.

Where will 0x10c be in your list, I wonder?

Avatar image for justin258
Justin258

16684

Forum Posts

26

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 11

User Lists: 8

Edited By Justin258

I was just reading, in Game Informer, about a guy who wanted to play every single CRPG ever made. At least that's, y'know, feasible in a technical sense if he doesn't count anything past the starting of the project and doesn't do anything else for about twenty years. And I thought he was nuts for attempting this.

But you? You're stark raving mad.