Best Just-one-more-turn Game Ever

Celeval · 03-30-2005, 03:16 PM

Civ series (all 3)
CM/FM
FOF/TCY

WSUCougar · 03-30-2005, 03:16 PM

You know the kind I mean. The look-up-and-it's-4:00 a.m. games, where your leg muscles have atrophied because you've been cemented into your computer chair for God-knows how long.

1. Heroes of Might & Magic III
2. Imperialism II
3. Civ II

P.S. No RTS allowed. This is strictly a turn-based phenomenon.

rexallllsc · 03-30-2005, 03:17 PM

cm3 (I think 01-02) did that for me. Twice I can remember being up until 6am, and seeing the sun come up when I had to be at work in 3 hours.

CounterStrike did it for a while.

albionmoonlight · 03-30-2005, 03:18 PM

1.) Civ 2
2.) FOF2 (does "just one more season" count?)

st.cronin · 03-30-2005, 03:18 PM

For me it's definitely TCY. That game is evil.

Desnudo · 03-30-2005, 03:18 PM

1. Football Manager
2. Championship Manager
3. Master of Orion 2

SackAttack · 03-30-2005, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

You know the kind I mean. The look-up-and-it's-4:00 a.m. games, where your leg muscles have atrophied because you've been cemented into your computer chair for God-knows how long.

1. Heroes of Might & Magic III

You might be interested to know that Heroes of Might & Magic V is coming in early 2006, courtesy of UbiSoft.

Thought I'd pass that along.

WSUCougar · 03-30-2005, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desnudo

3. Master of Orion 2

That'd be my #4...

condors · 03-30-2005, 03:22 PM

1-cm/fm series (cm98 if i was nailed to 1)
2-fof series (fof orginal if i was nailed to 1)
3-civ series (alpha centuri if i had to pick 1)

homm and moo get honarable mention (2nd in both series was the one i played most)

wasteland, autoduel, wizardry, bards tale and the ssi gold box games

Blackadar · 03-30-2005, 03:24 PM

1. Civ 1 and 2
2. HOMM 2 and 3
3. Masters of Magic (MoM)

Franklinnoble · 03-30-2005, 03:24 PM

Civ II
Civ III
FOF
TCY
Oh, and there was a hot dog stand sim on the Apple IIe that I was totally hooked on in grade school.

miked · 03-30-2005, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SackAttack

You might be interested to know that Heroes of Might & Magic V is coming in early 2006, courtesy of UbiSoft.

Thought I'd pass that along.

In college, my roommates would play Heroes until the sun came up...literally. I believe it was the second one mainly. They would all drink and play Heroes while I tried to sleep, unfortunately it was my computer though.

I'll go along with Heroes and Civ as being the most addictive. I also used to play a game back in the day called Capitalization (I think)...pretty addictive.

KevinNU7 · 03-30-2005, 03:27 PM

Click below

Lathum · 03-30-2005, 03:29 PM

TCY
Worms
Master of Monsters ( old sega genisis game)

Hurst2112 · 03-30-2005, 03:29 PM

FOF games ESP FOF2 (the one more season thing)

CIV 3 (sorry, late bloomer with this series).

mrsimperless · 03-30-2005, 03:31 PM

I agree with everything else said. My list also includes Zangband. Although that's more of a "just one more level down" or even worse, "just one more character" game.

Loki · 03-30-2005, 03:31 PM

Rome: Total War

Buzzbee · 03-30-2005, 03:35 PM

Civ series, most definitely. I'll also toss out:

Wing Commander (if "just one more mission" counts)

Maple Leafs · 03-30-2005, 03:52 PM

If "one more game" counts...

Earl Weaver Baseball
Hockey League Simulator
The original Lemmings
Any Omniplay game

Radii · 03-30-2005, 03:57 PM

Civ and CM easily top this list for me, both of them had me missing my bedtime for weeks at a time. I'm not sure why RTS doesn't count, so I guess I'll have to leave Starcraft and Warcraft III off the list and leave my list at 2

gstelmack · 03-30-2005, 03:58 PM

Battletech: The Crescent Hawks Inception

kingfc22 · 03-30-2005, 04:00 PM

FM
TCY
Fallout 2

WSUCougar · 03-30-2005, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radii

I'm not sure why RTS doesn't count

Just because.

To me there's a difference between continually playing a game (like and RTS, or a FPS, or even TCY, which I love but would not put into this category) and the specific "one-more-turn" syndrome. But no biggie.

KWhit · 03-30-2005, 04:09 PM

Alpha Centauri

Bubba Wheels · 03-30-2005, 04:09 PM

Civ series

X-Com

vyshka · 03-30-2005, 04:11 PM

Civ Series (#1 was the one that kept me and others at DLI glued to the screen)
The SimTex games (Master of Magic, Master of Orion)
CM/FM (CM 01/02 and FM2005)
Front Page Sports Football (94-95 timeframe)
X-COM UFO Defense (many people in the barracks were racing to finish
this game first. How could you not love a game with the blaster launcher

)

I am sure there are plenty from the C64 days too. I used to play the original
Silent Hunter, Red Storm Rising, F-19, and Superstar Ice Hockey. Dan Bunten's
Modem Wars was another I really liked. Unfortunately I never got a chance to play M.U.L.E. There is a clone of MULE called Space Horse that is sold by Shrapnel Games and supposed to be a faithful reproduction. I just placed an order.

Wow, how could I forget Starflight (The best scifi rpg ever) and Wasteland? I must be getting senile.

Fonzie · 03-30-2005, 04:12 PM

Civ I (and II)
MOO2
CM/FM

Bubba Wheels · 03-30-2005, 04:14 PM

Forgot Wasteland. Played that one until my Commodore 128 crashed and died. Great game.

Fonzie · 03-30-2005, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vyshka

Wow, how could I forget Starflight (The best scifi rpg ever) and Wasteland? I must be getting senile.

I'm with you. Starflight in particular did it for me. God how my eyes used to get bloodshot and bleary playing that game!

weinstein7 · 03-30-2005, 04:16 PM

I wish I could be different, but I'll go along with the masses and nominate Civ (Civ 2, in my case, as I never played the later ones.).

FOF is certainly addictive, but it just has too many natural cut-off points, whereas in Civ there was always SOMETHING that would happen in just a few turns.

SirFozzie · 03-30-2005, 04:18 PM

How we could go 30 posts with out saying "Alpha Centauri" and Alien Crossfire, boggles my mind. FM is a close 2nd.

vyshka · 03-30-2005, 04:21 PM

Another game for my list would have been MegaWars III on Compuserve, but when the bill arrived after my 1st month of playing (7th grade time frame) I lost my Compuserve privileges.

WSUCougar · 03-30-2005, 04:21 PM

You mean besides THIS at #24?

Quote:

Originally Posted by KWhit

Alpha Centauri

MJ4H · 03-30-2005, 04:21 PM

1. Master of Orion (original)
2. Civilization (original)
3. Probably about it for me

jbmagic · 03-30-2005, 04:24 PM

Civ 3 conquest
and this great forum

vyshka · 03-30-2005, 04:24 PM

Another C64 game by Dan Bunten: Seven Cities of Gold.

condors · 03-30-2005, 04:27 PM

i mentioned alpha centuri at post #9

SirFozzie · 03-30-2005, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by condors

i mentioned alpha centuri at post #9

Alpha Centauri is not part of the Civ series.. silly

And I missed the one at #24.. but why it's not on more lists.. *shakes head*

ISiddiqui · 03-30-2005, 04:34 PM

Civ2
FM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

why it's not on more lists..

Cause Civ2 was just sooo much more addicting

.

SirFozzie · 03-30-2005, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Civ2
FM

Cause Civ2 was just sooo much more addicting

.

YOU LIE! I KEEL YOU NOW!

vyshka · 03-30-2005, 04:50 PM

sick some mind worms on him, or have him stapled

SunDevil · 03-30-2005, 05:41 PM

lol,

Just for that I am reinstalling AC.

SunDevil · 03-30-2005, 05:43 PM

Front Page Sports 94

Alpha Centauri

Civ/Civ 2

Buccaneer · 03-30-2005, 05:50 PM

Civ2
Imperialism2
FBCB

Flasch186 · 03-30-2005, 05:59 PM

anyone remember the game Alter Ego, that was pretty ahead of its time, i think.

FrogMan · 03-30-2005, 06:28 PM

FM2005
FOF

in that order best explained by weinstein7:

Quote:

Originally Posted by weinstein7

FOF is certainly addictive, but it just has too many natural cut-off points

FOF, you can stop when you get to the offseason... Right now, FM2005, while it's not keeping me awake all night (I've grown up a bit and with 2 kids, I just can't do that anymore, besides the wife would keel me if I ever thought about doing that, even more so since our computer is in our bedroom), it is certainly pushing my bed time a bit later than what it used to be before I got that game. And I've been playing a little every evening since I got it in mid-november, which in this time is pretty amazing to say about just any game...

FM

KWhit · 03-30-2005, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Alpha Centauri is not part of the Civ series.. silly

And I missed the one at #24.. but why it's not on more lists.. *shakes head*

Nobody ever listens to me.

judicial clerk · 03-30-2005, 07:37 PM

Hey, what about Alhpa Centauri. it was that game from Sid Meier that was kind of Civ on another planet. It had turns.

ice4277 · 03-30-2005, 07:38 PM

1. Football Manager/Championship Manager series, particularly CM 01/02
2. Civ II
3. Final Fantasy Tactics for a brief period of time

weinstein7 · 03-30-2005, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SunDevil

lol,

Just for that I am reinstalling AC.

And I'm reinstalling Civ2. So there

Though as a slight follow-up to Civ2, I find that it's always hard to get rei-mmersed in a game of Civ. That's part of why I play so much in one sitting. Once I get up from it, and try to re-load, it just feels like every other game of Civ I've ever played, and I often don't really have the interest to finish it.

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03-30-2005, 03:29 PM	#15
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03-30-2005, 03:31 PM	#16
mrsimperless College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2003	I agree with everything else said. My list also includes Zangband. Although that's more of a "just one more level down" or even worse, "just one more character" game. __________________ "All I know is that smart women are hot. Susan Polgar beat me in 24 moves in a simultaneous exhbition. I slept with the scoresheet under my pillow." Off some dude's web site.

03-30-2005, 03:35 PM	#18
Buzzbee College Starter Join Date: Jun 2002	Civ series, most definitely. I'll also toss out: Wing Commander (if "just one more mission" counts) __________________ Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. - Lou Holtz

03-30-2005, 03:52 PM	#19
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	If "one more game" counts... Earl Weaver Baseball Hockey League Simulator The original Lemmings Any Omniplay game __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

03-30-2005, 03:16 PM	#2
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Best Just-one-more-turn Game Ever You know the kind I mean. The look-up-and-it's-4:00 a.m. games, where your leg muscles have atrophied because you've been cemented into your computer chair for God-knows how long. 1. Heroes of Might & Magic III 2. Imperialism II 3. Civ II P.S. No RTS allowed. This is strictly a turn-based phenomenon. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

03-30-2005, 03:17 PM	#3
rexallllsc Banned Join Date: May 2003	cm3 (I think 01-02) did that for me. Twice I can remember being up until 6am, and seeing the sun come up when I had to be at work in 3 hours. CounterStrike did it for a while.

03-30-2005, 03:18 PM	#4
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	1.) Civ 2 2.) FOF2 (does "just one more season" count?)

03-30-2005, 03:18 PM	#5
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	For me it's definitely TCY. That game is evil.

03-30-2005, 03:18 PM	#6
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	1. Football Manager 2. Championship Manager 3. Master of Orion 2

03-30-2005, 03:22 PM	#9
condors College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	1-cm/fm series (cm98 if i was nailed to 1) 2-fof series (fof orginal if i was nailed to 1) 3-civ series (alpha centuri if i had to pick 1) homm and moo get honarable mention (2nd in both series was the one i played most) wasteland, autoduel, wizardry, bards tale and the ssi gold box games

03-30-2005, 03:24 PM	#10
Blackadar Retired Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fantasyland	1. Civ 1 and 2 2. HOMM 2 and 3 3. Masters of Magic (MoM)

03-30-2005, 03:24 PM	#11
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Civ II Civ III FOF TCY Oh, and there was a hot dog stand sim on the Apple IIe that I was totally hooked on in grade school.

03-30-2005, 03:29 PM	#14
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	TCY Worms Master of Monsters ( old sega genisis game)

03-30-2005, 03:31 PM	#17
Loki Banned Join Date: Nov 2004	Rome: Total War

03-30-2005, 03:57 PM	#20
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Civ and CM easily top this list for me, both of them had me missing my bedtime for weeks at a time. I'm not sure why RTS doesn't count, so I guess I'll have to leave Starcraft and Warcraft III off the list and leave my list at 2

03-30-2005, 03:58 PM	#21
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Battletech: The Crescent Hawks Inception __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

03-30-2005, 04:00 PM	#22
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	FM TCY Fallout 2 __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

03-30-2005, 04:09 PM	#24
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Alpha Centauri

03-30-2005, 04:09 PM	#25
Bubba Wheels College Starter Join Date: Jan 2004	Civ series X-Com

03-30-2005, 04:11 PM	#26
vyshka Mascot Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tempe, AZ	Civ Series (#1 was the one that kept me and others at DLI glued to the screen) The SimTex games (Master of Magic, Master of Orion) CM/FM (CM 01/02 and FM2005) Front Page Sports Football (94-95 timeframe) X-COM UFO Defense (many people in the barracks were racing to finish this game first. How could you not love a game with the blaster launcher ) I am sure there are plenty from the C64 days too. I used to play the original Silent Hunter, Red Storm Rising, F-19, and Superstar Ice Hockey. Dan Bunten's Modem Wars was another I really liked. Unfortunately I never got a chance to play M.U.L.E. There is a clone of MULE called Space Horse that is sold by Shrapnel Games and supposed to be a faithful reproduction. I just placed an order. Wow, how could I forget Starflight (The best scifi rpg ever) and Wasteland? I must be getting senile. Last edited by vyshka : 03-30-2005 at 04:30 PM.

03-30-2005, 04:12 PM	#27
Fonzie Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Illinois	Civ I (and II) MOO2 CM/FM

03-30-2005, 04:14 PM	#28
Bubba Wheels College Starter Join Date: Jan 2004	Forgot Wasteland. Played that one until my Commodore 128 crashed and died. Great game.

03-30-2005, 04:16 PM	#30
weinstein7 High School JV Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rochester, NY	I wish I could be different, but I'll go along with the masses and nominate Civ (Civ 2, in my case, as I never played the later ones.). FOF is certainly addictive, but it just has too many natural cut-off points, whereas in Civ there was always SOMETHING that would happen in just a few turns.

03-30-2005, 04:18 PM	#31
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	How we could go 30 posts with out saying "Alpha Centauri" and Alien Crossfire, boggles my mind. FM is a close 2nd. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

03-30-2005, 04:21 PM	#32
vyshka Mascot Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tempe, AZ	Another game for my list would have been MegaWars III on Compuserve, but when the bill arrived after my 1st month of playing (7th grade time frame) I lost my Compuserve privileges.

03-30-2005, 04:21 PM	#34
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	1. Master of Orion (original) 2. Civilization (original) 3. Probably about it for me

03-30-2005, 04:24 PM	#35
jbmagic Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2004	Civ 3 conquest and this great forum

03-30-2005, 04:27 PM	#37
condors College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	i mentioned alpha centuri at post #9

03-30-2005, 04:50 PM	#41
vyshka Mascot Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tempe, AZ	sick some mind worms on him, or have him stapled

03-30-2005, 05:41 PM	#42
SunDevil College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tempe, AZ	lol, Just for that I am reinstalling AC.

03-30-2005, 05:43 PM	#43
SunDevil College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tempe, AZ	Front Page Sports 94 Alpha Centauri Civ/Civ 2

03-30-2005, 05:50 PM	#44
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Civ2 Imperialism2 FBCB

03-30-2005, 05:59 PM	#45
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	anyone remember the game Alter Ego, that was pretty ahead of its time, i think. __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

03-30-2005, 07:37 PM	#48
judicial clerk College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Portland, OR	Hey, what about Alhpa Centauri. it was that game from Sid Meier that was kind of Civ on another planet. It had turns.