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post #91 of 101
2/18/07 at 8:19am

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Originally Posted by Kristian
The first moment that comes to mind is playing Super Mario Bros. for the first time


I have to agree with you.
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post #92 of 101
2/18/07 at 10:18am

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Here's a few of mine:

Playing Pong for the first time against my brother back in the 70's
Four player Warlords on the 2600 for the first time (still a heck of a lot of fun)
Playing Donkey Kong on the Colecovision for the first time and thinking it was arcade perfect
Super Mario Brothers on the NES
The first time I played the original Doom
The first time I saw Mario 64
Playing Wii Sports for the first time
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post #93 of 101
2/18/07 at 12:12pm

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I gotta vouch for something someone said awhile back in the thread that almost pretty much prompted me to buy the game. The Master Sword Sequence in The Wind Waker was indeed wonderfully done.

Having never owned a CG, I had not played any of it's great games, so when I got a Wii, I had to get some CG games for the first time. That included The Wind Waker. I got so into it I stopped playing Twilight Princess so I could finish WW before I finished TP.

Speaking of TP, I love the moment where you open the door to the Temple of Time and see it in the past through the door. That was definately a moment for me.
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post #94 of 101
2/18/07 at 12:30pm

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I have to say I really enjoyed Twilight Princess but I have to say that I don't think it lived up to the hype. I felt that Wind Waker had a much more cohesive/interesting storyline with an imaginative visual appeal.
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post #95 of 101
2/19/07 at 6:16am

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Some more great moments...

- These days, just going to an arcade, which are becoming increasing rare, as more are shutting down (I'm sorry, but Dave & Busters just doesn't cut it)

- Beating Castlevania on NES, without using a continue. I lost 4 lives when fighting Dracula's first form.

- Playing the original NES after getting it repaired. It was sat dormant for about 15 years, because my father took it away and hid it from me all those years, thinking that he threw it away. Found it recently when cleaning out his things.

- Performing my first fatality in the Mortal Kombat series (Kitana's Fan Swipe in MK2) at the arcades

- Kicking butt at times, in Street Fighter II

- Beating Double Dragon for the first time, at the arcades

- Getting past the 1st round in My Hero (which pretty much started my arcade craze)

- Playing Super Mario Bros on the NES

- Playing on the Atari (my earliest memory of video games). I can remember playing Pac-Man, Missile Command, and Donkey Kong.


And the worst moment...

- Seeing that dreaded 2-word phrase, which I hated so much more at the arcades.
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post #96 of 101
2/19/07 at 8:26am

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Here's a fairly obscure one that stays in my memory:

In the '80s Activision published "Portal." Written by Rob Swigart, it was essentially a text adventure build into a graphical interface in which you communicated with a computer that seems to have discovered it is the only sentient presence on Earth.

After several hours of gameplay, the ending was remarkably poignant and moving (qualities you don't generally associate with a videogame). It remains one of the few times I've played a game that had the power to inspire you the way an excellent movie script might.
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post #97 of 101
2/22/07 at 8:52pm

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Originally Posted by Dave_Brown
Back around 1989 my parents were in the midst of divorce and all my brother and I really had were video games, and I was good, I mean really good. One day my brother Corey heard about this ultimate video game challenge so the two of us took off on a wild adventure to the west coast to compete. Of course, we had to avoid adults along the way who were trying to bring us back and sepearate us but in the end, I got to compete and wound up winning the whole thing.
I think we have a winner here...
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post #98 of 101
2/28/07 at 10:58am

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Originally Posted by Adam Sanchez

Having never owned a CG, I had not played any of it's great games, so when I got a Wii, I had to get some CG games for the first time. That included The Wind Waker. I got so into it I stopped playing Twilight Princess so I could finish WW before I finished TP.

I'd agree, but I loved the Master Sword moment in A link to the Past when you walk into that misty room to get it.

The non stop boss battles at the end of Contra III also comes to mind...most notably the Boss Brain
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post #99 of 101
2/28/07 at 10:37pm

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Been playing games for a good part of my life, no intentions of stopping. My favorite moments:

Super Mario Bros. - First time I did the 99 lives trick in level 3-1.

Street Fighter 2 - first time I threw a fireball. It missed.

Contra - Every level. Never fought against huge bosses in a game before.

Tetris - Nothing like hitting 4 lines at once.

Unreal Tournament - First time I got "God-like" in multiplayer. Didn't know it existed, died while cheering (ending the streak).

Goldeneye - Proxy mines in the complex.

Sonic the Hedgehog - The first time I collected 100 rings, and the Sonic theme played.

Psychonauts - Gogglor.

Morrowind - Never have had such a strong feeling of freedom in a game.

Halo - Whacking someone in the back of the head is fun.
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post #100 of 101
3/1/07 at 4:07am

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First time our Atari turned on and Pac-Man displayed on our TV. My father and I were sitting on the floor Indian style and played for what seemed like an eternity. We still talk about it today and still game together on my 360. I am 34 now and he is 60.
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post #101 of 101
3/7/07 at 10:26am

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The 1st time that i played full throttle... i had never before played a point-n-click game before and i was addicited...
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