so many games so little time

[bob]

If I add up all my consoles and mame games, I easily have over 1000 games at my disposal. Yesterday, I found myself with about 45 minutes to play a quick one. I knew I didn't really have enough time to fully get invested in anything and I found it very difficult to choose what to play in such a short time window. Anyway, I landed on New Super Mario Bros for Wii.

This got me thinking, what game is your "go to" game in a pinch?

[Frank_fjs]

Street Fighter II always gets a bash, as it's quick and easy to get into and I can stop playing it at any time.

PC Engine wise, and I will probably cop grief for this but who cares - I've actually been enjoying a quick shot of Final Match Tennis when time is short.

[soop]

Good question.  It depends how much time I have, and usually I take my Vita out with me.

At home if I have some hours, then Forza 4 is a good look.  On the PCE, I quite like some Pacland if I want to zone out, or Soldier Blade.

But then when I get new games, I tend to give them a run, put them high on the list.  I also Love Street Fighter II.

[esteban]

"Go-to" games I never tire of:
(1) CD = Buster Bros.
(2) HuCard = Spin Pair

(3) NES = Balloon Fight

(4) Arcade = Joust

(5) SMS = Wonderboy

(6) Genesis = Gaiares

(7) Apple ][ = Lode Runner / Archon

( PC DOS = Block Out

(9) Amiga = Lemmings

(10) SNES = Mohawk & Headphone Jack

(11) Gameboy = Tetris

I'll stop there...

[Necromancer]

If I don't have enough time to get into whatever game(s) I'm currently working on, I'll grab Hatris or go for a few shewty time attack rounds - usually Soldier Blade.

[Arkhan]

If I don't have enough time to get into whatever game(s) I'm currently working on, I'll grab Hatris or go for a few shewty time attack rounds - usually Soldier Blade.

My "dang I'm low on time" games of choice are Gun.Smoke, Bust a Move, China Warrior, Bonk 1, KC, and Vigilante

[bob]

Buster bros. is my next one. I need to get my hands on a copy of that.

Games like sfII, tetris, and many others are good fodder, but i dont know if i can even play those for 45 mins straight.  Its a tough amount of time to work with. Good thing i didnt turn on my PS3, since that would have wasted half my time doing an update. I F'n hate that shit.

[Samurai Ghost]

Usually pull out the master system if I have a few minutes to kill. For most SMS games I just see how far I can get in one set of lives/continues then switch off the game unless I do really badly the first time through. Dragon Crystal is a great one for about 45 minutes but sometimes a game can go longer than that if you are doing really well. Still never get tired of that one even after playing it for years and years.

[KnightWarrior]

I play

Sonic - Master System, Genesis
Street Fighter 2 - Multi
Mario - NES, SNES, GB,

[vestcoat]

Shooters. Usually Raiden, Cyber Core, LoT, GoT.

Lately I've been playing the Space Harrier ports on SMS, TG, and 32X.

[bartre]

I'll pop in a beat em up of some variety, but other than that I'll play Gate of thunder, or perhaps Radilgy on DC

[sunteam_paul]

At the moment, Picross 3D.

[ProfessorProfessorson]

COD World at War for Pc multiplayer on NRNS server, but only because I'm f*cking awesome.



Though I own the game, the server does allow people with cracked copies of the game to play, and I know there is a copy floating around on the torrent sites that can be used if anyone is interested but too cheap to pay the 20 bucks to buy the game. Keep in mind though that NRNS doesn't bullshit around. No bunny hopping is allowed, people will get kicked, along with aimbot shit and wall hackers. Admins actively play and kick people who break the rules. They don't bother with punkbuster, instead opting to actively monitor the players on their own.

[PunkicCyborg]

for pce ill play 5 minute mode in parodius da, final soldier, rtype
sega ill pop in curse, a sonic game or thunder force iv
nes ill play dr mario
mame ill play batrider

[TheClash603]

I typically play a fighting game, baseball game, puzzle game, or a few turns of a strategy game if I have a short time.  I don't have a specific go to game.