Favorite game moment?
by Joshua Dallman · in General Discussion · 09/07/2004 (2:01 pm) · 27 replies
Wanted to start off a fun thread for a change here...
What is your favorite video game moment?
What game was it, what moment in the game, and what about it made you remember it even years after you last played the game?
What is your favorite video game moment?
What game was it, what moment in the game, and what about it made you remember it even years after you last played the game?
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#2
That was a high point. Gladly Ive had it happen a couple of times in multiplayer too.
09/07/2004 (2:29 pm)
Just wanted to say, recently, that Ive been getting the same sort of Buzz from Call of Duty. There is a point in the single player game where you are defending a house. Well, basically there are tanks all around you, and literally hundreds of AI players coming at you. The intensity gets to the point where you are out of ammo and have to start using your rifle butt.That was a high point. Gladly Ive had it happen a couple of times in multiplayer too.
#3
There have been lots of other great moments sense then, but nothing has measured up to that one.
09/07/2004 (10:47 pm)
Favorite moment was the near instant realisation of both the power at my fingertips, and intenseity of my task to accomplish...Which occured the first time I shot a bad guy during my very first time ever playing the monumental classic Robotron.There have been lots of other great moments sense then, but nothing has measured up to that one.
#4
Runner-up would be Suikoden 3 in Duck Village where you investigate a murder with a little kid playing the part of the detective... and when the mini-puzzle was "solved," I had never laughed so hard at a game in my life. Games so rarely have such refined humor and I certainly never forgot it.
Honorable mention goes to Toe Jam and Earl (original for Genesis), when you complete the game rather than just SHOWING you the game ending (landing home on Planet Funkotron) they let you PLAY the game ending.
What recounting these experiences reminded me is that (1) a game can be as moving as a work of art, (2) a game can have a sophisticated sense of humor, and (3) allowing a user to interact with a game ending rather than just throwing a cutscene at them can leave an unforgettable impression.
09/07/2004 (11:41 pm)
I wanted to wait for a few comments before I posted mine... but it was when I had beat Zelda Ocarina of Time, the ending was so beautiful I actually welled up a bit. The reason it was so memorable was because the entire game was the most satisfying game experience I've ever had, and now it had ended. I felt like I had finished a really good book and was now going to miss the characters.Runner-up would be Suikoden 3 in Duck Village where you investigate a murder with a little kid playing the part of the detective... and when the mini-puzzle was "solved," I had never laughed so hard at a game in my life. Games so rarely have such refined humor and I certainly never forgot it.
Honorable mention goes to Toe Jam and Earl (original for Genesis), when you complete the game rather than just SHOWING you the game ending (landing home on Planet Funkotron) they let you PLAY the game ending.
What recounting these experiences reminded me is that (1) a game can be as moving as a work of art, (2) a game can have a sophisticated sense of humor, and (3) allowing a user to interact with a game ending rather than just throwing a cutscene at them can leave an unforgettable impression.
#5
09/08/2004 (12:49 am)
I have lots of game moments when the Legacy of Kain games reveal another secret in the game...
#6
09/08/2004 (3:06 am)
I was playing this Rainbow Six 3 map on XBox. I was sniping out of a window and a guy snuck up behind me and planted a remote charge. I never knew what hit me until the guy told me. Another time someone shot me in the head with one of those little, silenced pistols.
#7
I also enjoyed Island Hopping in TT, as well as playing Orbz for the first time.
09/08/2004 (3:27 am)
Most recently was Ninja Gaiden, battling Alma (personally one of the toughest game bosses I have yet to face) was an eye opener. I am still amazed at all of the different jumping moves that are available, especially love the flying bird.... add in a dash of "Y" with a lvl 4 dragon sword and oh my! what an arse kicking event you have unleashed.I also enjoyed Island Hopping in TT, as well as playing Orbz for the first time.
#8
hmmm, also the first time I landed my plane in the Flight Sim whose name escapes me on a green/black monochrome TRS-80 (before Radio Shack/Tandy went into the 90% clones biz ;))
The day I got my Colecovision, the xmas it was released...
And many, many more :)
09/08/2004 (3:41 am)
First time I stayed up all night, discovering Ultima III on Apple IIc, some 20 years ago :)hmmm, also the first time I landed my plane in the Flight Sim whose name escapes me on a green/black monochrome TRS-80 (before Radio Shack/Tandy went into the 90% clones biz ;))
The day I got my Colecovision, the xmas it was released...
And many, many more :)
#9
"Thief", of course :)
09/08/2004 (3:43 am)
15 minutes hiding in shadows and carefully avoiding guard who's heard a noise. " You cant hide foreveeeer...come out, come out, wherever you are...""Thief", of course :)
#10
Pretty much every part of Fallout 2.
The ending of Mafia.
09/08/2004 (5:03 am)
Cruising around pulling wheelies and listening to music in GTA: Vice City :DPretty much every part of Fallout 2.
The ending of Mafia.
#11
Anyways I'll never forget that particular moment
09/08/2004 (5:48 am)
Theres been lots of great gaming moments for me. The one that seems to come to the forefront of my mind is the time me and my buddy blew up Stardock in Tradewars. We couldnt hardly believe our eyes. Stardock wasnt supposed to be able to be destroyed. I guess it was one of the slightly modified versions of the game flowing round the different bulletien boards. I think the sysop had to restart the game after that.Anyways I'll never forget that particular moment
#12
My first multiplay experience was on an old Wang mainframe where a friend and I competed in a fierce battle of marbles/stones. Don't remember much about that one except I could only press the keys "m" and "n" and stare mindlessly at the green flickering monitor. Ahh the days of old.
My first ah-ha moment of gaming came when I was playing Neil Manke's mod "USS Darkstar". I saw the possiblities open up before me. Here was an average Joe who had taken Half-life and made his own game/mod.
09/08/2004 (5:52 am)
I remember many years ago, I played a game called Rendevous with Rama on the C64. It came with four cassette tapes. I would wait the 20 minutes for the opening screen to load and then stair in awe at the 8 color graphic about the futuristic world of Rama. Then I would play the game for about four rooms till I got to a pillbox-door on the top of the large sphere in space that held the world of Rama inside. I then spent the next few weeks trying to figure out how to get into the pillbox-door, so that I could continue the game. (Turns out there was a bug in the game that the programmer forgot to put the ability to open the pillbox-door, found this out after logging on to a BBB on my friends C64 that had a 300 baud modem, my first online experience.)My first multiplay experience was on an old Wang mainframe where a friend and I competed in a fierce battle of marbles/stones. Don't remember much about that one except I could only press the keys "m" and "n" and stare mindlessly at the green flickering monitor. Ahh the days of old.
My first ah-ha moment of gaming came when I was playing Neil Manke's mod "USS Darkstar". I saw the possiblities open up before me. Here was an average Joe who had taken Half-life and made his own game/mod.
#13
At this point in the game the developers could use as many polygons and high resolution textures as they wanted as it was only two characters on the fighter screen.
At that point you get to finally kill seth' and it was a great moment of success - I have to be the biggest fan of Final Fantasy 7 EVER.
09/08/2004 (5:59 am)
Final Fantasy 7 - The final fight against seth'At this point in the game the developers could use as many polygons and high resolution textures as they wanted as it was only two characters on the fighter screen.
At that point you get to finally kill seth' and it was a great moment of success - I have to be the biggest fan of Final Fantasy 7 EVER.
#14
Man that was one heck of a game.
AD :{)}
09/08/2004 (6:18 am)
Out of ammo, Hiding (hiding!) from a lumbering mutant in System Shock 2. "I... see... you..." Man that was one heck of a game.
AD :{)}
#15
My best game moments came from after-hours BZ-fests on the company SGI LAN (early 1990s). But since few are likely to have experienced that:
Best game moment = Unreal Tournament, playing a real hairball down-to-the-wire deathmatch, comes down to the final kill.
At the exact moment I make the final point, a saw blade rips off my head. The machine bellows "You Are The Winner!" as the camera pans to my headless corpse laying on the ground for all to admire. ("All hail the victorious dead!")
Somehow, in a nutshell, that moment was a crystallizing metaphor of my career. :-)
09/08/2004 (6:23 am)
MSW - Yes, Robotron was THE BEST! Modern remakes just can't cut it. You simply have to have the dual joystick control. To this day nothing comes close to the pure adrenaline In-The-Zone trance of a few dozen levels of Robotron.My best game moments came from after-hours BZ-fests on the company SGI LAN (early 1990s). But since few are likely to have experienced that:
Best game moment = Unreal Tournament, playing a real hairball down-to-the-wire deathmatch, comes down to the final kill.
At the exact moment I make the final point, a saw blade rips off my head. The machine bellows "You Are The Winner!" as the camera pans to my headless corpse laying on the ground for all to admire. ("All hail the victorious dead!")
Somehow, in a nutshell, that moment was a crystallizing metaphor of my career. :-)
#16
Connecting the first time to PlanetSide (my first experience of MMOG) and seeing my first battleground
Gain the title of King by slaying Diablo in Hell difficulty and hardcore mode.
Crouching in the shadow and lean backward (in real life) when a guard pass in front of me ... "Thief" of course ;-)
Played for the first time over internet : Warcraft II over Kali
09/08/2004 (2:49 pm)
What come first to my memory :Connecting the first time to PlanetSide (my first experience of MMOG) and seeing my first battleground
Gain the title of King by slaying Diablo in Hell difficulty and hardcore mode.
Crouching in the shadow and lean backward (in real life) when a guard pass in front of me ... "Thief" of course ;-)
Played for the first time over internet : Warcraft II over Kali
#17
One of the most satisfying experiences ever... Counter-Strike. You've been up all night. Your team has been vanquished for this round. Everyone else who has died is watchin' on their end. Seven more left, and it's all up to you. Good hunting.
09/08/2004 (4:21 pm)
If you play just about any R-Type game in existence, you'll have plenty of good moments. Awesome series.One of the most satisfying experiences ever... Counter-Strike. You've been up all night. Your team has been vanquished for this round. Everyone else who has died is watchin' on their end. Seven more left, and it's all up to you. Good hunting.
#18
System Shock 2 - Greatest Game ever.
09/08/2004 (5:01 pm)
Crouching under a desk with no ammo peering around the corners to look at the cameras facing my direction and hearing a zombie walking by my desk "We are the many"System Shock 2 - Greatest Game ever.
#19
Old stuff:
Jumpman: Beating "Beginner" for the first time, getting to see the cheezy rocket picks up jumpman and flies away thing. More satisfying was seeing the same thing on Advanced.
Space Invaders on Atari 2600: Watching my father roll over the score.
Trade Wars 2002 for Major BBS: Doing something similar to Phil and his bud. We'd use conference calling, and coordinate moves for planetary takeovers while playing on the BBS against other players.
Being creeped out by Doom. 'Nuff said about that.
New Stuff:
Being creeped out by Doom 3 - having never been creeped out be a game since Doom 1, I was REALLY impressed.
Getting the full version of Fusion Frenzy, and me and 3 other people (including one guy who's normally very quiet) screaming our heads off at each other while playing :-)
09/08/2004 (9:28 pm)
My most memorable moments are a combination of old school stuff and more modern games:Old stuff:
Jumpman: Beating "Beginner" for the first time, getting to see the cheezy rocket picks up jumpman and flies away thing. More satisfying was seeing the same thing on Advanced.
Space Invaders on Atari 2600: Watching my father roll over the score.
Trade Wars 2002 for Major BBS: Doing something similar to Phil and his bud. We'd use conference calling, and coordinate moves for planetary takeovers while playing on the BBS against other players.
Being creeped out by Doom. 'Nuff said about that.
New Stuff:
Being creeped out by Doom 3 - having never been creeped out be a game since Doom 1, I was REALLY impressed.
Getting the full version of Fusion Frenzy, and me and 3 other people (including one guy who's normally very quiet) screaming our heads off at each other while playing :-)
#20
09/08/2004 (10:12 pm)
Bonk's Adventure on the Turbo Grafx 16! The part at the end where you see all the friends you made throughout the game frozen as you walk toward the end boss ;) There are zillions more but I figured I'd dig one up from the archives.
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