The longest game you ever beat in one sitting?

[dmhawkmoon]

I'm looking for stories where you played almost uninterrupted... If you went to school or work in the middle and left it paused, it's 2 sittings. :-P Going to the bathroom or eating something is okay, though, of course.

Mine is definitely Zelda: LTTP SNES version. I once played it start to finish in one sitting without saving once when I was 15 or so. The point was to get a 0 under my file... I think it took me 6 hours.

I'm pretty sure I also did it with one of my Super Metroid speed runs, but that only took like an hour or two.

[EnemyZero]

Mario 3, without using any flutes , just straight thru the whole game, i paused it thru my cousins marriage, came home, played for an hour, ::pause:: go to reception , come home ::unpause:: play till the middle of the night (its hard when your drifting off to sleep) , if im right, i turned it on around Noon , finished up around 2am so i figure....12pm + 2am =14 hours - 3 hours for wedding and reception = 11 hours of fun fun ( dont mock, i was like 10 ok )

[Sotenga]

That's gotta be R-Type for me. I was just so determined to beat it... 3-4 hours later, I beat it. About fifty continues. Hundreds of lives. Mental anguish. The unceremonial breaking of my spirit. And maybe a bit of post-traumatic stress-disorder.

It was worth it. :D

[Retsudo]

Doom on the SNES.

[Ikari Warrior]

Last year I beat Red Faction 2 for Xbox in one sitting, about 6.5 hours. I had the game on PS2 and hated it, but I liked the Xbox version so much better that I couldn't stop playing it. When I got near the end I just kept going so I could say I beat it in one day.

[Querjek]

Super Mario RPG... I had it once when I was young, and when I finally got it again a few years ago, I spent~9 hours a day for 2 days beating it. Joy, joy, what fun :D

[AMG]

In one sitting:

CastleVania 3

Metroid

Super Metroid

Zelda: A Link To the Past

Tekken 2 - Beat it with all characters, unlocked all extras.
(Did this when my one memory card died to regain all I had.)

Tekken 3 (Same as above.)

Resident Evil: Gun Survivor

CastleVania 4


Those are some that I can remember.

[Zach]

I don't remember how long it took, but I went through Super Mario Bros. without warp zones six times in a row, in one sitting, without getting "Game Over". Pointless? Yes. Fun? Also, yes. Hey, gimme a break! I was young and thought that maybe... just maybe... there would be some sort of super special something-or-other that would happen if I kept beating the game over and over.

[dmhawkmoon]

I don't remember how long it took, but I went through Super Mario Bros. without warp zones six times in a row, in one sitting, without getting "Game Over". Pointless? Yes. Fun? Also, yes. Hey, gimme a break! I was young and thought that maybe... just maybe... there would be some sort of super special something-or-other that would happen if I kept beating the game over and over.

You're not the only one who beleived in super special secrets. Almost every kid I knew had some kind of supposed thing you could do on some game to get something special to happen. Almost none of them true, of course... This was back in the NES days. I wonder if these kids growing up with computers and Playstations know any better.

[Quintracker]

Super Mario RPG... I had it once when I was young, and when I finally got it again a few years ago, I spent~9 hours a day for 2 days beating it. Joy, joy, what fun :D


Isn't that 2 sittings?


I know my bro beat mario rpg in one sitting over the course of a day, we actually had to make him pause and eat something lol

As for me the only game that comes to mind is Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3 for snes. It's along the same crack as civilization to me lol

[rbudrick]

I beat Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom for NES in 15 or 16 hours in one sitting when I was about 15...about 11 years ago. What a great game! Shadowgate fans MUST play this.

After that, I think the longest sessions I've ever had are probably not more than 6 hours....but those weren't sessions where I beat a game...just a long play session. There's a been a good amount of those...

-Rob

[jerkov]

I played Snatcher for about 8 or so hours straight this past Memorial Day, taking one break to eat something, so I could beat it. The only reason I did it was because I knew it was the only day I would have for a long time to actually devote to playing video games. And I really, really wanted to beat Snatcher.

[Daria]

I know I beat both Super Mario RPG and Rhapsody in one sitting a piece... Rhapsody totaling at about 10 hours and Super Mario RPG the greater portion on a saturday.

I didn't beat it, but I'm sure I spent the most time playing Breath of Fire 3 without any breaks. It was the first console game since the genesis I'd really played, and I remember sitting up from the moment I woke in the morning, to when I'd eventually pass out from exhaustion the next morning, I kept up this eratic schedule until my brother had to return the game to blockbuster.

I later bought the game and replayed it, then continued the tradition with BoF 4 locking myself in my room for a week during the summer. :P

[dmhawkmoon]

Mario 3, without using any flutes , just straight thru the whole game, i paused it thru my cousins marriage, came home, played for an hour, ::pause:: go to reception , come home ::unpause:: play till the middle of the night (its hard when your drifting off to sleep) , if im right, i turned it on around Noon , finished up around 2am so i figure....12pm + 2am =14 hours - 3 hours for wedding and reception = 11 hours of fun fun ( dont mock, i was like 10 ok )

Actually, I'm pretty sure I also beat this game in one sitting. No receptions or anything and going all the way through. By that time I knew the game by heart so I didn't think of it as a challenge though. Just had nothing better to do... It probably took me 4-5 hours.

[SkiDragon]

I cant be positive, but I remember playing Crono Trigger all day, and its possible I beat it in a day.

[jenzyme]

When I was 14 I finished Secret of Mana in one sitting. No kidding. I had a migraine for almost 2 days afterwards though. :o

[dmhawkmoon]

Funny how many of these are stories from when we were children or teens....

[grimbal]

I once rented Wizards & Warriors 1 for the NES and it was only a one day rental. So I started playing at about 5 or 6 P.M. on a Friday night and didn't stop until I beat it at 6 A.M. Saturday morning.

Next to that I had a 9 hour marathon on SMB3 for NES but decided to go to bed before I finished it.

Now that I have kids of my own a marathon is few and far between. :(

[scooterb23]

Mario 3, the day I got it (Christmas Day), no warp whistles (didn't know about them until 2 months later), no pauses, no rest breaks...every single level completed. 8 Hours.

[Daria]

Funny how many of these are stories from when we were children or teens....

If it makes you feel any better I was up until 5am last night playing Harvest Moon for the Cube. Think I started around 11 or so. Not an uncommon occurance, but not my record either. ;)

[Lemmy Kilmister]

I didn't beat it but i remember when i played FF3 for the first time. I'd started around 1 in the afternoon (rented it at blockbuster after school that day) and played till my mom started yelling at me at 6'o'clock in the morning. LOL

[Crush Crawfish]

I've never beaten a game longer than a few hours in one sitting, but I know I played suikoden 2 or 3 for roughly 6-7 hours straight. I sure do love my suikoden.... :o

[Crush Crawfish]

I've never beaten a game longer than a few hours in one sitting, but I know I played suikoden 2 or 3 for roughly 6-7 hours straight. I sure do love my suikoden.... :o

[dmhawkmoon]

I didn't beat it but i remember when i played FF3 for the first time. I'd started around 1 in the afternoon (rented it at blockbuster after school that day) and played till my mom started yelling at me at 6'o'clock in the morning. LOL

Oh yes. The beginning of that game was simply sensational back when it was released. I was glued right up through to the end of the world of balance. The end died down a bit, but I'll never forget that... This is getting a *tad* off topic though, since neither of us beat the game. :-P

[dmhawkmoon]

Funny how many of these are stories from when we were children or teens....

If it makes you feel any better I was up until 5am last night playing Harvest Moon for the Cube. Think I started around 11 or so. Not an uncommon occurance, but not my record either. ;)

Funny you mention that game because just tonight (at 2:30AM) I began to play it for the first time. I've had it for months, but had put it aside. I actually have two of those stufed cows from preordering the GBA one and the GC one way in advance...

From what I hear it would take a miracle to be able to say you completed this game in one sitting. Maybe you could do nothing but sleep for a year or something..

[klausien]

My parents went to CA on their honeymoon (I live in NJ) and I spent 2 weeks at my aunt's house back in 1993 when I was 12. They had Super Ghouls N' Ghosts. A week & 1/2 with the SNES intermittently paused for hours at a time. I finally emerged from the 2 loops victorious. My most prestigious accomplishment beside conquering PCE CD Super Darius without dying (fluke)!

[bjk7382]

My longest game in one sitting was probly Thrust for the 2600. I have spent probly about 3 weeks straight trying to master this game, and I eventually beat it. My final game, on tape, was 43 minutes. :) You can download it and watch it if you want (kind of poor quality since it came from a vhs recording)

Thrust Video (atari 2600) (http://www.atariage.com/2600/video/thrust.avi) (40 min, 168 MB)