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Dahne
03-02-2004, 10:51 PM
Not sound effects in a game as a whole, but a single one that you'll always remember. Mine would be Kefka's laugh. Funny how effective a little 16-bit MIDI can be. It worked especially well with his theme song.
portnoyd
03-02-2004, 10:57 PM
BWWWAAAAAHHHMMMMM
pango
03-02-2004, 10:58 PM
the eery creepy thing in chrono trigger when you try to open the locked chests/doors
BHvrd
03-02-2004, 11:01 PM
Click Me! (http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/72914/mario.wav)
Quintracker
03-02-2004, 11:01 PM
The Cure spells in final fantasy 2 for snes were the first things to pop into my mind.
Flack
03-02-2004, 11:05 PM
One of my favorite ones is at the very beginning of Double Dragon when the guy punches the lady in the stomach and it makes that typical punch sound effect. It just cracks me up because I'm always like dang, couldn't you just slap her or just pick her up or maybe even point a gun at her to kidnap her, but no -- she gets five to the belly. -POW-
The Clonus Horror
03-03-2004, 12:36 AM
Any bad guy's dying scream or quote from the arcade/SNES version of Sunset Riders. Anytime anyone falls off of a rail in a movie or is shot, I can't resist making those stupid noises, all rapidly at different pitches--if you've played it, you know what I'm talking about.
tholly
03-03-2004, 12:51 AM
I love the start-up sound on my Neo Geo MVS cab. I'm assuming the AES sound is the same, but I don't have one and have never seen one in person. I know when I hear that sound that I am going to be playing some high quality games.
Dr. Morbis
03-03-2004, 01:01 AM
I like the sound you always hear when you boot up an SMS. But the one I will never be able to forget is in Blades of Steal: "gets the pass". I think that's it; it's not very clear, but being incomprehensible does add to the charm.
deadtech
03-03-2004, 01:46 AM
My favorite sound is the warning "booDEEdoo" in Sinistar. So good.
-deadtech
Kroogah
03-03-2004, 01:49 AM
*agrees with tholly*
*agrees with Dr. Morbis*
Um....let me think of something original....the sound when you get a goal in Ice Hockey for NES. It's perfect accompaniment for when you scream in your opponent's face.
Dahne
03-03-2004, 01:53 AM
Come to think of it, has anyone else noticed that sound that some cell phones make when they're in "walkie-talkie mode"? It's taken straight from "Link to the Past". I thought I was going nuts the first few times I heard it. There's a lot of sounds that get reused in completely different things like that. I wonder if there's a pot of "communal" sound effects or something.
Jasoco
03-03-2004, 03:03 AM
From the original NES SMB, the sound Mario makes when he gets killed. That sudden screeching to a halt sound the music makes before the death music plays.
Killer! 8-) LOL
WiseSalesman
03-03-2004, 03:38 AM
The konami sound. Don't know if it's still around now that they've changed the logo.
briskbc
03-03-2004, 03:52 AM
When your ship gets destroyed in Defender.
Every sound in Defender for that matter.
AB Positive
03-03-2004, 07:01 AM
I want to say we've done a thread like this because I seem to remember answering this question. Failing that and I'm just going crazy here we go anyway ;)
I'll always have the "popping" sound of Yuri's slap move from Art of Fighting 2 forever engraved into my mind. I can't tell you how many Yuri v. King matches I had trying to beat her late in the game. Regardless of my winning, I'd always hope the CPU would pull that move off at least once so I could hear the sound :D
-AG
NEOFREAK9189
03-03-2004, 09:27 AM
my favorites
super double dragon for snes any stage
actraiser 1 snes any stage
contra 1 for nes stage 1
ninja gaiden 2 nes snows stage
contra 2 stage 1
Oobgarm
03-03-2004, 09:39 AM
hmm..hard to single out one.
The sound of shooting "space bees" in Galaga
The sound the robots make when they fire at you in Berzerk
Picking up the Honey Jar in Crystal Castles
Any sound from NES Contra
Gabriel
03-03-2004, 09:46 AM
Both of my favorite sounds are pretty similar.
The first one is the start sound in Defender (both the arcade and the 5200 version). The second one is the sound for when you completely assemble the crown in AD&D Cloudy Mountain for the Intellivision.
scooterb23
03-03-2004, 10:56 AM
"MEDIC!"
From Beach-Head II on my C-64...I loved that level, you controlled a turret gun, just blowing up bad guys who were trying to infiltratethe area...of course it was fun the other way too...send a few of your own guys in front of the gun just to get the death sound effects :D
Need to fire that bad boy up...
Happy_Dude
03-03-2004, 11:08 AM
The sound of Pac-Man dying. because you just can't decribe it.
Jasoco
03-03-2004, 04:40 PM
I also liked the Capcom logo sound that played in the SNES/Genesis days on their games like the Disney games.
pango
03-03-2004, 11:06 PM
i change my mind. my favorite sound is the "you son of a gun!" soundclip in kageki: fists of steel.
Flack
03-03-2004, 11:22 PM
"MEDIC!"
From Beach-Head II on my C-64...I loved that level, you controlled a turret gun, just blowing up bad guys who were trying to infiltratethe area...of course it was fun the other way too...send a few of your own guys in front of the gun just to get the death sound effects :D
Need to fire that bad boy up...
Haha, yeah that was classic.
Remember those Sega commercials that would always end with "SEGA!" My friends and I used to always yell that at each other at odd and inopportune times.
Jasoco
03-03-2004, 11:41 PM
I also like the drum sounds from the Level Intro screen in Yoshi's Island.
Overbite
03-04-2004, 03:45 AM
I'M BAD! blaring forth from my tv.
there are a bunch of assorted blips and bloops that i like from many games too, but cant remember what sound goes with what game.
1. Arcade Dig Dug- Fygar breathing fire (& the game music)
2. Arcade Xevious- shooting the reflecting Mirror Shields & dropping bombs (WEEEoooo!) (& the game music)
3. Joust- short "gurgling" when your guy regenerates
4. Pole Position- countdown lights (doot- doot- doot- DOOOT!)
5. Moon Patrol music ( I can play it on a piano!)
robotriot
03-06-2004, 04:55 PM
this (http://omr.planet-d.net/trash/wah.wav) one :D
PapaStu
03-06-2004, 05:26 PM
There are a few that i love...
The sound when I turn on my GBA
The SEEEGGGGGAAAAA sound in the old genny games
Love that "it'sa me mario" from Mario 64
Jasoco
03-06-2004, 05:37 PM
Since I got Superstar Saga last night, I've grown to love the "voices" Mario and Luigi have. A sort of Italian mumbling sound.
Great stuff. LOL
Sotenga
03-06-2004, 06:02 PM
I kept meaning to respond to this one, but it was always moving down so fast. My favorite game sound ever... EVER, I tells ya... that glass-shattering sound created by the Holy Water in the NES Castlevania trilogy. Konami had a knack for sound effects. Also a favorite of mine is that "PING" sound when you hit an armored enemy in Contra. Konami were truly ahead of their time as far as the sound department went. They still are. :D
Cmosfm
03-06-2004, 06:16 PM
I always like the one from The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past. When you were in a castle and you'd power your sword up, then walk toward a wall and Link would tap it with his sword repeatedly.
ting ting ting ting ting ting ting ting ting
Love that sound!
Jasoco
03-06-2004, 09:46 PM
I always like the one from The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past. When you were in a castle and you'd power your sword up, then walk toward a wall and Link would tap it with his sword repeatedly.
ting ting ting ting ting ting ting ting ting
Love that sound!That's a good one too. But I love the one that plays when the wall is Bomb-able. More tinny sounding. Very nice.
Link75
03-06-2004, 10:09 PM
Ganondorfs overexaggerated laugh from ocarina of time.
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAHAGHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAAAAHH!! !!!!!
farfel
03-07-2004, 08:00 AM
Kefka's laugh. Funny how effective a little 16-bit MIDI can be.
Not a MIDI. MIDI is a bus interface. You meant 'sample'
In Amiga there was a cool tank gae where you ran over infantry. Hearing them go "ahhhh" followed by "squish" was hilarious!
Gnarkill
03-07-2004, 11:57 PM
The noise when a snes nintendo game comes on. exp: SMW, the "ding!" chime.
Jasoco
03-08-2004, 12:09 AM
The noise when a snes nintendo game comes on. exp: SMW, the "ding!" chime.Not all games have it.
Spartikcus
03-09-2004, 07:53 PM
I'll never forget how scared I was at age 6 when I played Sinistar in the arcades, I would immedeatly give up on the game whenever he said "BEWARE I LIVE". Awesome, that has to be on of the coolest lines ill ever remember.
Richter
03-09-2004, 09:44 PM
I kept meaning to respond to this one, but it was always moving down so fast. My favorite game sound ever... EVER, I tells ya... that glass-shattering sound created by the Holy Water in the NES Castlevania trilogy. yes!
i'll add to that the whip sound effect
also Kefka's laugh from FF6
some great stuff