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With all the great new games coming out these days, it's hard to sit down and play the older games from past generations (or hell, even from this one) when most of my gaming time is spent on the latest and greatest thing. Plus it doesn't help I have other interests besides games, and of course work always gets in the way. What follows is a list of all the games I own that I have either: A) never finished, B) never started playing or C) never even opened. As I write this introductory paragraph, I imagine the list is pretty massive as I am always picking up new games and continually just placing them on the shelf. Are you ready?

Microsoft Xbox:

· Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II (never finished it)
· Black (still sealed)
· Blood Omen 2 (never finished it)
· BloodRayne 2 (still sealed; rented it a long time ago once)
· Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (never started it)
· Conker: Live & Reloaded (never started it)
· Crimson Sea (hardly played it)
· Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (never started it)
· Fable (never played it)
· Far Cry Instincts (never played it)
· Midtown Madness 3 (hardly played it)
· Ninja Gaiden (can't beat first boss; way too **** hard)
· Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (barely started it)
· Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (never played it)
· Project Gotham Racing (never finished)
· Project Gotham Racing 2 (never finished)
· The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (never played it)
· Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (never played it)
· Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 (never played it)
· Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow (never played it)
· Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown (never played it)
· Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (barely started it)

Microsoft Xbox 360:

· Big Bumpin' (hardly touched it)
· Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (still sealed)
· Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (still sealed)
· Condemned 2: Bloodshot (only finished 1st level)
· Crackdown (never finished it)
· Dead Rising (I hate the damned time system, never finished it)
· Devil May Cry 4 (still sealed)
· Eternal Sonata (still sealed; I want the PS3 version instead)
· Far Cry 2 (still sealed)
· F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (still sealed)
· Guitar Hero III (still sealed)
· Hitman: Blood Money (only finished 1st level)
· Lost Planet (only finished 1st level)
· Need for Speed Carbon (still sealed)
· Operation Darkness (still sealed)
· Pocketbike Racer (barely touched it)
· Project Gotham Racing 4 (still sealed)
· Ridge Racer 6 (never finished)
· Rumble Roses XX (barely touched it)
· Silent Hill: Homecoming (still sealed)
· Sneak King (never finished)
· The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault of Dark Athena (still sealed)
· WarTech: Senko no Ronde (still sealed)

Nintendo (NES):

· After Burner (don't think I ever finished it)
· Batman the Video Game (I could never beat the Joker at the end)
· Batman: Return of the Joker (don't think I ever finished it)
· Castlevania (never got to Dracula)
· Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (never played it)
· Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (never finished it)
· Ducktales (never finished it)
· Gyruss (never beat it; but got damn close!!)
· Ninja Gaiden (never finished it)
· Ninja Gaiden II (never finished it)
· Snake Rattle 'n Roll (never finished it)
· Street Fighter 2010 (never played it)
· Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (never finished it)
· Who Framed Roger Rabbit (never finished it)

Super Nintendo (SNES):

· Breath of Fire (never started it)
· Lemmings (never finished it)
· Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (never finished it)
· Secret of Mana (barely started it)
· Super R-Type (never finished it)
· U.N. Squadron (never finished it)
· Xardion (barely started it)

Nintendo 64:

· Ridge Racer 64 (barely started it)
· Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (never finished it)

Nintendo GameCube:

· Fire emblem: Path of Radiance (quit when I found out I missed something, I think. Was pretty close to the end too)
· Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (barely touched it)
· The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (never finished but got really far)
· Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (still sealed)
· Pikmin (never finished)
· Pikmin 2 (never finished)
· Viewtiful Joe (never finished)

Nintendo Wii:

· No More Heroes (never finished)
· The Munchables (barely touched it)

Nintendo GameBoy Advance (GBA):

· Breath of Fire II (never finished it)
· Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (never finished it)
· Drill Dozer (never started it, I like the rumble pack though)
· Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (never finished FFII)
· Final Fantasy IV Advance (never finished it)
· Final Fantasy V Advance (still sealed)
· Golden Sun (got stuck, but was pretty far)
· Golden Sun: The Lost Age (never started it)
· Gunstar Super Heroes (never started it)
· Justice League Heroes: The Flash (never started it)
· Mega Man Zero 4 (never finished it)
· Pokemon: FireRed (never finished it)
· Sonic Advance (never finished it)
· Super Robot Taisen D (never played it)
· Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (never finished it)
· X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse (never finished it)

Nintendo DS:

· Advance Wars: Dual Strike (hardly played it)
· Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (never played it)
· Bangai-O Spirits (never played it)
· Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (barely started it)
· Final Fantasy III (never played it)
· Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (never finished it, too much side stuff!)
· Front Mission (never played it)
· Luminous Arc (never finished it but got damn far)
· Luminous Arc 2 (never played it)
· Lunar: Dragon Song (still sealed)
· Magical Starsign (never played it)
· Metroid Prime Pinball (never finished it)
· Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer (never played it)
· Scribblenauts (never finished it)
· Sonic Rush (never finished it)
· Super Robot Taisen K (just started it)
· Trauma Center: Under the Knife (never finished it)

Sega Genesis:

· Castlevania: Bloodlines (I think I finished this, but I'm not entirely sure)
· RoboCop vs The Terminator (never finished it)
· Uncharted Waters (never played it)

Sega Dreamcast:

· Phantasy Star Online (never singe player portion)
· Sonic Adventure (never finished it)
· Sonic Adventure 2 (never finished it)

Sony Playstation:

· Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (never played it)
· Breath of Fire IV (I think I finished this but I'm not entirely sure. Either way my save file is long gone!)
· Descent (I know I've gotten pretty far but I don't think I've ever finished it)
· Final Doom (never started it)
· Final Fantasy Anthology (never finished FFV)
· Final Fantasy Chronicles (never finished FFIV)
· Front Mission 3 (I think I finished it, but I'm not sure. Either way I played the hell out of it)
· Galerians (still sealed)
· Resident Evil: Director's Cut (never finished it)
· Syphon Filter 2 (still sealed)
· Syphon Filter 3 (still sealed)

Sony Playstation 2:

· A.C.E.: Another Century's Episode (never finished it)
· A.C.E.: Another Century's Episode 2 (never played it)
· Art of Fighting Anthology (still sealed)
· Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (never started it; rented it once)
· Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny (never played it)
· Burnout Dominator (never finished it)
· Capcom ****cs Collection 1 & 2 (I'd like to know someone that's finished ALL the games on these)
· Contra: Shattered Soldier (never beat it)
· Dark Cloud (hardly played it)
· Devil May Cry (Never made it past the 2nd boss)
· Dragon Quest VIII (still sealed)
· Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol 1 (still sealed)
· Final Fantasy XII (started but didn't get far)
· Front Mission 4 (still sealed)
· God Hand (only played a little bit)
· Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (still sealed)
· Growlanser: Heritage of War (still sealed)
· Guitar Hero (unlocked most songs, never finished though)
· King of Fighers: Maximum Impact (never got far)
· King of Fighters 2006 (still sealed)
· King of Fighters XI (never played it)
· La Pucelle: Tactics (never played it)
· Makai Kingdom (never played it)
· Mega Man Anniversary Collection (never finished any of em)
· Mega Man X Collection (only finished MMX)
· Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (not finished yet but working on it!)
· Metal Slug Anthology (never finished a Metal Slug game before)
· Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs Zeon (never played it)
· MS Saga: A New Dawn (never finished but been meaning to)
· Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (never finished it)
· NeoGeo Battle Coliseum (never played it)
· Odin Sphere (barely touched it)
· Phantom Brave (barely touched it)
· Real Robot Regiment (never played it)
· Sega Genesis Collection (still sealed)
· Sengoku Basara (never played it; but finished Devil Kings)
· Shadow of the Colossus (still sealed)
· Silent Hill 2 (never finished it)
· Silent Hill 3 (still sealed)
· Simple 2000 Series Vol 101: The Oneechanpon (barely played it)
· SoulCalibur III (still sealed)
· Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (never finished it)
· Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (never finished it)
· Suikoden IV (still sealed)
· Suikoden Tactics (still sealed)
· Super Robot Taisen: Scramble Commander (never played it)
· Sunrise World War (never played it)
· Super Robot Taisen Alpha 2 (never played it)
· Super Robot Taisen Alpha 3 (barely started it)
· Super Robot Taisen Impact (never played it)
· Super Robot Taisen MX (never played it)
· Tales of Legendia (still sealed)
· Transformers (never finished it)
· Transformers Tataki (never finished it)
· Trapt (still sealed)
· Twisted Metal: Head On-Extra Twisted Edition (never finished it)
· Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (still sealed)

Sony Playstation 3:

· Folklore (never started it)
· Metal Gear Solid 4 (still sealed)
· PixelJunk Monsters (never finished it)
· SoulCalibur IV (still sealed)
· Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (never finished it)

Sony Playstation Portable (PSP):

· Brave Story: New Traveler (never finished it)
· Burnout Legends (never finished it)
· Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (only played it enough to unlock Symphony of the Night)
· Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (maybe half way through. Got bored with the side stuff)
· Daxter (came with my PSP, have no interest in it)
· Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (never played it)
· Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions (still sealed)
· Gradius Collection (hardly played it)
· Gundam: Battle Tactics (hardly played it)
· Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (still sealed)
· Infected (never finished it, and never wanted to)
· Jeanne d'Arc (never finished it)
· LocoRoco (hardly played it)
· Marvel Ultimate Alliance (never started this version)
· Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (never played it)
· Pursuit Force (never finished it)
· Super Robot Taisen A Portable (never played it)
· Super Robot Taisen MX Portable (never played it)
· Ultimate Ghosts N Goblins (still sealed)
· Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (still sealed)
· Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (never started it)
· X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (never played this version)

PC:

· Age of Mythology (never played it)
· Alien Vs Predator (never got far)
· Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (hardly played it)
· Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun & Tiberian Sun: Firestorm (Never finished it)
· Diablo (hardly played it)
· Diablo II and Lord of Destruction expansion (hardly played it)
· Disciples II: Rise of the Elves GOLD (still sealed)
· Emperor: Battle for Dune (hardly started it)
· Fallout and Fallout 2 (never started; I doubt the disc I have even works on Windows XP LOL)
· Guild Wars and all Expansions (can you even finish this game?)
· Half-Life (never finished it; got stuck in sewers on PS2 version)
· Hexen: Beyond Heretic (hardly played it)
· Icewind Dale II (never started it)
· Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (hardly played it)
· Lineage II (still sealed; once again, can you even finish this game?)
· Neverwinter Nights: Diamond pack (hardly played it)
· RF Online (still sealed; servers have been shut down L)
· Rise of Nations: Gold Edition (never started it)
· Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (still sealed)
· SimCity 3000 Unlimited (can you even finish this game?)
· Starcraft (never finished it)
· The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (never played it)
· The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (still sealed; freebie at PAX)
· Titan Quest Gold Edition (still sealed)
· Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (still sealed)
· Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Platinum Edition (still sealed)
· Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm (still sealed)

WonderSwan:

· Final Fantasy II (still sealed)
· Makai Toushi SaGa (still sealed)
· Rhyme Rider Kerorican (still sealed)
· Super Robot Taisen Compact (never played it)
· Super Robot Taisen Compact 2 (never played it)
· Terrors 2 (still sealed)

Wow, that is a lot. As I look over this list, I see several games I would be ok with selling off as well as several games that I simply must play as soon as possible (Metal Gear Solid 4, Shadow of the Colossus, Odin Sphere, Dragon Quest VIII, Secret of Mana). Feel free to post your comments on the games that I have never played or are still sealed. I'll do my best to explain why I haven't played these games. Also, go ahead and post your backlog list if you have one. Now if you'll excuse me, I have several games I need to get back to playing. None of which are on this list! LOL

Posted by Gigastormz, 11/04/2009 8:49pm
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usagi704

Damn, son, that is one hell of a list! My backlog can be seen on backloggery.com.

Eternal Sonata - I have it on PS3, but I haven't started it yet, either.

WarTech: Senko no Ronde - Loved that game when I had a 360. The only people I was able to play against online were some Japanese who were still playing the game when it came here.

Ridge Racer 64 - Was never a fan of this, I actually liked the original RR on PS1 more.

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain - I haven't started this either even though I finished the sequel Soul Reaver.

Capcom CIassics Collection 1 and 2 - Yes, I have finished most of the games on both of these.

God Hand - My favorite beat-'em-up ever!

Soul Calibur III - Still sealed, huh? Probably for the best.

MGS4 - I have never been much of a fan of the MGS series, but I took a chance with this one and it turned me into a fan!

Daxter - I just started this recently.

I noticed you have a ton of Super Robot Taisen games! All I have are the two for GBA that were released in North America.

Posted 11/04/2009 10:19pm

KnightsofRound

This makes my backlog look like nothing, but even so mine is about as big as I'd want it to get... I'm having a hard enough time keeping up as it is. If I had your list I think I'd just give up hope of ever trying to finish it.

Posted 11/04/2009 10:57pm

hart704

I'd be amazed if you could beat Super R-Type and/or U.N. Squadron. Those games are too difficult for me which is why I prefer Gradius III.

I've gotten to Dracula in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, but I've yet to be able to beat the final form. Attacks from off-screen are never cool.

I'd also like to know anybody that's beat all of the games on any of those large compilations like Capcom Classics Collection, Taito Legends, or Sega Genesis Collection.

I never keep games sealed even if I don't play them right away. I found out why I do this when the one time I left Avatar: The Last Airbender for PSP sealed for about a week. I opened it to find that the case was cracked quite badly and it wasn't noticeable from the outside. Luckily I was able to return it for a replacement copy.

Posted 11/05/2009 3:58pm

SciFiCat

Wow man, O_o just wow, I don't even know where to begin. If anything my backlog is what keeps me from buying a 360, PS3 or Wii. I've made the personal commitment not to buy any new gaming hardware until I'm done with all my last gen games and that means finishing each and every one of them. Here is my advise:

1. Sell the "not so great games" like BloodRayne NFS: Carbon or Rumble Roses XX, etc, just to name a few. Those games are really non essential experiences for a gamer and I think you could do without them just fine.

2. If you start a game, you must finish it. It is a personal rule I have and it has allowed me to push through tons of long, tough games. Sometimes I've had to stop playing for a while to later retake them where I left off but I always get to see the end credits. (I just finished Persona 3, took me 133hrs in a span of 3 months but it is done.)

3. You are only allowed to play one game per system: Yes, you can play multiple games at once but you are not allowed to play two games of the same system at once.

4. You are not allowed to buy the sequel of a game you already own if you haven't finished it. Super Robot Taisen and Rainbow Six are examples of this.

Other than that, I guess some common sense and moderation at the moment of purchasing games would be advisable, cause DAMN!

Posted 11/08/2009 9:14am

Gigastormz

@usagi704: I have a backloggery profile as well but I don't really understand how to use the site (or the purpose of it) and I don't like the way it looks/functions.

I want the PS3 version of Eternal Sonata because of the extra stuff they added.

Got WarTech for less than $10 at Best Buy. Looks kinda interesting.

The only reason I have Ridge Racer 64 is because Optimus Prime makes a cameo appearance! lol You can see a semi truck driving across a bridge that looks exactly like Optimus Prime's vehicle mode. I doubt it's actually him but I remember reading about this in a magazine back in the day and I just HAD to have this game because of it. lol I do like Ridge Racer though, but this one doesn't seem so great. (R4 is my favorite of the series).

I hear Blood Omen is good so that's why I got it. It was $1 at a garage sale.

God Hand is certainly unique but its harder than I thought it'd be. Got it for like $20.

I hear Soul Calibur III is not so hot. I suppose there's really no point in playing it since those new characters are in SCIV, right?

MGS4 is one of those games that I simply MUST play. I need to finish MGS3 first though!

Yeah, I'm a big anime fan so I'm drawn to the Super Robot Wars games (I also enjoy strategy/rpgs). I've finished the 2 released on GBA here and then SRW: W on DS. The problem with these games is the language barrier, and they also take a long time to finish since a single battle can last 30 minutes (or more!).

Posted 11/09/2009 10:09am

Gigastormz

@hart704: It is probably a good idea to open my sealed games and make sure they are not defective, but they lose some value if I ever needed to sell them (thinking about selling stuff for my wedding in January of 2011!) I've been pretty lucky over the years though. I can't recall a time that a sealed game/dvd had a defective disc. *knock on wood*

R-Type is hard as hell, but UN Squadron is much easier IMO. At least I feel like I've made some progress there. Plus its a lot of fun and the planes are cool! I'll have to try Gradius III on PSP.

I got stuck somewhere in Circle of the Moon and kinda forgot about it when the next GBA game came out.

Apparently your budy Usagi has finished most of the games on the Capcom C|assics collections, go talk to him! lol

Posted 11/09/2009 10:10am

Gigastormz

@SciFiCat: I'm sorry but I can't allow myself to ignore the current generation of games even though I have tons of "old" games I have not finished. I admire your efforts to play all the games you own, but I can't force myself to obey a rule system so strict as the one you listed.

Just because a game is "not so great" doesn't mean I don't like it. I don't want to ever feel like I'm forcing myself to finish a game. "Pushing through games" just doesn't sound like any fun, and that's why we are all here. To have fun! I basically only play one game per system anyway. Just finished 1st playthrough of Borderlands, now playing Dragon Age. As far as the sequels go, I wouldn't play a game out of order but I'm still going to buy a sequel to a game I already own if I find it for super cheap! I will not pass up a good deal and that's why most of these games are on this list. (Also, most of the Super Robot Wars games aren't sequels. [Kind a like how all the Final Fantasy games are not related] And for Rainbow Six, I debated even putting them on this list. Those games came in a big lot of Xbox games I won on Ebay. I could care less about them and will never play them. I will definitely be selling them.

I think I've become more of a collector than a "gamer" in the past few years. Out of all these games on my list, only a handful have been purchased at full price. I buy most of my games on sale or on clearance (or used in some cases).

Thanks for the comments!

Posted 11/09/2009 10:14am

usagi704

God Hand was marketed at the time as a pretty hardcore game and yeah, I'd say it is quite difficult. Makes it so you can't win by just mashing buttons like in a lot of the games in the genre.

As far as I know all of the new characters from SC3 are in SC4, but I don't own it and have never played it.

Posted 11/09/2009 12:40pm

hart704

@Gigastormz: I was thinking specifically about Gradius III on the SNES, but I heard that the one you referred to is great as well.

Ha! @usagi704 only wishes he's aced a whole compilation.

Posted 11/09/2009 2:37pm

usagi704

@hart704, you got something to say to me, boy?

Posted 11/09/2009 6:11pm

SciFiCat

That explains a lot, I too can't pass up an opportunity to pick up a good game at a great price but sometimes the thought of owning a game that I might end up not playing, well that really sinks my heart. I still very much have fun playing games, but I give an honest effort into finishing them because I'm rather someone that likes to finish something that I've already started. Sorry if I came on too strong with my rule set, it was just a suggestion to help you out, but you are free to do with your backlog as you please since it is yours after all. As for current gen, I have no hurry getting into it because I've learned that I can always get the games I want later down the line. Good luck with your gaming!

Posted 11/10/2009 4:27am

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I'm a music freak and I listen to almost nothing but heavy metal. My favorite video game genre is RPGs but I will play anything else except sports and "urban" themed games. I started playing games back in the Atari 2600/NES days. My first game experience was playing Defender, Joust and Pitfall on Atari at my cousin's place. Soon after we got an NES and I was hooked on video games. In the early 90s I saved up money by mowing lawns and bought a Sega Genesis. I was a SEGA kid. I never got an SNES until the last days of the system when they released the redesigned crappy lightweight version. I've never really been a fan of Mario, I always liked Sonic more. Currently I have all major home consoles and hand helds except a Wii. I work in the land title insurance field as a typist. I was previously employed by Toys R Us, KB Toys and Suncoast.