BillyHW Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) I can't tell you how many times I was playing Civilization and then looked out the window to see the sun come and and I was like, WTF? What games did it for you? Edited February 21, 2016 by BillyHW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Goldeneye for the N64. Back in the late 90's and early 2000's when I was addicted as all get out. I spent countless hours playing it all night whether it was single player missions, earning cheat codes beating the levels at a certain time, or multiplayer death matches. Goldeneye really set the standard for losing track of time.Other mentions are.Conker's Bad Fur Day Shenmue Shenmue 2Grand Theft Auto 3Grand Theft Auto: Vice CityGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Been a LONG time since a game could hold my attention for more than an hour... Probably EverQuest on the PC. Maybe Tetris DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 I can't tell you how many times I was playing Civilization and then looked out the window to see the sun come and and I was like, WTF? What games did it for you? BITD (early 80's) SimCity was the bane of my existence when it came to things regarding the old clock. That was the only program that I ever played that almost made me late for work (once). Now I must admit, it was also my excuse for putting off cutting the grass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 There's been a few over the years. Animal Crossing: Wild World on Nintendo DS and Animal Crossing: New Leaf on the 3DS are the first ones that come to mind, and I couldn't even begin to count how many hundreds of hours of my life disappeared into The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the Xbox 360. All of those games could make hours disappear in what seemed like the blink of an eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Any adventure RPG like Legend of Zelda, Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, etc. I've been trying to avoid playing games that lure me in for hours. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Civ II X-Com: Enemy Unknown Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar The Sims Nobunaga's Ambition Romance of the Three Kingdoms II Gemfire Final Fantasy III SNES others that I'm not thinking about right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland p Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) One day I decided to fninsh Shenmue 2, because I thought I was almost there. I started at 9pm and stopped at 6:30 am lol. Edited February 21, 2016 by roland p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 The Gold boxes from SSI, my wife was getting really annoyed by the sound of the weapons, drove her nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Dragon Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Xcom (PS1) Lords Of Chaos (C64) Captive (ST) Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (Mega Drive) More modern titles would include: Xcom:C.E (PS3) Mass Effect II (360) MGS:Peace Walker (PSP) MGS V:Phantom Pain (PS3). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Saw the thread title and intended to post Civilization. That's probably the king. D&D Gold Box games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) Simulation games and action RPG games for me. Sim city, sim City 2000 Sim City 3000... and the great winner, Sim City 4 Rush Hour. Newer SC games are shite, and Cities Skyline... meeh, doesn't have that SC4 vibe and intricate transportation-solving solutions. As of recently, OpenTTD. With mods, you can play from 1870 to 2050, over 130 years of transportation development. Been playing hours on Oblivion and Skyrim (without and with mods). While not playing endlessly on them because of their narrative nature, I recall spending lenghty hours of game sessions on the Silent Hill series. (except the first one.. I know it so well, I complete it under 2 hours...). I recall obtaining Silent Hill 4 on PC, starting to play around 21H... and thanksfully it was the week-end, because I played.. and played.. and played.. arrived to the end... relaxed as I had completed one run, and felt like "hmm, maybe I should get to bed..." and looking at ye olde clcok, I see 6H30. Oooops! Edited February 21, 2016 by CatPix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 4 games did it for me. 1) Tunnels of Doom (TI-99/4A) 2) Sim City 2000 (Macintosh) 3) Grandia 2 (Dreamcast) 4) Morrowind (XBox) Unreal, the thousands of hours of my life tied up in these games over the years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Shadowman Neo Nectaris Shining Force games Astrosmash Ghosts 'n Goblins Castlevania Circle of the Moon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Alien Syndrome (NES and speccy) Contra Force (NES) Zork: The Great Underground Empire (IBM DOS via DOSBOX) Cooking Mama (NDS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 All of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Great topic. For me, any sort of management game, be it Civilization, Master of Orion, Sim City, Roller Coaster Tycoon, the Total War games, etc. Those suck me in fairly well, though not like the used to. Also the elder scrolls games. Morrow wind really caught my attention as did Skyrim. Oblivion less so. But Morrowin really was like crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Can't forget the PC version of Carmageddon. I really was having a ball with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbroddy Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Katamari Damacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games Retrospect Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Personally, I lose track of time whenever I'm playing rhythm games like Rock Band 3. There's something about that game that makes me want to play one more song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Pokemon Shuffle for the 3DS and Super Mario 3D land(also for 3DS) Megaman Battle Network games (GBA) Final Fantasy IV (GBA Version) Klax (Lynx) Rampage (Lynx) Cookie (ZX Spectrum) Missile defense (ZX Spectrum) Manic Miner (Sam Coupe) Manic Miner (ZX Spectrum) Tetris (Sam Coupe) Chuckie Egg (ZX Spectrum) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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