Could be a console startup, title screen, intro cutscene, etc. I just got wired off an energy drink so I apologize in advance if this post is unhinged.
I personally associate it with Kirby Super Star’s intro, the Sega CD boot screen (non-US, I associate the US ones with Christmas), and the original Xbox startup.
A Cobra Mark III rotating on the screen as a green wireframe model on black background.
Guild wars 1
Command and conquer : red alert
Diablo (the original)
Breath of the Wild… so many nights were spent lying in bed playing that game until I heard birdsong! 😅
Definitely tf2
Usually community servers are empty but pub players are practically infinite
none. staying up past sunrise is insane. even for work
Winks in overnight shift
For me it was the Star Wars Rebellion main menu. I played that game tons back in the day on a PC that couldn’t handle much more. Starting it up locked me into just wanting to finish a game in one night.
Loved that game!
I actually recently bought it on CD after both the Steam and GOG versions gave me visual glitches. It’s really great even if the enemy AI has infinite resource cheats.
Minecraft, satisfactory, factorio are ones that come to mind that keep me up too late as an adult. The TES games are ones I remember from my childhood. Morrowind was my jam back in the day, as was NWN.
First Gran Turismo.
None. I get hit hard by melatonin and can’t stay up no matter how jazzed I am playing a game. Latest for me was probably like 1:30a and Resident Evil or Tomb Raider. I do remember sleep overs where a friend was still playing when I woke up. Don’t remember the game though … probably Final Fantasy VII.
Starcraft 1 & Warcraft 2
Halo CE, BF2 and WoW
Hands down, the Descent 2 PC/DOS intro, game released in 1996. They were ahead of their time, awesome game still to this day in my book.
Tribal Wars
I don’t even remember the name of the game, but it was a gba game where you played as a blacksmith and you had to craft your own weapons and go down some mine to collect materials and progress the story. I was 18yo at the time, had just started living alone, didn’t have internet or TV or anything to do. Downloaded that game at work then went home to play it and suddenly I had to leave for work again. It was the first time I stayed up all night playing something. I remember dozing off that next day and even writing stuff about swords in the middle of some work documents.
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story?
Yep!
Resident Evil
