[MacsGalor]

I find myself spending a lot of time gaming. I usually will get a game play it until I beat it then move on. But now I always seem to come back to Warcraft III. I waste so much time in that game. So what game have you been out of hand addicted too?
P.S. Just because I am aware that I waste my life playing Warcraft doesn't mean I will stop. Oh well, what else is there to do? This nope not as much fun back to Warcraft

[Spheric Harlot]

teh Int4rnet.

[soul searching]

Quake II. When I was in school I spent the better part of my free time playing it. I even had dreams of walking around with rail guns

[waxcrash]

Go to the terminal and type: emacs
Press escape then X
type: pong

[gorickey]

Bejeweled Deluxe

[subego]

A toss up between Baldur's Gate (one), Fallout, and Star Ocean: The Second Story.

I've started all three of those multiple times from the beginning, and haven't finished any of them.

BG is probably the most fun (and has been picked up again since they finally decided to release ToB).

Fallout isn't quite as fun, but its artistry can't be denied. It has certainly influenced me more than any other work. Video game or not.

Star Ocean is, well... Japanese.

I have told few people that after 9/11 I ran into a hole and played Star Ocean for three days straight. Can't say I regret doing that over watching the towers fall again and again.

[Gamoe]

Cool trick, waxcrash! ;-)

[Amorya]

Originally posted by Gabriel Morales:
Cool trick, waxcrash! ;-)

works with tetris too

Amorya

[Face Ache]

Games I've wasted most time on:

Q3A
Age of Empires II
Starcraft
Sonic the Hedgehog
Donkey Kong

[SOLIDAge]

computer game?
Starcraft and Unreal tourney

Console games?
I'd say the entire Resident evil series has stolen the most money and time, Final fantasy at close second

[scottiB]

Myst
Prince of Persia

[Lando Griffin]

Emulation (MAME, sixtyforce, SNES9X, etc)

[Kenneth]

Sorry I'm not a gamer here.
However, I like to play the GT Series on PlayStation and RtCW on the Mac.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Definitely Warcraft II. And that's not including all the time spent building new multiplayer maps....

I'd have to say Unreal Tournament online play is a close runner-up, though.

greg

[Sherwin]

Captive on the Atari (65,000 levels - took me six months to do 23).

Civilization 2 on PC.

Microprose Formula One Grand Prix on the Atari.

Grand Theft Auto (original) on PC.

[Eriamjh]

Half life, but not lately.

[King Bob On The Cob]

Computer -
Warcraft II
Starcraft
Quake III

Console -
Sonic the Hedgehog
Landstalker (nearly six entire months when I was little)

[Truepop]

on my mac deus ex and quake 3 and marathon

added: on my palm Warefare Inc and Monopoly

[MacsGalor]

Originally posted by Amorya:
works with tetris too

Amorya

Know of any more? What was the tank game called from Atari? it was just two tanks and you battled it out.

[starman]

Everquest and Unreal Tournament.

Mike

[veritas68]

UT. Easy. Drunk and play UT. Sober play UT. High and play UT. UT is fun no matter what.

- Ca$h

[MacGorilla]

Warcraft II
Civ in all its incarnations (I,II,III, FreeCiv)

[tintub]

Exile
Elite
Gran Turismo

[Zoom_zoom]

Grand Theft Auto 1
Command & Conquerer: Red Alert
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[Kenneth]

No Windows users here?
I bet they will all answer.. Solitaire

[Sosa]

Pirates! from MicroProse. I've played it relentlessly from 6th to 7th grade. Only stopped playing when the controllers broke.

Days and days playing. I had all the time in the world as a kid. Use to day dream about this game, took the manual to school to read for fun. Inspired me onto history, especially military history.

[Stogieman]

UT
Marathon

[Cipher13]

Killer Instinct (SNES), C&C (Mac), Total Annihilation (Mac), Cannon Fodder (SNES), Descent II (Mac), UT (Mac).

Countless others, no doubt. This isn't including my Gameboy games, either, such as Warioland, KI, etc...

[MindFad]

Myth 2, fo' sheezy.

[Steve]

Diablo II, Warcraft II, Counterstrike.

[xylon]

Originally posted by veritas68:
UT. Easy. Drunk and play UT. Sober play UT. High and play UT. UT is fun no matter what.

- Ca$h

Exactly. I haven't done it high, but playing UT drunk is hilarious. Hmm, come to think of it, a lot of things are hilarious when you're drunk.

Anyways, UT2k3 takes the cake for me. Can't stop. I play a little text twist online sometimes, but when it comes down to hardcore gaming, it's UT.

Anyone remember Lemmings? I've been looking for the Mac version after someone posted about it in the gaming forum.

[Macfreak7]

Quake II definitely. Rail only was awesome even with a 400 ping on dial up. Ah, those were the days. Next was Q3, wasn't as much fun tho. Followed by AOE II and RtCW.

Currently it's Age of Mythology.

[mark9939]

Hands down, CS. I only recently broke my habit.

[benb]

Originally posted by MacsGalor:
I find myself spending a lot of time gaming. I usually will get a game play it until I beat it then move on. But now I always seem to come back to Warcraft III. I waste so much time in that game. So what game have you been out of hand addicted too?

I read the thread title, and that is the game that entered my mind. Recently at least. I'm always finding new strategies to try out.

I wasted a large part of HS playing GoldenEye on the N64. We were so into 2 on 2 that we built a divider so teams couldn't see non-team screens. Good times. Health to -10, pistols only in Stack or Facility. Can't get much better than that. Except Complex.

[benb]

Originally posted by Kenneth:
No Windows users here?
I bet they will all answer.. Solitaire

Only at work man, only at work. When I get home, I prefer games in more than 16 colors.

[Phanguye]

Originally posted by Steve:
Diablo II, Counterstrike.

two of the greatest time wasters ever

[Sealobo]

No computer games.

But i spent tons of time on the Gran Turismo (PS2) series... gotta love those mad endurance races.

[DigitalEl]

EA Sports' NHL '92 - NHL 2002. In 1996 or 1997, I'd have taken on anyone in the world at this game (on the PC). I thought the PlayStation 2 versions would top it... But it was downhill from there. I didn't even buy it in '03 or '04. It went from new features and more realistic each year to "let's see how much loud alternative music we can jam onto the disc." As I've said in other threads though, maybe I'm just getting old.

[soul searching]

Originally posted by Macfreak7:
Quake II definitely. Rail only was awesome even with a 400 ping on dial up. Ah, those were the days. ...

Instagib fast hooks were very cool.

And I was always a LPB

[Macfreak7]

Originally posted by soul searching:
Instagib fast hooks were very cool.

And I was always a LPB

oh god yeah! hooks!
also q2 maps are arguably still some of the coolest ever.

[soul searching]

Originally posted by Macfreak7:
oh god yeah! hooks!
also q2 maps are arguably still some of the coolest ever.

THE EDGE. Probably the best map ever.

[Macfreak7]

the slimy place for hook and rail!
aahhhh this is making me want to play it right now.
*off to find an OS X patch*

[soul searching]

Originally posted by Macfreak7:
the slimy place for hook and rail!

My favorite map for instagib was 'The Box.' Fun times

Originally posted by Macfreak7:
*off to find an OS X patch*

It doesn't work with the Revolution sound card . I play every now and then with my PC.

[- - e r i k - -]

Sonic the hedgehog 1,2,3. Probably multiplayer in Sonic 2 the most. The casino level frickin' rocks.

Monkey Island 1,2,3 I have gone through them all at least a couple of times. Oh and the same with Day of the tentacle.

Heroes of might and magic 2. Neverending hotseat fun.

Bolo

Dune 2 (the original RTS)

Grand Theft Auto III

I don't play much games nowadays, but we had a long Mario Party 5 run yesterday, and I found it to be a very cool little game. We also play a lot of Mario Kart Double Dash. Recent timestealers include Zelda and WC3.

[CharlesS]

I think that would pretty easily be the Super Mario Bros. games. I wasted a truly scary amount of time on those as a child, particularly trying to pull off tricks like getting to the minus world.

After Mario, I'd say Glider Pro, Marathon, and Project Builder.

[Jim Paradise]

I'm going to limit this to playing games on Macs 'cause I played a lot of Commodore 64 games when I was young.

The games that have taken away the most time from my life:
The Incredible Machine
Sim Ant
Quake
Carmegeddon II
Driver
Age Of Empires

I'm leaving out all the games I play via emulators....

[theolein]

On my old PC: Homeworld, Homeworld Cataclysm
On my new PC coming next week: Homeworld2


You can gather from that that I am an absolute Homeworld fan. It's a crying shame that Relic and Sierra never ported any of the series to the Mac because there is really no other RTS that compares in stunning scenery and music and that simply amazing feeling of space.

Check the sites out, and if you have a 400Mhz plus PC at home with a 3DFx Voodoo 3 or so, download the Homeworld demo and just be amazed. (Might even run ok on a Dual G5 with VPC)

[gadster]

The Marathon series and Myst.

[dillerX]

College: Mario Kart

Last Year: GTA: Vice City

Currently: Yahoo Pool

[wulf]

It has to be Civilization and its derivatives.

I saddens me to think of all the books I could have read (or even written) in the thousands of hours I've clocked up on that game.

It is teh devil!!1!1