Your first video game wow moment

[rpgfaker]

Oh and the first time my friend was sucked into the waterpool in Ultima III:Exodus that was a jaw-dropper...

[Rev. Rob]

Okay, I finally remember it, my very first "wow" moment. It was seeing Virtua Racing at an arcade with my dad. We were thinking that it was pretty impressive and how soon they'll be able to make the cars realistic.

 

The next "wow" moment after that was playing Sonic Adventure at a Hollywood Video location and getting to that part where the killer whale was behind you.

 

I have never been "wowed" before or since. Everything is usually just how I expected it to be. That's not to say I am not impressed, just not blown away.

[nonner242]

Off the top of my head..heres afew:

 

(1983)I Robot....Arcade....... "God its in 3D!"

(1983)Dragons Lair ....Arcade....."No way, a cartoon!"

(1987)Tower Toppler....7800..."Look at the rotating Castle...Holy $^# that water levels AWESOME!"

(1988)Wasteland....C64....Best RPG Ever...had me playing just to find out what the next enemy would be..& how I Splattered them like a blood sausage!

(1989)Shadow of the Beast...Amiga......Awesome soundtrack & parallax landscape intro...had me floored!

(2005)Shadow of the Colossus.....PS2....Loved trying to find and fight those Giants,Great story too. Made me sad to kill them tho.

[shadow460]

Okay, I finally remember it, my very first "wow" moment. It was seeing Virtua Racing at an arcade with my dad. We were thinking that it was pretty impressive and how soon they'll be able to make the cars realistic.

 

I wondered the same thing about Virtua Racing. Then after a long day in Japan I sat down and heard this: "Daytonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

 

Another surprising moment was when I loaded up SotN for the first time on the PS1. It's simply amazing what that or the Saturn can do in 2D mode. The battle with Dracula's second form is pure eye candy. You can't die in it, either, so you can just sit and watch the flashy effects if you want to and wait to be resurrected from the dead. Either version of that in DXC is good, but they can't capture the magic of seeing on an original PlayStation.

 

I was kinda surprised at F-18 Hornet the other day, too. I knew it had some polygons, but it looks like some of them even have some rudimentary textures! And this was coming from a 7800 title! Similarly, watching the speeder in The Empire Strikes Back on the Game Boy is a little surprise. When it turns around, there's a sequence of sprites displayed that make it look like wireframe 3D. I guess that's what it is, no matter how it's rendered.

[ToddUGA]

My first real wow moment was playing Space Invaders for the first time in the late 70's. It made Pong (which I was already playing often) look primitive at the time and started me down the gaming path.

[tz101]

My first real wow moment was playing Space Invaders for the first time in the late 70's. It made Pong (which I was already playing often) look primitive at the time and started me down the gaming path.

 

I lived through the same time period but never was amazed by Space Invaders. I think it is due to the fact that I could never get very far on that game. One or two waves of invaders and I was usually dead.