What game wowed you the most when you first played it?

matja · 5 Dec 2008 at 14:53

siuko said:
I remember playing an arcade game that was similar to after burner and at the end you had to land your plane on an air craft carrier.

The wow about this was the fact that the arcade machine had free movement so you could spin completely upside down etc - it was very disorientating!!

Can anyone else remember going on this?

I heard the rumors of the full 360-degree afterburner machine but I never saw one

I saw another arcade flight-sim with 360-degree cabinet tho, think it was G-LOC. I only remember the afterburner machine which wobbled and tilted a little - obviously far more impressive when you're a kid.

edit: Yep, it was G-LOC R360 :

santasack · 5 Dec 2008 at 14:57

Final Fantasy 7

V3g3tto · 5 Dec 2008 at 14:57

Adsta said:
I think thats the major prob with a lot of games now. Theres always so much hype even when the game has just been said to be in the making. Expectations get high and upon release these expectations get crushed.

I feel game developers need to keep games as hush hush as possible until release. I think that would serve a much better "wow" smack. Because you have no idea what to expect.

That's not the problem:

The problem is games trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator, for the most mass appeal, as the gaming market now is exploding. I couldn't barely get into GAME in Birmingham Pallisades at lunchtime. There was a complete mix of people from allsorts of backgrounds. Ironically, there were none of the 18-25 y.o's

Clock back 10 years, there was a wall of PC games as far as the eye could see and the people in there were seen as the people who goto Games Workshop lol. Now, the latest game has got to appeal to my missus, nan, dad, nephew and my cocker spaniel.

matja · 5 Dec 2008 at 14:57

Adsta said:
I think thats the major prob with a lot of games now. Theres always so much hype even when the game has just been said to be in the making. Expectations get high and upon release these expectations get crushed.

I feel game developers need to keep games as hush hush as possible until release. I think that would serve a much better "wow" smack. Because you have no idea what to expect.

Totally agree. I guess it's increasingly more difficult to keep hush a game when the development times, budget and teams on them get increasingly larger, according to players' expectations.

Langlest · 5 Dec 2008 at 15:07

the first Mortal Kombat in & Killer Instinct in my local arcade impressed me the most i think

gt_junkie · 5 Dec 2008 at 15:10

Probably either Doom 2 or Starwing.

Besides that (and for later games) it would be tight between - wipeout, ridge racer and 'later on' gran turismo.

gt

gt_junkie · 5 Dec 2008 at 15:14

skullman said:
Probably when I got my SNES+SF2 bundle one Xmas morning I thought it was gaming heaven lol.

Now that's a good one that i'd stupidly forgotten.

Was a combined present for my sister and i. Played it every day for weeks after getting it!

Great fun!!!

gt

QPRHOOPS81 · 5 Dec 2008 at 15:45

"Citadel - Acorn Electron"

Wow loved that game as a kid, that and Repton and palace of magic.

siuko · 5 Dec 2008 at 15:56

matja said:
I heard the rumors of the full 360-degree afterburner machine but I never saw one I saw another arcade flight-sim with 360-degree cabinet tho, think it was G-LOC. I only remember the afterburner machine which wobbled and tilted a little - obviously far more impressive when you're a kid.

edit: Yep, it was G-LOC R360 :

OMG!!! Woohoo!! thats the one! I went on in at olympia in scarborough a number of years back.

I'm not the smallest chap (thats an understatement) and it was really knackering being swung around and upside down and you still have to have enough calmness to land it on the carrier after being flung about!!

Man I wonder if I can get one 2nd hand for £10

Tee Hee Johnson · 5 Dec 2008 at 16:26

Halflife

Or maybe Carmageddon 2! LOL

F4LL3N W4RR10R · 5 Dec 2008 at 16:33

HL2 The Rise and Shine Dr. Freeman bit at the start. The graphics blew me away. even on my 9800pro

apeZ · 5 Dec 2008 at 16:44

Portal. The moment I realised that Valve weren't just 'another game developer'

ninjabib · 5 Dec 2008 at 16:48

Schnippzle said:
Homeworld 1. No other game has made me go "woooooooooow" since....bit disappointing really

%100 ***. October 1999 the month gaming dreams were realized.

In a much more minor way was the original FIFA on Sega Megadrive because of the "EA SPORTS" speech at the start. I was amazed seriously. :cool:

ninjabib · 5 Dec 2008 at 16:49

ninjabib said:
%100 correct. October 1999 the month gaming dreams were realized.

In a much more minor way was the original FIFA on Sega Megadrive because of the "EA SPORTS" speech at the start. I was amazed seriously.

ninjabib · 5 Dec 2008 at 16:50

GothicGhost · 5 Dec 2008 at 16:53

Planetside

Antar Bolaeisk · 5 Dec 2008 at 16:54

Descent

DEL 707 · 5 Dec 2008 at 17:19

a lot mentioned already, but 1 game that stood out for me Was Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight.

A great game in it's own right, but after I completed it a few times, I managed to get my hands on a 3D accelerator card and was able to make the switch from software to hardware 3D graphics.

It completly blew me away, not only did it look fantastic, it was smooth as silk :eek:

ninjabib · 5 Dec 2008 at 17:30

Actually thinking about it, i never had a PC until 1999 so Starfox on the SNES was AMAZING when it came out, my first awesome 3d experience

Indy500 · 5 Dec 2008 at 17:36

DEL 707 said:
a lot mentioned already, but 1 game that stood out for me Was Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight.

A great game in it's own right, but after I completed it a few times, I managed to get my hands on a 3D accelerator card and was able to make the switch from software to hardware 3D graphics.

It completly blew me away, not only did it look fantastic, it was smooth as silk

The story was good too. Post-ROTJ Star Wars for the win