+RichG1972 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Awww, you beat me to it! As much as I don't have any great sentiment for the game itself - the quotile explosion had to be one of the most iconic audiovisual effects for the system. Ah yes the legendary Quotile destruction whose swirling pattern is KINDA like the Glaive in KRULL, even though Yars' pre-dates KRULL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Pac-Man 4-note intro song lol That or the "lost life" sound would get my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I also have to go with the Pac-Man intro tune. That one takes me back specifically because my mom kept a pair of zebra finches in the living room and the Pac-Man song would really set them to chirping. Now that I think about it though, just about every sound in 2600 Pac-Man really seemed to do it for them. The *bonk* *bonk* *bonk* of dot eating, ghost eating, losing a life. No other game had the same effect. .....the "extra ship" sound in Asteroids ("Fries are done!" ) Heheh, we used to have a microwave that made that EXACT beep. I don't know how many times I was playing Asteroids only to have my wife ask "Were you cooking something in the microwave?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p.opus Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 For me it's the pew,pew,pew sound that plays before the beginning of each wave of Missile Command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I like the sound of the ship landing in E.T. on a real Atari 2600 on a real TV:youtu.be/Njvf9L_NxHI?t=33s Sounds like crap with an emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 For me it's the pew,pew,pew sound that plays before the beginning of each wave of Missile Command. Ooh, that's a good one. I should've had that one on my list - yes, I need a list. Too many iconic TIA sounds to limit it to 1! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colmino Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 The blip-blip-blip of Mario walking in Donkey Kong, primarily because this specific sound (well, sounds from the game in general) pops up in a lot of places where the facsimile of old-school gaming is being used, often sarcastically. For something more specifically emblematic of the 2600, though, I would go with the static white noise, which, uniquely for the 2600, is somehow a 0.5 second loop rather than strictly white noise. Heard 100% of the time in Starmaster, or when a hallway monster makes an appearance in Venture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colmino Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) I also have to go with the Pac-Man intro tune. Man, that tune. I have to say, when I finally saw Frye in an interview in One Upon Atari, all was made clear. No offense meant, but his visage seemed to be a case-in-point for avoiding mind-altering substances. It's really the only way to explain how the classic Pac-Man intro song got melted down into, well, let's call it "Pleading Insanity In Four Tones, for Television Interface Adaptor (TIA)". Granted, video game ports in those years were so completely assumed to be incapable of living up to the originals that the ports generally came in arbitrarily different clothing (Space Invaders), but there's just no reason for that blatant inaccuracy. Edited September 16, 2015 by Colmino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RichG1972 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I like the sound of the ship landing in E.T. on a real Atari 2600 on a real TV: youtu.be/Njvf9L_NxHI?t=33s Sounds like crap with an emulator. Amen my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 The "Dragnet" sound in Pitfall when your player dies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mBDS0FsqmI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army Of 2600 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Constant pulsing sound in Yars' Revenge, robot lasers in Berzerk and the marching of the invaders in Space Invaders... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Constant pulsing sound in Yars' Revenge, robot lasers in Berzerk and the marching of the invaders in Space Invaders... That's a nice batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowe221 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The firing of the ship's gun in Asteroids does it for me. It's not a great sound effect really, but it takes me right back when I hear it and I would recognize it anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 The blaster sound effect from Star Raiders. I'd recognize that in any noisy, crowded room right off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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