It has to be Civilisation ("Just one more turn...!") although the various incarnations of GTA come a close second.
The mighty Grand Theft Auto III consumed months of my life in 2001. Awesome game.
It has to be Civilisation ("Just one more turn...!") although the various incarnations of GTA come a close second.
Zelda, ocarina of time. I payed it non stop for 3 months, forward, backward, all the side games.
I put it away swearing blind that I would not let consume me any more.
I eventually had to give it away, and made my mate promise not to give it back.
Memories of Double Dragon and Tron in the arcade, later on Streetfighter 2 on SNES, then Soldier of Fortune 2 online.
Many hours wasted!
One from my uni days, absolute cracker :)
As a die hard gamer, I've had a lot of gaming obsessions over the years - but the one I've spent most time one, and enjoyed the most (and I'm surprised no-one's mentioned it), is UFO: Enemy Unknown
Many, MANY good hours spent playing it.
In recent years, Fallout 3 ate a lot of my life. I've spent a lof of time playing online multiplayer on Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3 as well.
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
I forgot the mighty HALO.
A timeline of games i played incessantly would look like this
elite
sensible soccer
syndicate
civilisation (and the follow ups)
championship manager
gran turismo
GTA 3 and Vice city
dawn of war
haven't played much recently though
Loved that too :]Originally Posted by RickChard
Double Dragon as a young boy in the arcade also Ikari warriors another 2 player gem!
GTA3 Vice City was a biggie as well.
Burgertime,Pacman or Donkey Kong for me.
ZX81 : 3D Monster Maze (I loved this)
Spectrum : Knightmare.
Arcade, Double Dragon, Pac Land, Gryzor
PC : Quake II
SNES : Mario Kart. Super Bomber Man. 4 player mode was insane. Would often stay up for hours with friends on this.
N64 : Mario 64
I stopped at this point, and have no idea what current games look like now.
Snap. I liked the fact you could pick up whips and so on. You could get a long way by just elbowing people too.Originally Posted by Albellisimo
I've played and loved many online FPS games starting with Return to Castle Wolfenstein (completely addictive and never bettered) through to Left for Dead - those zombie hoards really took some getting used.
But I think the most addictive are the football manager games, which are lethal. "I'll just play a couple more games and get to that cup tie" and before you know it it's two in the morning and your getting up for work at 6!
Arcade has to be Xevious for me.
I can still hear the music/soundeffects clearly in my head...
DOOM, Quake 2 (have close to 1000 fan made maps), Far Cry, Half Life, GTA3, Vice City, GTA 4 and Red Dead.
Originally Posted by RickChard
man alive! i can't believe i forgot all about that,an absolute gem of a game,if i had to pick one game as my all time favourite it's that one.i spent months on that building my bases up after graduating from the mighty 'laser squad' (i always had to restart the mission if corporal jonlan died )
there was another game that was based on the sas,even with an embassy siege, i think it was 'sabre squad'
i know i shouldn't ask but is there anything similar for ps3? i hope not else the mrs will string me up
cheers,mick
I haven't played for years but Command and Conquer took up a lot of my time as a teenager. The only other strategy game that was as good was the Star Wars version. Sadly all the old versions do not work on Windows 7.
Baldur's Gate I & II for me. Could play them any time. Street Fighter Alpha series, Persona 3 & 4 and most obscure J-RPGs!
Originally Posted by VoleBoy
Rex is behind you!
That game was awesome.
I never got into that one so much, but Mazogs was totally awesome:Originally Posted by nitsy
http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/emulat ... tle=Mazogs
Still one of my all-time favourite games. Tip: don't press the space key in that emulator or it will bomb, stick to letters and numbers and it's OK. For those who don't know: get the treasure and get out of the maze, avoiding the monsters. If you must fight a monster, a sword helps. Simple.
Operation Wolf on the arcade :
When you successfully finished the first mission liberating all 10 hostages a new mission started (same screens but faster)...when you finished that mission successfully the game just stalled....
Recent years its been the COD series and any RPG from Bethesda, but all time it would be the Champ manager series. Banned myself from them in 2003 after over 12 hours stuck at the PC saying "one more game"
SimCity - impossible to let go off for me... 8) Even have it on the iPad
Originally Posted by nitsy
You would probably get laughed at for saying this now, but I found it actually scary. Mind you I was young.
I remember the cassette player and the loading time being immense!Originally Posted by VoleBoy
All time favourite arcade game - the original Sega Rally. Got pretty good at it as well, could regularly get the No.1 spot on the timesheets.
As for games consoles -Commodore 64 Spy Hunter, Spy vs Spy series, Pitstop and Tapper. Sega Megadrive Sonic and Herzog Zwei. Xbox 360 HALO, Forza, Gotham and Gears of War series.
Online gaming has stolen whole chunks of my life :lol:
Anyone remember 'The Way Of The Exploding Fist' on the Spectrum ?
Was the early 80's precursor to Street Fighter, but in 2D and with 6 different moves.
I loved it.
I also remember being about 7 years old and completing Bruce Lee on the Spectrums set up in John Menzies in Poole Arndale Centre :)
Originally Posted by BigBird
Total Annihilation was great, remember it well on the PC.
angry birds... not the best video game, but addictive as hell
Commodore 64, International Karate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5NrUGDspR0
Originally Posted by RobC
i still play this at the ripe old age of 39.
fully fledged clan member aswell lol :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Pro Evo Soccer
Grand Theft Auto SA
Football Manager
Worst ever for me was Command & Conquer. Most recently online Goldeneye for the Wii.
i used to LOVE this!Originally Posted by WORKSIMON
these days, it's championship manager.
ktmog6uk
marchingontogether!
pokemon and zoo tycoon
I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNT ONE!!!!! I'M 13 AGAIN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiEX4UiZ ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiEX4UiZ ... re=related
ktmog6uk
marchingontogether!
Mario cart on the N64, been playing it for for over 15 years now and still love it. Of course you need an import console to play or it plays in slow motion.
Yep, you could get all the way and win all fights by using crouch and punch to the balls.Originally Posted by amnesia
haven't read most the thread but quake multiplayer must come close
also civilisation for that "just one more turn"
Street fighter was always 2D until recently, I find the 3D ones really dull and inaccurate.Originally Posted by amnesia
Man, I was addicted to Quake multiplayer (Q2 & Q3). So many wasted hours, but all good fun!Originally Posted by jjgreenwood
Elite. Elite II. Frontier.
Angry Birds. Plants vs Zombies.
So clever my foot fell off.
Which clan? I found it went laggy as hell for a while there - was the only reason I stopped playing it. Ping shot up to 300 for so reason whatsoever on almost all serversOriginally Posted by pedrorocks
Definite +1Dizzy
Originally Posted by Ticker
This screen shot looks weirdly 3D!
Is it just me?
So clever my foot fell off.
For me, it's fallout 3, fallout new vegas, elder scrolls and skyrim.
Bethesda softworks have stolen hundreds of hours of my life.
Doom & Half Life. Cant get into the new games like I used to :(
Either Tony Hawks 3 on the PS3 or Goldeneye on the N64. Both time in with my Uni days and plenty of free hours in the day though.
Do people still play this? I was addicted back in 2002 when I was in school and would love to replay the multiplayer levels of the the beach landing .Originally Posted by pedrorocks