Nekkoru's Epic Videogame Quest

In 2009, a little Nekkoru thought of a fucking brilliant idea - to bolster his own gaming skills by re-living the history of video games, starting in 1980 and working up slowly.

The rules

The rules are simple. Nekkoru will be playing all major releases of a year and will not advance until beating at least one game.

Minor rules include no cheating, unless you found the cheat yourself (this, for example, includes the Warp Zones in Super Mario Brothers). Warps/passwords are allowed, if you found them out.

The games

Year	Games played	Games beaten
1980	Zork (PC), Berzerk, Pac-Man (Arcade)	Zork (the only game I played that can be beaten)
1981	Ultima (PC), Wizardry (PC), Ms. Pac-man, Frogger, Donkey Kong (Arcade)	Donkey Kong (later, I also finished Ultima)
1982	Xevious, Q-Bert, Zaxxon (Arcade), ET (Atari 2600), Ultima 2 (PC)	Ultima 2
1983	Ultima 3 (PC), Manic Miner (ZX Spectrum), Gyruss, Star Wars (Arcade)	Ultima 3 ( I seem to have a fondness for these games...)
1984	King's Quest (PC), Gauntlet (Atari 800) [NOT the hack'n'slash!]	King's Quest, since the other doesn't have an ending.
1985	Kung-Fu, Ice Climber, Super Mario Bros. (NES), Gauntlet (Arcade) [The hack'n'slash.], Jet Set Willy (ZX Spectrum)	Super Mario Bros.
1986	Ghosts'n'Goblins, Gradius, Kid Icarus, Metroid (NES)	N/A