The day my brother and I were FINALLY allowed to get a TV and N64 in our room! I don't remember exactly when that was, but it was far enough through last gen that the N64 only cost $30 used at Electronics Boutique (long enough ago it was pre-merger, anyway). FINALLY getting to play LoZ: Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64 properly was GREAT! Up until then, I'd just had the NES, SNES, and Jaguar (the last of which I didn't actually get to use very much) in the living room, plus my various Gameboys through the years.
I've come a long way from that day. I finally have my own room, with a 26" 720p HDTV with Wii, PS3, and 360. I also still have the crappy 13" mono TV we bought with the N64 under the desk, with the N64, a Genesis I bought on eBay a few years ago, and an Xbox I got free a couple months ago (guy wanted to get rid of it at Gamestop, but they don't take original Xbox stuff anymore; he just gave it to me) hooked up to it. My current gaming setup owes everything to that day with the N64.
My Backloggery Updated sporadically. Got my important online ID's on there, anyway. :P
Off topic: You been getting to sleep earlier or something, Corbie? I haven't seen you posting much this late/early lately lol.
My mother is in the hospital and having surgery tomorrow so my hours are off. I haven't slept much at all these past few days, to be honest with you. Should be back to normal soon. (hopefully)
the first time where I played electronic game in my life, they was fhoenix,space invaders,and of course my favorite pcman. now i'm 40 years old,hence you calculate.
Off topic: You been getting to sleep earlier or something, Corbie? I haven't seen you posting much this late/early lately lol.
My mother is in the hospital and having surgery tomorrow so my hours are off. I haven't slept much at all these past few days, to be honest with you. Should be back to normal soon. (hopefully)
Sorry to hear that man. Hope she has a speedy recovery Sorry to go off topic folks... PROCEED! (in a Billy Madison tone of voice)
Too many to list one 'best' moment, but some that stand out:
First, there are the moments in games that give a rush of pride and giddiness when you finish them simply from being so damn hard. -Clearing my last Promyvion with a couple of people I met at Fan Fest, only a few hours after I got home. If you don't know what I'm talking about, trust me, you don't want to know.
Defeating the Biolizard. Coincidentally, this is the moment when I realized that Sonic Team was a lost cause. The Final Hazard is nothing, by comparison.
The final boss in NMH. Sometime, I need to go through this game with the volume on my stereo cranked up to 11. And by 11 I mean 75 because it has a pretty big range.
Second, there are moments that don't leave you with a natural high, but leave you feeling good about the accomplishment.
Unlocking and finally entering Sky after managing to hold a few wayward souls together for hours to complete the missions required after headstones. Again, if you don't understand...
Spending 20 hours straight playing Persona 3: FES. And then only being a fifth of the way through the game. And despite the fact that you have a sleeping disorder. And that you had been up for hours before you started.
Managing to somehow get hate from a King Behemoth. And be attacked three times before you're dead. As a level 5X mage. Of a low-HP race.
Clearing the second half of 2-3 (after Minotaur) with one friend, who went as a level 3 SMN for the hell of it. Also related, being the guy that aggros the Minotaur in the first half, also as a mage, because the thieves were too incompetent to pull it off.
Third, there are moments in games themselves which are simply incredible in their own right.
The ending of MGS2. I have never been so simultaneously amazed, intrigued, insulted, and confused by a game, before or since. And it validates the game in every way, right down to the unlikable substitution. It works on almost every level; the only problems with it are the fault of post-9/11 censorship, which is unfortunately, but certainly understandable. With a teeny bit of context, the pretty minor plot hole is easily understood and it's... it's just great.
The ending of MGS3. It pains me to say I didn't find it more incredible than MGS2, but it's certainly still leagues above most other games. Next time a relative has cancer, I am making Chuck Norris play this. It's simply not possible to get through it without crying if you have a heart. When you realize that it almost certainly happens in real life, too, it gets even worse. This ending could be used to test anti-depressants.
The bridge bit near the end of Shadow of the Colossus. It just hits you. I wish I could go further without spoiling it.
Various ways in which NMH made you not just sympathize with the main character, but turned him into an extension of yourself. The best example of this I can think of being the Rank 5 boss; the frustration, the anger, the confusion... the game was engineered to not just have the character feel how the player would feel, but to make the player feel that way through very deliberate design choices. After the Rank 2 fight and after the ending scene (where Silvia pops up) are other great examples.
Various 'Aha!' moments in the plot of Shadow of Destiny.
The first hour or so of Super Mario Galaxy. It was still incredible afterwords, but before that was just plain magical. I forgot I was playing a game.
Some of the game over scenes in Indigo Prophecy. My favorite, mixing alcohol and painkillers.
The ending of Super Metroid. It's just so well orchestrated... the baby Metroid, Mother Brain stage two and three, the escape... It's probably the earliest example of truly cinematic gaming. It surprises. It turns things on their head. It has comebacks. Drama. Tension. Pressure.
Super Mario World Metroid (the first one, Zero Mission, Super Metroid and Fusion) Mario vs. Donkey Kong (GBA and DsiWare) Pac-Attack Punch-Out Robocop (GB) Chase HQ (GB) SSBB Crash Bandicoot (TTG and TWOC) All of my GBA games (15) and my DS games (14) The World's Hardest Game with 35 deaths (My cuz beat it with 10) A Link To The Past
Getting...
125,000 pts. on Ms. Pac-Man (one quarter) 40 Downloads on lolz (MINIS MARCH AGAIN)
And the list goes on and on and on and on....... (etc. lolz.)
I think I have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from all of this.
Playing Mario 64 for the first time would be one of them, 3D environments and analog controls are taken for granted now but trying them for the first time was pretty amazing, opened whole new gaming possibilities, others would include Shenmue which didn't only look good but played well too, another would be Exhumed on the Saturn with its mix of platforming and FPS gameplay as well as ability improving artifacts, still one of my favorite FPS games of all time, I also feel Links Awakening is definitely worth a mention, its amazing the amount of gameplay and originality they could fit onto an old gameboy game.
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