A Gamer's Journal Part 1: 1997-2000 RPGs, et al.

I was rummaging through my old things and i recovered a couple of very interesting pieces of paper that i initially believed to be lost for all time. I haven't really seen them for more than 7 years and finding them just opened a floodgate of memories. I used to be a gamer back in the mid to late 90's when Playstation 1 is in the pinnacle of it's popularity while SNES is on the stage of decline. Oftentimes i play 2-3 RPGs simultaneously which explains why there are "conquered" dates that are very close to each other.

This is the 2nd draft of the list which i re-organized back in 2000 (as indicated by the date above), at least 3 pages are missing though. Apparently, i have a lot of time in my hands back then...

Role playing games are my #1 interest though from time to time a really good game comes along and i pick it up. For every game i invested time on and finished i kept a short entry on a journal of the experience as well as the dates when i actually finished the game. Sadly though, the 2 pcs of paper i recovered are just the starting pages of the journal mentioned, i don't really know what happened to the accounts i have written about the actual games. Also, the entries on the pages i got stopped on 2000, i believe there are still some games i've finished after that date which i will try to check.

"Memories, make me want to go back there..."

My party usually have Celes instead of Cyan since Terra would be a default member anyway

I'll try to have these scanned later on and post the pics of these yellowing pieces of paper and the pencil-written accounts of my adventures - which i re-listed, re-written and re-organized in May of 2000(for evidence and documentation) but for now i would like to share the list of games i've played and conquered during my "gaming period" all those years ago. ("Memories" by Weezer playing in the background, how appropriate...)

Omnislash!!!

Remember the chapter in Front Mission 3 that took place in The Philippines?

YEAR	MONTH	DATE	DAY	GAME
1997	April (?)	??	??	-Chrono Trigger conquered (SNES)
1998	April	22 (?)	Wednesday (?)	-FF III (VI) conquered (SNES)
1998	December	11	Friday	-FF Tactics conquered
1998	December	13	Sunday	-FF VII conquered
1999	February	13	Saturday	-Brave Fencer Musashi conquered
1999	February	15	Monday	-Metal Gear Solid conquered (Otacon's ending)
1999	February	22	Monday	-Metal Gear Solid conquered (Meryl's ending)
1999	April	2	Friday	-Guardian's Crusade conquered
1999	May	12	Wednesday	-Xenogears conquered
1999	June	21	Monday	-Legends of Legaia conquered
1999	August	27	Friday	-Lunar: Silver Star Story conquered
1999	November	17	Wednesday	-FF VI conquered (PS1)
2000	January	3	Monday	-FF VIII conquered
2000	April	1	Saturday	-Parasite Eve conquered
2000	May	18	Thursday	-Front Mission III conquered (Alisa's ending)
2000	May	20	Saturday	-Breath of Fire III conquered
2000	June	3	Saturday	-Front Mission III conquered (Emma's ending)
2000	June	20	Tuesday	-Vagrant Story conquered
2000	July	28	Friday	-Klonoa: Door to Phantomile conquered
2000	August	8	Tuesday	-Galerians conquered
2000	August	18	Friday	-Legend of Mana conquered
2000	August	25	Friday	-Threads of Fate conquered (Rue's ending)
2000	September	2	Saturday	-Threads of Fate conquered (Mint's ending)
2000	September	26	Tuesday	-Danger Girl conquered
2000	September	30	Saturday	-Diablo 2 conquered (Title: Sir)
2000	October	18	Wednesday	-Chrono Cross conquered
2000	October	25	Wednesday	-Parasite Eve 2 conquered (bad ending)
2000	November	3	Friday	-Parasite Eve 2 conquered (good ending)
2000	November	7	Tuesday	-Diablo 2 conquered (Title: Lord)
2000	November	21	Monday	-Diablo 2 conquered (Title: Baron)

Xenogears - another Squaresoft masterpiece

Ashley Riot - RiskBreaker

TO BE CONTINUED...i'm yet to recover my records for Suikoden 1 and 2, Diablo 1 and others. Hopefully i can get hold of the short entries i also made, i believe they are incomplete though. Until then...