Sunday, January 31, 2010

My Shelf of Shame

Obviously I have not had time to post much lately. I haven't had time to do much of anything, really — except work, that is — let alone gaming. I have an ever growing backlog of games I've yet to play or finish. The hosts of Joystiq Podcast referred to this as a "Shelf of Shame." Hearing this term got me thinking, what games do I own that have been sitting on my Shelf of Shame?

(footnote links are broken. explanations at bottom of article.)

Games I've never played:
  1. Doom 1
  2. Doom II 1
  3. Doom 3
  4. Final Fantasy V 2
  5. Final Fantasy VI 2
  6. inFamous
  7. LEGO Batman: The Videogame
  8. The Matrix: Path of Neo 3
  9. Metal Gear 1
  10. Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake 1
  11. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
  12. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  13. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Wii) 2
  14. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 2
  15. Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks 3
  16. Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil
  17. Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero
  18. Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
  19. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
  20. Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
  21. Super Paper Mario

Games I've played, but not finished
  1. Banjo-Kazooie
  2. Battle Lode Runner
  3. The Conduit
  4. Dead Rising
  5. Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
  6. Donkey Kong 64
  7. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
  8. Far Cry 2
  9. Final Fantasy III 4
  10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  11. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
  12. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
  13. Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony 3
  14. Kid Icarus
  15. Kingdom Hearts
  16. Kirby's Dream Land 3
  17. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
  18. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
  19. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  20. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
  21. LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
  22. LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
  23. MadWorld
  24. Medal of Honor: Underground
  25. Medal of Honor: Frontline
  26. Metroid 3: Super Metroid
  27. Metroid Prime (Wii) 2 or (GCN)
  28. Metroid Prime Hunters
  29. Mirror's Edge
  30. NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
  31. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
  32. Perfect Dark Zero
  33. Pokémon Red
  34. Pokémon Snap
  35. Pokémon Yellow
  36. Pokémon Silver
  37. Pokémon Platinum
  38. Pokémon HeartGold
  39. Punch-Out!!
  40. Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
  41. Red Dead Revolver
  42. Red Dead Redemption
  43. Resident Evil (GCN) 4
  44. Scribblenauts
  45. Shadowman
  46. Sonic Adventure 5
  47. Star Fox Command
  48. Star Fox: Assault
  49. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
  50. Viewtiful Joe


Games I came close to finishing and stopped:
  1. Final Fantasy IV 6
  2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  3. Grand Theft Auto (GBA)
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest
  5. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
  6. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 6


1bonus feature on game disc
2part of a compilation
3recently purchased
4sold or traded
5damaged/unplayable
6lost/stolen

(notes: "finished" does not necessarily mean completed.  for example, finishing Super Mario Galaxy means that i reached and defeated the final boss, and saw the end credits, but not necessarily with all 120 stars.  also, games that were purchased without the intention of playing to completion, such as Saints Row 2, and games purchased as party games, such as LEGO Rock Band, are not counted as part of this list.)