Drumble's Status

Unfinished ?No significant accomplishments.

Beaten ?The main objective has been accomplished. Usually marked by the defeat of a final boss and/or viewing of credits.

Completed ?For games which are 100% done. All extras and modes have been unlocked and finished. All significant items have been collected.

179	141 Unplayed 78.8% of Unfinished 17.5% of Total	22.3%
245		30.5%
380		47.3%

Wishlist 5

Top-Rated 148

Master Runs 11

PC	57	60	45	171 Total
Arcade	39	8	15	78 Total
NES	16	10	125	160 Total
SNES	16	10	49	76 Total
PlayStation	8	7	4	19 Total
PlayStation Portable	6	3	0	9 Total
Genesis / Mega Drive	5	11	11	27 Total
Nintendo Switch	5	10	1	16 Total
Neo Geo	4	6	3	13 Total
Nintendo DS	4	16	18	40 Total
TurboGrafx-16	4	0	6	10 Total
Nintendo 3DS	3	12	1	17 Total
Game Boy Advance	2	14	6	24 Total
WiiWare	2	7	12	21 Total
PlayStation 2	2	5	3	10 Total
PlayStation 4	2	2	0	4 Total
Wii	1	29	15	45 Total
GameCube	1	9	28	46 Total
Wii U	1	7	6	14 Total
Nintendo 64	1	5	16	25 Total
Saturn		1	0	1 Total
Game Boy		7	14	22 Total
PlayStation 3		3	0	3 Total
Game Boy/Color		2	1	3 Total
Master System		1	1	2 Total
All Games				856 Total

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mrdots

about 1 week ago

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	Consider Yourself a Hero: Majority of games are beaten
	Invincible: 10+ beat or complete in a row
	Focus: Only playing one game

I look at your theme and I'm saying, "Nice!."

Also, I see Tom Cruise playing volleyball.

nintendojunkie

about 2 weeks ago

Badges
	Herald of Bak'laag: 500+ unfinished games
	Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
	On Fire: 3 beat or complete in a row

Thank you! I'm trying to decide how I'll "square it up" for the new card format.

nintendojunkie

about 3 weeks ago

Badges
	Herald of Bak'laag: 500+ unfinished games
	Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
	On Fire: 3 beat or complete in a row

I saw your post on DigitalSora's page and it got me wondering...

How often do people finish their backlogs? Is this a rare occurrence or does it happen quite a lot? What percentage of all backloggers have earned the Backlog Beaten or Backlog Completed badges?

nighthawk_99

about 4 weeks ago

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	Backlog Beaten: August 31, 2021
	Legendary Weapon: 5 or fewer unfinished games
	Consider Yourself a Hero: Majority of games are beaten

Thank you Mr. Drumble!

nighthawk_99

about 1 month ago

Badges
	Backlog Beaten: August 31, 2021
	Legendary Weapon: 5 or fewer unfinished games
	Consider Yourself a Hero: Majority of games are beaten

Just

DQ8. I can see why it's one of your favs, I had a great time playing through it. Makes me wish I played it back in the day, but I've only really been been getting around to mainline DQ games in the past couple years. Might be awhile until I play anymore though, I need 4-7 and 9, and those DS ports are getting expensive

Here's hoping for some Switch ports sometime soon.

leonia19

about 2 months ago

Badges
	Minion of Bak'laag: 100+ unfinished games
	Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
	Poisoned: 3+ new games in a row

Merry ringversary!

mrdots

about 2 months ago

Badges
	Consider Yourself a Hero: Majority of games are beaten
	Invincible: 10+ beat or complete in a row
	Focus: Only playing one game

Happy Ring Day, Drum!

Thank you for all you've done and continue to do.

KGKaiju

about 2 months ago (edited)

Badges
	Right Hand of Bak'laag: 1000+ unfinished games
	Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
	Cursed: 10+ new games in a row

*drum roll* Happy 17th Backloggiversary!!!!!

Thanks for all you do to make this site the best collection site on the internet!

Drumble

Steam: MrDrumble

Xbox Live Gamertag: MrDrumble

PSN ID: MrDrumble

Nintendo Switch: 2427-4070-5144

Nintendo Network ID: MrDrumble

3DS Friend Code: 4811-6956-4251

Badges
	Backlog Beaten: October 2, 2006
	Minion of Bak'laag: 100+ unfinished games
	Master of Unlocking: Majority of games are completed

Years of Membership: 17
Backlogging Since: 07/21/2004

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Glass Hands
Since people ask about my hand problems frequently: At this point, my hands ache and I have no idea why. My doctors have gone down the entire checklist, from carpal tunnel to MS, and everything comes back negative. The small upshot is I'm tentatively cleared to play games, as it doesn't seem to be making things worse, but I try to play in short bursts/hands-free ways to limit my pain.

Gone Digital
Instead of trying to keep an increasing number of older consoles hooked up to my TV, I now emulate older games I own instead of using the original hardware. The way I list games in the Backloggery has changed because of this, as I find it more useful to list games under their original system regardless of where I bought them. Ex: I have Wild Guns listed under SNES (VC) when I bought it on VC. This also gives me more ways to minimize hand pain through various control options.

Forgotten Games - The Honor System
I prefer buying games and building a select library of games, so I'm not interested in just grabbing all the games ever, despite using emulators. However, sometimes certain games are both prohibitively expensive and unlikely to show up on digital services for a variety of reasons. I am permitting myself to emulate them under the following conditions:

-A physical copy goes for more than the original MSRP
-I give the standard digital price to a charity (ie $5 for an NES game)
-If the game becomes available on a digital service, I'm obligated to buy it
-Games obtained this way will be marked with an ownership of Other on my backlog

(I know this system is still, at best, a gray area in terms of legality. I am personally comfortable with it when coupled with the preceding rules.)

Arcade Games
Going digital via emulation has made the world of arcade games much more accessible to me. The same purchasing rules apply as above, but beating them can be a bit less straightforward. It's just no fun to hit the "insert coin" button on MAME until a game is beaten. On the other hand, arcade games are almost always designed to be brutal. Eating quarters was the name of the game. Additional continues and other aids are sorely needed. I'd like to be encouraged to learn a game without having to dedicate my life to it to get anywhere. So here are my personal arcade game rules:

-Difficulty is set to normal
-Starting lives set to a minimum of 3 (if possible)
-Extra life score threshold set to lowest
-Initially only 1 credit is allowed
-Additional credits are cumulative and earned by making at least as much progress as my best run so far.
-Infinite credits are allowed if the home version would be expected to have them (i.e. every fighting game)

Memory Card

09-12-21

New: Anno 1701: History Edition (PC)

09-05-21

New: Disgaea PC (PC)

New (Beat): Snow Bros: Nick & Tom (GEN)

08-26-21

Started: King's Bounty: The Legend (PC)

08-25-21

Completed: Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness (PC)

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Mattkuo

about 17 minutes ago

Super Mario 3D World - going for post credit stuff

Sobou

about 50 minutes ago

Castlevania: Dracula X

Xavean

about 1 hour ago

Actraiser Renaissance - “Master Player” - ~6hrs - Aitos (4th territory) - Gift of Music received!
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Rebel Agent - 1%

Haith

about 2 hours ago

Raging Loop - Two "routes(?)" cleared? Starting the Darkness path.

gunarmdyne

about 2 hours ago

Time and Eternity - Platinum #12 - Current Let's Play - Chapter 2 - Toki Level 29 - Ready to learn some of the best skills.
Crisis Wing - Platinum #286 - Game beaten with all trophies earned. I'd like this more if using a Continue didn't restart the whole stage.
Mary Skelter 2 - Game beaten with both endings, all events seen, all maps completed, all sidequests finished.

Lymsleia

about 2 hours ago

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni {Hou} Chapter 4: Himatsubushi - I wasn't sold on the concept of this chapter at the start, but enjoyed reading about Akasaka's stay in Hinamizawa after all :D [5.1h]

mrdots

about 2 hours ago

The Wolf Among Us - Episode One

Nekomittchi

about 6 hours ago

Tales of Arise