What games hooked you well.

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Here are some games that have really hooked me over the years:

Atari 2600 - Adventure.  My siblings bought this game when they bought the system, and I kept playing it for its whole lifespan.  Even today I've got an Atari compilation that I'll get out from time to time solely for Adventure.

NES - The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Super Mario Bros 3, M.T.'s Punch Out and Final Fantasy are all games I still come back to regularly and enjoy.  The NES really was the best system ever made.

Genesis - I love playing Golden Axe both on the Genesis and the arcade even today.  For non-arcade ports I still come back to Sonic 1 and Shining Force.

Arcade - Already mentioned Golden Axe.  I also have a 60-in-1 machine where I play a lot of Mr. Do, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac-Man and Qix.  I play the other games on their too, but those are the ones I play the most.

PS1 - I've played both Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy Tactics enough times that I've lost count.  I'd estimated I've played them both about 5-10 times each, and neither one is really a short game.  I've also played Final Fantasy 9 about 3-6 times.  There must have been something in the water at Squaresoft back in the PS1 era.

PS2 - I play Katamari Damacy A LOT.  It the past 2 years, it's probably the game I've popped in the most (on any system) when I just want a game to unwind.  I also play We Love Katamari somewhat when I get tired of the original game.  Final Fantasy 10 is another game that I've played more times than I can count.

PC - I convinced my dad to buy me a PC for school reasons, but I really wanted it to play Civilization 1.  Several years later I bought my own PC to play Ultima Online, and while I only played it for 1-2 months, I mostly played MMOs for the early 2000s (a whole genre that hardcore hooked me for several years).  Eventually I settled down with Final Fantasy XI which I played for about 3 years and that was mostly the only game I played during that period.  For PC games I return to even today: Heroes of Might and Magic 2, Freedom Force and Roller Coaster Tycoon 2.  I really all three of these games with occasionally Dungeon Keeper 2 giving me the urge to come back to it.

GBA - I love coming back to Astro Boy: The Omega Factor and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.

Wii - Wii Sports Resort is still a really fun game and you can't get an experience like this anywhere else.

PS3 - Civilization Revolution is a game I've put several hundred hours into (probably 500+).  I think my wife has done about 10x that amount.  I also come back to Rock Band and Dark Souls.

Wii U - Hyrule Warriors is a game I've come back to a lot.  Right now I want to say Age of Calamity has replaced it, but I can't be sure which with stick with me long term until a few more years have passed.

Switch - Puyo Puyo Tetris is the 2nd game I bought for the Switch (after BotW), and still come back to it even today.  This game is just awesome.  It's easily the best multiplayer game on the Switch.  I sold off Octopath Traveler a couple of years ago and now I regret it.  I recently bought it again on Ebay, because I feel it still calling to me.