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What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 4:03:53 AM   
ravinhood


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Status: offline 		So, what game was it that stole the most successive hours of your life when it was brand new and no other new release could tear you away from it because it was that good?

My choice would still have to goto "Civilization I & II". I can't even guess how many successive hours I spent playing CIV I when it first came out. But, it was certainly game after game and week after week as I played every nation at least once. When II came out I remember putting many hours into it as well, but, not near as many as the origional, I guess by that time I had burnt myself out on the game as a whole, but, it still qualifies as a long standing successive game of play over all new releases.
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 4:28:48 AM   
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For some reason Civ never really grabbed me, although I spent many hours playing Colonization which (for some reason) I found a lot more fun.

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 5:05:35 AM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 5:22:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		Damn...you just got me thinking back about all the hours, which must add up to YEARS I've wasted playing video and computer games!

Anyways.....

The game that probably killed the most neurons is either The Legend of Zelda on the venerable ol' NES...
(What a revolution that game was!)

OR, Herzog Zwei which was on the SEGA Genny 16-bit...

Talonsoft's CS series on computer have to be up there too...

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 5:43:26 AM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 6:47:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think Europa Universalis 2 stole the most time ever for me. Although I did play the original Wing Commander over and over and over again as well...

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 7:25:43 AM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 7:31:36 AM   
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ORIGINAL: SeaMonkey

Koei's PTO2


Amen to that! I remember I had to stay out of school for a week with strep throat, so I played it non stop. Also played the first one to death.

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 7:43:31 AM   
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I remember I had to stay out of school for a week


He he, you too! Just made my fifth year at my umpteenth company and got that 3rd week of vacation. Blurred vision after the third day made me give a rest.

Still looking for something comparable, GG's WaW has been the closest, but still no diplomacy. WitP...to much micromanagement.

Have great hope for a mod using the SC2 engine, perhaps Matrix TOAW, and what was that vaporware that looked so promising, had a Coral Sea and Guadalcanal scenario for trailers?


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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 8:31:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		What is this Koei PTO??? Did I miss a good game? What platform? console only??

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 8:36:14 AM   
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In 90s... The Original War in the Pacific (Dos game)

in 2000's... War in the Pacific (windows..)

In 80-90's in online gaming... Kesmais Steller Emperor

in 90-2000's online gaming... Vibes later owned by O2... Mankind




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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 8:50:54 AM   
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ORIGINAL: ravinhood

What is this Koei PTO??? Did I miss a good game? What platform? console only??


It was a console only game, like WitP but with almost most no micromanaging (unless you wanted to do all the naval battles manually in turn based format). The original was for the Sega Genesis, while PTO2 Was for the Genesis, Super Nintendo, and Windows 95.

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 12:35:05 PM   
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overall, would have to say, almost any game I got, that was anygood

but maybe would have to say BTR, I won it twice as the Allied player, and had a lots of mid range games that needed to be restarted (I helped with OOBs testing)(each OOB needs a restart to use)



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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 3:11:56 PM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 3:38:41 PM   
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For modern games, I would say Civ or X-Com UFO Defense took up the most time when new.




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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 5:08:24 PM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 5:35:37 PM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 6:54:41 PM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 9:35:11 PM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 9:46:33 PM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 9:55:51 PM   
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Other Time Suckers:

Adventure on the 2600
Nearly every Infocom text adventure
Ultima (1)
Bard's Tale
Might & Magic
Wizardry
Every Daisenryaku game

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/6/2005 9:56:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		OH Holy crap, I almost forgot, Koei's Liberty or Death was a good one that stole many hours from me. Alway's liked throwing British Redcoats into the sea with my colonials.

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/7/2005 12:34:21 AM   
ravinhood


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Status: offline 		Oh gawd I forgot Railroad Tycoon I, that one also stole many many many hours of play time when brand new. Man SID was on a roll back then wasn't he? RRT, Civilization and Pirates I guess stole the majority of my time for quite a long time.

But, OT just a sec, what the heck was he thinking when he did SIM GOLF?? LOL, it's a cute little game, but, it just doesn't feel like SID.

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/7/2005 2:49:13 AM   
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followed by

Starcraft, combat mission and finally Korsun Pocket (cheers matrix

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/7/2005 3:03:35 AM   
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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/7/2005 1:56:43 PM   
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I played and played and played and played .....

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/7/2005 2:32:16 PM   
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Championship Manager 2 (Italian leagues) - soccer management game from SI... can't exactly say how much time it sucked... but I counted nights playing it... and btw, it got internal counter for the time spend in it, and I remember one game was nearly month long... gametime month.

Also Heroes of M&M 3, NBA series.

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/7/2005 3:58:12 PM   
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Hi!

Championship Manager 2 (Italian leagues) - soccer management game from SI... can't exactly say how much time it sucked... but I counted nights playing it... and btw, it got internal counter for the time spend in it, and I remember one game was nearly month long... gametime month.

Also Heroes of M&M 3, NBA series.

Alex.


Hey, that's true. I have also lost many days with Championship Manager series. The version I've played was 4. Almost as great waste of time has been Eastside Hockey Manager. I coached SKA St. Petersburg in that game.

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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/8/2005 1:23:26 AM   
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"Gunship" by Microprose. The org. C-64 one.

I played and played and played and played .....



I remember that.

But the C-64 game that ate up my time was Pirates, with Original Silent Service a close second.



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RE: What Game Stole the most hours when it was Brand New - 11/8/2005 2:35:16 AM   
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