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.)