> [!note] Notes on the backlog at the bottom of the page!
## Playing
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```dataview
table without id
file.link as Game,
"![cover|100](" + cover + ")" AS "Cover",
genre as Genre,
system as System
where
contains(category,[[Games]]) and
contains(status, "Playing") and
!contains(file.name, "Template")
sort last desc
```
%%
| Game | Cover | Genre | System |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| [[Fantasy Life i - The Girl Who Steals Time.md\|Fantasy Life i - The Girl Who Steals Time]] |  | <ul><li>[[Action-RPGs.md\|Action-RPGs]]</li></ul> | [[Steam.md\|Steam]] |
| [[Mega Man Battle Network 3.md\|Mega Man Battle Network 3]] |  | <ul><li>[[Action-RPGs.md\|Action-RPGs]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Advance.md\|Game Boy Advance]] |
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## Up Next
%% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start
```dataview
table without id
file.link as Game,
"![cover|100](" + cover + ")" AS "Cover",
genre as Genre,
system as System,
backlognotes as Notes
where
contains(category,[[Games]]) and
contains(status, "Up Next") and
!contains(file.name, "Template")
sort last desc
```
%%
| Game | Cover | Genre | System | Notes |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ----- |
| [[The Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Ages and Seasons.md\|The Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Ages and Seasons]] |  | <ul><li>[[Action-RPGs.md\|Action-RPGs]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Color.md\|Game Boy Color]] | \- |
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## Finished
%% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start
```dataview
table without id
file.link as Game,
"![cover|100](" + cover + ")" AS "Cover",
genre as Genre,
system as System,
rating as Rating
where
contains(category,[[Games]]) and
contains(status, "Finished") and
!contains(file.name, "Template")
sort rating desc
```
%%
| Game | Cover | Genre | System | Rating |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------ |
| [[Clair Obscur - Expedition 33.md\|Clair Obscur - Expedition 33]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Steam.md\|Steam]] | 6 |
| [[Earthbound.md\|Earthbound]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Super Nintendo.md\|Super Nintendo]] | 6 |
| [[Glory of Hercules IV.md\|Glory of Hercules IV]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Super Nintendo.md\|Super Nintendo]] | 6 |
| [[Like a Pirate.md\|Like a Pirate]] |  | <ul><li>[[Action-RPGs.md\|Action-RPGs]]</li></ul> | [[Steam.md\|Steam]] | 6 |
| [[Mother 3.md\|Mother 3]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Advance.md\|Game Boy Advance]] | 6 |
| [[Pokemon Crystal Clear.md\|Pokemon Crystal Clear]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Color.md\|Game Boy Color]] | 6 |
| [[Pokemon ROWE.md\|Pokemon ROWE]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Advance.md\|Game Boy Advance]] | 6 |
| [[Wild Arms 2.md\|Wild Arms 2]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[PlayStation.md\|PlayStation]] | 6 |
| [[Mega Man Star Force.md\|Mega Man Star Force]] |  | <ul><li>[[Action-RPGs.md\|Action-RPGs]]</li></ul> | [[Nintendo DS.md\|Nintendo DS]] | 6 |
| [[Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow.md\|Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow]] |  | <ul><li>[[Metroidvania.md\|Metroidvania]]</li></ul> | [[Nintendo DS.md\|Nintendo DS]] | 5 |
| [[Front Mission - Gun Hazard.md\|Front Mission - Gun Hazard]] |  | <ul><li>[[Action-RPGs.md\|Action-RPGs]]</li></ul> | [[Super Nintendo.md\|Super Nintendo]] | 5 |
| [[Golden Sun.md\|Golden Sun]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Advance.md\|Game Boy Advance]] | 5 |
| [[Haste.md\|Haste]] |  | <ul><li>[[Action.md\|Action]]</li></ul> | [[Steam.md\|Steam]] | 5 |
| [[Mario Mon.md\|Mario Mon]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Advance.md\|Game Boy Advance]] | 5 |
| [[Metroid Fusion.md\|Metroid Fusion]] |  | <ul><li>[[Metroidvania.md\|Metroidvania]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Advance.md\|Game Boy Advance]] | 5 |
| [[Parasite Eve.md\|Parasite Eve]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li><li>[[Horror.md\|Horror]]</li></ul> | [[PlayStation.md\|PlayStation]] | 5 |
| [[Tales of Graces F - Remastered.md\|Tales of Graces F - Remastered]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li><li>[[Action-RPGs.md\|Action-RPGs]]</li></ul> | [[Steam.md\|Steam]] | 5 |
| [[The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past.md\|The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past]] |  | <ul><li>[[Action-RPGs.md\|Action-RPGs]]</li></ul> | [[Super Nintendo.md\|Super Nintendo]] | 5 |
| [[The Legend of Zelda - The Minish Cap.md\|The Legend of Zelda - The Minish Cap]] |  | <ul><li>[[Action-RPGs.md\|Action-RPGs]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Advance.md\|Game Boy Advance]] | 5 |
| [[Xenoblade Chronicles X - Definitive Edition.md\|Xenoblade Chronicles X - Definitive Edition]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Nintendo Switch.md\|Nintendo Switch]] | 5 |
| [[Arc Rise Fantasia.md\|Arc Rise Fantasia]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Nintendo Wii.md\|Nintendo Wii]] | 4 |
| [[Pokemon Scorched Silver.md\|Pokemon Scorched Silver]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Advance.md\|Game Boy Advance]] | 4 |
| [[Pokemon Unbound.md\|Pokemon Unbound]] |  | <ul><li>[[JRPG.md\|JRPG]]</li></ul> | [[Game Boy Advance.md\|Game Boy Advance]] | \- |
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I have mixed feelings about backlogs. I don't think it's helpful or healthy to keep track of every game you want to play in your entire life. BUT, as you may know, [[Mint|your boy]] has ADHD, and sometimes [[Game Backlog Project-1743262336740.jpg|a bunch of amazing games]] come out at once, AND you have access to every retro game ever made, AND romhacks of those retro games, and you just want a short term list of things you want to play in some sort of order. I was pretty good about focusing on and beating one game at a time in 2024 and I don't want to drop the ball on that this year. Choice paralysis makes steam come out of my ears.
Thus the **Game Backlog Project**. I am trying to adhere to the following:
# Rules
1. One game I paid for and one retro game.
2. Shorter games first
3. Games I've played before in the back
## Categories
- **Playing**
- Self-explanatory
- **Up Next**
- On the short-list after the current stuff
- **Finished**
- Self-explanatory
> [!info] There is no **Backlog** category
> This is to free myself of that burden. I don't want games to feel like work. So only stuff that's on my mind will ever be in this backlog.
A backlog doesn't necessarily mean I'll *finish* all of these games. Just that I am planning to play them. If I don't finish a game or quit it, I still will label it as "Finished," because that's what's best for my broken brain. I plan to update it like...once a week? And will be completely refreshed for the next year.
That's all!