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    Default The longest game you ever beat in one sitting?

    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. 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.

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    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, :ause:: 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 )
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    In one sitting:

    CastleVania 3

    Metroid

    Super Metroid

    Zelda: A Link To the Past

    Tekken 2 - Beat it with all characters, unlocked all extras.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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

    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
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    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...

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    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.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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, :ause:: 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.

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    I cant be positive, but I remember playing Crono Trigger all day, and its possible I beat it in a day.
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    When I was 14 I finished Secret of Mana in one sitting. No kidding. I had a migraine for almost 2 days afterwards though.

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

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    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 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.

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