What's your favourite gaming moment ?
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Hmmm... So many great memories.
Gran Turismo first play
Action Quake2 - being a boss at this
Quake3Arena - Next level at the time, blew my mind
Outrun
Goldeneye
Mario Kart 64
Outlaws - Used to compete at this
Sega Rally 2 - Dreamcast - All my dreams had come true when this came out
We play loads of stuff over the LAN at work, so lots of good times here.
The benefits of working for a video games company!
Gran Turismo first play
Action Quake2 - being a boss at this
Quake3Arena - Next level at the time, blew my mind
Outrun
Goldeneye
Mario Kart 64
Outlaws - Used to compete at this
Sega Rally 2 - Dreamcast - All my dreams had come true when this came out
We play loads of stuff over the LAN at work, so lots of good times here.
The benefits of working for a video games company!
The 1st time on an Arcade Machines - I'll never forget putting the big old 10p into Space Invaders when the Fair came to where I grew up .... 
So probably around 1978 - start of a love affair which to this day I still have. I do like my PS4/games on the iPad etc But none of them have the playability to beat the old arcade games. And you look at the size of the old games - 15KB in size vs. some of the new ones which have regular updates in the 2.5Gb in size .....
When I moved to London - and found the Trocadero centre (now gone) Used to go up every payday after work and spend a fair few hours (followed by KFC In Leicester Square ....)
Obvioulsy now with emulation - I can play them all for free (if you own the roms ......
)
Just last week setup a Raspberry Pi 3 with Retropie
Using an Xbox 360 Controller in the interim - but knocking up a an Arcade Based controller - so Sanwa Sticks/proper Arcade buttons. Plugged into/hidden by the TV in the living Room. So can have a quick blat at all games as/when it takes my fancy.
Top 5 Games:
1. Galaxian
2. Jackal
3. Track'n Field
4. Mach 3 (Laserdisc Game - but playable via emulator called Daphne) Same genre as Space Ace etc
5. Pacman
As a my phones ringtone is actually the Galaxian Music ....... I think I need help
When on work trips to NYC - always visit Barcade - has all the old Arcade Machines - 25c a play !! (Craft beers, Arcade machines and a damn fine burger as well - heaven)
So probably around 1978 - start of a love affair which to this day I still have. I do like my PS4/games on the iPad etc But none of them have the playability to beat the old arcade games. And you look at the size of the old games - 15KB in size vs. some of the new ones which have regular updates in the 2.5Gb in size .....
When I moved to London - and found the Trocadero centre (now gone) Used to go up every payday after work and spend a fair few hours (followed by KFC In Leicester Square ....)
Obvioulsy now with emulation - I can play them all for free (if you own the roms ......
)Just last week setup a Raspberry Pi 3 with Retropie
Using an Xbox 360 Controller in the interim - but knocking up a an Arcade Based controller - so Sanwa Sticks/proper Arcade buttons. Plugged into/hidden by the TV in the living Room. So can have a quick blat at all games as/when it takes my fancy.
Top 5 Games:
1. Galaxian
2. Jackal
3. Track'n Field
4. Mach 3 (Laserdisc Game - but playable via emulator called Daphne) Same genre as Space Ace etc
5. Pacman
As a
my phones ringtone is actually the Galaxian Music ....... I think I need help When on work trips to NYC - always visit Barcade - has all the old Arcade Machines - 25c a play !! (Craft beers, Arcade machines and a damn fine burger as well - heaven)
My favourite old gaming memory is sitting in the living room with my dad at around 7 years old, both playing Lotus Turbo Challenge on the Megadrive. We used to play it for days and I still remember the cheats for it!
Next is sitting around the dining room table with my little brother drawing tactical maps and strategising how to complete a particular mission on Command and Conquer.
It was the GDI mission where you start with just an MCV on a beach head and you have to make your way up the map, avoiding the Nod gun turrets and then set up your base. It must have taken us 50 attempts to complete that level.
After that came months and months of Timesplitters with my brother and sister. We absolutely obsessed over that game, it really was a perfect, fun multiplayer game. I can't believe nobody has picked it up for a sequel.
Finally, my most recent one was actually Farcry 3. I've played hundreds of first person shooters over the years, but something about FC3 just really worked to perfection. The gameplay felt fresh, the weapons were varied and balanced well, the script was well written and the music was awesome.
The one bit that really cemented it for me was the mission where you have to burn the cannabis fields; when you picked up that flamethrower and Skrillex started blasted out, holy s
t that was so brilliant...
Good times.
Next is sitting around the dining room table with my little brother drawing tactical maps and strategising how to complete a particular mission on Command and Conquer.
It was the GDI mission where you start with just an MCV on a beach head and you have to make your way up the map, avoiding the Nod gun turrets and then set up your base. It must have taken us 50 attempts to complete that level.
After that came months and months of Timesplitters with my brother and sister. We absolutely obsessed over that game, it really was a perfect, fun multiplayer game. I can't believe nobody has picked it up for a sequel.
Finally, my most recent one was actually Farcry 3. I've played hundreds of first person shooters over the years, but something about FC3 just really worked to perfection. The gameplay felt fresh, the weapons were varied and balanced well, the script was well written and the music was awesome.
The one bit that really cemented it for me was the mission where you have to burn the cannabis fields; when you picked up that flamethrower and Skrillex started blasted out, holy s
t that was so brilliant...Good times.
Three for me:
1. Gran Turismo on the PSX, that game reinforced my love of petrol and it's the reason I have a Skyline GTS-T now
2. Dirt 3 on PS3, we were doing a rally event (thankfully no contact), but I messed up the start and spun my car. Over the next few miles (it was the longest version of the stage) I came from the back to be within 0.02 of 1st.
this is my proudest
3. I played FFXI MMORPG along time ago, I was in a group doing an event called Sky where you fight high powered monsters for items. I was a 3rd reserve tank as Ninja which was not suitable for the monster we were fighting as it was my only lv.75 and was very poorly geared. Both our Paladin's (the 1st choice tanks for this mob) bought it through stupid mistakes. I then took over and held the mob while the PLD's recovered, all the while holding perfect hate while damage was done to the tiger to stop it from hitting the rage timer (where it becomes super powerful). At something like 23 or 33% of the tiger's hp I died from a missed stun
The PLD's couldn't recover but I remember being told that one of the elite players watching had told someone "bloody hell, Ninja's aren't supposed to do that, we need to gear them to use them for our own events". I never got the gear but I did end that game with 2 ultimate weapons
1. Gran Turismo on the PSX, that game reinforced my love of petrol and it's the reason I have a Skyline GTS-T now
2. Dirt 3 on PS3, we were doing a rally event (thankfully no contact), but I messed up the start and spun my car. Over the next few miles (it was the longest version of the stage) I came from the back to be within 0.02 of 1st.
this is my proudest
3. I played FFXI MMORPG along time ago, I was in a group doing an event called Sky where you fight high powered monsters for items. I was a 3rd reserve tank as Ninja which was not suitable for the monster we were fighting as it was my only lv.75 and was very poorly geared. Both our Paladin's (the 1st choice tanks for this mob) bought it through stupid mistakes. I then took over and held the mob while the PLD's recovered, all the while holding perfect hate while damage was done to the tiger to stop it from hitting the rage timer (where it becomes super powerful). At something like 23 or 33% of the tiger's hp I died from a missed stun
The PLD's couldn't recover but I remember being told that one of the elite players watching had told someone "bloody hell, Ninja's aren't supposed to do that, we need to gear them to use them for our own events". I never got the gear but I did end that game with 2 ultimate weapons Couple for me:
- playing a Japanese copy of gran turismo on a chipped ps1 for the first time around a mates house, completely blown away by it.
- first CoD on of, amazing mp maps and experience, all on a 512mb connection too!
- Half Life 2 on first pc, amazing game.
- opening the vault to the apocalyptic wasteland for the first time in Fallout 3, OMG.
- playing a Japanese copy of gran turismo on a chipped ps1 for the first time around a mates house, completely blown away by it.
- first CoD on of, amazing mp maps and experience, all on a 512mb connection too!
- Half Life 2 on first pc, amazing game.
- opening the vault to the apocalyptic wasteland for the first time in Fallout 3, OMG.
Had some very good moments in BF2142 and COD4, which were the games I've played most (other than Football Manager), but I think my favourite moment was in COD:MW2, a terrible game, I hated it, but I gave it a chance. In the time I gave it, I was playing a S&D match with some of my clan members and the way it divided the teams, I was the only one from my clan on my team, there were about 4 or 5 on the other side. As it was playing out, I was the only one on my team left (attacking team) and the other team had only lost a couple. I was sat at the back of the map with a sniper rifle and took out 2 from range, then started going for the bomb. I swapped the rifle for an assault rifle and took out another couple of guys. Then one of my clan mates tells me on teamspeak that there was a guy on their team going nuts as I must be hacking (never have, never will use hacks). There were only two left on the other team, I got one of them, then saw a pair of feet below the bottom of a fence, defending a bomb site. I let rip with my pistol, through the fence and killed him. Apparently he pretty much exploded, then rage quit before I got to discuss it with him before the next round started.
Another favourite was losing 9-0 against a mate on FIFA 2001 (first time I'd played a footy game in years and in that time there had been a massive change in the games), a week later I beat him 9-0.
Another favourite was losing 9-0 against a mate on FIFA 2001 (first time I'd played a footy game in years and in that time there had been a massive change in the games), a week later I beat him 9-0.
My first proper 1v1 engagement with similarly matched ships in Eve Online, while deep in a sector where anything goes.
It lasted about 3 mins and my heart was thumping like I've never experienced playing a game and it was incredibly intense.
I lost that one but learnt a million things and won the next and have kept up a pretty good ratio since.
It lasted about 3 mins and my heart was thumping like I've never experienced playing a game and it was incredibly intense.
I lost that one but learnt a million things and won the next and have kept up a pretty good ratio since.
The first time I ever played Goldeneye was the summer it came out ('97?) and I was staying at my cousins for 3 days over the school hoidays. I was absolutely mesmerised by the gameplay on single player and multiplayer being that I still had a Megadrive at that time. I can remember practically all the levels we did, and I pestered my mum and dad to death to get my own N64 for Christmas. My favourite game ever.
I also remember the year after borrowing a mates PS1 and one of the games being Gran Turismo 1. Starting off with the Mazda Demio and progressing as you do... one day my dad's mate then came round to our house to show off his new car, an Integra DC2. He took us out for a quick blast in it, then I bought the same car in GT1 and loved it, to my young mind it was like driving the real thing!
I have had many epic battles with lots of other war type games over LAN or internet networks, ones where you throw everything you have at someone or they do the same to you, the tpe of games where you are literally sweating and tense just watching everything pan out. Many games of Command and Conquer or Sudden Strike ended this way, literally swarms and swarms of men and tanks meeting up in the middle and having a non stop barney
I also remember the year after borrowing a mates PS1 and one of the games being Gran Turismo 1. Starting off with the Mazda Demio and progressing as you do... one day my dad's mate then came round to our house to show off his new car, an Integra DC2. He took us out for a quick blast in it, then I bought the same car in GT1 and loved it, to my young mind it was like driving the real thing!
I have had many epic battles with lots of other war type games over LAN or internet networks, ones where you throw everything you have at someone or they do the same to you, the tpe of games where you are literally sweating and tense just watching everything pan out. Many games of Command and Conquer or Sudden Strike ended this way, literally swarms and swarms of men and tanks meeting up in the middle and having a non stop barney
craste said:
Drive club, beautiful looking game and it's still got the best rain effects, check it out on YouTube.
Shame every tosser on YT is playing it in chase mode. They should create games that don't permit chase mode. 
Given up trying to find a full video either bonnet cam or in-car.
Hoofy said:
Shame every tosser on YT is playing it in chase mode. They should create games that don't permit chase mode.
Given up trying to find a full video either bonnet cam or in-car.
Here you goGiven up trying to find a full video either bonnet cam or in-car.
https://youtu.be/-op3bmfrSk0
GrumpyTwig said:
Playing BF2 and attaching C4 to a jeep driving at people shouting "Allah Ahkbar!" over teamspeak.
Back when I was in the sixth form many moons ago we would play Micro Machines on the N64 using pad share, so you could have 8 people playing at once on the same screen. Epic.
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