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* PostVictoryCollapse: After finishing a particularly frustrating game, Spike generally isn't ''happy'' so much as he's just ''tired'' and thankful that it's finally over. Examples include ''VideoGame/{{Pilotwings}}'', where he just stayed silent waiting for the credits to show up, and ''VideoGame/Robocop3'', where he didn't even celebrate.

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* 100PercentCompletion: For the SNES library: Spike is tackling and defeating ''every'' US released SNES game, in chronological order. Prior to starting, he had, by his own estimation, only finished 41 Super Nintendo games, which means there's ''677'' games for him to discover, learn and conquer.

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* 100PercentCompletion: OneHundredPercentCompletion: For the SNES library: Spike is tackling and defeating ''every'' US released SNES game, in chronological order. Prior to starting, he had, by his own estimation, only finished 41 Super Nintendo games, which means there's ''677'' games for him to discover, learn and conquer.



* BreatherLevel: Most sports games tend to come and go pretty quickly, as the only objective is "win a match".



* ChristmasEpisode: Spike plans for ''Film/HomeAlone'' to be the 2023 Christmas special, and is doing multi-hour streams to get to that point before the new year.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Spike plans intended for ''Film/HomeAlone'' to be the 2023 Christmas special, and is doing ran multi-hour streams to get to that point before the new year.year. And succeeded!


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** The longest playthrough, as of March 2024, is ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms II'', which took a whopping ''twenty-five hours'' to finish, on the basic map at the lowest difficulty. Spike had to point out repeatedly during the streams (of which there were four) that he was ''not'' completing all of the scenarios when just completing one took more than a day.

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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Spike allows himself to use Website/GameFAQs if he's stumped on a game. ''VideoGame/{{Lagoon}}'' was such an example.

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* 100PercentCompletion: For the SNES library: Spike is tackling and defeating ''every'' US released SNES game, in chronological order. Prior to starting, he had, by his own estimation, only finished 41 Super Nintendo games, which means there's ''677'' games for him to discover, learn and conquer.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Spike allows himself to use Website/GameFAQs if he's stumped on a game. ''VideoGame/{{Lagoon}}'' was such an example. As a general rule, he prioritizing finishing the game over mastering it.


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* ContinuingIsPainful: Spike noted this was the case in ''Gradius'' and ''Super R-Type'': both offered unlimited continues, but also required several powerups in order to be capable of surviving the incoming enemy swarms that killed him when he was fully powered to begin with, meaning he was in a ''worse'' position than when he died. This usually results in him downgrading the game's score.
* MarathonLevel: in the case of games with "arcade" sensibilities, most either have limited continues or making continuing a bad idea. When it takes a few hours to ''reach'' the end of the game, being forced to start over is ''painful''.


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* NostalgiaFilter: Averted: Spike has ''zero'' problem pointing out when a game does things wrong, such as shoddy controls, terrible instruction or direction, or poor optimization.
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* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: In-Universe, the 1 out of 10 rating denotes this trope. ''Lagoon'' was the first such game for Spike.
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Starting in 2023, famed speedrunning celebrity Spikevegeta started a series where he attempts to play every game in the North American SNES library. You can view his spreadsheets [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D8EfavBJNMW0JrQgtZxz_55eNRkn5q3dJOmyCAF7ECI here]]. The YouTube archive for the show is [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PL-EYUGe-sEzHOR_ksYDfQWodcopU1dwvW here]].

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Starting in 2023, famed speedrunning celebrity Spikevegeta started a series where he attempts to play every game in the North American SNES library. You can view his spreadsheets [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D8EfavBJNMW0JrQgtZxz_55eNRkn5q3dJOmyCAF7ECI here]]. The YouTube Website/YouTube archive for the show is [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PL-EYUGe-sEzHOR_ksYDfQWodcopU1dwvW here]].



* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Spike allows himself to use GameFAQs if he's stumped on a game. ''VideoGame/{{Lagoon}}'' was such an example.

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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Spike allows himself to use GameFAQs Website/GameFAQs if he's stumped on a game. ''VideoGame/{{Lagoon}}'' was such an example.
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* CanineCompanion: Occasionally, Spike's dog would interrupt the stream.

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* CanineCompanion: Occasionally, Spike's dog would interrupt the stream.stream and demand attention from Spike.
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* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: In-Universe, the 1 star rating denotes this trope. ''Lagoon'' was the first such game for Spike.

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* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: In-Universe, the 1 star out of 10 rating denotes this trope. ''Lagoon'' was the first such game for Spike.
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* SoBadItsHorrible: In-Universe, the 1 star rating denotes this trope. ''Lagoon'' was the first such game for Spike.

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* SoBadItsHorrible: DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: In-Universe, the 1 star rating denotes this trope. ''Lagoon'' was the first such game for Spike.
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* SoBadItsHorrible: In-Universe, the 1 star rating denotes this trope. ''Lagoon'' was the first such game for Spike.
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Starting in 2023, famed speedrunning celebrity Spikevegeta started a series where he attempts to play every game in the North American SNES library. You can view his spreadsheets [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D8EfavBJNMW0JrQgtZxz_55eNRkn5q3dJOmyCAF7ECI here]].

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Starting in 2023, famed speedrunning celebrity Spikevegeta started a series where he attempts to play every game in the North American SNES library. You can view his spreadsheets [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D8EfavBJNMW0JrQgtZxz_55eNRkn5q3dJOmyCAF7ECI here]]. The YouTube archive for the show is [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PL-EYUGe-sEzHOR_ksYDfQWodcopU1dwvW here]].
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* PetPeeveTropes: Spike really hates it when games have a complete lack of MercyInvincibility, such as ''Lagoon''.

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* PetPeeveTropes: PetPeeveTrope: Spike really hates it when games have a complete lack of MercyInvincibility, such as ''Lagoon''.
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Starting in 2023, famed speedrunning celebrity Spikevegeta started a series where he attempts to play every game in the North American SNES library.

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Starting in 2023, famed speedrunning celebrity Spikevegeta started a series where he attempts to play every game in the North American SNES library.
library. You can view his spreadsheets [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D8EfavBJNMW0JrQgtZxz_55eNRkn5q3dJOmyCAF7ECI here]].
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* PetPeeveTropes: Spike really hates it when games have a complete lack of MercyInvincibility, such as ''Lagoon''.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Spike allows himself to use GameFAQs if he's stumped on a game. ''VideoGame/{{Lagoon}}'' was such an example.

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* NobodyCouldHaveSurvivedThat: Spike was shocked that Cid survived sealing off the underground with a bomb in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Final Fantasy II]]''.



* TheUnfought: Due to Spike skipping the Sealed Cave in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Final Fantasy II]]'', the [=EvilWall=] survived the events of the game.

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* TheUnfought: Due to Spike skipping the Sealed Cave in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Final ''Final Fantasy II]]'', II'', the [=EvilWall=] survived the events of the game.

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* CanineCompanion: Occassionally, Spike's dog would interrupt the stream.

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* CanineCompanion: Occassionally, Occasionally, Spike's dog would interrupt the stream.


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* SirSwearsALot: Spike tends to swear when he gets frustrated at a game.
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* AudienceParticipation: Unlike other streams, Spike allows for Twitch chat to help him get through the games.


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* OptionalBoss: These tend to be skipped, such as the Summon fights in ''Final Fantasy II'' and Larry Koopa in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Spike plans for ''VideoGame/HomeAlone'' to be the 2023 Christmas special, and is doing multi-hour streams to get to that point before the new year.
* ThatOneBoss: In-Universe, Nebiroth from ''VideoGame/SuperGhoulsNGhosts'' took a full hour of a five-hour long game to beat on the second loop.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Spike plans for ''VideoGame/HomeAlone'' ''Film/HomeAlone'' to be the 2023 Christmas special, and is doing multi-hour streams to get to that point before the new year.
* TheUnfought: Due to Spike skipping the Sealed Cave in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Final Fantasy II]]'', the [=EvilWall=] survived the events of the game.
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ThatOneBoss: In-Universe, Nebiroth from ''VideoGame/SuperGhoulsNGhosts'' ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Super Ghouls N Ghosts]]'' took a full hour of a five-hour long game to beat on the second loop.
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Starting in 2023, famed speedrunning celebrity Spikevegeta started a series where he attempts to play every game in the North American SNES library.

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* CanineCompanion: Occassionally, Spike's dog would interrupt the stream.
* ChristmasEpisode: Spike plans for ''VideoGame/HomeAlone'' to be the 2023 Christmas special, and is doing multi-hour streams to get to that point before the new year.
* ThatOneBoss: In-Universe, Nebiroth from ''VideoGame/SuperGhoulsNGhosts'' took a full hour of a five-hour long game to beat on the second loop.

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