What Game Have You Logged the MOST Hours With?

[digitalpress]

topic revived from old forums

Imagine a stopwatch clicking on each time you play each game, and off each time you stop. Which game would have the most total time elapsed over the course of your life?

Whether it be a console, arcade, or handheld based game. What's been your LIFE'S greatest gaming time-killer?

Most of you here know mine. Phantasy Star Online, over 1000 hours. Even games from my youth that I still play, like Adventure on Atari 2600, come near even half of that number.

[NoahsMyBro]

God, how pathetic is this? In complete and utter shame, I would probably have to say either Freecell or Minesweeper.

/me hangs his head in shame....

[dhorgan]

I think it was Adventure for the 2600.

But I must confess Frecell and Solitare are pretty darn close also.

[Kidnemo]

The Street Fighter series as a whole has consumed more of my time than I would like to admit.

But as far as specific games go, I'd probably say:

Street Fighter Alpha II - arcade/saturn
Final Fantasy 2(4) - snes
Final Fantasy Tactics - psone

[Revolt]

:wink: Streetfighter2, Mortal Kombat2, and Tekken2 :lol:

[Atariguy]

It's one of the following:
Shining Force series (if I can count them all as one, I've definitely logged more hours here than anywhere else)
Mega Man X (I play through it at least once every month)
Mario RPG (ditto)

[Kess]

Hmm. Either FF9, FF8 or Grandia 2.

[buttasuperb]

console: either tekken 3 or street fighter 2

arcade: mk2

[Achika]

Either Final Fantasy 7 or Phantasy Star Online (either ver.)

[retrogmr]

Does it have to be a console game??

I've wasted more time with Diablo 2, Neverwinter Nights and Warcraft 3 collectively than any other game in my entire videogame playing career.

Well, expect for going out to the garage and playing Tempest while sporting a beer buzz.... oooohh.... the colors....

[udisi]

I've logged over 130 hours already in Super Smash Brothers Melee VS mode play already....I have nearly 7000 kills of my friends so far,

[asharru]

This is easy, the Quake series and it's many modifications...

[Eric Dude]

Not quite sure, as it's a toss up between Master of Orion 2 and Gran Turismo. Probably Gran Turismo, sitting at ~8,000,000 Credits, ~1600 days, and 43 cars in the garage (every race beaten, natch). Yeah, it's gotta be GT.

[Raedon]

Everquest - Over 3 years I played the game for a total of:

1 year and 36 days (or 9,624 Hours) played.

[asharru]

Everquest - Over 3 years I played the game for a total of:

1 year and 36 days (or 9,624 Hours) played.
:shock:

[BenT]

Hard question. I guess Quake, Doom and Street Fighter II would be sensible guesses.

[RucasRiot]

Everquest or System Shock1

[6502]

I think for me it's Super Mario World for SNES, though I can't put a number on how many hours I've played it. It's the one game that I never grow tired of, and I've played it pretty regularly since the SNES came out.

PSO is the one game I can put a number on. I put in over 600 hours on the game, and will probably put in a couple hundred more with either the GC or Xbox versions. So PSO may ultimately be my most played game.

[MankeyMan]

For me it would be either F-Zero X or Zelda:OoT. I played both of these for about an hour every day for 2 years. I had to ge tevery skulltula on zelda, I have 99. Argh.

[Blake Stone]

100th POST!

Ouu, I played PSO about 19 hours a day from Febuary, to July, no kidding. I have even been on bender's of 4-10 day's non stop. I think that I have 4 diffrent characters with at least 1000 hours at least on each.........

[Astro Lad]

Phantasy Star Online
Ultima V
Ultima VII
Wasteland
Puzzle Fighter

[CrazyImpmon]

I must have spent nearly 4 solid months on the original Legend of Zelda when they first came out and I still play it quite a lot.

Ultima 5 for c64 got played on quite a lot. I don't know how many hours but I have 3 sets of backup copies that are beyond worn to prove it's been played on a lot. The original disks are in working shape and are kept under lock and keys. :D

But the all time record must go to Shanghai on various platforms.

[Kid Fenris]

I put nearly 60 hours apiece into Final Fantasy VIII and Xenogears, but I probably spent well over 100 on Final Fantasy III (aka FFVI). I sometimes miss the days when U.S.-released console RPGs were so scarce that you could find the time to play through a 40-hour game more than once.

[NE146]

The sad ironic truth is.. as far as 'logged hours' goes, over the course of 3 or 5 years, I probably have spent more time w/ Street Fighter 2 on the snes than any game in my history of vids. :oops:

[verrive]

Well, for me, I would have no surpise saying Counter Strike. I put in a good solid 100 hours a month. Been playing for about 18 months, so almost 2000 hours :-P

- verrive

[Felixthegamer]

Hmm...I did have to think of this for a bit. I am not quite sure to be perfectly honest. As far as the arcade goes, Galaga has taken up the most of my time. However, at home it is a much more difficult call. I would suppose it is either Ghost 'N Goblins or Super Mario Brothers, both on Nes.

[Sothy]

Counterstrike.

Been playing since beta 1.

just under the name CCCP_Lord_Soth i think i have about 80,000 kills on clq and ive had other names so...

[Cheese]

Damn, asharru's intellivision guy moves! Shit I feel so inadequate...

But anyways, my list includes, Snood, Lunar 2, and Final fantasy VII (played it a few times through). But the grandaddy of them all was Star Control 1 for the Genisis. I played that thing for hours on end, day after day after day. Xcom comes in a close second. I just got masters of Orion 2, it scares me, it's like both of those two put together, and three look like it's more so...i am scared i may never come out of my apartment again, seriously.

[verrive]

80,000 kills and you've been playing since beta 1? You're not hardcore enough for CS :P

- verrive

[mythicon]

I've definitely spent my fair amount of time on semi-modern games like Gran Turismo 2, and it feels like Shenmue took forever. But I'd probably have to go back to my aimless junior high school days and choose Autoduel and Below The Root for the Apple //. Both of them have huge and compelling worlds, and both of them are still replayable to this day.

Of course, if you count hours logged on a series of games, probably the Eamon adventures for Apple //...

[jaybird]

My all-time king is probably Baseball Stars for NES, but a few more 8 hour nights twice a week playing multiplayer Halo & it'll be king.

That game just isn't getting old...

[digdug]

NO doubt about it EVERQUEST

1yr. 6days, 20hours, 6mins.

UNTIL I get my hands on Star Wars Galaxies then that will seem like nothing.

Can't wait.


Chris

[Cafeman]

I'd have to say that various incarnations of Joust is my #1 time expenditure. I played it at the arcade, on 5200, then on PSX (Digital Eclipse discs).

#2 would be VF2 , mostly on Saturn, but lots in the arcade too. My VF2 Akira was pretty darn impressive.

#3 would be Street Fighter 2 incarnations, arcade , Genesis, and Saturn mostly.

[Dire 51]

I'd have to say it's a toss-up between Castlevania (NES) and Gradius III (SNES).

[deadtech]

For me:

Demon Attack (VCS)
Gradius (NES)

I guess it helps that I don't play PC games or RPGs.

-deadtech

[zemmix]

Without a doubt it has to be Civilization in its many forms. I used to sit and play that on one of my high school teachers Macs for hours after school each day. In fact I think its right about time for a game of Civ III.....

[Tetsu]

Wow, and I thought my 250 hours on PSO was something. You have humbled me, DP. My most hours logged would have to be Super Castlevania 4, followed by PSO, and finally, Skate or Die 2: The search for Double Trouble. I've never gotten past the first stage in SoD2: I just spend hours on the half pipe. I think Thrasher: Skate and Destroy will sooon dethrone SoD2, since I fire that up frequently just to pull tricks on the half pipes in 3D.

[Kamino]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice city.

[classicb]

This is too easy without a doubt Tecmo Super Bowl (NES) when it first came out I must of logged 1000's of hours of all nighters with my friends playing seasons. Since then I've played it at least once a week and always have a season going. It's by far my most played most often game I've ever owned. In a distant second might be River City Ransom (NES).

[bargora]

Don't know exactly. Possibilities? Doom II, maybe all the games in the X-Wing series taken together. Possibly Advance Wars. And maybe Steel Battalion & Line of Contact combined.

But you know, I did play a hell of a lot of Asteroids on the 2600.

[goatdan]

For sure, the answer for me is NBA 2K1. At the time, I lived in a city away from home, wasn't old enough to go drinking and my girlfriend (now wife) was over an hour drive away. On top of that, I didn't get along with my roommates much, so I had a lot of time on my hands that I could've spent at the mall tempting myself to spend money I didn't have or playing my Dreamcast.

I had four games at the time -- NBA 2K1, Tony Hawk 2, Seaman and Rush 2049. I played an entire season of NBA 2K1 -- 82 games -- with 10 minute quarters and then did a full postseason to win the championship. I probably logged about 200 hours total.

I also have a lot of time on Super Mario 3 (NES), Tempest 2000 (Jag), and Earthbound (SNES), but I don't think it is nearly that much.

[ECWSandmanECW]

The Madden Series

[ianoid]

Most of you here know mine. Phantasy Star Online, over 1000 hours. Even games from my youth that I still play, like Adventure on Atari 2600, come near even half of that number.

Where do you find a month to play anything, let alone one game? Never have kids, Joe. You'll never have marathons again.

I have a life. That being said, I've spent around 2000 hours at least playing Hunt and Score. That is, hunting at thrifts, fleas and garage sales. Oh, games? I must have put 100 hours into Ultima II for Apple 2. Maybe 60 hours into Champions of Norrath. I need to check, but probably 45 into GTA3. I am a game hours wuss. But I am not jealous of the Evercrack life donors.

[slip81]

Guestimating I'd say Mega Man 2 or Final Fantasy VI. Official would be FFVII, the clock has 75+hours on it

[Ed Oscuro]

Holy crap @ 1000 hours on PSO. That's a lot of time on that game. I've got 90+ hours on one character...all offline...can't really imagine spending nearly ten times that much!

My most-played game would be Counter-Strike. Played that for a number of years straight. Haven't touched it in half a year. Maybe someday. *shakes fist at AWPers*

[Rogmeister]

That's a very interesting question...I guess that's why Joe makes the big bucks. For me, it's difficult since I've never really played RPGs...games that just suck your life away. I enjoy games you can have short sessions with so my #1 choice might be "Super Punch-Out" which I love going back to time and time again just to see if I can beat my times or to see if I can go through all 16 fighters at once without any of them laying a glove on me...that sort of thing. I know I spent a lot of time with Super Metroid when it first came out...I played till dawn the first time. I really enjoy baseball games, too, for some reason and my latest, MVP Baseball 2004, is probably my favorite now...I'm already nearly through my 2nd season...or is it my third? I'm not sure.

So if I could pick a top 3, it would probably go...

1. Super Punch-Out
2. Tempest 2000
3. Super Mario World

Well, I haven't had that baseball game long enough yet... :D

[-hellvin-]

It's a damn close race between Counter Strike and Diablo 2. So many fucking hours of Diablo 2 at lans. So god awful many. Counterstrike I started at beta 3 and was so addicted. I loved everything about it. My favorite thing to do back in the days was set the bomb anywhere on the map when you were allowed to do that and use the gun on the tank in the iraq map after death. THE GHOST TURRET. LoL.

[Emily]

Sad to say it,but....the Pokemon series. Of logged in over 200 hours oneach version but the newer ones. O_O

[Ed Oscuro]

My favorite thing to do back in the days was set the bomb anywhere on the map when you were allowed to do that and use the gun on the tank in the iraq map after death. THE GHOST TURRET. LoL.
I managed to kill a real enemy (not a bot) with that thing once! Oh the ownage. :)

[SMB]

At one time I had only a SNES and only 3 games....Super Ghouls and Ghosts,Super Mario World and Super Mario All-Stars.


Lets just say those are the only 3 games i played for 2 1/1 years then I get a saturn and played Daytona Usa for days at a time.

[stressboy]

Probably Everquest, followed by Anarchy Online, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy IV, Baldurs Gate 2, and Grand Theft Auto 3.

[o2william]

Gotta be Starflight. The combination of my slow-as-molasses Tandy 1000 and my inexperience with adventure games added up to lots of playing time back in the '80s. More recently, I lived in the game for a few months to write a 70-page guide to it. Good times. 8-)

[farfel]

Final Fantasy 10

200 hours

[Ed Oscuro]

Gotta be Starflight. The combination of my slow-as-molasses Tandy 1000 and my inexperience with adventure games added up to lots of playing time back in the '80s. More recently, I lived in the game for a few months to write a 70-page guide to it. Good times. 8-)
I finally picked that game up (it had been lounging at the local thrift for a while without my knowing it was a game, due to the odd "box" format) a while back. Haven't tried it out as my Tandy is new, and is staying that way (need a used one - damn sealed games! LOL)

Anyhow. Awesome game right there. The Genesis version seems like a bad resource collection game with Star Trek references during the first day or so of play (if you play like me, aka "Chipmunk Oscuro") but picks up in a hurry afterwards.

[Raedon]

I am not jealous of the Evercrack life donors.

Someone say crack?? Got some?? They fix the bugs?? *SNNNNNNNNGGG Wipes nose*


There is nothing in the world that I would trade for being part of that game at that time in history. The complete Hardcore gaming nature of a persistant world of fantasy and friends; dragons and dungeons.. The servers would crash on a raid and guild leaders would call each other for corpse retrieval..

Some think it's sad that I spent 3 years living two lives..

to me it was like being a part of the summer of 1969 in California.

[Nick]

Final Fantasy VII without question. I had over 100 hours during my longest game. I beat all the "Weapon" bosses and had every materia in the game.

:D

[drivefast1690]

Lets see, Ive killed many many ours playing Gran Turismo 3 and Diablo II LOD

[Leo_A]

NASCAR Racing 2002 Season (PC game developeds by Papyrus and published by Sierra) between February 2002 and February 2003 (when its sequel was released).

By my calculations, 1 of those 12 months disappeared racing stockcars.

lol

[ubersaurus]

Thinking back, I've put some massive time into Final Fantasy 7, Starfox 64, Halo, and R-Type Final.

I've played lots of games for long periods of times...but those easily take the cake.

[whoisKeel]

Super Street Fighter II (snes)
Final Fantasy Tactics (psx)
Quake 3 (pc - online)

probably more for either ssf2 or quake3

[om3ga]

Don't tell anyone.

But I have beat every FF to date 2 - 3 times.

Which ='s about 120 hours + at least per game.


Also got like 1500 hours in FFXI =(

[Habeeb Hamusta]

Well, I've logged a lot of hours into StarCraft. Fantastic strategy game I think.

[Habeeb Hamusta]

Don't tell anyone.

But I have beat every FF to date 2 - 3 times.

Which ='s about 120 hours + at least per game.


Also got like 1500 hours in FFXI =(

Damn man, get a grip.
Are you saying it took you 40-60 hours to beat FFVII? That game was so easy it's ridiculous.

[max 330 mega]

snk card fighters clash NGP. exactly 136 hours in that game.... @_@

[atomicthumbs]

Donkey Kong (94 Game Boy version)
Final Fantasy VII (PSone)
Dragon Warrior (NES)
Bionic Commando (NES)
Grand Theft Auto III (PS2)
Tenchu (PSone)

[atomicthumbs]

Don't tell anyone.

But I have beat every FF to date 2 - 3 times.

Which ='s about 120 hours + at least per game.


Also got like 1500 hours in FFXI =(

Damn man, get a grip.
Are you saying it took you 40-60 hours to beat FFVII? That game was so easy it's ridiculous.

Yeah, but it all depends if he took his time, played for quite a while at the Gold Saucer, and maybe, just maybe, even got the supremely cool "Knights of the Round" summons.

First time I played it, bastard took me around 80 hours (using the Versus guide to do close to EVERYTHING you can do). Then the second time around 25 hours with a GameShark (mmmm, BEEFY).

Anyway, that's a good amount of time to beat that HUGE ass game. Give him a break....

Besides, he's Canadian.

[InfernalCheese]

For me it would have to be Battlefield:1942 and the 1918 and Desert Combat mods, almost everyday I got home from school for hours since I got it.

[scorch56]

Most definitely Xenosaga.. if I EVER finish it.. it will be one of my "shining" achievements.

I'm kinda' hoping I can finish it before the second one comes out.. entirely possible.. considering.

[TomMage]

Sadly Ultima Online since there is no end, I've been playing over 5 years. "Normal" game I'd say Ultima V on C128, I remember 13-14 hour stints til and beyond sunrise. Had huge notebook, they don't make games like that anymore, hand drawn maps, conversations with NPCs were typed in, no point and click, you had to figure out what to ask through trial and error (and clues picked up throughout the game) Turn based tactical combat. And non linear.

Tom

[Neonsolid]

Gone.

[videogameking26]

Dark Cloud 2 (PS2) 301 hours and mastered it :D

Suikoden III (PS2) 245 hours

[jgenotte]

Most ever: Project Gotham Racing 2

For older games, I cant decide between:

Final Fantasy I on the NES - Took me a whole summer to beat it.

Contra on the NES - Me and a friend set out on a quest to beat it without dying on 1 player. We both eventually did it, but it took a LOT of practice.

Star Control on the Genesis - I still play this one a lot. If you get two people that are really good at the game, the sides become very equal. Hours and hours of fun in mele mode.


Good topic!!!

-james

[The Manimal]

LEGEND OF ZELDA (NES)
TECMO SUPER BOWL (NES) 48 or so seasons' worth!@

[Promophile]

I am not jealous of the Evercrack life donors.

Someone say crack?? Got some?? They fix the bugs?? *SNNNNNNNNGGG Wipes nose*


There is nothing in the world that I would trade for being part of that game at that time in history. The complete Hardcore gaming nature of a persistant world of fantasy and friends; dragons and dungeons.. The servers would crash on a raid and guild leaders would call each other for corpse retrieval..

Some think it's sad that I spent 3 years living two lives..

to me it was like being a part of the summer of 1969 in California.

Totally agree with you man. I actually just re-quit early this year. I had been playing on again off again. This time I managed to get into the Best guild on our server. They had been since pre-Kunark. I went to PoTime and visiting the high end of the game till I was sick of it then quit. I have no regrets though, it was an AMAZING game, just like UO.

[EnemyZero]

non-on-line would be FFVII, i faked sick out of my freshman year for a week and a half, and never left my tv or controller lol, i logged well over 125+ hours, thats my record for most hours in shortest span of time..