When buying videogames, here are my rules: I will not pay over $300 for videogame hardware. I will not buy hardware unless there are at least two games I want immediately, and three I want in the next year. I like to buy about 25 games per console generation, which usually means I will buy two consoles per generation. I simply will never have BOTH time and money to afford And play more games than that a year. Wii: 2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Rayman Raving Rabbits Super Monkey Ball 2007: Sonic and the Secret Rings (Gunstar Heroes) GC (played 2001-2006, but I still play Ikaruga, Viewtiful Joe 2, Soul Calibur 2 and Smash Brothers on occasion): Smash Brothers Pikmin Super Monkey Ball Super Mario Sunshine Star Fox Adventures Metroid Prime Wind Waker Ikaruga F Zero GX Soul Calibur 2 Viewtiful Joe Viewtiful Joe 2 Prince of Persia Beyond Good & Evil MVP Baseball 2004 Tales of Symphonia Pikmin 2 Resident Evil 4 Killer 7 Fire Emblem Mario Party 4 Mario Kart: Double Dash Animal Crossing DC: Jet Grind Radio Soul Calibur Shenume Sonic Adventure Powerstone Sonic Adventure 2 N64 (played from 1996 to 2002 in large doses): Super Mario 64 Pilotwings 64 Mario Kart 64 Tetrisphere Mischeif Makers Starfox 64 Diddy Kong Racing Yoshi's Story Banjo Kazooie Super Smash Brothers The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Mario Tennis Mario Party F Zero 64 Donkey Kong 64 Starwars Pod Racing (forget the exact name) SNES (got in 1993, played until 1998, with one exception - Street Fighter 2 - until Soul Calbur and Smash Brothers came out in 99') : Super Mario World Yoshi's Island Street Fighter 2 Super Mario RPG Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Country 2 Super Metroid Super Punch-out Super Mario Kart Star Fox Earthbound Final Fantasy 3 Genesis (got one in 1991, played until 1999, couldn't justify getting a Saturn just for Nights) Sonic 1 Sonic 2 Sonic 3 Sonic & Knuckles Sonic Pinball Gunstar Heroes Shinobi Mortal Kombat 2 Toe Jam & Earl Bubsy F1 Racing (I think..) (never owned an NES, just played on those my friends had) DS: Age of Empires: Age of Kings New Super Mario Brothers Yoshi's Island Yoshi's Island 2/DS Star Fox DS Mario Kart DS Animal Crossing DS Super Mario 64 DS Advance Wars DS Mario and Luigi DS GBA/GBC/GC: Fire Emblem 1 Fire Emblem 2 Advance Wars 1 Advance Wars 2 Kirby Super Mario Land 1-4 Sonic (Sonic Rush was it?) Tetris Pacman Top 10 games for Systems I never owned (NES, Saturn, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, 360) 1) Nights (Saturn) 2) Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox) 3) Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox) 4) Parappa the Rapper (PS1) 5) Final Fantasy VII (PS1) 6) NES games: (Mario, Metroid, Zelda, FF, DQ, Punch Out, Rygar, Castlevania, 1942, Ninja Gaiden, Metal Gear, Mega Man, Rbi Baseball, Kid Icarus...too many to name) 7) Gears of War (360) 8) Fable (Xbox) 9) DDR (PS1) 10) Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2) Summing up: Gen, Game Boy, GBC, SNES, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Gamecube, DS, Wii Wii - 4 games DS - 10 games N64 - 17 games SNES - 12 games GB-GBA - 12 games DC - 6 games Genesis - 11 games 72 games. Hardware cost: about $1500 My Rankings: 0-10 games owned - Lapsed Gamer (1-3 platforms) 10-20 games - Sporadic Gamer (1-5 platforms) 20-30 games - Casual Gamer (3-6 platforms) 30-40 games - Casual-Dedicated Gamer (4-8 platforms) 40-50 games - Hardcore Sports gamer (5-10 platforms) 50-60 games - Average Gamer (6-12 platforms) 60-70 games - Two console gamer (7-17 platforms) 70-80 games - Two console, 1 portable gamer (8-20 platforms) 80-90 games - Two console, 2 portable gamer (10-25 platforms) 90-120 games - Three console gamer, 1 portable gamer (15-30 platforms) 120-150 games - Three console, 2 portable gamer (20-40 platforms) 150+ games - Hardcore gamer (owns everything: Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Colecovision, Intellivision, Magnivox, Game & Watch, NES, Master System, Genesis, SNES, Virtual Boy, CD-I, Lynx, 32x, Neogeo, 3DO, Saturn, PS1, N64, DC, PS2, Xbox, GC, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, Gameboy, Game Gear, Game Boy Color, Game.com, Game Boy Advance, Neogeo Pocket, Wonderswan, Wonderswan Color, N-Gage, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP - about 30-40 platforms!!)
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu
