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Gaming Soundbites You Can't Forget

Posted by simoniker on from the fatality-ality dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for their 'GameSpotting' editorial discussing game audio soundbites you can't get out of your head. The author recalls: "Just as the sound of a bell ringing made Pavlov's dogs start watering at the mouth in anticipation of their next meal, it was the sound of Street Fighter II that made me want to play." Apart from the article's classic example, "Ryu and Ken's shouts of 'Hadoken!'", what unique game audio captures your imagination every time you hear it?

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  1. All I can say... by Only+in+the+dark · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Flawless Victory.

    Now if it just saying it for me, instead as my friend kicks my ass for the thirteen time in a row.

    --
    We, the unwilling,led by the unknowing,are doing the impossible for the ungrateful.--Author Unknown
  2. Sinistar by Sierran · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sinistar.

    "I *LIVE!*" ...guaranteed to make my fourteen-y/o self start sweating bullets at the machine. Followed by "I *HUNGER!*" a few seconds later as he came for you.

    The awful, dying wrrrrrraaaaaaaarrrrrrrwwwww of your icon sinking down the funnel in Tempest.

    On a more prosaic note, the continuous chika-chika-chika-chika of the frantic buying spree at the beginning of every round of Counter-Strike.

    --
    A hero is someone who knows when to run away. I am a hero. -Trent the Uncatchable
  3. Ah, here we go by Jerf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    L-loo-l-look at you, Hacker. A pa-pa-pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you ru-run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machineeeenneeee-[electronic sounds]?

  4. Re:Affiliation by simoniker · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If there were another 349034385 big gaming sites, then we'll post stuff from those, but as GameSpot, GameSpy, and IGN are the only 3 majors nowadays, and tie up a lot of the exclusives, it's pretty much inevitable that quite a few posts are going to feature them. :) But where do I apply for 'kicks'? Sounds enticing.