whats the longest youve spent playing a video game?

daauneal

in one sitting that is.

for me it was final fantasy 9 , start playing at 11.00 am finished at 2.00pm next day (27 hours total) . I think that was the longest anyway, Ive had a few days like that before on different games,
(of coarse bathroom breaks and food breaks are counted in , just not sleeping or turning the game off!)

Kiith

I've played Warcraft (at the height of my addiction) for about 16 hours straight. 10am to 2am the next morning. Man that game had so much to do, and was soo bloody addictive. I'd regularly do 10 hour shifts as well.

Shiminay

Done loads of 8-10 hour sessions including only breaks for bathroom and maybe a bit of food, but the longest stint ever I'd say was 14 hours on GTA Vice City when it'd just come out. Went to bed still seeing the city streets whizzing past my eyes - weird night that one!

daauneal

never played warcraft , played alot of 15 hour shifts on eve tho. cant be bothered with it anymore , to much politics to be able to enjoy the game anymore.

Krieg

CS:S - 20 hours straight

BLITZ_Molloy

Lived at home until recently so I never really got away with doing that. Probably Total Annihilation for 12 hours some day when my parents were out. Never get tired of that game in multiplayer. The balance is amazing.

humanji

I remember when I was in college we rented a PS2 and Gran turismo 3 (I think). But we had no memory card, and didn't really think about it until about 7 hours into playing it. In the end, 3 of us played it for 3 days so that we could get all the licenses before we turned it off.

But this only really half counts because we did allow each other shifts to sleep a little. Still, one of my fonder memories of college (the rest I can't remember at all).

Sarky

I used to think nothing of 16-20 hour Morrowind benders during its heyday. And then straight into a 12 hour shift. I'm amazed I'm still alive, really...

daauneal

Sarky wrote: »

I used to think nothing of 16-20 hour Morrowind benders during its heyday. And then straight into a 12 hour shift. I'm amazed I'm still alive, really...

haha , its crazy when your life is more gaming than LIFE itself. I remember saying to my gf that I just had to go to the bank machine to check my isk before we went the movies .

(isk=eve online money)

for about a year myself and my bro could also speak the language from ff10 , cant remember the name of it now, or a word of it!:D

armour87

Like the OP it was FF for me aswell.

Think I done close to 24 hours in FF8 taking turns with my best mate.

Could have done even more on FM or BF1942

V9

Fifteen hours straight on GTA: SA

Mossy Monk

Ridge Racer on the PS1 for 19 and a half hours. Wanted to beat that black car.

tman

Kharn wrote: »

Done loads of 8-10 hour sessions including only breaks for bathroom and maybe a bit of food, but the longest stint ever I'd say was 14 hours on GTA Vice City when it'd just come out. Went to bed still seeing the city streets whizzing past my eyes - weird night that one!

Think it was about the same for me. Was living at home with my parents at the time, so managed to sneak onto the computer in the evening, then got shooed off it by my dad the following morning.
I vaguely remember a comment along the lines of "if only he'd put that much effort into finding a job!":p

Strangely enough, I haven't come close to that amount of time since then... had a few all day sessions of WoW, but always managed to break it up with doing other stuff in between

remus808

BLITZ_Molloy wrote: »

Lived at home until recently so I never really got away with doing that. Probably Total Annihilation for 12 hours some day when my parents were out. Never get tired of that game in multiplayer. The balance is amazing.

Pretty sure I played against you at some point, or at least saw you on Zone or GBL! Those were the days indeed... What an unbelievably good game! (I was ID_Ganondorf or GiB_Ganondorf at the time btw..)

My longest stint was probably Phantasy Star Online on the Gamecube... me and a friend played it for practically 2 or 3 days solid.. I had the most f'ed up hallucinations after that!

Lafortezza

Championship Manager for probably close to 20 hours.

Indie18

one of the longest i remember is going back to the ps1 days when me and i guy i used to hang around with would sit there all day playing c & c retaliation with 2 consoles linked to gether ah the good old days. cant even remember how long i would even be on it.

Bubs101

lafortezza wrote: »

Championship Manager for probably close to 20 hours.

+1 Just one more match/season

Jazzy

i completed FFVII in one shift once. took about 37 hours. i did it at a mates free gaff cos another mate said i couldnt do it. he also gave me cans as a reward

i did a run of Secret of Mana on the snes once in 19 hours (same free gaff, hence the dare/bet for FFVII) and i did crono trigger in one sitting as well... that took about 28 hours or so

daauneal

Jazzy wrote: »

i completed FFVII in one shift once. took about 37 hours. i did it at a mates free gaff cos another mate said i couldnt do it. he also gave me cans as a reward

i did a run of Secret of Mana on the snes once in 19 hours (same free gaff, hence the dare/bet for FFVII) and i did crono trigger in one sitting as well... that took about 28 hours or so

good man!:pac::pac::pac:
recieve 3 internets for your reward.

I've played eve online for a week straight. ( but slept about 1 hour each morning at downtime, maybe two even) so I cant properly count it!!!!!!!!

johnny_ultimate

You people are insane
Don't think I've ever had longer than a four or five hour straight session - and that would have been a particularly ambitious social event. Normally when I hit the 2.5-3 hour mark I think its enough.

Charlie

Probably 12-14 hrs for Super Mario 3 on the Nes.

I'd imagine though all records will be broken come April 29th (well technically 30th so as to rack up the hrs)

evad_lhorg

I went 12 hours on Christmas morning playing Ocarina of time. I got up at 2am I was so excited


Oblivion as well, played that until the sun came up many times.

Also remember me and two of my mates playin premier manager 98 on the ps1 from about 7 in the evening until morning time.

I dont really have patience with games any more. I just get bored with them too quickly

Balfa

Sid Meier's Civilization came out in 1991. I installed it, loaded it up, and started playing...

I'll let you know when I've finished

CCCP^

Balfa wrote: »

Sid Meier's Civilization came out in 1991. I installed it, loaded it up, and started playing...

I'll let you know when I've finished

I'm still playing Civ II. I think I was playing DoD or CS for the entire duration of my Leaving Cert. Once me and a friend played Resident Evil 1,2 and 3 all weekend with the aid of various illegal substances. In the end I had to brought home because I was quite literally chewing up the furniture.

daauneal

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

You people are insane
Normally when I hit the 2.5-3 hour mark I think its enough.

thats the part where you get it wrong , keep playing! dont listen to that voice in ur head called the missus! on the other hand , what game are you playing for 2.5-3hours ? maybe you just havent found "your game" yet.

armour87

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Probably 12-14 hrs for Super Mario 3 on the Nes.

I'd imagine though all records will be broken come April 29th (well technically 30th so as to rack up the hrs)

Ha!

I can finish that game in less than an hour

silvine

Most recently, I spent eight hours playing Oblivion. Stayed up till four am and kept seeing swords and fireballs in my sleep.

Although, I'd say the winner of this thread will be a WOW player. That games sucks the hours out from under you. When I was playing it, I regularly used to clock in four and five hour sessions.

I remember reading about some Asian guy who actually died at his keyboard, because he had been playing for three days straight! He forgot to eat, drink and sleep, apparently.

Computer games are the devil's work.

daauneal

I still stay up all night on the computer, just not on the game anymore. I havent slept so far since I got up yesterday morning, Ive been on 9 different websites on the forums , and when things got quite around 6 this morning I start watching top gear on the computer after just downloading it . until the forums started off again at around 9 .

Charlie

armour87 wrote: »

Ha!

I can finish that game in less than an hour

Ah yeah, but thats with the flutes and what not.

It was me and my mate, both 10 at time, and playing co-op, through every level of every world.

silvine

daauneal wrote: »

I still stay up all night on the computer, just not on the game anymore. I havent slept so far since I got up yesterday morning, Ive been on 9 different websites on the forums , and when things got quite around 6 this morning I start watching top gear on the computer after just downloading it . until the forums started off again at around 9 .

You sound like an insomniac! What forums are you on?

BLITZ_Molloy

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Ah yeah, but thats with the flutes and what not.

It was me and my mate, both 10 at time, and playing co-op, through every level of every world.

With the whistles it can be done in under 12 minutes. Can't remember the all-clear record but it was more like two hours.

Ross_Mahon

I have a mate that stayed up from friday till monday sitting in his bed playing gears of war online, and we would go to tesco's and bring food back for him at mad hours during the night. He's always on xbox live, hes really good.

BLITZ_Molloy

karmabass wrote: »

Pretty sure I played against you at some point, or at least saw you on Zone or GBL! Those were the days indeed... What an unbelievably good game! (I was ID_Ganondorf or GiB_Ganondorf at the time btw..)

My longest stint was probably Phantasy Star Online on the Gamecube... me and a friend played it for practically 2 or 3 days solid.. I had the most f'ed up hallucinations after that!

Ah yeah I remember you guys alright. Were you in TK when Gandalf was there? Heheh, he was a total idiot.

Wreck

lafortezza wrote: »

Championship Manager for probably close to 20 hours.

Championship manager was my first mamoth session, having being diagnosed with glandular fever so not allowed drink and supposed to be resting I played for something like 30 hours straight, living on coke and kitkats.

I still clock up 10+ hour sessions of WoW on occasion.

L31mr0d

haven't had a long gaming session in yonks. longest would usually be around 5 or 6 hours. Played through Sonic 1, 2, 3 and Knuckles recently back to back, took only a few hours though.

Also I played HL2:Ep2 and Portal back to back when I got them first.

Went to quite a few house LANs in college. We'd usually start at around 9am then finish at around the same time the next morning. I remember forgoing all bodily functions for maybe 12 hours straight. When I finally took off my headphones it was like the adrenaline subsided and the realization that my bladder was about to explode from drinking so much cola set in.

Good times... pity its been so long since my last house LAN

TheDoc

was suffering from a serious illness a year or more ago, and it was so bad made me uncomfotable to sleep.

i slept 9 hours in the whole week

i started one session of wow on monday 11 am logged off wednesday 5am

started warcraft 3 at 7 am and played till 9pm that night
then watched band of brothers straight

friday was spent on cs for 13 hours

saturday and sunday was spent watching films

obviously there was breaks for food, medicince, toilet, vomiting etc..

but i wouldnt do a massive long gaming spree unless i was sick

(also note i was confined to my bedrrom for this entire period due to risk of spreading the illness)

Zapp Brannigan

Prolly put in 12 hours straight on Ocarina of Time. Such an incredible game!

remus808

BLITZ_Molloy wrote: »

Ah yeah I remember you guys alright. Were you in TK when Gandalf was there? Heheh, he was a total idiot.

Yup those were hilarious times! That guy was a complete asshat.. remember spending endless hours winding him up.. Myself and Venom and the likes..

I remember we got a hold of one of the admin passwords and caused havoc on GBL one night.. Still have the screenshots somewhere..

Was reading a thing about the top10 RTS of all time there earlier.. had a tear in my eye when I saw T.A. rightly recognized as no.1 above C&C, AOE etc.. Dying to play it now!! :pac:

armour87

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Ah yeah, but thats with the flutes and what not.

It was me and my mate, both 10 at time, and playing co-op, through every level of every world.

Ah schtop,

Such a great game. Got in for the Wii a few months ago and it still brings up so much nostalgia.

Mr Bloat

Racked up 20 or so hours or so playing Planescape:Torment back in the day. Bought it going home from work one evening, played it all night and rang in sick the next morning to keep playing, because I couldn't face stopping and not finding out what happened at the end!

rejkin

oh wow,Longest I went was only 8 hours playing ff7 and i thought that was long enough:eek:

Cravez

rejkin wrote: »

oh wow,Longest I went was only 8 hours playing ff7 and i thought that was long enough:eek:

i probably spent around the same during the summer when i first played ff7. Iv probably racked up a few hours playing X-com Apocalypse, still haven't even finished it even though iv had it for 10 years and play it a good bit :pac:

-Al-

When I first got the joint ops demo I played for 5 hours straight just sniping, lying in the grass didnt get killed at all one guy hunted me down and it turned to night time he basically stood over me, didnt notice me and ran off again, was like something out of a film which got me more hooked... then I quit, couldnt beleive it was 5 hours.

Then I got into css and bf2 and played in clans, spent hours in those, then I played wow, I wasnt really into at least not as much as a friend of mine who did the whole 'scheduled' playing - he would go to bed at 6am get up at 8am and play till 6am again. I would say the longest I have ever played straight though would be about 10 hours. I usually get bored/tired after that.

callaway92

Myself id say it was LMA manager 2002/03...played 20 hours straight as manager of Exeter City...Got promoted twice..Still proud of it to this day