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What is a moment in Gaming you'll never forget?
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Damien Crowley
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Exactly this!
In the NES era playing against the Japanese full star team in Captain Tsubasa 2, how am I gonna beat them all !
Then fast forward to the PS1 era and that famous scene in FF7, the shock I get from just thinking how did they do that to a main character, in the same Gen the time that the Logo appears in MGS1 I knew then that game is so so special.
In PS3 era, the first time you enter Mexico in Red dead 1
Lately, the first time you play with ASTROboy in the PS5 with the dual sense it is really a game changer
Then fast forward to the PS1 era and that famous scene in FF7, the shock I get from just thinking how did they do that to a main character, in the same Gen the time that the Logo appears in MGS1 I knew then that game is so so special.
In PS3 era, the first time you enter Mexico in Red dead 1
Lately, the first time you play with ASTROboy in the PS5 with the dual sense it is really a game changer
Marcus Aurelius
Banned
Metal gear solid.
Nothing has topped it
Nothing has topped it
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
That my name was in a important magazine. And be in a TV show, because I found a easter egg from Yoshi island... And again.... I Won a contest and the prize was a bundle special edition of Rockband.
And again... In 2020 I was mentioned a TV program
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kyliethicc
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Peach's Castle, Super Mario 64. Pure wonder of discovering 3D games as a kid.
All Ghillied Up, CoD4. This whole mission was just fucking cool lol.
Opening of Uncharted 2. Great way to start a story.
And this scene from The Last of Us Part 2. Very powerful moment. Not gonna spoil why, just in case.
All Ghillied Up, CoD4. This whole mission was just fucking cool lol.
Opening of Uncharted 2. Great way to start a story.
And this scene from The Last of Us Part 2. Very powerful moment. Not gonna spoil why, just in case.
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Noboru Wataya
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Coming from an Atari 2600 to an Amiga 500 and launching this.
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Bitmap Frogs
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Mario 64 - the moment you boot it up and have a 3D model of Mario’s face, fully interactive on screen.
Daytona USA - playing the arcade. A fully realized 3D race track, kickass music and sweet gameplay.
Doom - although I had played wolfenstein before, it was very primitive and felt more like a curiosity. Doom however, was the real deal.
Daytona USA - playing the arcade. A fully realized 3D race track, kickass music and sweet gameplay.
Doom - although I had played wolfenstein before, it was very primitive and felt more like a curiosity. Doom however, was the real deal.
Jaxcellent
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Resident Evil 7 VR, let me tell you, that stuff was intense... I will never forget the fear and uneasy feeling.
Marcus Aurelius
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How old are you?The moment I saw this title screen.
sxodan
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My 30th birthday was just a couple of days ago.
Mr.ODST
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Cant stop playing MCC! so much fun
killatopak
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Having your father come in your room while you’re getting tied up by Trish and Yennefer.
Physical embodiment of "Are you winning son?".
Physical embodiment of "Are you winning son?".
GreatnessRD
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Kid's today could never!
And the moment for me was the day my father bought me Mortal Kombat on Genesis. Changed my life at 5, lmao!
Guardian's Light
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Absolutely, 500% this
Also, getting a Gamecube after 2 full years waiting
as a kid, I felt in love with the purple Nintendo box after a Metroid Prime demo in a mall, and two magazine specials, one about the big upcoming titles, Mario Sunshine, starfox adventures, prime and Zelda WW, and another 4 pages one about smash Melee, and literally salivating about that console on every magazine, article, TV spot, everything, I was dreaming getting one with Mario
Also, a friend of mine used to have a Gc way before me, so I often was at his place, playing Mario for countless hours
I was the happiest kid in the world when I saved enough money to buy it with Super Mario Sunshine, after they sold the console at 99$, and finally had mine
Incredible moment, my favourite gaming moment ever, as well as getting Re4, and Pokèmon Ruby on GBA
Also, every single hour playing with my sister Mario Party 4, and the God of multiplayer fun itself, Mario Kart double Dash, I dunno what i'd do to play another Mario Kart on switch with the returning double pilots mechanic
Funnily enough, today I'm big on Ps4, I also play Switch but much less than its rival, and also was big on ps1 in ps1/n64 era ( played more than 100 games on the gray goddess) but 99% of my best gaming memories are N related, specifically GameCube /gba era
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amigastar
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Same here, didn't know any details of the game, just launched it up and it got me immediatly.
The Incarnation
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Got to be playing Wave Race 64 for the first time. Water behavior still unsurpassed.
Aesius
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Seeing the character models in ME was mindblowing in 2007.
EruditeHobo
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What's so incredible about the Aeris scene is then you have the boss battle right on the heels of it... and then after that triumph, you return to your previous mood.
That is a really special section of that game.
Georome
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Playing through Super Mario 3D World with my son, 5 at the time. After weeks of playing here and there, we make it all the way to the end and he says, "Now we get to rescue the dragon!" I then realized that the whole game, he thought the goal was to save Bowser from the princess.
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lingpanda
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Experiencing Sound Blaster Audio for the first time
Going from CGA graphics to EGA
Online gameplay
The Sega CD reveal
Super Mario World first play through
Super Mario 64 reveal
Controlling ROB the robot
GAMEBOY!!!
3DO Envious of those that had one
Phillips CD-I Next-gen gaming
PS1 controller - felt revolutionary to use
PS2 - Tekken Tag good memories
Moving from CRT to flat panels
Wireless mice
BBS gaming
Power Glove reveal
SMB3 reveal
Beating Metal Gear on NES in one playthrough
Beating Mike Tyson on NES Punchout
I could go on and on.... too many memories.
Going from CGA graphics to EGA
Online gameplay
The Sega CD reveal
Super Mario World first play through
Super Mario 64 reveal
Controlling ROB the robot
GAMEBOY!!!
3DO Envious of those that had one
Phillips CD-I Next-gen gaming
PS1 controller - felt revolutionary to use
PS2 - Tekken Tag good memories
Moving from CRT to flat panels
Wireless mice
BBS gaming
Power Glove reveal
SMB3 reveal
Beating Metal Gear on NES in one playthrough
Beating Mike Tyson on NES Punchout
I could go on and on.... too many memories.
Damien Crowley
Member
The first piano key had me dead... and the Jenova fight, that always had its own techno theme, just had the Aeris theme playing through... I fought this battle through a curtain of fucking water!
I was 13, goddamit, games shouldn't do something like this to a teenage heart!
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NeoIkaruGAF
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Final Fantasy 7. At one point my friend and I are going through the world map on the Highwind and see this red thing in the sand near the Golden Saucer.
”What’s that?” asks my friend.
”Huh. Dunno, must be a sand worm”.
We ram the sand worm with the Highwind.
It’s motherfucking Ruby Weapon and it obliterates us in seconds.
”What’s that?” asks my friend.
”Huh. Dunno, must be a sand worm”.
We ram the sand worm with the Highwind.
It’s motherfucking Ruby Weapon and it obliterates us in seconds.
anothertech
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In our local pizza place, I remember the day they got the original mario smash arcade cabinet. My very first button arcade cabinet. I remember the satisfying click of the red buttons. The arcade stick was only 4 way but felt perfect. I was about 7. The noise it made when I put a quarter in still rings in my ears.
It was an addition to the pong dual screen they had before it. I liked that game too but was kinda young to play on my own. My dad played pong with me sometimes. But mario smash was my first true game experience. I couldn't believe how realistic the characters looked when they jumped and how the animation synced perfectly with the jumping sound. It blew my 7 year old mind.
Similar experience when double dragon arcade cabinet came to the same pizza place.
Years later when I brought famicom home from asia I couldn't believe I could play double dragon on my tv at home. It was quite inferior of course to the arcade counterpart, but mind blown all the same.
It was an addition to the pong dual screen they had before it. I liked that game too but was kinda young to play on my own. My dad played pong with me sometimes. But mario smash was my first true game experience. I couldn't believe how realistic the characters looked when they jumped and how the animation synced perfectly with the jumping sound. It blew my 7 year old mind.
Similar experience when double dragon arcade cabinet came to the same pizza place.
Years later when I brought famicom home from asia I couldn't believe I could play double dragon on my tv at home. It was quite inferior of course to the arcade counterpart, but mind blown all the same.
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Mhmmm 2077
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Sayonara Wild Hearts last level.
SpartanN92
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*Exiting the drop ship and seeing the Halo ring above me in CE.
*My first game of Halo 2 multiplayer
*Two Scarabs in Halo 3
*The pod drop in ODST
*Objective: Survive in Halo Reach
*Walking through the cave and seeing Requiem open up in the second level of Halo 4.
*Excruciating disappointment in every moment of Halo 5
*My first game of Halo 2 multiplayer
*Two Scarabs in Halo 3
*The pod drop in ODST
*Objective: Survive in Halo Reach
*Walking through the cave and seeing Requiem open up in the second level of Halo 4.
*Excruciating disappointment in every moment of Halo 5
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Ozzy Onya A2Z
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There's too many to post -
- When graphics on a home PC first became a thing, going from monochrome text to simple CGA graphics was mind blowing
- First home consoles with light guns and multiplayer e.g. playing with all the family
- Game swapping, basic coding and home audio on C64/Amiga
- Wolfenstein 3D spreading through schools and friends like wildfire, as well as basic mods/skins/hacks becoming mainstream
- PC LANs to play DOOM, Hexen etc
- Arcades being really popular and a daily thing after school
- Gaming magazines and guide being brought to school to swap and chat over
- SMB on NES
- SFII at home arcade on SNES
- Multitap bomberman on SNES
- CD-Rom being introduced e.g. Wing Commander
- Dial-up modems at home for multiplayer e.g. Diablo
- 3D and analogue controller with Mario on N64
- 4 player coop on N64 e.g. Party, Kart
- Halo CE on Xbox, that twin stick and console ease of use goodness
- Halo 2 online, changed everything
- Halo 3 theatre and forge/customs
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EruditeHobo
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Oh you're so right... the Aeris theme as boss battle! That was so intense. "For Aeris!!!"
What an excellent moment. I don't know if the game got any better than that.
That said we could probably list so many, just from FF7 alone.
Cutty Flam
Banned
Entire ending of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
I probably shouldn’t even comment much on it; words wont do it justice to explain what it meant and still means to me
I probably shouldn’t even comment much on it; words wont do it justice to explain what it meant and still means to me
mrMUR_96
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- The last of us intro
- RDR1 ending
- Playing gta iv for the first time and being blown away by the physics (swingset glitch, destroying the tail rotor on helicopters)
- GTA:SA flying car cheat
- Journey (the ending specifically was incredible)
- Bioshock - entrance to city and ending twist
- Bioshock infinite - Intro sequence
- Crysis 1 - The sunrise at the ridge
- Cod 4 nuke scene
- MGS2 colonel ai codec sequence
- Mortal kombat first fatality
Hayabusabruh
Member
Dude. I first experienced that at a kiosk in Target. I was blown away by that too.