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I thought it would be fun to make a little list of what systems and what games we've spent the most time on. I'm sure we all can remember certain games that just defined a particular time in our lives because we spent so much time playing them.
So for me, the games that I've spent the most time on (or at least remember most fondly) are:
1) The Commander Keen series. The 386/486 PC (with VGA graphics) was my first and only "gaming system", and it was only a decade later that I got my first "video game console". I gather that this is quite unusual. So I missed out on all of the Marios and Sonics that others must've been playing in the early 1990s. I spent hours and hours playing the seven Keen games, though (they had EGA - 16-colour - graphics). My favourites were 4-6, and Keen 6 especially.
2) Jazz Jackrabbit. I spent ages on this huge game. People called it a ripoff of Sonic, but I never knew of this or played Sonic until much later. And when I did play Sonic, I actually found it to be a disappointment by comparison; I missed the speed (JJ is faster) and the weapons. Don't get me wrong, Sonic 2 & 3 are also great. And so is JJ2, a much later title, though I still prefer the first.
[in fact, during the DOS days, I remember that just about every game published by Apogee, and to a lesser extent Epic MegaGames, was sure to be solid gold]
3) Pokemon (first generation). Yeah, I got sucked into this craze along with everyone else. I won't say anything bad about Pokemon, though; it was a very fun game, though I haven't played any Pokemon stuff since the GBC games.
4) Star Control 3 (another early PC game). People who've played often SC2 say that it is much better, and not without reason. SC3 basically copied SC2 while screwing up a few things along the way. But some additions were nice (I liked the colony system, for example), and the game was good enough to totally engross me back when I was playing it, for a whole year I think. I played it before I played SC2, so that's why it's going on this list.
5) Grandia II (Dreamcast). This was the first "modern" RPG that I played. It took up a few memorable months.]
6) LOOM (DOS VGA). This adventure game really enchanted me when it came out (it was also the first adventure game I played), and I haven't come across anything similar since. It actually took me a year to figure out how to get past the dragon (!). And when I finished it, I often replayed it.
So for me, the games that I've spent the most time on (or at least remember most fondly) are:
1) The Commander Keen series. The 386/486 PC (with VGA graphics) was my first and only "gaming system", and it was only a decade later that I got my first "video game console". I gather that this is quite unusual. So I missed out on all of the Marios and Sonics that others must've been playing in the early 1990s. I spent hours and hours playing the seven Keen games, though (they had EGA - 16-colour - graphics). My favourites were 4-6, and Keen 6 especially.
2) Jazz Jackrabbit. I spent ages on this huge game. People called it a ripoff of Sonic, but I never knew of this or played Sonic until much later. And when I did play Sonic, I actually found it to be a disappointment by comparison; I missed the speed (JJ is faster) and the weapons. Don't get me wrong, Sonic 2 & 3 are also great. And so is JJ2, a much later title, though I still prefer the first.
[in fact, during the DOS days, I remember that just about every game published by Apogee, and to a lesser extent Epic MegaGames, was sure to be solid gold]
3) Pokemon (first generation). Yeah, I got sucked into this craze along with everyone else. I won't say anything bad about Pokemon, though; it was a very fun game, though I haven't played any Pokemon stuff since the GBC games.
4) Star Control 3 (another early PC game). People who've played often SC2 say that it is much better, and not without reason. SC3 basically copied SC2 while screwing up a few things along the way. But some additions were nice (I liked the colony system, for example), and the game was good enough to totally engross me back when I was playing it, for a whole year I think. I played it before I played SC2, so that's why it's going on this list.
5) Grandia II (Dreamcast). This was the first "modern" RPG that I played. It took up a few memorable months.]
6) LOOM (DOS VGA). This adventure game really enchanted me when it came out (it was also the first adventure game I played), and I haven't come across anything similar since. It actually took me a year to figure out how to get past the dragon (!). And when I finished it, I often replayed it.
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