The three most memorable moments in a video game for you

[AgentRick]

Your favorite moments in a game, what are they? And if possible, why? Speak out, I don't even care if your best moment was hearing about the case about the some-four-hundred-thousand copies of ET: The Extra Terrestrial being buried in New Mexico!

The first would have to be finally beating Bowser in Super Mario 64. When I was six and I did that, I was on the top of the world.

The second was the boss battle with Giygas at the end of Earthbound. The music put together with the background just mad it feel amazing. Its so amazing, it just has to be seen by others so they can appreciate the game.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czOg5CBjGeY...feature=related

The third was the last level in Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising Hard mode. The undoubtedly large setup made for the Death Ray combined with four enemy squadrons heading at you and the cannons just made the final battle seem much better the second time around.

What's yours?

[iamded]

Hmm. Interesting topic. In no particular order.

Finishing Half-life 2 ep. 2. I found it so extremely difficult, what with those crazy tripod things all attacking and blowing up the things you need to kill them. And then they start swarming in, and then you die. But after many a tries, I finally defeated them, and it felt good.

Hm. You know, with all the games I've played, I don't really have any memorable moments.

Oh, in Red Faction, drilling through walls in that massive mining vehicle, and cutting bridges off at both ends causing it, and all standing on it, to tumble into the chasm below. And shooting the root of stalactites, sending them falling onto unsuspecting enemies.

Man I miss that game.

Oh yes, something Lego related. In the Lego Rock Raiders game, the levels are set out in, well, levels. You beat on, and you can choose between the two beneath it. Each level you beat unlocks the two levels below it. But after the row of 3 levels, it narrows down to 2, then 1, then it pans out again. Anyway, there was one level near the end that I needed to beat to unlock the last ones, and I finally did beat it, and went on to play the new levels.

Then I got to some crazy hard ones, which I never did end up beating, and now the game's been un-installed. Oh well.

~Peace

[???theriddler???]

GTA: SA

the lego games from tt games(especialy lego indy.)

007 nightfire

[Siegfried]

Well it's hard to be sure as I've been playing games since The Bard's Tale but...

Another World: When you fall off a ledge and you see a hand come out and save you. Stunning at the time... probably sounds lame at the moment.

Final Fantasy VII: The death of Aerith. I still cry whenever I get to that scene, and I've played the game at least five times. (I'm playing Crisis Core at the moment. )

Final Fantasy X: The whole Yunalesca fight. The cut-scene before it really sets the scene.

[Pencoin]

mine has to be in the recently realsed brawl

the rush i got when i did boss rush on intesne, was well intense

another has to be when i got the first devil may cry game it was so awsome and cool i jus thought wow (nothing has been like that since no more heroes)

and my last, and best has to be in megaman bn series, i know everyone says there megabloks but i love them i have each one and the newer 'sequal' on ds, there just so awsome i have thosuands of moments with each one

and no its four but Sinner metioning another world remind me of Heart of Darkness, the whole game is memorable but my favorite part is when Andy gets eaten by a creature seen eariler and gets his laser gun back which is good cause he had just lost his owers. i highly recommened it.

Edited June 30, 2008 by Pencoin

[Zzz]

interesting topic..

3. GTA IV, when I smashed against some pillow and my car didn't start anymore. That was nice! (I sold the box and game already, cause you cannot do too much, SA was sweeter I think and I still play it)

2. playing Densha de Go Yamanotesenhen, cause it reminds me of my time in Japan like nothing else. The sounds of the train..

1. trying out the Wii for the first time. It was massiv. I don't have it and I don't plan to buy one, but it is too much fun!

Special prices for the impressions I had playing Super Mario Land, Ridge Racer, Metal Gear Solid, Shenmue, Tekken 2, GTA:SA, GTA IV, PSP in general and Lumines in specific for the first time!

[Deinonychus]

Ah...easy...

Beating Super Mario Brothers

Getting Super Mario Brothers 3

About 2/3 of the way through Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. - "WHAT!?! I'm WHO!?!"

[The Rancor]

Completing Timesplitters 2 Story Mode Hard on Atom Smasher!!!

I couldn't believe I managed to do it... Eventually!

I hope someone else knows how hard this game is

If not here's a clip of this level:

[zero1312]

Getting all 242 stars in Super Mario Galaxy.

[maiq the liar]

EarthBound zero's ending (

). 4 preteens singlehandedly defeat the alien's leader, giygas (the same one in EarthBound, but not the screwed up mass of red smoke and evil he became*). BY SINGING.

*giegue and giygas are one and the same. it was just a mistranslation in EB0.

Watching my sister beat Mario 2. She got mad when she found out it was only a dream.

Finally beating mega man 2. AAAARG F YOU QUICKMAN AND WILY DRAGON! (those bosses took me literally a month each to beat...Quickman because of the lazers and Wily's dragon due to the fact that i suck at syncronized jumping.)

oh, and i gave up when at trying to stop the tripod (their real name escapes me at the moment...) attack in HL2:EP2. It's magnusson's fault that he can't make better silos. if i ever get HL1, i'll enjoy every second of screwing up his effing casserole.

Edited July 1, 2008 by maiq the liar

[Lord Thrawn]

This is an interesting topic.

I think my first most memorable is the amazing cutscene in Gears of War where Lieutenant Minh Young Kim is murdered in front of you by General RAAM while you're in the midst an ambush. Amazing angles and everything comes together so well. Truly the best cutscene I've ever seen.

I think there's a tie for my second between the landing in Silent Cartographer and the discovery of the flood via Pvt. Jenkin's helmet camera in Halo, the first memorable because it was the first Halo level I really played in the PC demo and the second because it was told in such a compelling way.

Finally, fighting Lance the Dragonmaster in the Pokemon championship in Pokemon Red was memorable.

[Opproperaar]

About 2/3 of the way through Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. - "WHAT!?! I'm WHO!?!"

1) Lol, yeah that would have to be one of mine as well. I never saw it coming, the few clues that were presented I felt were a bit odd at the time - like Carth speaking about how the Force can wipe away your memory, I was like WTH? where's the relevance to the storyline? - but I never paid more attention to them. Has to be the biggest story twist I've so far encountered in a game.

2) Ninja Gaiden, the impossibly hard game: When I finally got to the eighth level, all my health potions were gone after the many encounters with APCs, soldiers and two tanks. The helicopter boss fight was so incredibly irritating that I - after trying for three hours or so - bit my controller in a blind rage and then threw it against the wall. After which I didn't play the game anymore for six months. Most surprisingly the controller does not only have bite marks left from that near fatal incident but it survived too! Made in Malaysia ...

3) Operation Flashpoint: Elite: God that game was amazing! Everything about it, from single player to multiplayer. I just can't wait for OFP2 to come out for the 360. Seriously, if you're looking for a decent military simulator (not like COD4 - actual realism) set in five 100 square km maps where you can arrange vehicles, buildings, men at your leisure, you may want to consider this game.

[Quarryman]

Hmm, tough one. Even though I've played games for less than 20 years

At least one of them is finally beating the final Zerg mission in StarCraft:Brood War, that felt really good. (now it's way too easy though )

Oh, and beating the final mission in Warcraft 3:The Frozen Throne, tried a zillion times (or something like that), especially since a friend of mine claimed that it was completely unbeatable. Had to prove him wrong

And I guess my first experience of playing an FPS in multiplayer (which actually was Shadow Warrior, in 1997 (iirc)). Completely blew me away.

And something vaguely related; a friend gave me a pirated (yes, yes, shame on me ) copy of StarCraft back in April 1998, but didn't provide a CD key. And I didn't have an Internet connection at the time, so I was pretty much left completely in the dark. Started out with 0000-0000-00000 and increased until I came to one that worked, actually didn't take very long.

oh, and i gave up when at trying to stop the tripod (their real name escapes me at the moment...) attack in HL2:EP2. It's magnusson's fault that he can't make better silos. if i ever get HL1, i'll enjoy every second of screwing up his effing casserole.

The striders aren't the difficult thing, the problem is the hunters accompanying them. (gravity gun+timber works quite nicely though) I still haven't been able to get the "neighborhood watch"-achievement (defeating the striders without them destroying any buildings).

As for getting HL1, Half-Life Anthology (HL1+OF+BS+TFC) is only 15 USD on Steam (bought it myself a short while ago)

[zero1312]

Forgot to mention:

2. Beating the original Street Fighter 2 Game on the highest setting.

3. Beating Megaman&Bass for GBA.

[Paradosis]

- Beating Dragon Warrior 3 for the first time.

- Beating 007 Golden Eye for the first time.

- The first time I played Civilization.

[simonjedi]

I third the KoTOR twist, i would never have expected it.

Tie between the D-day landing from MoH AA / the first stalingrad level from Call of duty 1

Many moments from Half-life 1/2 and their expansion packs

[tnickolaus]

Seeing Mark Hamill as actor in Wing Commander

Having to change floppy disks for G.I. Joe on C64 (that game came on 2 floppy disks!)

Beating my friend the first time in Tetris which we implemented on our own

[iamded]

I have a new most memorable video game moment.

And I haven't even played it yet. But I'll never forget discovering what could possibly be the best game ever for me. I was browsing through Wikipedia, and I just stumbled upon it.

It's called Brütal Legend, and it's a combination of heavy metal and hack and slash gaming. I guess I'll be updating this again when I get my hands on it.

"My new most memorable gaming moment: playing Brütal Legend... "

[site] [wikipedia]

~Peace

[Scyzoryk]

Oh, and beating the final mission in Warcraft 3:The Frozen Throne, tried a zillion times (or something like that), especially since a friend of mine claimed that it was completely unbeatable. Had to prove him wrong

Oh please! I beat both TFT and RoC like, ummm (thinks for a moument) 156 times??? Seriously. Build an army, destroy the blood elf and naga bases, and make Arthas run around to all four obelisks. Easy as pie.

[darkrebellion]

This are my three:

1- When I beat Ganondorf in Twilight Princess. It wasn´t hard but the moment is so memorable.

2- When I beat a mission in the Trauma Center: Second Opinion. I can´t remember which but it was memorable because it was so hard.

3- When Albert Wesker defeat Lisa Trevor in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. When he defeat Lisa he just said "Be a good girl and stay dead" the phrase is so badass and the moment really was dark.

[yellost]

The only one that comes to mind right away is when you learn that Coclint Island and all of its inhabitants are just a dream of the dreamfish in Zelda Link's Awakening on the old Game Boy. Gets me every time I play it.

for thet other ones I have to think a little harder. I'd say there's taking my first steps in the world of Riven which was (and still is IMO) incredibly looking

And the last one would be when Link stabs his sword in the forehead of Ganondorf in Wind Waker; That was the most graphical violence in all the Zelda games and I really didn't expect anything so visual. I think I might have been a little shocked by it, actually (though not necessarily in a bad way, as I still find WW to be my best Zelda game, just after Link's Awakening).

[yorkiejim]

this isnt as much memerable in a good way,

Playing the zelda games on the phillips CDI

craptastic Intro

... it was worse than eating a red 2 by 4 brick....(i mean that theoreticly of corse )

the other two would be involving the KOTOR twist and my first time playing jedi academy.

Edited July 21, 2008 by yorkiejim

[Lord Of Pies]

Spending around 6 months of my life perfecting my skills on Call Of Duty 2 on the 360, and absolutely beating everyone for a short period of time!

Edited July 22, 2008 by Lord Of Pies

[AgentRick]

this isnt as much memerable in a good way,

Playing the zelda games on the phillips CDI

craptastic Intro

You actually played the CD-I games?

Can you tell me if Hotel Mario is as good as I hear?

[JINZONINGEN73]

One of the strongest memories, and one that had tears in the corner of my eyes, was when I get up to the end of Klonoa to fight this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TDPXBTeN3Q8

Only to find out THIS:

I kid you not, I leapt up off the couch and yelled, "Oh... oh NO FUCKIN' WAY!!! Oh my GOD!"

And then, right before the camera freezes the last time, the little bastard smiles. He SMILES!

Twisted, twisted stuff, especially considering there's the loose end that Klonoa had a Grandpa who got killed earlier in the game... who was he anyway?

A relative that had come along, or a resident of Huepow's world acting as an imposter?