🚀 go-pugleaf

Running round trying to get off the ship that is about to explode in DEUS
EX.  The sense of desperation as I was burning around trying to find the
exit has yet to be matched in my experience.

Matt

Oh, and being made 'elite' in elite on the c64.  Talk about hard work!

"Matt Benson" <mabe...@ditchthis.technologist.com> wrote in message
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> Running round trying to get off the ship that is about to explode in DEUS
> EX.  The sense of desperation as I was burning around trying to find the
> exit has yet to be matched in my experience.

Does the ship actualy blow if you take too long?

"Phil-on-a-hill" <phil...@home.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Matt Benson" <mabe...@ditchthis.technologist.com> wrote in message
> news:bkv5lp$2qu$1@news.ox.ac.uk...
> > Running round trying to get off the ship that is about to explode in
DEUS
> > EX.  The sense of desperation as I was burning around trying to find the
> > exit has yet to be matched in my experience.
>
> Does the ship actualy blow if you take too long?

No. First time I played, it look me longer than 20 minutes (the supposed
time it takes to blow up the ship). The nuke never lauches, either, til
you've sabotaged it.

Jonah Falcon

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WARCRAFT 2 - clicking on an Orc footsoldier one too many times....

Launching nukes in Civilization
Grim Fandango : the "Flower" "death" scene
Monkey Island 2 Ending
Ending of Planescape Torment
SHENMUE 2 : The entire two last CDs (especially CD4)
Half Life : Black Mesa blowing up and scientists scared to hell

"Mils Michael" <mick...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Launching nukes in Civilization
> Grim Fandango : the "Flower" "death" scene
> Monkey Island 2 Ending
> Ending of Planescape Torment
> SHENMUE 2 : The entire two last CDs (especially CD4)
> Half Life : Black Mesa blowing up and scientists scared to hell
>

No endings. I already made that rule.

Jonah Falcon

>From the shadows, the mysterious "Jonah Falcon"
<jonah...@mindspring.com> (if that IS his real name)
conspiratorially whispered:

>http://www.forumplanet.com/gamespy/topic.asp?fid=6005&tid=1171620

Here's a few of mine not mentioned yet:

Myth: when you get to control Balin and just lay waste to the
countryside.

Myth again: when the buddy you need to rescue in the five heroes
missions regains his power and pulverizes an entire army for you.

Myth one last time: the first time you meet a trow.

Everquest: killing Nagafen for the first time (and it was the server's
first time too for me).

Ultima 5: meeting the guy down under the world who caused the whole
problem in the first place.

Ultima 7: the showdown with Batlin

Wing Commander 2: the traitor reveals himself.


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> > Grim Fandango : the "Flower" "death" scene
> > Monkey Island 2 Ending
> > Ending of Planescape Torment
> > SHENMUE 2 : The entire two last CDs (especially CD4)
> > Half Life : Black Mesa blowing up and scientists scared to hell
> >
>
> No endings. I already made that rule.

There are rules upon deciding what game moment is good
or not ?

Moa Dragon

GravyCat wrote:
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> "Jonah Falcon" <jonah...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> 
> WARCRAFT 2 - clicking on an Orc footsoldier one too many times....

The *first time* I clicked on a unit too many times.

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Mils Michael wrote:
> 
> > > Grim Fandango : the "Flower" "death" scene
> > > Monkey Island 2 Ending
> > > Ending of Planescape Torment
> > > SHENMUE 2 : The entire two last CDs (especially CD4)
> > > Half Life : Black Mesa blowing up and scientists scared to hell
> > >
> >
> > No endings. I already made that rule.
> 
> There are rules upon deciding what game moment is good
> or not ?

More accurately, Jonah requested that people not use beginnings or
endings when submitting the top gaming moments. They're pretty obvious
choices, for various reasons, and don't really get the point across.

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Mils Michael wrote
 
> There are rules upon deciding what game moment is good
> or not ?

Yes, they are as follows:

Never feed them after midnight
Never get them wet
Never, ever let them see sunlight.

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>
>

Ok - heres a few:-

Ultima 7 - reading the notebook which finally started to mention the
guardian and his relationship to the fellowship

Ultima Underworld Part 2 - loads here, but making your encounter with Mias
Gothas (I think) on the floating castle was quite cool.  Not sure if the
name is spelt right - but she was the female avatar.

System Shock - packed with moments - for me cancelling the escape pod was
excellent (although many would say the 'nice jump human' equalled it

Final Fantasy 7 - final battle with Sephiroth, complete with manga style
facial close-ups (ok - a finally technically - but pretty damn cool)

> RESCUE ON FRACTALUS: The alien attack
>
> The first time the green helmet (and later indistinguishable from human
> pilots) would approach the ship, and suddenly, that ugly green S.O.B.
would
> pound on your windshield, trying to gain entrance - it made anyone jump
two
> feet off their chair. Once they started wearing white helmets, it was
> nervewracking, your finger ready to pounce on the shield button to fry
them
> before they crashed through (and admit it - sometimes you accidentally
> fragged your own men from nerves.)

Yep. And sometimes there was nothing accidental about it at all. *wicked
grin*

> TOMB RAIDER: Lara encounters the T-Rex in the Valley.

Ooooh, yes. As a computer magazine review pointed out, the T-Rex in Tomb
Raider made Chton look like a kitten.

> PLANESCAPE: TORMENT: Arrival at the Fortess of Regrets.
>
> Arrival at the Fortress of Regrets, in Planescape: Torment. In case
anyone's
> not yet played this fantastic gem of a game I don't want to spoil the
> surprise, but the fortress lives up to its name. I was shocked. There were
> many other Moments in that game, e.g. meeting Ravel, but the Fortress
stands
> out. - Mean_Chlorine

Personally, I'd change this to meeting the TRANCENDENT ONE, rather than just
arriving in the fortress. Until then, I hadn't figured out who he really
was, and then everything fell into place. The ending was still open (as
opposed to scripted) at that point, so I don't consider this as the ending
per se.

My additions:

Alpha Centauri:

Using the the Planet Buster for the first time, and - without realizing what
effect it would have - targeting a cluster of enemy core cities just for
fun. I still have wet dreams about that, and I'm so glad my first time was
with a Singularity Engine.

Max Payne:

Entering Aesir Corporation headquarters, and finding that your ammunition
levels had somehow been maxed upon making it to chapter 7. I don't think my
smile could've been any wider at that point, especially with Matrix so fresh
in mind.

Syndicate:

Reaching the final level, Atlantis, with a full stock of Gauss guns, just to
be assaulted by a horde of enemy agents immediately upon start.

Dune:

Taking back the first Harkonnen fortress riding on a giant worm and using
nukes. _Man_, that felt good. It was probably the most delivering payback
I've ever experienced, after losing to them little by little through the
entire game.

// Hermann

Black and White: Watching my cow dance gracefully for a crowd.

<knah pu kcip> wrote in message news:BBqdndVNmJj7HO6iXTWJkw@comcast.com...
> Black and White: Watching my cow dance gracefully for a crowd.
>

The Sound of Moooooooo-sic.

Jonah Falcon

WING COMMANDER II: Your first-ever wingman in the series, Spirit, sacrifices
herself in kamikaze style.

MIGHT & MAGIC VII: Discovering the sunken spaceship - and it's a Battlestar!

- MJH

Revok wrote:
> Ultima 7 - reading the notebook which finally started to mention the
> guardian and his relationship to the fellowship

U7 the first time the guardian shows up.  I thought my PC was broken and 
suddenly this face comes out of the screen and starts taunting me.  Ahhh!

Seeing the lava flows with the skulls in them in Dungeon Siege(near the end).

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:02:28 +0200, "Mils Michael"
<mick...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> No endings. I already made that rule.
>
>There are rules upon deciding what game moment is good
>or not ?
>
I think an ending should be included. I can count on the fingers of
one hand the number of remotely interesting game endings I have seen.
If a developer goes to the trouble of making a goodie, there should be
some recognition for that.
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Utima 6: A lockpick started talking to me and told me how to complete
the game. Either it was a bug, or my Avatar was on drugs!
Heroes of M&M 2: The level where you get to use Necromancy to turn
hordes of Peasants into hordes of undead. Rise, my minions, mwuhahaha!
PS:T: Going back to the mortuary when you got the power to speak with
dead, and talking to all the zombies again.
Speedball 2: Playing against weak teams, just running over their
center-forward and scoring a goal without swerving or breaking stride.

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 00:33:33 GMT, "Jonah Falcon"
<jonah...@mindspring.com> wrote:

>http://www.forumplanet.com/gamespy/topic.asp?fid=6005&tid=1171620

Mine, in no particular order:

Final Fantasy II (IV in Japan) - I have a few from this game: When
Rydia rejoins the party. Tellah's death. Palom & Porom's sacrifice.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - When Revan's identity is
revealed.

Might & Magic: Darkside of Xeen - Fighting the Megadragon and getting
my ass handed to me. Going to the Red Dwarf mines.

System Shock II - The Mall level, and hearing Xerxes going something
like "Remember, there are only 163 shopping days until Christmas.
Picking up a gift from the shopping center will make this a joyous
holiday season for your loved ones." when you're the only one alive on
the ship and security droids are trying to blow your head off.

Mega Man 2 - Finally beating Quick Man's level.

Rygar - Seeing the floating lion castle in the distance.

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Seeing old Link for the first time.

Super Metroid - Seeing the young metroid grown up. Just about made me
pee my pants.

Final Fantasy - Crossing the first bridge.

Actraiser - Animating a statue to kick some monster ass.

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Hmm. Let's see, here are the ones that haven't been mentioned yet:

Ultima Underworld 1: The confrontation with the Slasher of Veils -- you
toss the Talismans into the lava, get sucked into a psychedelic realm
and have to outrun an extremely pissed-off foe you cannot even scratch,
never mind kill. Ye-ow! The most intense end boss encounter I've had in
any game, and a most welcome departure from the same, boring old "kill
the big foozle" type of climax.

Ultima 6: This was my first cardinal Ultima. After exploring Castle
Britannia, I stepped out into Britain proper, saw people running around,
everyone following their own little schedules ... and realized there was
a huge, real world out there to explore!

Ultima 6 again: Having learned the language of the gargoyles and their
reasons for wanting me dead, there was only one way to stop the
hostilities -- pledge my life to their leader, and hope that we could
find an alternative solution before he decided it was time to haul me
back to the same bloody altar my friends had snatched me off in the
beginning of the game.

Ultima 7, The Black Gate: Returning to New Magincia to return Alagnar
the sage's very enlightening notebook which he had kindly let me borrow
-- only to find the poor bastard ritually slaughtered and dismembered on
the floor of his house. What had happened? Well, the wisps who had given
me the quest to let them absorb the information in the notebook had then
passed it on to the game's ubervillain, the Guardian, who apparently
decided the sage had delved too deeply into his insidious schemes and
sent his minions to murder him. So, essentially, my virtuous Avatar was
at least partly responsible for the poor guy's brutal death ... it
haunted her for a long, long time.

(Also in U7 TBG, and I don't care if it's against the rules ;) --
hearing the guardian's voice in the intro. It sent shivers down my
spine, and I've never again come to love-to-hate a villain as quickly
and completely.)

Ultima Underworld 2: Exploring Kilhorn Keep and realizing with grim fury
what a deliberate, hideous mockery of Castle Britannia and the Virtues
it was. Much later, this mockery climaxed in the confrontation with Mors
Gotha, the Guardian's anti-Avatar and leader of his forces. This was
even more disturbing because she bore more than a passing resemblance to
my own character.

Ultima 7, Serpent Isle: At least three unforgettable moments in this
one. 1) Seeing the burned-out husk of Castle Britannia in the Dreamworld
and talking to a despairing Lord British. My Avatar was terrified this
vision would come true and there would not be a Britannia to return to,
and although she knew the key to solving all these problems lay on
Serpent Isle, she desperately wished she could be there for Britannia's
people in their hour of need. 2) Having to fight, and worst of all kill,
my three best friends after the Chaos Banes possessed them. No kidding,
I had tears in my eyes during that battle. 3) Dupre's sacrifice. Need I
say more?

(Yes, I'm obviously a huge Ultima fan.)

On a far more light-hearted note, discovering how to torment Elaine's
cook in Monkey Island 2. Oh, how I loved driving the guy nuts with my
posthorn-blowing and trashcan-rattling. :D

Baldur's Gate 2 - Shadows of Amn: Entering the shadow dragon's lair. It
was the first dragon I met, and although Mazzy had warned my party about
its presence, I almost fell off my chair when this HUGE beast appeared
on the screen.

Baldur's Gate 2 - Throne of Bhaal: The throwdown with the guardians of
the final seal in Watcher's Keep. Most battles in BG2 (SoA and ToB)
weren't too challenging, but boy, this one was different. They cleaned
my clock twice before I decided that trying to play "smart" obviously
wasn't getting my anywhere, and that a good, old-fashioned stand-up
brawl was called for. Yes, third time's a charm. ;)

ADoM (Ancient Domains of Mystery, a roguelike): Entering the Chaos Gate,
all psyched up to battle Andor Drakon and claim my first ultra ending.
Talk about a psychedelic sequence!

StarCraft: The rebirth of the former Terran heroine Sarah Kerrigan as
the Queen of Blades during the Zerg campaign. I liked her infinitely
more in that incarnation, as compared to the wimpy girl who always
played second fiddle to the annoying male Terrans.

Morrowind: Discovering the Cavern of the Incarnate and listening to
Azura's speech. It's one of the all-too-rare moments when the story
actually kicks off and sucks you in.


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Nightfire --==(UDIC)==--
(nightfi...@web.de)
Kookie Jar's quote of the day:
"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
- Einstein

Ben Sisson scrawled the following into the Great Almanac of
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg:

> Ultima 7: the showdown with Batlin

In TBG or SI? ;)

Both were great moments. Having really learned to hate the Fellowship,
and knowing the Guardian was about to enter Britannia through the Black
Gate, I decided that I didn't have time for a fair fight, and that
Batlin and his cronies weren't worth one anyway -- so I snuffed them out
with Mass Death before they could even lift a finger. Verrrry
satisfying, except for the fact that Batlin got away, thanks to the
Guardian's protection. So I laughed my head off when the Guardian
himself iced Batlin in Serpent Isle, though I would have preferred to
kill him myself. Well, I laughed until the newly-freed Chaos Banes
possessed my poor companions, that is. :(


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"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
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Jedi Knight, Falling Ship level:
Finding out the hard way that the game engine is a lot more 3D than you
initially thought.

Warzone 2100:
Nexus infiltrating your command interface. Huh, a new interface voice?
What's that, "building absorbed"? Hey, did my unit over there just
change color? And those other two as well?!? Argh, now my missile
tower is shooting at my research lab! Would you *please* stop laughing
all the while!
The developers obivously had a lot of fun recording those extra sound
files...

Spider and Web:
Getting out of the interrogation chair. One of the most surprising and
clever IF puzzles I've met so far. Sometimes it's just too easy to take
things for granted...

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> "Matt Benson" <mabe...@ditchthis.technologist.com> wrote in message
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> > Running round trying to get off the ship that is about to explode in
DEUS
> > EX.  The sense of desperation as I was burning around trying to find the
> > exit has yet to be matched in my experience.
>
> Does the ship actualy blow if you take too long?
>

Yes!

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Matt Benson <mabe...@ditchthis.technologist.com> wrote:
> Running round trying to get off the ship that is about to explode in DEUS
> EX.  The sense of desperation as I was burning around trying to find the
> exit has yet to be matched in my experience.

That of course brings to mind a similar moment in Jedi Knight one, the
level near the end where you are trapped in the falling transport about to
crash into the canyon floor and frantically scramble through it's bowels
trying to reach your ship to escape.

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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Lost in Thought <spammers@must_get.debilitatingly_ill> wrote:
> SYSTEM SHOCK:  Getting trapped for the first time after planting an
> explosive on one of the communications arrays on level 7, and realizing that
> in a couple of seconds you were toast.  Also, hearing the first audio a-mail
> log was the beginning one of the most immersive experiences that I've ever
> had.

And entering the elevater off the first level and hearing (ARGH!) elevator
muzak!!!!

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Sarah Jaernecke <nightfi...@arcor.de> wrote:
> Morrowind: Discovering the Cavern of the Incarnate and listening to
> Azura's speech. It's one of the all-too-rare moments when the story
> actually kicks off and sucks you in.

I'll second that one.

Also, in MOHAA, the level right after you raid the rifle factory and pick
up the assault rifle; the first time I played that level, I'd spent
something like three hours in the factory, moving from cover to cover and
killing everything that moved in the hopes that the tide of enemy soldiers
attacking me might someday come to an end... finally I fought my way out of
the factory, into the snowy woods beyond, got my orders to destroy the
commo facility in the town up ahead, entered the town, had to start
fighting again...

... and clearing out that one big house overlooking the base, moving room
to room killing Nazis, until finally the last one was dead and the sounds
of combat faded momentarily... I found the piano and the bass in the
drawing room, and played them... those forlorn notes, sounds from a happier
time... I thought about the family whose house I'd just taken from the
people who had taken it from them, and where they might be... and I just
wanted this damnable war to be *over* so everybody could go home and live
the rest of their lives in peace...

... but no, it was cold and snowing outside, and in a few minutes I'd be
back out there, killing and maybe being killed, in the frigid darkness.
This moment of light and warmth and music was the illusion, and reality was
the blood-freezing cold and struggle outside the door.

THAT was my greatest gaming moment ever.  Corny as it was, it damn near
made me cry; I have no idea if the designers intended for any of that stuff
to happen, but it was majestic.

Steve Tilson

-- 
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powered. The human resistance responded by _blotting out the sky_. A
desperate measure, but surely the only choice they had. It was that, or, I
don't know, _postpone their counterattack until evening_.
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Quit being so obsessed.

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> "Mils Michael" <mick...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Launching nukes in Civilization
> > Grim Fandango : the "Flower" "death" scene
> > Monkey Island 2 Ending
> > Ending of Planescape Torment
> > SHENMUE 2 : The entire two last CDs (especially CD4)
> > Half Life : Black Mesa blowing up and scientists scared to hell
> >
>
> No endings. I already made that rule.
>
> Jonah Falcon
>
>


Hmm... I quess that kind of makes sense. Unless the game maintains the same
quality of moments from the start to the finish (like PS:T does.) But hey,
you are making the rules so nevermind.

I just thought its kind of stupid to exclude endings just because most games
put all their oomph there.


Tomi

Arklier <youaint@gettinit.bla> wrote in message news:<csv7nv8p60qb8ouf5...@4ax.com>...
> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 00:33:33 GMT, "Jonah Falcon"
> <jonah...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> System Shock II - The Mall level, and hearing Xerxes going something
> like "Remember, there are only 163 shopping days until Christmas.
> Picking up a gift from the shopping center will make this a joyous
> holiday season for your loved ones." when you're the only one alive on
> the ship and security droids are trying to blow your head off.
> 

There are a lot of System Shock 2 moments.    One of mine was fighting
off one of the robot nurses with a crowbar after emptying what few
bullets I had into her with little effect (not knowing that AP bullets
were the way to go).

In Might and Magic I, on my trusty Apple IIe, playing with my
girlfriend (now wife of 15+ years.) I handled the keyboard, she kept
the huge 3-ring binder with all the maps and records of monsters. I
still remember her note from the first town (Sorpigal?): "Sprites kick
your ass." It was our first RPG of any kind.

In Sorpigal we somehow got some Dried Beef. I had no idea what it was
for, so I carried it around for weeks. In mid-game I ran into a dragon
that was going sprite-like on our behinds and she yells "Use the
beef!" I command-used it on the dragon, thinking it might be a
powerful magical artifact. The dragon said "Thanks. Yum!" Dried beef
was food. Who knew? Blew me away.

Steve
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>
>Jedi Knight, Falling Ship level:
>Finding out the hard way that the game engine is a lot more 3D than you
>initially thought.

Also Jedi Knight:  Soon after getting the lightsaber; seeing your
first "reflect enemy shot back to him".

Dark Forces:  First encounter with Dark Trooper.

X-Wing:  Beating Tour I, Mission 4 (the first "How do I win this
thing?" mission) for the first time.

(X-Wing Honorable Mention:  Killing your first Star Destroyer.)

TIE Fighter:  First mission in a TIE Defender.

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I'm not sure if (m)any have played this ancient game, Alien, for the C64.
It was mostly a text-based game with graphical map that created the
suspense of waiting for the devastating attack that was sure to come.
The specific moment(s) of interest were key phrases indicating a nearby
alien.  One was "Jones the cat is dead." or something like that.  There
was another that I can't remember.  Those phrases had a rewardingly
strong impact.  The one time we managed to get the alien off the ship
was another "great moment".

K

"Revok" <rob...@wgrace99.fsnet.co.uk> writes:

> System Shock - packed with moments - for me cancelling the escape pod was
> excellent (although many would say the 'nice jump human' equalled it

Definately the escape pod.  There wasn't a key for "collapse on the
ground and cry like a baby", so I had to figure out another solution.

I also liked entering an elevator for the first time, after slogging
your way through the level, corpses lying everywhere, then this
happy music starts playing.

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Steve Bartman wrote:
> 
> In Might and Magic I, on my trusty Apple IIe, playing with my
> girlfriend (now wife of 15+ years.) I handled the keyboard, she kept
> the huge 3-ring binder with all the maps and records of monsters. I
> still remember her note from the first town (Sorpigal?): "Sprites kick
> your ass." It was our first RPG of any kind.
> 
> In Sorpigal we somehow got some Dried Beef. I had no idea what it was
> for, so I carried it around for weeks. In mid-game I ran into a dragon
> that was going sprite-like on our behinds and she yells "Use the
> beef!" I command-used it on the dragon, thinking it might be a
> powerful magical artifact. The dragon said "Thanks. Yum!" Dried beef
> was food. Who knew? Blew me away.
> 
> Steve
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Nice story. You're a lucky guy. I would love to find a nice woman who
was into gaming like that.

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"kg" <klg...@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure if (m)any have played this ancient game, Alien, for the
> C64. It was mostly a text-based game with graphical map that created
> the suspense of waiting for the devastating attack that was sure to
> come. The specific moment(s) of interest were key phrases indicating
> a nearby alien.  One was "Jones the cat is dead." or something like
> that.  There was another that I can't remember.  Those phrases had a
> rewardingly strong impact.  The one time we managed to get the alien
> off the ship was another "great moment".
>
> K

Man, I was going to mention that one!  How about that full-screen animation
of the Alien attack when you witness it "firsthand" they did with the
oversized sprites!

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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:56:48 GMT, RogerM
<rodger...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Steve Bartman wrote:
>> 
>> In Might and Magic I, on my trusty Apple IIe, playing with my
>> girlfriend (now wife of 15+ years.) I handled the keyboard, she kept
>> the huge 3-ring binder with all the maps and records of monsters. I
>> still remember her note from the first town (Sorpigal?): "Sprites kick
>> your ass." It was our first RPG of any kind.
>> 
>> In Sorpigal we somehow got some Dried Beef. I had no idea what it was
>> for, so I carried it around for weeks. In mid-game I ran into a dragon
>> that was going sprite-like on our behinds and she yells "Use the
>> beef!" I command-used it on the dragon, thinking it might be a
>> powerful magical artifact. The dragon said "Thanks. Yum!" Dried beef
>> was food. Who knew? Blew me away.
>> 
>> Steve
>> --
>> www.thepaxamsolution.com
>
>Nice story. You're a lucky guy. I would love to find a nice woman who
>was into gaming like that.

<g> Once we got married she stopped being interested. Seems she likes
these things called "books" instead.

Steve
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In article <xJqcb.8241$ai7....@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>, 
jonah...@mindspring.com says...
> http://www.forumplanet.com/gamespy/topic.asp?fid=6005&tid=1171620
> 
Can't be bothered registering with a forum to post there once and never 
return, so I'll mention Thief 2: The Metal Age here, playing it on a 32" WS TV 
at 3am with the sound going loudly-ish through headphones.

In one level (lots of purple I remember) when I was high up in an alcove and 
was looking down to an area where three of those big, loud metal creatures 
that look like something out of The Fifth Element had been rampaging around. 
I'd previously just escaped out of their way.

The next thing they did was to get close to each other and face each other. 
They stayed there for about 10 minutes. I figured they'd shut down...

Then they all walked off somewhere out of sight. I thought "Ha! Suckers!"

A couple of minutes later I turned round to leave the alcove. As I turned to 
leave one of them was RIGHT next time me. It screeched out loud and shot me 
with a fireball. I only had half a second to look in horror, like a scene out 
of "Alien" before I was dead.

Both this and the original Resident Evil on the PSX are only two games that 
spring to mind as really scaring the shit out of me, particularly when playing 
that late at night.
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Steve Bartman <sbar...@visi.com> writes:

> <g> Once we got married she stopped being interested. Seems she likes
> these things called "books" instead.

"Choose your own path" kind of books?  Or the non-interactive kind?

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Taki Kogoma <qu...@swcp.com> wrote:
>X-Wing:  Beating Tour I, Mission 4 (the first "How do I win this
>thing?" mission) for the first time.
>
>(X-Wing Honorable Mention:  Killing your first Star Destroyer.)
>
>TIE Fighter:  First mission in a TIE Defender.

TIE Fighter:  First mission in a TIE Fighter and discovering that, yes,
              TIE Fighters take two shots to kill just like they do
              in X-Wing.

						Ross Ridge

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"Matt Benson" wrote
> Running round trying to get off the ship that is about to explode in DEUS
> EX.  The sense of desperation as I was burning around trying to find the
> exit has yet to be matched in my experience.

Except that (in hindsite):

1) Does it actually ever explode. It's so easy to get off in a few minutes
(even the first time you play it) that I've never found out.

As I said this is in hindsite; at the time I was panicking, especially when
the sodding sailors started shooting at me - "Get off the ship and out of my
way you b******s".

2) Either way I felt a little let down that we didn't see the ship fall
apart. I didn't want much - just a couple more explosions and the ship to
gradually sink would have been fine.

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:13:48 +0100, "Vince" <vme...@blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:

>2) Either way I felt a little let down that we didn't see the ship fall
>apart. I didn't want much - just a couple more explosions and the ship to
>gradually sink would have been fine.
>
Which would probably have added 3 months to the game development time.
The Unreal engine isn't great at those kind of things.
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"Jonah Falcon" <jonah...@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<xJqcb.8241$ai7....@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>...
> http://www.forumplanet.com/gamespy/topic.asp?fid=6005&tid=1171620

1. Half Life - The Beast from the Blast Pit

As Barney warned me, "Shhhh...it can hear you". Surely he couldn't
have been right...this is a game, how can it 'hear' me?

2. Thief - The Dark Project. How not to be seen.

Having the guards walk right past you, sometimes even right up to your
face as you cower silently in a shady corner.

3. Deus Ex

Being forced to make a decision between killing Lebedev or going
against Anna Navarre on the plane, when I wasn't sure who were the
good guys yet.

4. No One Lives Forever 2

Fighting inside a house which had been whipped up into the air in a
tornado.

5. Bards Tale

You face 99 Mercenaries, 99 Mercenaries, 99 Mercenaries and 99
Mercenaries. Whip out the Frost Horn...

6. Bomb Jack

Getting all the bombs on a level in order, to get the 50,000 bonus.
Ahhh...

7. Conker's Bad Fur Day

The singing poo. A professionally sung song about poo. My gaming life
wouldn't have been the same if I'd not seen this.

8. Doom

Weilding the chainsaw....sweet.

9. Return of the Jedi

Beating the stormtroopers on speederbikes through the swinging logs of
the ewoks.

10. GTA: Vice City

Flying around in a helicopter whilst the cops chase me as best they
can.

And probably many, many more...

CJ

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:12:14 GMT, Darin Johnson <darin_@_usa_._net>
wrote:

>Steve Bartman <sbar...@visi.com> writes:
>
>> <g> Once we got married she stopped being interested. Seems she likes
>> these things called "books" instead.
>
>"Choose your own path" kind of books?  Or the non-interactive kind?

The kind that play in your gray matter.

Steve
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"Steve Bartman" wrote
> <rodger...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> >[Snipped]
> >Nice story. You're a lucky guy. I would love to find a nice woman who
> >was into gaming like that.
>
> <g> Once we got married she stopped being interested. Seems she likes
> these things called "books" instead.

Game guides?

1)  Warlords II

Playing Dragon Isle, 40 city, 'I am the Greatest' difficulty level.  I
remark to my friend that the game is going really well.  He agreed and then
said:
"wait a minute...how many cities do you have?"
"Uh, twenty."
"AND YOU'RE STILL ON YOUR SECOND TURN!?"
"holy sh*t, I am!"

I just barely capped one more city and the computers surrendered.  Game
over, 2 turns.  I never came remotely close to that performance again.

2)  Half-Life

Ton of moments...great game.  The scripted satchel charge in the sewer pipe
is particularly memorable.  Possibly the best FPS in terms of maintaining a
sense of danger and pressure without having to either die/reload or baby
step everywhere.  The game offered you that split second you needed to see
and understand what was happening, react appropriately, and live, but only
if you were on your toes.  You didn't already need to know a level to
survive it the first time through.

3)  Unreal

Going outside the first time...man that was a jaw-dropper!

4)  Diablo

Going back outside *in real life* the first time...

5)  Quake

Watching Quake done Quick

6)  Whiplash

Much like Stunts!, the physics engine had some very strange quirks.  I
landed a jump poorly and my car bounced several thousand feet straight up.
The game got more fun when I stopped racing and tried to find the bugs.
Instant replays are great.

7)  Ultima V

Fleeing Blackthorne's palace after taking the Crown.  I know it was a turn
based game with tile graphics, and I could have stepped away at any moment,
but I felt like the hounds of hell were breathing down my neck.  My hands
were shaking as I made my escape.

MDK. Coming out of a door on a tower above one of those surreal crystal 
cityscapes. Then jumping off a ledge and gliding with that fantastic 
orchestral score playing ....