Shroo-man Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I was reading the thread about most disturbing video game moments when someone mentioned a game that scared them as a kid which inspired me to make this thread. growing up with video games as a kid there is a few that I thought were a bit scary at the time. But the scariest game I played as a kid would have to be Night Trap for the 3DO. I was probably about 10 or 12 or so at the time, I cant remember exactly. I used to go over a friends house a lot and his dad was up to date with his electronics and gaming so it was always exciting going over there and playing games on consoles which were technolgical marvels at the time. He had a giant rear projection tv, playing night trap was just so undescribably scary with the FMV scenes being new at the time it was like a horror movie! still though i played it as much as i could and each game was a very thrilling experience it really added the feeling of being in the game. alone in the dark on the 3DO also was incredibly scary and exciting to play when a kid. when i was younger i got a little freaked out seeing the witch get you on granny's garden for the BBC - lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 not a one since i was watching movies like evil dead and such at 13 and at that time nothing on the coleco/2600/5200/INTV and so on could be called remotely scary the only thing i can think of that got my heart racing was playing War Craft 2 on the Saturn and just after building 2 farm houses those damn orcs would attack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8littlefield Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I remember being freaked out by the KISS pinball machine "back in the day." Recently, I'll confess that I can't play the Fatal Frame games at night, I find ghostly images horribly creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 (edited) The alien from Rescue On Fractalus for the Atari 8-bits. Even when I knew it was coming, it would get to me. If it didn't scare you, then you haven't played the game. Edited January 21, 2007 by Big Player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevincal Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Alien vs. Predator Atari Jaguar or Doom scared the shit out of me playing alone at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Rescue On Fractalus for sure. And AvP still scares me now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 * Rescue on Fractalus - The first time the "false pilot" jumped up and pounded the windsheild, I think I nearly pooped my pants. * Atari 2600 Haunted House - The first time I approached a door just as one of the enemies came through, causing the lightning to flash, thunder crashes, and the eyes rolled, I nearly pooped my pants. * Resident Evil - The first time the dogs came crashing throught he window, I nearly pooped my pants. * Friday the 13th for the C64 - I don't think this was a commercial release (pirated floppy), but the first time one of the campers is killed, the screen suddenly flashes a digitized severed head while a cheapy voice screams from the tinny speakers. Anyway the first time it happened, yup, pooped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxy warrior Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 killingtime for the 3DO it gave me heart issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 killingtime for the 3DO it gave me heart issues. YES!killing time,what a creepy game,i have the pc version,its the only game that creeped me out,especially the underground crypts!!!!!!!!! tcht tcht,here boy,tcht tcht,here boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Hunt the Wumpus on the 99/4a scared me. You'd wander into the Wumpus' room and it'd bite down on the screen. To be fair, I was MAYBE 6... As far as NOW goes... most of the "scary" games rely on shock value. They don't scare me, just annoy. Now the metroids... THOSE are scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariAger Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 * Friday the 13th for the C64 - I don't think this was a commercial release (pirated floppy), but the first time one of the campers is killed, the screen suddenly flashes a digitized severed head while a cheapy voice screams from the tinny speakers. Anyway the first time it happened, yup, pooped. I was thinking about the same game! The music was also kinda freaky...if I remember correctly. Some kind of cathedral type music? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I've heard people claim a game called Phantom Slayer on the Tandy CoCo was scary. A 1982 first person shooter with a whopping 4 colors. Actually, the sound was what I think did it. Personally, I've had games where I was ducking all the time but I was never scared. AVP would probably be the closest to scary I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Probably the one that came closest when I was young was Ghost Manor. I might've swron the Chopping Mummy was under my bed a couple times here and there, but that's about it. The only game that's truly scared me senseless (and it still does) is D. When that dude's face appears, that freaks me right straight out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetroidsAteMyAtari Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Pit fall creeped me out when I was a kid.... E.T. did too......Im going to go lock myself in a closet for a couple years...I will come out when theres no one left that knows me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Adventure's dragon-ducks. The hole in the belly was pure genius. Those things were scary and remain so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Sinistar. I had nightmares about that voice. "Beware I live". Resident Evil. No matter how many times I've played it I still jolt a little when the dogs jump through the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjudge3 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I remember that one of the levels in Turok 1 for the 64 scared the hell out of me because it was in the middle of the night and I was all alone in the dark. It was the level where the monsters come through the walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Adventure's dragon-ducks. The hole in the belly was pure genius. Those things were scary and remain so. I think that was the first home game I played that could 'scare the hell out of you.' Being chased by a dragon-duck was cool/scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Dungeon Master on the Amiga. Damn that freaked me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarimania75 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 there isn't really any video game that scared me ........the only toy that ever scared me as a kid was the Jack in the box toy.....hated it. Even though i knew the thing would pop up eventually whenever it finally did it would scare the hell out me.........i think i ended up giving the toy away to a younger cousin. Didn't like it at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 That's Easy...my Favorite all time game. Chiller...Now by todays standards its a bit tame but when it arrived on the scene, it was the first real game I remember where you got to shoot people and blood was all over and they screamed and parents and church goers called for its banning... that is the Grandaddy of the Horror games if you ask me. I never seen nothing like it before(& neither had anyone else) and I was instantly hooked. Im really not morbid but as a kid, that was about as cool as cool gets in a video game (atleast to me) and it was a bit scary and even scarier wondering if people thought I was a sick-o for playing it LMAO! I remember feeling almost guilty just playing it. Oh it also has to be the 1st game that had naked bodies too even though they were un-detailed, you knew what they meant. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog151 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Hunt the Wumpus on the 99/4a scared me. You'd wander into the Wumpus' room and it'd bite down on the screen. Heh, I was playing HTW last week and mentioned to my wife how that used to scare the **** out of me as a kid (6 or 7 as well), to which she proceeded to make fun of me for an hour. I was moderately frightened of playing Yars Revenge in the dark as a kid, the sound in that game is wicked good for an old cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost child Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Being chased by a growling demon in Advanced Dungeons And Dragons (Intellivision)... still scares me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalSlime23 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Hands down, Silent Hill. The only Silent Hill game that didn't scare me was Silent Hill 3. Fatal Frame 1 and 2 were also very scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) Hands down, Silent Hill. The only Silent Hill game that didn't scare me was Silent Hill 3. Fatal Frame 1 and 2 were also very scary. I gotta admit that Silent Hill could be scary to a kid. I'm to old to have played most of these games when I was young enough to be bothered. I thought of another game that might be scary to a kid. I picked up a 2 PC game pack for $10 from WalMart that included American McGee's Alice and Clive Barker's Undying. Let me tell ya, Undying had me ducking, bobbing and weaving all over the place when the howlers came at me. Those 2 games were definitely worth the $10! Edited January 22, 2007 by JamesD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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