AtariSociety Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Mine was Sinistar! Hair stood up when I heard Sinistar speak for the first time. How about for you? Any Atari games that freaked you out, maybe scared you a tad, or made the hairs stand up on your neck? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mp4ck Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 The green angry guy, from behind jaggi lines! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baktra Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) Pastfinder, when the radiation levels were getting high. Nadral for the unexpected digitized voice. R.O. Fractalus was way far worse than goosebumps. Didn't touch the game for weeks. Countermeasure when launched the missile. And surprisingly Talladega. The pit looked somehow scarry. Edited February 28, 2022 by baktra 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 27 minutes ago, baktra said: Fractalus was way far worse than goosebumps the dramatic music really added to the scare effect too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 R.O.F. for the usual reasons. The colors were also very much like I imagined Venus to be. Including the heavy atmosphere. Not many Atari games spooked me. I was rather conditioned already. But I did love the hyperspace sound on Star Raiders (and Space Raiders on Apple II). I kept a stereo extension cable discretely hidden for when the parents were out. Ran it to the pro-level stuff they had going. And in flight simulator (on most any platform), the fear of running out of fuel with no airport in sight. Sounds lame, but it's very real to me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Keatah said: And in flight simulator (on most any platform), the fear of running out of fuel with no airport in sight. Sounds lame, but it's very real to me. Any reason it's so real to you? Experience? I only ask because as a human I don't have the ability to fly based on my body, so of course you worry about the gear that is helping you fly, but all the times I've flown the one thing I have never worried about was running out of fuel. I was more worried about an engine going or something hitting the plane, especially when there was bad turbulence. Fuel I would think would be caught in the multiple pre flight checks. Edited February 28, 2022 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Early on, Slime was pretty eerie in it's own way, and Shamus as well. Behind Jaggi Lines of course. Like plenty I didn't see Rescue on Fractalus until about 2 years later and I think it was a bit easier to deal with the bad guys if they got near you? The Zork and other Infocom adventures were sufficient to get your imagination running wild. In the modern era, it's often the technical achievement that gets the goosebumps going - the likes of Yoomp, Galaga, Space Harrier, Scramble, Bosconian, Time Pilot and various others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 8 hours ago, AtariSociety said: Mine was Sinistar! Hair stood up when I heard Sinistar speak for the first time. How about for you? Any Atari games that freaked you out, maybe scared you a tad, or made the hairs stand up on your neck? You've gone full on Santa Claus, glasses and all. When you were a young lad, did you you desire to grow to be Santa? Was that your end goal? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) I think most of us had the ROF moment, I remember falling off my chair (I was tipping it back with my feet up on the desk and when the Alien popped up my legs went straight from the scare, gravity did the rest) Can't think of any others on the 8 bit, but I do know that Alien Trilogy on the PSX deffo gave me numerous jump scares. Edited February 28, 2022 by Mclaneinc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, gilsaluki said: You've gone full on Santa Claus, glasses and all. When you were a young lad, did you you desire to grow to be Santa? Was that your end goal? That would be an awkward conversation with the school's careers advice person.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zzip Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 The intros to the Alternate Reality games. It had some of the highest production values I had seen in a video game up until that point. Also when M.U.L.E boots up and the drum and bass kick in. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I got Rescue on Fractulus twice. First time was the alien was in the ship. Second, I spotted green helmet, so didnt open the door. Then got the attack on the windshield. I had no idea the alien was a thing. I got the alien the next time by going to the mother ship and turning on shields the moment you see them. Cool to kill it on screen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSociety Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 12 hours ago, j1mp4ck said: The green angry guy, from behind jaggi lines! never heard of jaggi lines. I will have to google this one. tj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSociety Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 8 hours ago, baktra said: Pastfinder, when the radiation levels were getting high. Nadral for the unexpected digitized voice. R.O. Fractalus was way far worse than goosebumps. Didn't touch the game for weeks. Countermeasure when launched the missile. And surprisingly Talladega. The pit looked somehow scarry. I have a date with ROF soon. I owned that one in the day too. TJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSociety Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 47 minutes ago, zzip said: The intros to the Alternate Reality games. It had some of the highest production values I had seen in a video game up until that point. Also when M.U.L.E boots up and the drum and bass kick in. Once I figure out how to get Alternate Reality to work on my Fujinet, I will be going back in. Great game and yes, music intro really pulls you in! TJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 32 minutes ago, AtariSociety said: never heard of jaggi lines. I will have to google this one. tj It was basically just the ROF prototype that made it out into the wild. Almost exactly the same in every way. Just like The Last Starfighter and Star Raiders II. Almost 100% identical in most every way except name change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 7 hours ago, Mclaneinc said: Any reason it's so real to you? Experience? No specific reason, other than really getting into the program when playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris+++ Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, AtariSociety said: never heard of jaggi lines. I will have to google this one. tj It's more commonly known as Rescue on Fractalus. Edited February 28, 2022 by Chris+++ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 hour ago, AtariSociety said: never heard of jaggi lines. I will have to google this one. Behind Jaggi Lines was the pre-release name for Rescue on Fractalus. A pre-release version got leaked by someone at Atari apparently and ended up on pirate BBSes. This apparently hurt the Atari/Lucasfilm relationship. Rescue and Ballblazer were supposed to be published by Atari in 84 but that didn't happen until later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 24 minutes ago, Keatah said: No specific reason, other than really getting into the program when playing. Ah, good, was thinking you may have had an experience on a little private plane which WOULD be scary...Nothing wrong with immersing yourself in a game.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 2 hours ago, AtariSociety said: never heard of jaggi lines. I will have to google this one. tj Don't Google it; use Translator instead ?: https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2010/07/rescue-on-fractalus.html#BEHIND_JAGGI_LINES 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 5200 Countermeasure has a chilling sequence when you fail to decode the missile launch codes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris+++ Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 13 minutes ago, Cafeman said: 5200 Countermeasure has a chilling sequence when you fail to decode the missile launch codes. True -- with an Easter egg in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 When you had to beat the clock while trying to disable the bombs in "Joe Blade"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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