Favorite Gaming Moment [Archive]

KillerGremlin

08-18-2004, 04:09 AM

Wow.........who would have thought that I would have started a thread here. Well, I have, so hooray for me (I guess).

I was just thinking about some awesome gaming moments I've had over the years. Lots of things came to my mind, ranging from the first time I played Donkey Kong to the first time I experienced Mario 64, and I can honestly say that I have had some awesome gaming experiences.

Gaming has seriously enhanced my life, and I've had some great moments.

This is just a great moments gaming thread. Just post your greatest gaming memories!

Ocarina Of Time brings back some great memories. I remember spending a lot of time on that game, to the point where it basically took over my 5th grade life. I remember getting to the top of Ganondorf's castle, and fighting him. I was pretty disapointed after I beat him, you know, it was basically the same fight as in the Forest Temple.....and then the castle fell apart. Well, at least I got to escape through the castle. That proved to be pretty intense, but I wasn't expecting what happened after I got out of the castle. I remember sitting there, wondering why the hell the happy credits weren't rolling. And then came the real boss fight. That was pretty awesome.

I also remember playing Doom, back when I was like 8 or 9 years old. That was a scary game. My friend and I would sit in his basement, and eat candy, and watch as the summer days went by. We'd play Doom, and listen to Kill 'Em All. Those are some of my fondest memories.

Canyarion

08-18-2004, 04:31 AM

I have fond memories of WarCraft 2. Aaaaaah we (brother and me) loved that game! The sound effects, the music, the atmosphere... ^_^
I relived that with WC3, which was different but perhaps even cooler.

Perfect Dark come to mind. :D The singleplayer was great... and the multiplayer with 3 friends..... :sneaky:

And of course the NES Mario games! I was 7-12 years old when I played those...

And like KG says, Ocarina of Time. :love: How lovable!!! I remember the first time I met a wolf, I was so scared!!

Good stuff, videogames. :)

GameMaster

08-18-2004, 04:39 AM

My fondest memories were playing Sonic 1, 2, and 3 with my friend. The music was cool for some of the levels. Then I also liked playing Streets of Rage 1 and 2 with my friend along with Captain America and the Avengers. Basically playing cooperative type games with my friends during childhood summers are my greatest memories. Other games included the Ninja Turtles, Ren and Stimpy, Joe and Mac, working together as a team was just really fun. Oh those endless summer days, reminds me of the 'What Do You Miss Most' thread, man I wish I could go back in time. If I had the choice to stay in that period too, I think I would now knowing what life is like when you get older. Even considering it would mean not having internet or all of today's technology and advanced gaming, I'd still choose to go back in a heart beat.

Dark Samurai

08-18-2004, 08:54 AM

My favorite memory was in a tournament for Street Fighter III: Third Strike. I had just defeated a player using Chun-Li with Makoto (my character), when a whole new round was starting up. My next opponent was a player that eventually won the whole thing, so you can tell that I got my ass handed to me on a silver plate. His character was Urien, (HOW I DESPISE ANY WHO USES HIM!) He, of course, defeated me with ease, but I wasnt out of the tournament yet; there was a losers bracket, and got to face the same guy that I defeated in the first round, you can tell that I DESTROYED him. I learned so much for just being in a tournament. And also that was my first one too :D!

Ah, memories truly are forever.

Null

08-18-2004, 09:47 AM

favorite gaming moment was playing Quake online for the first time, first game i ever played online.

Fox 6

08-18-2004, 12:48 PM

My favorite was fairly recent, I was playing Halo, I was driving a Wart Hog and there was a guy in the Gunners seat and i guy in the Passenger seat. I drove up to a building and an elite throws a plasma grenade on the Wart Hog. The passenger and i jumped out, but the guy on the Machine gun stays in there, the grenade explodes and sends the Wart Hog over a cliff, as its fallling the guy on the Machine gun says " Is that all you got?!" Then he fell off and died.

Null

08-18-2004, 12:57 PM

my 2nd fav gaming moment was snaping the halo cd in half and throwing it out. :D

Fox 6

08-18-2004, 12:59 PM

my 2nd fav gaming moment was snaping the halo cd in half and throwing it out. :D
Trust me you dont want to get med mad -_- . Because thats when i transform into...uh...:devil2: '

j/k :p

Null

08-18-2004, 01:06 PM

Fox 6

08-18-2004, 01:11 PM

hehehe.

it really did happen tho. i was pissed off cuz i bought it and i hated it. so i went to return it and they wouldnt accept it. (eb's had always taken returns before) so i got mad and when i got home from trying to return it i snaped it in half and threw it out. It did help to relieve the anger. :) hehe
Man that must have sucked. I always found halo exciting, well i mostly play it on legendary ( hardest setting ) and its a real challange.

Acebot44

08-18-2004, 02:49 PM

My brother and I were like 10 and 9. Our parents made us go to a party with some of their friends and we were the only kids over there so naturally I decided to bring along my PS1 and NBA Live 99. My brother chose the Pacers and I chose the Jazz. The game was back and forth the whole time. I used Antoine Carr most of the time because I favored him and he usually made all the clutch threes I needed even though he had a horrible percentage :)

10 seconds left and I was up by two. My bro had the ball. I D'd him up when he passed half court then he passed it around till it got to Miller with about 3 seconds left. He pulls up. I jump for the block. He makes it with no time left! I screamed like a new born ogre.

Even though he won, it's still my favorite memory because that was when we used to play together. Nothing is more fun than multiplayer. NOTHING.

Typhoid

08-18-2004, 03:00 PM

Me and my brother always used to play NHL '94, ( or whichever year we were in at the time) when the Canucks games wernt on TV. We'd turn on the radio, play the teams, and listen to the game. Those were fun times.

But if its a single game, it would have to be with one of my friends ( Kehlin) and it was about 5 years ago, but we decided to play NHL '93. I was St. Louis, he was Edmonton. We played 20 minute periods, and the game ended a 0-0 tie. It doesnt sound fun, but it was super fun. It was the longest, double shut-out game i've ever played.

ulala06

08-18-2004, 03:35 PM

my favorite gaming moment would have to be when i was like 8 and my cousin and i were playing mortal kombat, and he was bragging and stuff because he knew all of the codes, and he could kick my butt... and then i discovered button mashing and i won. hahaha. fear my button mashing skillz

Swan

08-18-2004, 04:06 PM

Vampyr

08-18-2004, 04:55 PM

I have a few moments I that I will treasure forever:

The first time I played Mario 64. I hadnt owned a SNES, so you can imagine how much in awe I was when I went from NES graphics to N64 graphics. I was in Wal Mart playing the demo, and it took a hold on me. It would be some time until I got an N64 for myself, but I finally did and I can remember playing Mario 64 at home...great times.

I also remember the day I got OoT. It was a christmas gift, and as soon as I opened it (it was my first gift) I ran into my bed room and put it in and started playing it, leaving all my other presents there. So if you watch the home video from that christmas, it shows a little kid in PJ's in a rocking chair, then a second later all you see is a chair rocking with no one in it. :D

That whole game was like one huge magical moment though. I felt so said when Link had to leave Sara, and I actually had a crush on Zelda when I first saw her, and I could hear Zelda's Lullaby in my sleep. I remember meeting the Zora's and the Gorons, fighting to save the hand of my fair lady, and returning to the lost woods as a man to meet my friend of childhood.

There are other games that deserve an honorable mention...Star Fox 64, Pokemon Red, Mario Bros., Final Fantasy Tactics, and Xenosaga.

Canyarion

08-18-2004, 05:14 PM

Mine happened like a little less than a year ago. I was playing MGS2 in the tanker part of the game. Right when you enter the boiler room area there is a guy just short of standing at the edge. I snuck up on him held him up. Stole his dog tags and then booted him off the edge. He then fell two stories and landed on another guy.

Good times. :)
Sounds like this:

In Turok on N63, I shot a tree and it collapsed on a raptor. Pwnd! :D

Perfect Dark has some magic moments in singleplayer. Just hearing a guard say 'gunshots!:crazy:' was soooo funny!
Or in the submarine level, you can shoot 1 guard through the glass of a door, then the other guard will look at him. Once he said: "Ah, didn't like him anyway!" MAGIC!!!

bobcat

08-18-2004, 05:58 PM

I would have to say doing a fake throw in SF2:WW with Guile.

I nearly collapsed from sheer (sp?) excitement.

And I did it on the car (after doing down heavy kick).

Console wise Mario 64/Ocarina of Time/Sonic 1/Super Mario World, Mike Tysons Punchout and the original Zelda were all great memories.

Also on C64/Amiga:-

Handy Andy, Leasure Suit Larry, Druid, Gauntlet, Super Sprint, Ikari Warriors, Wonderboy 1 and 2......

and many more i'm sure

Jason1

08-18-2004, 07:41 PM

God, there's so many...but I'll try to name a few.

First thing that comes to mind is no doubt playing Super Mario bros. In my basement at my old house with my friend down the street when I was probably 3 or 4. We barely knew what we were doing, but we had so much fun...he would come over every day and we would try to figure out how to get past that damned goomba that runs at you at the start of level 1-1. When we finally figured out that you had to jump over him, well, a lot of excitement was had by the both of us. How far we've come...

I remember playing Sonic the Hedgehog on the genesis at my cousins house on christmas night, many christmases ago. Man, what a cool game, there was really nothing else like it...so fast.

Of course, how could I forget Mario 64. How long I ran around in that courtyard before I even bothered to go into the castle, I'll never know.

Another thing that I think of is Grim Fandango. Now theres a game that left me downright breathless multiple times, a true masterpeice.

And of course there is the mother off all gaming memories, basically everything from Ocarina of Time. Parts that come to mind instantly are when you first leave the forest as a kid and siara gives you the Ocarina...I do believe I was slightly in tears during that moment, and a few others from Ocarina of time, no game has ever done that to me, at all, thats why Ocarina of Time is the greatest game ever made. And probably my greatest gaming memory ever.

Vampyr

08-18-2004, 08:52 PM

I do believe I was slightly in tears during that moment, and a few others from Ocarina of time, no game has ever done that to me, at all, thats why Ocarina of Time is the greatest game ever made. And probably my greatest gaming memory ever.

Amen, I hear you.

I was thinking and I remembered a few more moments in gaming that sent me in erratic pleasure.

I was playing Perfect Dark multiplayer with my brother, and we each had as many hard sims on our teams as we could fit. I was using the shotgun and I had it set to double shot mode. Two of my brothers men were running down the corrider in front of me, and I pulled the trigger, hitting the first one in the head, and I quickly tapped the joy-stick to the left, sending the second automatic shot into the other guys head.

Also, here is my strongest memory from xenosaga:

*spoilers*

I was playing Xenosaga Episode I for the first time, and Albedo kidnapped MOMO. She was one of my three favorite characters in the game, and I used her all the time. I thought she was a cute little girl, and I loved her character and the almost made me feel like she was my younger sister that I was looking out for. Albedo kidnapped her and it showed them in the Song of Nephalim, and he was torturing her. It shows him stick his hand into her lower stomache (actually, the camera is too far up, so you cant really see what he's doing), and then she starts screaming and he does this wierd mental thing were he starts taking her consience from her.

It was the first time in any game that I actually wanted to kill the bad guy. I hated Albedo. This is one of the two games that have ever evoked such powerful emotions from me. I actually cared about the characters in this game.

*end spoilers*

The Germanator

08-19-2004, 01:56 AM

A couple of moments come to mind.

Playing Link's Awakening so much that I swore that I the music kept playing while I stared at my powered off Gameboy.

On a similar note, playing Tetris so much to the point that after I turn it off, the only thing that floats in my mind are connecting 4-block tetri pieces. I can always play the perfect tetris game in my head, but it's not quite that way on the screen.

These games really got into my head, good or bad, very memorable.

Perfect Stu

08-20-2004, 01:59 PM

the Sniper Wolf scene in Metal Gear Solid

dropCGCF

08-21-2004, 03:09 AM

Either when I got the highest score possible on Crazy Taxi for Dreamcast or when I beat Wizpig on Diddy Knog Racing. I remember I lost that game a week after I beat Nintendo Power's best time on Star City by almost half a second.

Or the barnyard scene in Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Or getting all 20 secret seashells in Link's Awakening without a guide.

Crono

08-21-2004, 02:05 PM

My most memorable game of all time would indeed have to be Ocarina of Time, for a while I thought the game was God-like.. I must have beat it 20 times at least. I don't know why or how, but it just did what ever other game I played up to that point couldn't do. Opening up the game (it was a surprise present) for christmas would have to be the best moment though, honestly, even though I wasn't playing the game yet.

Other memorable games are Chrono Cross, Suikodens... and Final Fantasy XI had it's fair share of funny moments too... it's just insane how stupid people can be in that game.

Canyarion

08-21-2004, 06:34 PM

when I beat Wizpig on Diddy Knog Racing.
Or getting all 20 secret seashells in Link's Awakening without a guide.
Damn that Wizpig. :mad: It took a looooooong time before we beat him..... :(

Did I get all the seashells?? I never use guides btw. :D

KillerGremlin

08-21-2004, 07:34 PM

Oh my god.......I spent so long beating Wizpig, both times where real hard. The difficulty level in Diddy Kong made it all the more fun to play. I could never beat that T.T. guy. He was like.....really fast.

I remember playing Keen4e for the first time.....waaaayyy back in the day. If you don't know what it is, go download it. I'm fairly sure it's shareware at this point in time. Keen was a badass little dude. He had a pogo stick, and a ray gun, and the level design was awesome.

Keen was no mario though.....but mario didn't have a pogo stick either.

TheSlyMoogle

08-21-2004, 09:01 PM

Vampyr

08-21-2004, 10:22 PM

Not my favorite but a good one:

I had just gotten PSO for the Gamecube and Vampyr and I (With some friends) all went to a friend's house and played the splitscreen mode. The House was so freaking cold and we had to cover up in blankets. The slowdown was awful but we still dealt with it.

Yeah that was cool.

Ahhh yes, I remember that. That is probably one of my more favorite moments as well. But man...it was FREEZING in that house. I couldnt feel my feet man I was having a ton of fun. Especially when everyone else died and I killed the dragon. :D

A few more memories:

Once again sly and I were at the same house, but it wasnt freezing this time. We had all gathered together to play Dungeons and Dragons for the first time, and while we were making our characters we often took breaks to play video games. I remember that me, sly, and two other friends were playing Perfect Dark multiplayer style. I think after a while Sly and one of the other guys just quite, and left me and my other friend playing. Whover got the next kill would win the game, and we were on two different sides of a sliding door, and we knew each other was there.

We stood there for about a minute, waiting for the other one to open the door....or so he thought. I had played the game long enough to know that after a while the other person gets the impulse to change their weapon. About a minute into the wait, he did just that. I had also learned enough about human psychology towards the game to know that for some odd reason when they get in a nervous situation like that, they try to get back to their original weapon instead of using the one they accidently switched too. I took that small opportunity to open the door and kill him. He got pretty angry, but I enjoyed it.

You guys talking about Diddy Kong racing also brought back some memories. I had read about that game in an issue of NP, and had wanted it for a while, and I got it for christmas. My brother started playing it, and we fell in love with it. I loved driving around, exploring the island, finding hidden passages, and of course: racing. It was one of the more perfect racing games, and I probably had more enjoyable times with it than I did with Mario Kart. There was just so much to do.

Another excellent memory is when Sly and I spent 3 or 4 hours at a mall DDRing. Good times. :)

Yugi Starwind

08-22-2004, 12:34 AM

ah..so many memories..my best one was probably *flashback* at my friends friend's magic the gathering tournament, after almost taking 3rd, me and the host of the party played MK trilogy on the 64. him bragging about "his mad liu kang sk1llz, and how he could do every brutality/animallity etc. w/ every fighter. i just said "yeah." and asked him what the low kick and low punch buttons were, and then selected Sketor(my signature fighter next to smoke) and 0wn3d him good. he did a bike kick as his 1st move, and i was hold ing the down button, i uppercut him during the kick, flying kicked him, follow with teleport uppercut, 2 or 3 missles, kick, game. set. match. it was a 20-6 victory, with me using the 3 cyber ninjas(mainly smoke and sektor). he was pretty angry with 20 losses in 1 night..but it was just fun seing the look on his face.(note: he's a supposed Genius on IQ scaling, so that was a big blow to him) but it was all good. eventually after the 5th match, we had the whole tournament-goers watching us. it was pretty cool.

dropCGCF

08-22-2004, 03:44 PM

I could never beat that T.T. guy. He was like.....really fast.

That's why you use Pipsy. She's the most manuverab....Why is this coming out of my mouth?

fingersman

09-04-2004, 06:21 PM

Well, playing Mario Brothers on Nes was a joy for moi, Mega man, I just loved to jump into the next screen and see the slow mo effect. Double dragons 2 was the stuff, me and my friend would play through the game and beat the crap outta each other going through the stages, or we'd beat the game just for fun.

Contra, Contra force and Gabal on Nes because of the multiplayer, man I had such fun playing those games.

Eternal Champions on Sega Genesis, that game was memorable because of the last boss, oh man was that last boss hard, I can't even remember if I beat the guy. I think I beat him atleast once.

But one game that topped it off was OOT, I remember diving off of that cliff and into the water, and feeling the sense of satisfaction of achieving goals and becoming more powerful. OOT is one of the best games of all times as far as I'm concerned, I haven't played another game that was as engrossing as that one since then.
Although i do have to give props to Banjo and Kazoie (sp?)

Oh yeah and RE1 on PS........the dogs jumping outta the windows for the first time. Classic!

DeathsHand

09-04-2004, 06:52 PM

My more memorable gaming moments are fairly general... First time playing Twisted Metal and Resident Evil on PS1 at my friend's house... Thinking how awesome they were and how I just had to get it...

Then going to my other friend's (who had a Saturn) house and us discussing which system would be the best... Me mentioning that I wanted a Playstation, and everyone there saying forget that, I should either get a Saturn or wait for the "Nintendo Ultra 64" (which of course wasn't out yet, hence the Ultra)... Hahaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh WEEE!!!

That and back when I was a kid, playing Nintendo and Sega Master System in the basement... I'd have little marathons where I'd pick out certain games, play the first couple levels from one, then the next, etc... Then my brother and his friends would kick me off and I'd just watch and act like a dumb little kid...

fun times...

I can't really think of a specific in-game moment... Although I know as a kid I really wanted to kill Quickman and his damn level in Mega Man 2, and playing Resident Evil 2 for the first time was special fun because I loved the first and played the demo to hell...

Typhoid

09-04-2004, 11:18 PM

I remember i used to "play" with a kid that used to live on my street when i was like 6 or 7.

We had many a good day playing Double Dragon, Contra, Battletoads, Marble Madness, Skate or Die, And any of the old Nintendo Hockey games.

Good times.

*Dusts off NES*

*plugs it in*

*Plays Skate or Die*

code

09-04-2004, 11:43 PM

two of the best moments in gaming I had was playing mario 64 for the first time (also it was the first game I ever play that I can remember away) I ran and dida triple jump into the water thing that goes around the castle and started to swim I dreamed about that all the time but I still can make it to the water. and whenI first got to yoshi on the roof it was so cool. Oh and when I first got to the roof from wall jummping.

Canyarion

11-30-2004, 04:39 AM

I had one of my greatest gaming moments yesterday. :D

I played Free For All in WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne. I was Night Elves. I build up a kick-ass army with lots of heavy units. My 2 enemies (the 3rd was dropped out) probably attacked eachother, cause they didn't bother me much.

After a while I attacked enemy A, destroyed his army, went to enemy B, destroyed his army.
I was to weak to destroy their camps.

That's when they teamed up against me. :p
They rebuild their armies and came for me at the same time.

I wiped them out, 1v2. :lol:
That was great. :)

Edit: I have the replay for anyone who wants to see it. ;)

gekko

11-30-2004, 08:39 AM

Skipping school on Doomsday (9/9/99), waiting in line for Best Buy to open to buy my DC. Then going back and playing Sonic Adventure all day long.

Though, getting the 120th star in Super Mario 64 was a close second.

Blackmane

11-30-2004, 12:44 PM

Playing Mario 64 in Toys R Us and wanting a N64 so badly is one of my memories, playing Goldeneye with all my buddies and kicking their a$$es is my close second.

Canyarion

11-30-2004, 04:55 PM

Wow, I realised I haven't told what is perhaps my best gaming moment. :devil:

In school, some guys (younger than me) were playing Aliens vs Predator on the network. I noticed it, silently joined their game..... and slaughtered them all.
Their reaction: "Who's Angrist!?!?" :D:D:D:D:D:D Classic.

BTW I was a predator while all the others were marines. Since the game is so dark, they never saw me coming. I didn't think they killed me once... :p

Having a score in Perfect Dark deathmatch that's twice as high as everyone else is quite satisfying as well.