current addictions....

right now i find myself hopelessly addicted to kung fu chess..
http://www.kungfuchess.com

it sounds ridiculous, but this variation on chess is completely mind-boggling sometimes.. there aren't really turns, only a timer set on each piece after it moves..
it's terribly addicting, and i find myself thinking about chess strategies in my sleep if i've just played a game before bed.. ;\

i used to not really like chess.. now i can't get enough of it..
sad, i know..

anyone addicted to anything else at the moment?

ResidentEvil GCN. Awesome.

I finally blew the huge wad of cash neccessary for Radiant Silvergun, so I've been playing that A LOT lately. I've never played a shmup that demands such preciseness and concentration. If my cat walks into the room, I have to pause the game and shoo her away.

I've also been plugging away at Dragon Warrior VII. I've reached the end of the game, so I'm levelling-up and trying to make my immigrant town into a Premium Bazzarr. All I need are two more Merchants/Traders, but they're getting harder and harder to find... yet I continue to search. Those MetalKing Swords/Shields had better be worth it!

Giga Wing 2 won't let me go outside.

tomb raider 3. seriously. i got the game at the flea market for $10, sealed. i really like the tomb raider series, so i'm really into this one right now. as you can tell from my love for mega man games, i don't get tired of repeated formulas easily.:D

Johnk, like the new avatar!

Current addictions:

outdoors
drawing
Gigawing 1
Earthbound NES

*-neo

Jet

Force

Gemini

Grim Fandango
Wild Arms
School Work (Forcible Addiction)

Rez (PS2)
Pump It Up! (PC)
Morrowind (PC)- Just got it today. Fun as hell, but my video card can't really handle it (GeForce 2 Go).
Resident Evil (GC)- AWESOME!

Right now I'm addicted to music (mostly Sonic Youth) and this forum (plus some other sites). On the gaming end, I'll play some Resident Evil, and thats about it.

Camel Wides
Yoshi's Island
Secret of Mana
Gun Valkrie (S - Controller :) )
Zanac Neo
Umihara Kawase Syun
Hot Shots Golf 3
Cardfighters Clash 2
The Gundam shooter I got for my Wonderswan
Gundam: Fed vs. Zeon (Buy this bitch!)
The concept of 'love'
Vacant Stare - Vindication
Cult of Luna - S/T
Quasi-philosophical conversation

I guess that's about it...

I'm currently addicted to Mach Rider, even though I suspect it's a non-ending game like Wrecking Crew. I need to get back to Ogre Battle 64, which reminds that I still haven't beaten the original Ogre Battle for the Super NES.

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I finally blew the huge wad of cash neccessary for Radiant Silvergun, so I've been playing that A LOT lately. I've never played a shmup that demands such preciseness and concentration. If my cat walks into the room, I have to pause the game and shoo her away.

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congrats on getting that game, omegaflareX... if you haven't played it enough yet to find out, the game is well worth whatever it costs on ebay these days.. it pretty much lives in my saturn..

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Johnk, like the new avatar!

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thanks neo.. :D Extra props if you can tell me what game he's in, his fake name, and his real name..

oh, BTW, i should have mentioned that i'm also kinda addicted to Mars Matrix (trying to build up cash) and Record of Lodoss War (i'd play it more if it wasn't so damn hard and the load times weren't so long!!)...

Resident Evil (GC) owns me and....
Rollercoaster Tycoon is the steady standby.

Grand Theft Auto 3 has it's claws on me again.
I'm doing all these new tricks and stunts, it's great.
Today, I flew atop the Love Media building, the Panlantic Construction site and through the Cedar Ridge Observatory.

And once I get my video capture card, I'm starting an all new game and going for that elusive %100, and make a kick ass video as well.

Currently addicted to a few PC games. Not too much on the Console front that's piqued my interest as of late. Once I get a GC and XB, that should change hopefully.

Anyways, currently addicted to--

1)--Diablo 2: LoD--My roommate just got brand spanking new PC, so we networked our computers together. Diablo 2: LoD in this situation is straight up crack. Real-time communication while playing adds a whole new dimension to things. Having never played in "LAN parties" before, this is all new stuff to me. I can't wait until the technology is in place for consoles to do voice over communication. Looks like the X-Box is the prime target for such a thing. Imagine playing Street Fighter or VF online, while talking shite to your opponent through your mic. No more worries about getting your ass kicked for running your mouth! ;)

2)--Wizardry 8--THE pinacle of CRPGs, IMO. This game pretty much does everything a CRPG should do in terms of character development, leaving a lot to the players imagination (albeit not to the degree that Wizardry 6 and 7 did), and non-linearity (The 3 things I highly dig in an RPG). I put more hours into playing, and replaying this game, and analyzing every aspect of each and every character Race/Class combination. I even went so far as to write up long, detailed character guides for those that were having trouble with the game. (Shameless plug--go here if you want to read most of them. They're the ones called *SPOTLIGHTS*--http://www.geocities.com/jandrall/). A worthy successor to the legendary Wizardry 7, and a great way to end the saga of the Cosmic Lords that all started with Wizardry 6. It's too bad this game hasn't sold very well and that not many can appreciate all that Sir-Tech had to go through to get it on store shelves. It's also too bad that this is Sir-Tech's last game. I'm going to miss them. :( Morrowind might dethrone it, but until I play it, Wizardry 8 stands out as the best CRPG of all time.

"What? No applause?"

Empire Earth
Puzzle Bobble Online
Quake 3 Arena - RA3

ºTracer

Morrowind (but of course)
Blaster Master: Blasting Again
One could almost consider Ikaruga... although I have't played it :D

For me.....

DoDonPachi Dai-ou-jyou (Got a max chain of 322!!)

Radiant Silvergun (Call me four years late on this, but I have to get this ST-V goodness!!)

Progear

Outfoxies

The Keisatsukan 2

Cho-aniki (PS)

Metal Slug 4

Giga Wing 2: Really feeling the groove of this game.
Mars Matrix: Playing heavy amounts of GW2 has started to improve my MM game.
Umihara Kawase: Great, great fun.

Record of Lodoss War
VF3
Street Fighter 3:Third Strike(once I start watching combo videos, I'm suddenly extremely pumped to play this)

And oddly enough...

Way of the Stick

Record of Lodoss War-I didn't like how I was playing last time, so I started over, and I'm much better now.
Final Fantasy tactics-the job system has its claws on me.
Azure Dreams-I will make it to the top!

SF3S since I own the game I have been addicted to it
Halo
DOA3

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Record of Lodoss War
VF3
Street Fighter 3:Third Strike(once I start watching combo videos, I'm suddenly extremely pumped to play this)

And oddly enough...

Way of the Stick

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have you seen the TSOF parry video?? that video is just sick

Well, 2 Most recent onese are RE Remake for Cube, and Heroes of Might and Magic 4 for PC. Been playing these 2 games alot in the last few weeks. Getting close to finish RE, but to be done with HOMM4 will take like forever :)

Before that it was DMC and Shadow Hearts addictions :)

Well, I was really big on some Sim Golf. Until my g/f started playing it, now nearly anytime shes home shes been playing that. So my addiction to that will have to wait.

In Sim Golf's place, I've been playing alot of Mario Advance World 2, and still messing about in Breath of Fire 2 for GBA.

Hey

My current addictions are:

Dungeons & Dragons Collections - Sat
SNK vs Capcon - NGPC (so good it boggles the mind!)
Tetris Attack -SNES
Mega Turrican - gen
Battle Garegga - Sat
Raiden Fighters 2 - PCB (as always)

Not a game really, but:
My Commodore Monitor!
Beautiful Hi-res screen is small enough to flip easily & looks terriffic even with standard AV cables! I can hook any AV compatible system up to it, but My Saturn games with TATE mode seem to be getting the most play on it (Dodonpachi & Layer Section, should be added to my list I suppose.).

I would highly recccommend it to anyone who wants to play games in TATE mode. The thing only cost me $60!

JM

Jedi Outcast

Silent Hill 2

Percocets

Arc the Lad Collection (I've beaten 1 and am currently 30 hours into 2)

VF4. Kumite - end of story. 6th Dan and counting.
HSG3. I WILL get a hole-in-one, even if it kills me.
Frequency.
Just recently started Maximo and Shadow Hearts, and I suspect they'll be taking up the bulk of my time too.
Also GW2 (mostly due to the Guinness board!).

Aquanaut's Holiday
Tail of the Sun
Sim Fish
Deerhunter
Reel Fishing

I love ambient games......

Artdink owns:p

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Aquanaut's Holiday
Tail of the Sun
Sim Fish
Deerhunter
Reel Fishing

I love ambient games......

Artdink owns:p

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you'd like ICO or tenchu 1..

Love

J-pop
DDR
Biohazard
Silent Bomber
Bangaioh

One piece mansion
Star Ocean 2
Maximo
RBO's DVD

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Gundam: Fed vs. Zeon (Buy this bitch!)

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Preach on :)


Johnk, is the avatar from Ikaruga? Looks like the art style but at the same time it seems different from the heavy Japanese look of the characters. *-neo

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Preach on :)


Johnk, is the avatar from Ikaruga? Looks like the art style but at the same time it seems different from the heavy Japanese look of the characters. *-neo

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nope, it's a very interesting character from the old SNES game shadowrun..
i suggest going through it if you have a chance.. it's an RPG, but not really very long.. EXCELLENT game, though.

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nope, it's a very interesting character from the old SNES game shadowrun..
i suggest going through it if you have a chance.. it's an RPG, but not really very long.. EXCELLENT game, though.

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Ahh, it resembles Shadowrun's style too. Good game, I played to the point where the doctor triggers the bomb in your head and haven't touched it. Damn my pile of shame. *-neo

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For me.....

DoDonPachi Dai-ou-jyou (Got a max chain of 322!!)

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Hello 7F,

Since you're addicted to ddpDOJ, how about posting your
highest score on Shooting Game Laboratory's ddpDOJ
scoreboard? Or at least you can compare your score with
fellow ddpDOJ addicts...

http://www4.big.or.jp/~hor/score/sco...itle=donpachi4

Apparently, SGL gives you room to enter a 10 digit score.
Looks like all the top players still have a long way to
go...

And I'm curious: which type and elemental doll are you
using?

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And I'm curious: which type and elemental doll are you using?

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I seem to have done my best with B-Laser. Sometimes I'll do as well with A-Exy...

If you were to use A-Laser, you would have "re-created" the look of the old A-type (with the rotating options and the fire effects):)

I checked that DDP-DOJ high score page. Looks like KYT is kicking some ass with A-Exy for a total of 266M.

I wonder if we'll see someone reach one billion (that Aichi-Ken 725M+ game in the original DDP was one sight to behold) on DOJ.

My favorite DDP ship is C-Shot, since it helps clear out some of the major Charlie Foxtrots of enemies that come out to play in the later stages. Which DoJ ship setup most closely approximates this? I'm imagining it's one with Shotia.

It will be such a crime if DDPDOJ doesn't follow the tradition and get a home port. DDP2 I can understand since that was done by a 3rd party. Now that DDPDOJ is back in Cave's hands...

My current addictions, by the way:
*Tatsujin-ou (FM Towns Marty)
*Raiden Fighters 2 (JAMMA Board. I play this on a Sigma Raijin using an RGB connection with the XRGB-2. The RGB cable just arrived today. It's RGB or nothing for this game considering that it runs in 54 Hz. I did have it hooked into a 15 year old composite monitor with no problems once- although I did have to fiddle with the Vertical Hold before playing, and of course it looked like crap compared to RGB.)
*Grid Seeker (JAMMA Board. This one's probably going onto the Raijin quite soon, so I've put it on my list.)

gameoverDude, I didn't know you had an FM Towns Marty. How is it?

castlevania chronicles
mega man x5

Just love 2D. And I cant wait to get Ikaruga....

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B-Exy is a lot closer to that. I guess the same can be said about B-Shotia too, but in the Exy formation, the spread is a little wider.

I am currently and hopelessly addicted to Puyo Pop for GBA........ and enjoying every minute of it. :)

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I checked that DDP-DOJ high score page. Looks like KYT is kicking some ass with A-Exy for a total of 266M.

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Somehow, I found his web site:

http://www.f2.dion.ne.jp/~notoyak/index_frame.html

Nothing useful, but at least I know something about him
now...oh well...

Oh yeah, a few new scores have been posted recently. Exy
still seems to be the dominatrix doll in DDP-DOJ...dresses
like one too! Type B-E seems to be the most popular among
top players while type A-E seems to be the right
combination for high scores. Still too early to make any
definite conclusions on which craft and doll's the best,
though.

And to be a wee bit on topic, I'm addicted to checking out
Japanese and Hong Kong shooting game web sites...