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Gaming Soundbites You Can't Forget
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?
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
Kefka's laugh from FFIII, the first attempt Square made at including any kind of voice acting. Creepy clown villains... ugh. UWEE HEE HEE HEE HEE!
Prepare to be burninated!
Stay a while.... STAY FOREVER!!!!!!!
As soon as I read the article, that popped into my head...also the score and sounds from Defender of the Crown on the C64 bring back fond memories...they put that SID to good use...
-- John Truong
Mind the gap...
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On my dad's mac plus. I was too young to have good enough hand-eye coordination. My mom was pretty good at it, though, and the sounds were what really got my attention.
All the grunts the main character would make. The dizzy noise that happened when you fell down. The "nya-nya-nya-nya" from the imps. The vulture squaks.
Rad, rad game. Very fluid. Originally released in 1986 by Silicon Beach Software. More fluid, imho, than Prince of Persia. Of course... I was six.
I think Silicon Beach eventually merged with Aldus, and sold the rights to a company called Delta Tau software, that then released a color version.
There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
I nominate all the sound bites from Warcraft 2, just to get that out of the way.
By the way, has anyone noticed how games.slashdot.org sure likes to link to gamespy? I mean really, almost every day it seems like there's some "top 'n' list of 'foo'" article posted, and slashdot is there and waiting with a link. You'd think there was some kind of affiliate deal going on. It's not like gamespy is some hobby site run by some kid for the heck of it.
"chopping brocoli!" and "i have a dog now!" are two of my personal favourites...
BlackNova Traders
Sinistar.
...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.
"I *LIVE!*"
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
"I'm ready to drop the hammer and unleash some indescriminate justice"
.sig for a while.
... and still you procrastinate."
I think the above was my
While playing a LAN game, I snorted coke up my nose the first time my Protoss Carrier Captain complained at me:
"Our enemies are legion
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]?
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By abusivively using the imperious "Launch Fighters" button, I incited panic in more than one opponent, causing them to DIE.Actually all the sounds for Star Control I/II pretty much rocked. Go download Star Control^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HThe Ur-quan Masters, its Free(dom/Beer)!
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"What is this...blood?" -Barry
I love thosse bad actors!
And of course, the Final Fantasy victory sound bite...Papan pa pan pa pa pa papan!
You can't take the sky from me...
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time featured a sort of side quest whose objective was to track down and kill all Skulltulas, who made a very distinctive scratching sound. I was playing the game so much that I started to hear that sound walking around my house...
How about the sound of the CD in your PlayStation spinning up, a subtle hint that a new enemy fight might be loading?
A hack is just an idiom waiting for wider use.
I still say them when I'm hungry
Wizard needs food, badly
Elf shot the food
Mean Streets creeped me out the first time I heard: "They're in my head, they're in my head" coming out of my PC Speaker
While playing a LAN game, I snorted coke up my nose the first time my Protoss Carrier Captain complained at me:
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Dude, you gotta learn to stop the game for a bit if you're going to rack up. It's a good thing you were still able to control your surprise and snort, otherwise you would have blown powder everywhere!!!!
I left my body to science, but I'm afraid they've turned it down...
the sound of the headcrabs jumping playing that game at 2 in the morning in dark - the sound of a head crab made me empty a whole clip into thin air i got shivers watching the HL2 vids when you hear the headcrabs
my most memorable sound clip would have to be from the Arcade NBA Jam: "He's on FIRE!!!" it became a catch phrase and temporary phenomenon at my school when that game was popular
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let it be known, for anything other than servers, a *nix OS sucks