What Game Have You Logged the MOST Hours With?

[klausien]

The number one has to be a tie between Diablo and Diablo 2 on the PC. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get my copy of Diablo 2 to work on my new XP based computer, so I haven't been able to play my personal video game crack for quite some time. Maybe it's for the best.

I get a black screen and silence upon trying to start it up after the install. :bad-words: Anyone have any suggestions!?!

On console, the number one has to be Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, followed closely by Radiant Silvergun. Both of them have very addictive experience systems that constantly reward you for perseverence.

Honorable mention: Rez for PS2 (can't get enough) and the original Legend of Zelda (with that one now on the GBA, I'm screwed!)

[crazyjackcsa]

I'm only guessing, because older games didn't keep track of this stuff. I'd say Sonic 2 would be up there these days I play the average game for about 40-60 hours before I get totally board of them.

[boatofcar]

All time, probably Final Fantasy III.

This past year, Katamari Damacy/WLKD, hands down.

[Psycho Penguin]

Oops, this topic was old so I did not see it.

1. Super Mario Brothers 3
2. Final Fantasy
3. Super Mario Brothers
4. Final Fantasy 7
5. Mega Man X

[carlcarlson]

well none of these are console, but here they are.

morrowind, diablo/diablo 2. i've probably spent about 300 hours in morrowind, that game is sooooo good. it's hard to say how much I spent on diablo and diablo 2. the multiplayer was so good in those games, I couldn't get enough. I loved pking people in the original (I have over 500 ears saved to a disk!), and then just doing Mephisto runs in d2. I played the single player a ton too. who knows how much time I spent, but it was a ton.

[Tron 2.0]

PSO it was a all most a 24 hours a day thing for me.

Still i doubt... that will happen to me again on PSU.

I'm not in the mood for more sleepless nights again :embarrassed:

[cyberfluxor]

In a loose order:
Diablo II
Starcraft
SimCity 2k
Diablo I
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VII
Mario Party (Any)
Mario64
Mario Kart 64
Bust-A-Move 2
Goldeneye
Super Puzzle Fighter II
Tales of Destiny
Alleyway

Since those are the first to pop out of my head that I know I spent tons of hours playing, replaying, and screwing around often it's what's listed. I'm sure there's plenty more.

[Balloon Fight]

Games I've spend a large amount of time on:

Starcraft Brood War: Been playing since '98. Took a couple year break, but still going strong. Probably have a few thousand hours on it :\.

Marvel Vs Capcom 2: Between the DC and arcade versions, I probably have a thousand hours +

FFX: Hundred or so.

Super Mario 64: Used to play this game to death, and I still do
play it occasionally. I can beat the game in under 25 minutes now, using glitches of course. Probably a hundred or two hours total.

[50TBRD]

Seeing as how I played Final Fantasy 7 about 3 and a half times through I'd say that it tops the list. Most other games I've only played about one time through. I guess if I had to add up all the hours of FF7, it would be about 400 or 500 hours.

If I played online games like my Uncle, it would probubly be a ton more. He must log about 4-8 hours a day for as long as I've known him.

[jdc]

Phantasy Star Online hogs my time by a large margin.....nearly 6 years. I said "hogs" because I still play the original on Dreamcast offline. My mission is to find a legit Spread Needle and a Mag Cell, just to prove that it can be done. The original game is smaller and shorter so the chance of finding one might be better. I can hardly wait for the new game.

Gran Turismo 1, 2 and 3 got a lot of playtime too.

[rick weis]

close call it would have to be 1 of 3 games, but would guess in this order if i had to guess.

SMB3
Halo
RE4


Rick

[sabre2922]

in order of total hours played:

#1. Streetfighter 2 and SF2 turbo on SNES 100s of hours put into these games back in 92-94.

#2. The original Legend of Zelda on NES also well into the 100s of hours put in on this one single game and its still my favorite game overall.

#3. Silent Hill series


also: Dayeeeetona! and Streetfighter Alpha 2 on Saturn, RTS games on PC command and conquer and Starcraft.

Arcade: Mortal Kombat 2 and Killer Instinct.

[neuropolitique]

Unreal Tournament on the PC

All day everyday. That's pretty much how I'd describe my playing habits with that game. At least 8 hours a day. It was nice not having a job for a while ;)

[tom]

The Gold boxes from SSI on C-64. It was like 'Just one more look around THAT corner', whoops, it's 3am in the morning. Just couldn't stop playing these (And of course, they got better and better with their later series, had me up even longer)

Millenium 2.2 (or something like that) had me up all night, and Battletech Cresent Hawk Inception on C-64 as well, Ultima III Exodus and Wizards Crown on Atari XL also taken many of my nights, when I should be having sex.

All the above are excellent games.

[Beefy Hits]

PSO
Final Fantasy XI
Card Fighters Clash
Samurai Shodown II
King of Fighters 98
Zombie Revenge
Final Fantasy IV

[GaijinPunch]

PSO it was a all most a 24 hours a day thing for me.

Still i doubt... that will happen to me again on PSU.

I'm not in the mood for more sleepless nights again :embarrassed:

I'm there with ya. ;) Well over 1000 hours on the GC version of PSO.


The original game is smaller and shorter so the chance of finding one might be better.

Right, but aren't the drop rates lower? Also, I seem to recall rares not coming out in quests, which have higher enemy counts. It's been a while though.

[NeoSNightmarE]

wow. this is a tougher call than i thought, but it would come down to SMB3, Contra, or Tecmo Superbowl for the NES. :D

[starsoldier1]

It's either Wario Woods, Final Fantasy 7, or Advance Wars Dual Strike. All these games are insanely addictive for me!

[RJ]

Way back when it was the 2600 VCS version of Crystal Castles. I even got all the way though (the last castle is all skeletons & ghosts!)

More recently it's Diablo (PS)- I've played thru it many times using all 3 characters. They're all around lvl 30+. I just cant/wont/dont get tired of that game.

Same w/ Champions of Norrath: RoE (PS2). I've got one finished game save for each of the 5 characters right now- the file's around 2.5 MB! Even though the basic quests are always the same, I dont get sick of it.

[Castelak]

Phantasy Star Online hogs my time by a large margin.....nearly 6 years. I said "hogs" because I still play the original on Dreamcast offline. My mission is to find a legit Spread Needle and a Mag Cell, just to prove that it can be done. The original game is smaller and shorter so the chance of finding one might be better. I can hardly wait for the new game.

Gran Turismo 1, 2 and 3 got a lot of playtime too.

I found a Spread Needle offline in the big room in Ruins 2 (version 1), Yellowboze. Dunno about the mag cell though. Good luck, hopefully you don't mind that you know now.

[dunkoff]

Absolutely, without a doubt, Ultima Online...or maybe EverQuest :)

More recently, EverQuest 2.

Before I quit EverQuest 1, I believe my played time was something in the area of 100+ days (like 2000-3000 hours). Maybe more - I don't remember.

EverQuest 2 has been the latest, but that's more in the area of a few hundred hours. I find that with a fiancee, full time job, and small business on the side, gaming of any type has been put on a back-burner. If only I could play games at work...then I'd be set... 8-)

[Kejoriv]

I cant remember if I ever posted in this thread. Too lazy to search the pages.

I would have to say 3 games:
Super Mario Bros 1
Super Mario Bros 3
Halo

[goemon]

Monster Farm wins in my case: I've spent many nights making monsters from every CD I could find. And then there's the training, battling and exploring...

[§ Gideon §]

Aw, I was expecting GGA with a guy named "Goemon" and all...

[goemon]

I've played my fair share of Goemon games - they just aren't that deep and I tend to beat them fairly quickly. Although Goemon 64 has some backtracking and exploring if I remember correctly. That one took me a while, especially that #@$*& "fall off the back of the dragon" stage.

[Reid]

I would either say Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. Those are just guesses, but the both have a long life because you can keep playing GTA after you beat it, and Gauntlet is just so damn long :)

It may be Super Mario Brothers 3 also, since that was the first video game I played and I still play it.


Interesting topic though

[BydoEmpire]

Phantasy Star Online easily (especially the DC version, though I put another 100 or so hours in the cube). Mostly offline.

[Pico956]

The game that I could never keep my hands off of would be Resident Evil Four. I beat that game twice and continue to play it. Once I got done with everything, I used my Action Replay to make me invincible and give me unlimited ammo. I just go berzerk on the merceneries mode. I can do that for a good while.

I am unsure how many hours I put into the entire game.

[Damaniel]

If I had to guess, it would either be Final Fantasy XI (which I no longer play, but I had put in about 1800 hours or so before I quit), or Angband.

Seriously, Angband (and all of the different variants) are like gaming crack to me. I have a XBox 360 sitting practically unused, waiting for me to finish 'just one more run' with my Dwarven priest. ;)

[jhd7]

NES Tetris by far. I eventually sold it just to break the habit.

jhd7

[Retsudo]

Socom 1 and 2

[bangtango]

Because they take so long to play:
Goonies II, Pirates and Dragon Warrior from the NES

Because they are so fun:
Probably the Street Fighter 2 games, the Mario titles or the Zelda games.

[Goldensunfan1]

The Legend of Zelda and Mario Games I can play for like forever and not get tired from them as for hours go I been playing them since I was a little kid till now so i don't know what the total is. Final Fantasy 7 is another one that I can play over again with over 200 hours+ logged into to it.

[Sailorneorune]

#1 - PSO GC - 320 hours and counting :eek 2:

#2 - Pokemon Crystal - 215 hours at last check

#3 - Super Smash Bros. Melee - 180 hours

Tetris may be up there somewhere over a variety of platforms as well... I know I've sunk in a good amount of time over the years on the GB and NES versions, plus I picked up the DS version last weekend.

[gjb-sensei]

Phantasy Star Online for the Dreamcast by far. I must have spent thousands of hours on that game...

[Emuaust]

Street Fighter Series with out a shadow of a doubt, its just that damn good!

Then 2nd would probably be as silly as it sounds Counter Strike: Source,
its just one of thoose games that you can play for 5 minutes
onlie with some friends only to become aware it was actually
two hours! @_@

[Eggman]

7 hours a day. 3 months. Phantasy Star Online.

I couldn't even access the online feature of this game yet it's addictive powers had a hold on me like no other game has. The lure of another level or a rare item drop had me on the edge of my seat, and kept me enthralled.

[Fantastic_Duck]

Oh, nice topic.
I would say Panzer General, MS DOS version.
All the user made scenarios and campaigns and other mods out there are keeping this great game fresh as celery.

[aaronpetrosky]

Bionic Commando countless play throughs Had to beat the game litterally 1000 times.

[Fantastic_Duck]

Don't you think you ought to write a walkthrough for the rest of us poor slobs, aaronpetrosky?

:P LOL