VectorGamer Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Combat (2600) - when you're playing tanks and a tank takes a hit and flies across the screen Road Rash 2 (Genesis) - love this game! Punching other bikers is fun but gets better when you steal another guy's chain. Crazy Taxi (360) - pedestrians screaming to get out of your way, crashing into other cars, launching your taxi off ramps, driving underwater and slamming into railroad trains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I can remember my first laugh from a video game. I was about 6 and playing Gateway to Apshai on my Atari 400 when I accidentally made my guy run down into a wall. When you do this he stands there making a 'ssssssssss' sound which sounds remarkably like someone taking a piss. I know it's childish now, but when you're a six year old boy in an era before youtube and the internet, it's utterly hilarious. The Goblin enemy from the same game used to make me laugh as well since he looks so dorky. Of course he also moves lightning fast so it also scared the crap out of me when he first appeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariTexas Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Playing Defender....when your unable to catch the humanoid free falling back to the surface, and they make that splat noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 I forgot one... Playing Days of Thunder (360) and driving around the track backwards...here's a video: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19793206 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I can remember my first laugh from a video game. I was about 6 and playing Gateway to Apshai on my Atari 400 when I accidentally made my guy run down into a wall. When you do this he stands there making a 'ssssssssss' sound which sounds remarkably like someone taking a piss. I know it's childish now, but when you're a six year old boy in an era before youtube and the internet, it's utterly hilarious. Wait a minute. That isn't what he was doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Wait a minute. That isn't what he was doing? Certainly looks like it, doesn't it? It's not like dungeons have bathrooms, he's got to go somewhere. Maybe ToA was more realistic than I thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 The old Lucasarts games, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, Sam n' Max, Monkey Island, Full Throttle etc. Colecovision Space Panic cracked me up as a kid. Sounded like he was farting as he ran around and up and down the ladders. Jumpman and Jumpman Jr also were pretty funny when they got killed and tumbled around. Another funny death is panama joe in Montezuma's revenge. Splat! Q-Bert was funny at first along with the smiley killer Otto in Berzerk. A game called Snokie on the C64 was funny as your penguin died a skull would show up and wink at you. There are tons of them. Can't think right now to add more..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 most of my laughs come from in-game dialogue. there's an XBLA game where some girl tells your character "I LOVE YOU WILD WAYS". purposely placed engrish = hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Speaking of Engrish who can forget the cult classic saying "All your Base are belong to us" from Zero Wing. My favorite was "Somebody set us up the bomb" For great justice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 NFL Blitz was great for laughs, with the cheap shots, injuries, and abuse you could heap on the football players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 GTA, all of them, and The Neverhood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dripfree Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I remember renting sports talk football for sega genesis when I was young. I really knew nothing about football at that age, I just rented it cuz I had heard it was a big deal from some friends. The announcer would talk in weird sentences that were pieced together form a data base of words. it sounded very odd cuz the speech had weird unnatural pauses. I kept punting on first down cuz I just didn't know any better. I remember he kept saying "The kicking team comes on. It's......... first down and.......... I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" I'll think of that sometimes when I watch football now and it still makes me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Arch Rivals for NES (I know it's an arcade game too). It's basketball, but you can PUNCH people! No one can play this game and not laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Atari 2600 Wizard of Wor - When both players die at the same time, making the sound programming go haywire. Atari 2600 Outlaw - Again, when both players get shot at the same time. Both sound channels trying to play the same sound at the same time made for some pretty interesting and amusing modulation. PS2/XBox Burnout 3: Takedown - The first of the Burnout games to feature slo-mo carnage, a perfectly adrenaline-fueld soundtrack, a game mode dedicated to crashing, a smart-alec DJ that actually earns his attitude, and laughs by the totalled truckload. I can't count the number of times I about laughed myself sick playing this game. PS3/Xbox 360 Portal 2 - Perfect game play, a perfect story, perfect voice acting, and perfect comedy of all shades. Once in a while I decide to play again, and I still hear things -- funny things -- that I didn't hear the first time through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Joust on the 2600. The cartoonish braking sound when you change direction on the ground. I always imagine a real ostrich doing a u-turn or a t-stop when that sound comes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 My niece and nephew always get a good laugh out of Snafu for the Intellivision/Aquarius (they usually play it with me on the Aquarius). The "bite game" variations, with the players' snakes twisting and coiling over one another, each trying to bite the other player's tail while avoiding getting bitten himself, are frantically fun. They also like deliberately silly games like the Earthworm Jim series and Zombies Ate My Neighbors for the Genesis. "Engrish" is always good for an easy chuckle, too, especially when it's really bad, as in Zero Wing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Incredible Wizard on the Astrocade. When we'd blow the up the Wizard himself me and my buddies would just break out in hysterical laughter, dance, and fling our schlings around (pants on) with abandon. The noise the game made was just too funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1982VideoGames Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Colecovision Space Panic with the rubbery/farting noise as our spaceman moves around. Colecovision Smurf Rescue as our Smurf hero gets knocked flat on his back when touched by a bad guy or messes up on a jump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dripfree Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Just thought of Bible Adventure for NES. It's funny just that it's kinda a Mario 2 clone. Whats really funny is the part where your trying to save baby Moses. Your Moses's mom, and you run around holding baby Moses over your head trying to avoid enemy's. If you get hit you drop baby Moses but he's ok just pick him back up and keep running. Sometimes the best strategy is to just throw baby Moses as far as you can and then run down there pick him back up and chuck that baby down the screen again. It's such a weird idea for a game and a great way to learn about the Bible.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Bad Dudes President Ronnie needs us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Lucas Arts day of the tentacle, manic mansion, full throttle Conkers bad fur day on xbox Brutal legends xbox360 Back to the future ps3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Legends of Wrestling for GameCube. "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert's signature move, complete with sound effects. Used to make us laugh so hard it hurt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Superman 64. It's so easy to rip on this game while playing -- laughs galore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax2069 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Definitely road rash II, the gameplay made me laugh anyway. But when the game glitches out really makes for some laughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) The secret ending of Dungeon Explorer for the TG16. It may seem tame now, but in 1989 it just took us by surprise with it using the word "lousy" and then mentioning booze and chicks. I still remember when I was in college and we got to the ending, we just cracked up at it and raised our beers saying "NINTENDO HAS SPOKEN!!!" Yeah of course we knew it wasn't Nintendo.. but it just seemed to fit. Ending @52s Edited September 6, 2013 by NE146 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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