Your ten most played games

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Crazy Taxi (DC) - My best score is 320,000 some dollars but with the rickshaw I can go on forever. I once tried to see how long I could go with it and the dreamcast controller's right trigger broke.

Quake 3 Arena (PC) - Since its release till less than a year ago I played this everyday and somedays, when there was nothing to do, I would play only this the whole day. I got supremely good at it. I was in a few clans and even started my own which I had hoped a few people on TNL would join me but it never worked out that way. Still, for a 6 man clan we were fairly well known in the community towards the end of the InstaUnlagged scene.

Shadowbane (PC) - I only played this MMO for 6 months and now the game has gone to all kinds of hell. I can best compare the game to someone giving you half of a thousand dollar bill. Man it'd be nice if they could give you the other half. As ti was, it was something that could have been so cool but failed in the areas of stability and extra content that was in any way shape or form good. Still there were lots of player wars there to be fought, citys to be built and enemy cities to be raised. When my guild marched 300 players on The Lords of Death's Keep it was something I don't think anyone has ever seen in a game. However, I think the game itself was suprised. Many people, includeing myself, kept crashing. A friend I played with likened it to something you really really love that will only work on Windows 95. It's so good, but tainted with something purely wicked.

Morrowind (XB) - 600 hours at least. I disappeared from TNL whilst playing this and I think I disappeared from other social outlets in real life as well. If I wasn't playing it I was buried in my notes on alchemy in the game or reading the guide for yet even more quests to find.

Empire Earth (PC) - I once had a 26 hour long match. That was just one of the literally hundreds of matches I played against friends, and barring that, the computer. I'm now trying out more Empires: Dawn of the Modern Age and i'm a little disappointed with it. It looks nicer, it allows for alot more units to be under your command but there's a lack of sheer versitility that EE's custom civilizations allowed. Empires is alot easier than EE. Also, the game does weigh down my system some when so many units are on screen. EE didn't do that. Whenever me and my pals have a LAN party EE and Quake are the staples. Sometimes we mix in MOHAA or UT2K3 or BF1942 or Tron 2.0 but none of those compare. Except Halo.

Halo (XB/PC) - Countless hours. On Xbox I played through the SP and the Co-Op a whole heck of a lot and on PC the MP is what dominates my play time.

Star Ocean 2 (PSX) - Like someone else said, I had to do the secret dungeon and it was no cake walk. Long game made a lot longer with that last superflous dungeon.

Virtual On : OT (DC) - At my old apartment, me, station and our old roomates and some guests each had a character that we played exclusively. I used Fei-Yen (I know whatever... she's fast ok?). We kept a score board mounted in the living room. I had the most trouble with my pal Bill's 'Aphrmid-B.' Besides Q3 and Diablo 2 (at that time) it was all we played (ok, we did watch Bill play Ecco on DC.. stupid hard game). There was no other fighting game that we played more. MvC2 and CvS were there too, but I sucked at both so I never played much -_o

Diablo 2 (PC) - The SP was fun and the MP moreso. We LANed more often than not but that was because at that time we only had one dial up line. But still it was played more than most things.

Shining in the Darkness (Gen) - Without a doubt the longest I ever played a Genesis game or any Japanese RPG. The reason was half-way through I lost my save game and had to start over. Another reason would be that I wandered around in the game for what seemed like ages because I couldn't find the cave of truth. Bloodly "decptively hidden in the Northeast corner of the Labryinth," Cave of fucking Truth.

[MVS]

Was that the one with that Pandora's box that you opened and you never knew if it would attack eneimes or squash you with a giant foot?

[Captain Canuck]

SF2
VF2
VF4
VF4 EVO
SMK
Herzog Zwei
CS
Star Craft
NHL2k4
WCW/NWO revenge - I think that's the one

[Giga Power]

In no order..

The King of Fighters 2001- I'm a huge SNK/KOF fan, and this is my fav installment in the series. A lot of people complained about the music and the art style, but I felt that it was all really refreshing. And the gameplay is just perfect. The fastest paced engine that the series has used, and honestly one of the deepest. 2k1 is a very underrated fighting game.

Crazy Taxi/Ct2/Ct3:High Roller- I can never get tired of these games. I swear I've put in hundreds of hours alone into the first game. I play one of these games every single day. No joke.

Halo- In my inner circle, Halo is a very big deal. Huge actually. We get together and have "Halo Nights" very often, and I've played through and beat the game on every difficulty. It's IMO the best FPS ever made. (G0zen!!!!)

NiGHTS: Into Dreams- Theres not much to say about this game, except that it's perfect in terms of design and execution. I love it. One of the reasons I tracked down a Saturn.

Tempest 2000- I can play this game for hours. I never tire of beating my high score. Played it on Jaguar, and even managed to snag it for Saturn.

Super Mario Bros. 3- The best platformer ever. In fact, you could say that with this game, the genre "jumped the shark". I'd be afraid to think how much time I've put into this since my childhood.

Samurai Shodown 2/4- Many many many memories playing the second one back in the day. It's still one of the best fighting games ever made, and ever since it's release, 4 has been a game that I always love to get lost in. I really wanted Hanzo to be in the versus games. Maybe some day I will see it happen.

Galaga- To me, the mother of the Shmups. I can't ever get enough of this game. I play it every single time I can find a machine. I used to have a lot of places nearby as a kid, but it's getting hard to find now. And I'm talking about the original mind you.

Dragon Warrior- A very long time ago, I recieved a copy of this game from Nintendo Power. I feel in love. It's one of the best RPGs ever made. Enix appeals to me a lot more than Square. Sorry FF Fanboys...

The Typing of the Dead- A very underrated party game. I love breaking this out with a friend, and it's something else I never get tired of trying to master. I really wish 2003 would come to the US, but I don't think it's going to happen.

[JefmcC]

No order:

Ghouls and Ghosts (Genesis)
Gunstar Heroes
Halo
Blaster Master (NES)
Contra (NES)
Phantasy Star Online (DC)
Phantasy Star 2 (GENESIS)
Thunderforce 4 (GENESIS)
Radient Silvergun (SAT)
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Starcraft
Mechwarrior 2
Warcraft 2
Mario Kart 64
Duke 3D
Twisted Metal 2
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Goldeneye
Medieval Total War
FIFA (franchise)

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suikoden 1- I played through this about 5 times. 3 times with all the characters, once killing all the generals, and another quickie. i plan to play it again soon since i haven't beaten it in a few years

waverace 64- it's something i'd play whenever i had a free hour and nothing to do. Never got tired of it. Plus the multiplayer had surprising depth if you were willing to make up your own games. 4 player Freeze tag on the ice level was awesome.

wipeout 3- same as waverace. i played it 3-4 times a week for a year.

Battleclash II- Metal Combat- yeah the superscope game. I beat it so many times trying to get better rankings.

super mario brothers- i've continued playing it ever since it came out, so i guess it should be on this list by default.

super mario 64- beat it with 120 stars multiple times, and then made up my own goals and continued playing it.

fifa 95/nhl 94 genesis

Super Mario Bros. 3- The best platformer ever. In fact, you could say that with this game, the genre "jumped the shark". I'd be afraid to think how much time I've put into this since my childhood.

"jump the shark" means to take a turn for the worse.

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Was that the one with that Pandora's box that you opened and you never knew if it would attack eneimes or squash you with a giant foot?

Shining in the Darkness? I don't think so, if it did I never got the Pandoras Box. It was that first person game with one gigantic dungeon. There were a few areas that I could never figure out and beat it without ever doing so. No crazy boxes though.

[Tosh]

lets see...

Street Fighter 2
Street Fighter Alpha 2
tons and tons of hours into PSO between GC and DC, probably around 550
Chrono Cross
FFVII
Arc the Lad 2 - got 1 on the import release day, loved it and picked up two the day it was released. I transferred my characters and had loads of fun.

By far the sickest thing I do is play Tekken.
Between TTT and T4. I have spent countless (I really mean that) hours and tons of money playing it in the arcades. (one game is nearly a buck a pop here and when playing against great players, on an off day it can go pretty fast.) I have to limit myself to how much I will let myself spend. I have also be doing this on and off for a long time. So many hours.

edit to add Samurai spirits 2 and SMB 1 and SMB 64

[frostwolf ex]

1. number one is and probably alway will be morrowind, bought it launch day,and am still playing it with the newer mods(new head packs, thin clothes mod, sea of destiny, witchgirl,jeremy's knights of morrowind,and soon beastly features and project aragonia later in the year), it comes in cycles, as i hadnt played it for 2 months, but now im back into it with a vengeance. I would probably be ashamed how many hours of my life have gone into this game. and so long as new adventure mods keep coming, i will still be playing.

2. pso- if you add up gc, dc version1 and 2 and x-box, the number may be over 700 hours on it, or as bonuskun would call it, one play sitting unfortunatly this game has been a lesson on diminishing returns, on dc version 1, i lived on this game every night from 10-4am, as the hucast frostwolf(hence my name), then the pkers and screen freezers fucked it up, and version 2 seemed like a dissapointment, as there was very little new content and regardless of what you got, i HATED the challenge modes with a burning passion. I really only learned how to play a force on the gc, but given nintendo and sega's collective bone-headedness the superior gc version never had a chance to shine because there was not a keyboard till much later, so most games were hotkeyed conversations only, and by the x-box version i was ready for burnout, too damn many times through mines for my sanity. plus for some reason the box version never quite felt right, i had a lot of fun with other tnl-ers, but then everyone dropped it, so now no more pso....for now.

3. animal crossing- still playing, another game that comes in cycles, i missed the holidays this year though, so now its just snowman building time.

4. ff 11. maybe it not the next most played game based on hours, but based on how much time i spent thinking about it when not playing, it was pretty damn close, eventually quit due to level treadmilling and burnout, but a fun game.

5.kotor, been through 2 times, going through a third, still havent been able to make myself play darkside.


6. pyros- i think this was called gardner on the genny, this was in a local arcade, and i played this game every single day, could beat the entire game losing only one life(the one area had really good treasure, but you couldnt get it and still make the time limit, so i sacrificed to but the better fireball spell.


7. legend of zelda(nes) beat both quests about 5 times or more, nothing at that time,or leading up to it,matched the feeling of pure satisfaction of getting the "magic sword" and knowing that you were about to lay waste to all around you.I used to have both quests memorized so that i could piece together enough hearts to powergame myself to having the magic sword by an earlier dungeon.


8. final fantasy(nes), played this game to death as well, used to try to get by with as many monks and white mages as I could.

9. Double dragon, before spike and hammer decided that their names were just a little too homoerotic, and became billy and jimmy lee(yuk) this game was my main arcade game, havent tried the gba version yet, but i lost 30 pounds because of this game, as i kept saving lunch money to play this game,and no, i never used the elbow punch cheat.

10. Gauntlet(all versions) what can you say for a game you have bought iterations of for 4 different consoles(dc, 64, gc, and nes) my fiends played the arcade versions 1 and 2 to death, this game was, pre-internet, the definition of multiplayer game. and version 2 especially worked for me as we no longer had to fight about who played which character, i could be blue wizard and not have to fight with my best friend, who also liked playing the wizard.