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Guest JHawk

NOTE: Any replies to this topic regarding RPGs could be spoilers (and there's one in this post as well), so read and reply to this thread at your own risk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What were everybody's video game markout moments?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I ask because I finally got my copy of Kingdom Hearts today after playing Final Fantasy VII for about two months straight, and I marked the F out when Aeris (or "Aerith" as she is in Kingdom Hearts) approached Goofy and Donald Duck. I'm an Aeris mark, I can't help it.

 

Anybody else have one to share?

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Guest SP-1

I mark for the beast in the SNES game, "Out of This World"

 

Right after you first climb out of the pool in the beginning. Walk a little to the right . . . ROOAARR.

 

"F. I'm screwed"

 

Beautiful moment in the game. Scary the first time but now I cherish the memory.

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Guest Spaceman Spiff

I just got the Lunar Horizon wallpaper in Animal Crossing. I marked out huge.

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Guest Crazy Dan

I loved in Resident Evil 2, when the girl screams out "You Lose" and proceeds to use the rocket launcher on the Tyrant was one of my favorite scenes in all of the Resident Evil games.

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I marked out like a fangirl when, SWERVE~!, Squall isn't dead! Then, I wiped away my tears from thinking he was dead. *sniffle*

 

It may not be a 'mark-out' moment, but Nemesis in RE3 scared the shit outta me! It's like you turn a corner, the screen pauses oh-so-briefly to load, then.....

 

*music spikes* STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARS! *runs in fright* Okay, it was my first RE, peeps. Gimme a break!

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Guest Kingpk

I have 3:

 

1) When I came back from 21 down against the Jets in the final game of a Madden season where a loss puts me out of the playoffs and won with an FG in Overtime (it was a pretty good game, too).

 

2) When Zidane whips off his robe at the end of FFIX, revealing to Dagger that he isn't dead.

 

3) When Ray is activated in the tanker and rips it apart (because it is such an awesome cutscene). Oh, and when Snake breaks the cuffs and dives into the water after Ray in the end.

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Guest EricMM

I'll tell you a videogame moment that makes me mark out everytime I see it played. It's in Final Fantasy 7. It's in a small mountain village town. A town with a mansion on a hill, a mansion with a library. In it, Sephiroth is reading many many books. Cloud asks Sephiroth innocently something like "What are you going to do now?" or "Where are you going?" Sephiroth states, "I'm going to visit my mother..." BAM music changes, mood swings, and the shit hits the fan.

 

*SNIFF*

 

That game was so great...

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Guest CED Ordonez

Final Fantasy X: "Otherworld". 'Nuff said.

 

Guilty Gear X2: The Instant Kill for Faust. It's so over the top that I must mark for it.

 

Playing The Grid, people start chanting "Let the bodies hit the floor" as I proceed to rack up 43 kills in the two and a half minutes I'm in the game.

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Guest Dace59

In Kingdom Hearts, one of the optional bosses.

 

You select the option, you go to the fight.

That music kicks, your jaw hangs open, you go... OH SHIT!

 

And then you die in under 30 seconds.

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Guest kkktookmybabyaway

Too many Madden encounters to count.

 

The first times I beat Shinobi, Golden Axe, Primal Rage (Chaos the Monkey -- gotta love someone that uses pee for a fatality) and Double Dragon with one play in the arcade...

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Guest HollywoodSpikeJenkins

When the birds break through the windows in RE2. Fucking scared the shit out of me the first time. And for some reason, I keep forgetting that it's THAT ONE HALLWAY, and I always get spooked when they fly out.

 

 

 

And basically, beating any RPG makes me mark out.

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Guest bravesfan

No specific in-game incidents, but a few memories of quality mark-out experiences...

 

-Playing NFL Blitz and NBA Jam for the first time in the arcades.

 

-The ability to unlock "blood" in Mortal Kombat for the Genesis system.

 

-Any time a a "FRIENDSHIP!" was used in Mortal Kombat...man, that shit was hilarious...

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Guest Kotzenjunge

The really cool X-Box intro screen. Makes me say "DAMN" a la Farrooq every time I see it.

 

Seeing that Max Payne drove a Mustang.

 

Unlocking the Mustang GT390 in Sega GT 2002.

 

Getting an 8.436 in the quarter mile with a Nitrous-equipped Ford GT40 running at 201mph and 920hp, FINALLY beating that fucking Caterham Super Seven at the drag strip in Sega GT 2002.

 

Getting captured by the Immortals in Jet Set Radio Future with the decoy Yoyo. The last thing I expected from that game was a plot twist.

 

Getting the last medal on Expert mode in Starfox 64.

 

Hearing original Star Wars scores in Shadows of the Empire.

 

Beating Final Fantasy II, III, and Super Mario RPG.

 

EVERYTHING about Super Mario World and F-Zero (my first two SNES games) astounded me at the time.

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Guest TheZsaszHorsemen

The video game version of Batman Returns. When Batman beat The Penguin (again)... I marked out.

 

I marked for F-Zero which ruled the hizzy.

 

I marked for beating Street Fighter Alpha 2 with every character.

 

I marked for beating Level 8-1 on Super Mario.

 

I marked for the end of Double Dragon where the brothers fight over the girl.

 

I marked out like a retard for the bum bum bumbumbum ba ba bum bum bum! Snaaaaaaake! in Metal Gear Solid.

 

Everyone marked for pretty much everything in the Tanker Chapter of MGS2: SOL

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Guest saturnmark4life

My brother insists that in SM4 kane ended a conversation with 'How do ya like them apples?!'. I HAVE TO SEE THIS, I WILL CRY.

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Guest wwF1587

Beating just about any RPG

 

Various moves in various matches in WWF NO MERCY.. especially the ladder match

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Playing The Grid, people start chanting "Let the bodies hit the floor" as I proceed to rack up 43 kills in the two and a half minutes I'm in the game.

That just sounds cool....I should play Bodies when I get GTA for the PC.

 

Dames

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Guest KoR Fungus

DDR moments stand out the most. Beating La Seniorita Virtual for the first time to finish off the Konamix basics, beating my first cata (Afronova Primeval), beating Furuhata's Theme to finish off all the 5th mix catas, beating Max300. DDR gives you such a great sense of accomplishment.

 

Any time I beat Dennis the superasian in any fighter, it's a serious markout moment. His reflexes are superhuman. :(

 

The FF7 moment that Eric mentioned was great. The music change at that moment is absolutely chilling. The whole Cloud's story scene is amazing. FF7 had a bunch of them. Geting KoR, beating Emerald and Ruby. Heh I was so proud of myself when I beat Ruby after like fifty tries.

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Having been a gamer since the nes days, I have way too many moments. A couple that spring to mind:

 

The first time I played through Chrono Trigger on Snes was like a constant markout. Specifically, the Trial sequence in the game, when previous things I had done (like stealing the old man's lunch) came back to haunt me. I was amazed.

 

The intro to FFX blew me away with the incredible cg. With Auron walking along while the blitzball game rages on just caused me to mark out, as I had been anticipating the game very highly.

 

Tons of moments of fighting bosses in Metroid Prime.

 

Too many moments overall from all the FF games, I couldn't list them all. I have a big fondness in my heart for the sniping sequence in FF8.

 

Playing through all of Chrono Cross, constant markout. The chrono series of games has always been my favorite, and I love every aspect of them.

 

The first appearance of Solidus in MGS2, as well as the tanker sequence when Revolver steals Metal Gear Ray. Virtually every cinema in MGS and MGS2 actually.

 

Blah, that's enough for now. It's good to be a gamer baby!

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Guest Kahran Ramsus

Xenogears

 

Citan's 'betrayal' in Solaris.

Ramsus 'killing' Krelian & Miang.

Elly-Miang.

Grahf having possessed Kahn.

When Weltall trasforms into Id's Gear and levels Solaris.

 

Other games

 

Death of Luca Blight from Suikoden II.

Death of Jowy Blight from Suikoden II, Ending II.

Death of Nanami from Suikoden II.

Geddoe reveals he has the True Lightning Rune in Suikoden III.

The first appearance of X-Death in Final Fantasy V.

Kefka sends the world to ruin in Final Fantasy VI.

The Opera in Final Fantasy VI.

Death of Gremio in Suikoden.

Cloud & Aeris appear in Final Fantasy Tactics.

Sephiroth burns down Nibelheim in Final Fantasy VII.

Garland destroys Alexandria in Final Fantasy IX.

Liquid takes control of Ocelot at the end of Metal Gear Solid 2 and steals Metal Gear Ray.

The ending with Ocelot & Solidus in Metal Gear Solid.

Nuking the French in the various Civilization games.

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