Starting date: 1st Jan 2018 Difficulty: Easy (20) Completed games at sign-up: 69 Link to your list: http://myvideogamelist.com/list/AnimeApollo Key: Completed // Not Completed Challenge list: *1. Re-play a game - Life is Strange: Episode 1 - Chrysalis *5. Play a game that has been on your Plan to Play list for too long [Grand Theft Auto: Vice City] *13. Play a game featuring a female protagonist - *14. Play a game with a historical setting [Call of Duty 2: Big Red One] *16. Play a game featuring a non-human main character [Rayman] *18. Play a game where you can control more than one character - Resident Evil 2 *20. Play a game published by Square Enix - Life is Strange *24. Play a game originally released in the 80's [Super Mario Bros. 3] *25. Play a game originally released in the 90's [Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee] *29. Play a game on the oldest console you own [Metal Gear Solid] *30. Play a game originally released on an arcade [Crazy Taxi] *31. Play an RPG [Final Fantasy VII] *32. Play a Visual Novel [Clannad] *34. Play a Racing game [F1 2013] *36. Play a Horror game [Mad Father] *37. Play a Music/Rhythm game [osu!] *42. Play a game with a score of 7.0 or below [24: The Game] *46. Play a remake/remaster of a game [Resident Evil (Gamecube Remake)] *49. Play a game with an adjective in the title - [The Evil Within] *50. Play a game which is available on Steam - [Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]

Having grown as a gamer and, well, gotten some logic and common sense since my first Resident Evil game (Code Veronica) a few years ago, towards the back end of June 2018 I decided to play RE1 for the PlayStation 1. I finished it in around two weeks. After this the idea came to me: Why not play all of the games? This of course required my buying the rest of the games I didn't already own (Surprisingly only RE2, 3 and 7).

This blog post, in it's purest form, is a log of which games I completed when. There will also be a small review and collection of my thoughts on each game, so stick around for those. Onto the main event!!!

Resident Evil (1996) - PlayStation 1

Started: June 2018

Finished: July 02, 2018

Resident Evil 2 (1998) - PlayStation 1

Started: July 03, 2018

Finished: July 14, 2018

Resident Evil 3 - Nemesis (1999) - PlayStation 1

Started: July 14, 2018

Finished: July 21, 2018

Resident Evil - Code Veronica X (2001) - PlayStation 2

Started: Jul 21, 2018

**Finished: **

Heyo MVGL,

In this, my first blog post, I thought I'd talk about a recurring theme when I''m editing my game list: Nostalgia. Firstly, some background on my humble beginnings as a gamer and where most of my nostalgia trips come from.

When I was a small kid of around 5-8 years old, my dad owned a PlayStation 2 that I loved to play on. I loved the console, even though the startup screen scared me half to death (I know for a fact I would have been scared shitless if I ever got a red screen of death at that age). I liked to play arcade-style and fighting games, mostly, whether the fighting games be like Tekken or Mortal Kombat or active fighting games like TMNT (My personal favourite) and Virtua Fighter. By the time I was 10-11 I started getting into real gaming with early Xbox 360 and some PS3 when I was over at a friend's that owned the console. So, in short, the following is a list of games that influenced my journey as a gamer to where I am now.

#1. TMNT - PS2 (2007)

This game takes me back... I only recently bought myself a PS2 again and so I'm now reliving my childhood, in a sense ????. This was one of my favourite games as a kid, one of the games that I think defines active fighting on the PS2. I can still enjoy this today, but I'm known to be a big kid and I can guarantee you that I could probably watch and enjoy the original TMNT cartoon.

#2. Crazy Taxi - Arcade/PS2 (1999/2001)

This is one of the only arcade games I can remember playing in my lifetime, with most arcade games being scarce in the UK outside of family resorts and bowling places. After enjoying this so much as an arcade game, I picked it up for the PS2 and have enjoyed it ever since.

#3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - PS2 (2004)

Yes, I was (And potentially still am) a Potterhead. This was my favourite book/film from the series growing up, and so I distinctly remember bugging my dad to no end to get me this game. I'm still yet to buy and replay this, however I hope it is just as good as I remember it.

##HONORARY MENTION #Bayonetta - Xbox 360

Technically this shouldn't count as a nostalgia game for the PS2, but it deserves a mention for how much it reminds me of the games I originally played on the PS2. The stylistic way Bayonetta is presented throughout this game and the types of enemies and battle techniques almost mirror some of the fighting games I used to play on the PS2, as I mentioned in the "Notes" section on my list for this game. I love Bayonetta, and recommend it even if you have never played this type of game.

Thanks for reading!!! Apollo