Top three gaming sounds

[Pogue Mahone]

In keeping with all the "top three..." gaming threads what are the three most memorable/evocative gaming sounds you can think of?

I was walking past security at my offices this morning and one of their walkie-talkies made that beep/static noise the aliens make when they're killed in Half-Life. Instantly brought me right back to playing the game.

Other memorable sounds include:

-the high-pitched "scrtchscrszchshscchchchchchch..." noise a ZX Spectrum makes when it finishes with the red/blue striped loading phase and starts getting stuck into the thin blue/yellow stripes bit that means the game is properly loading.

-the sound Pacman makes when he dies.

erm...

any more?

 

[Randall Flagg]

I love the sound of an achievment unlocking on Xbox

 

[Irwinwastheking]

The sound the dice makes when you roll a 6 on a monopoly board.

 

[Randall Flagg]

In mario 1 when you completed a level while jumping on the flag mast thing and sometimes you would get little fireworks

That was a great sound

 

[GDH]

 

[vuc]

Exclamation noise in MGS. Iconic.

 

[Ixion]

EA Sport, It's In The Game

 

[decorativeed]

 

[Stick]

GTA original when you ran over all the orange lads together GOORANGO

 

[Zarlak]

Sonic swallowing an air bubble, a sort of 'woh WOH'

 

[Eriku]

The old 8-bit explosion sound. KRRSSHH!!

 

[Maajid]

Pretty much any sound from this, really:

 

[Randall Flagg]

Pretty much any sound from this, really:

The sound of nothing. How deep and poignant you are

 

[Randall Flagg]

Sonic swallowing an air bubble, a sort of 'woh WOH'

mmm, more like Wup WUP, wup WUP

I prefed the sound of him drowning. Fecking labyrinth zone pissed me off

 

[Maajid]

The sound of nothing. How deep and poignant you are

Fixed.

 

[Irwinwastheking]

What about yer man shouting Sonic Boom in Street Fighter.

 

[SteveJ]

Lara Croft's 'ugh' sound while drowning in Tomb Raider. So moving that I wanted to save her, despite the fact that I can't swim & that diving head-first through a tv set might be dangerous.

 

[Alwyn]

The background noise in Dwemer ruins in Morrowind. Incredibly atmospheric.

 

[Wittmann45]

Goal siren in NHL 94

In fact, the entire 'soundtrack' on NHL 94 is legendary; the charge music, the fans booing/cheering, the sound the stick makes when you shot/pass...

Amazing game

 

[Drainy]

The background noise in Dwemer ruins in Morrowind. Incredibly atmospheric.

I agree, the sound of opening doors in a Dwemer ruin was awesome.

The worst sound has to be..



Nightmares.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Falcon Punch from the Smash Bros Games.

The TV missile launch noise and explosion from Battlefield 2

The dual lightsabre flourish sound from KOTOR1/2

 

[duffer]

I agree, the sound of opening doors in a Dwemer ruin was awesome.

The worst sound has to be..



Nightmares.

God, those things were are nightmare.

 

[duffer]

A Fel Reaver creeping up on you and making this noise always made me jump.

 

[KingEric7]

The sound and feel of a Falcon Punch hitting it's target in Super Smash Brothers.

 

[Sky1981]

Teretet to tet tet. The sound of mario dying

 

[RedLars]

If this is seriously the sound from the upcoming Skyward Sword, someone needs to get got for it:

 

[Minkaro]

That "dee dee dee diddly diddly dee" noise when you caught a Pokemon.

 

[Wittmann45]

Also the noise when you got that indian head thing on Crash Bandicoot

 

[Deleted 20801]

Goldeneye, shooting a silencer.

Toastie on Mortal Kombat.

Random animal sounds from the crowd in the old Pro Evo's.

 

[Grinner]

"Finish Him" on Mortal Kombat

 

[Wonder Pigeon]

If this is seriously the sound from the upcoming Skyward Sword, someone needs to get got for it:

Shut the thread we have a winner.

 

[mariachi-19]

sound of skinning an animal in Red Dead.

 

[vanthaman]

Exclamation noise in MGS. Iconic.

this guy knows what he's talking about

 

[RonaldoVII]

Gears of war headshot.

 

[Leg-End]

Metal Gear Solid Alert sound.



Shenmue QTE



PS3 Trophy Sound

 

[Zen]

Boom! Headshot

 

[Olly Gunnar Solskjær]

 

[adexkola]

Soundtrack from the first Age of Empires... classic

 

[vuc]

AWP in Counter Strike.

 

[cinc]

I remember when we bought the first sound card ( an adlib knockoff), we thought we were in heaven after the worst thing ever about PCs. the PC speaker.

Nothing beats the C64's SID chip though.