I know it's sort of a meme at this point, but I would get super uncomfortable in this level. I don't think I got any stars from it during my first play through.
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As a kid, what (non-horror) games terrified you?
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I know it's sort of a meme at this point, but I would get super uncomfortable in this level. I don't think I got any stars from it during my first play through.
I was only like 3 or 4 when I had this, but Dr. Seuss' Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler for Coleco. As an impressionable little kid who loved looking at Dr. Seuss books, seeing these beloved characters with terrifyingly creepy faces (I'm sure they made them look the best they could in the game) all ripped up was just too much for me. I needed my parents around just to play it.
Oh! Kid Icarus for NES was also scary for me. Would have been around the same age as the Seuss game. Anyway, I got too scared to keep playing because of the screaming Reapers that scream for days at you, as well as the Eggplant Wizards (I'm not sure why). And then Medusa at the end? Nope. The former of those situations required me to give the controller to my dad to play while I would use graph paper to continue the map we would make to get through the dungeon areas (so I could de-stress). When we got to Medusa, pretty sure I yelled and he just took the controller from me.
Oh! Kid Icarus for NES was also scary for me. Would have been around the same age as the Seuss game. Anyway, I got too scared to keep playing because of the screaming Reapers that scream for days at you, as well as the Eggplant Wizards (I'm not sure why). And then Medusa at the end? Nope. The former of those situations required me to give the controller to my dad to play while I would use graph paper to continue the map we would make to get through the dungeon areas (so I could de-stress). When we got to Medusa, pretty sure I yelled and he just took the controller from me.
The ending sequence of Monkey Island 2. Also the skeleton-dance dream sequence. Also just a lot of that game...
Friday the 13th. It was the music and the idea that kids were being murdered in the woods.
I don't think I would have even seen a Friday the 13th film at that point.
I don't think I would have even seen a Friday the 13th film at that point.
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When I was a little kid (I mean really, really young. Proper young), that Rugrats game and a lot of moments that terrified the hell of me. Mainly cus I was in control of it. Main bit being that pyramid in the golf section with the mummy inside.
My brother also had a demo disc a few years later with Silent Hill 3'snopening level. I always used to always try it but basically just stumbled around the first bit because I couldn't go any further.
My brother also had a demo disc a few years later with Silent Hill 3'snopening level. I always used to always try it but basically just stumbled around the first bit because I couldn't go any further.
The redeads in Ocarina of Time, those freaked me the fuck out
I would play it at a friend's house who had a save right by where the redeads spawn, and repeatedly load it up, get too scared to keep playing, turn it off abruptly, and then work up the courage to start it up again
Needless to say I didn't beat OoT as a kid
I would play it at a friend's house who had a save right by where the redeads spawn, and repeatedly load it up, get too scared to keep playing, turn it off abruptly, and then work up the courage to start it up again
Needless to say I didn't beat OoT as a kid
Dr. Chaos on the NES scared this shit out of me. First off, you had that title screen that had that scary-ass skull appear in the "O". Then in the game you would be searching rooms and open a door or closet and giant Frankenstein motherfucker pops out and you have to fight him with your knife. Never beat the game, never even got close.
The one time I played a Zelda game, don't remember which one exactly, and I saw a Like-Like. Turned me off the series completely. The way they moved scared the hell out of me.
I don't think games were detailed enough to be terrifying when I was a kid, but hearing Sinistar say "Beware, I live!" was enough to spook you into adrenaline mode quickly. Also, there was noticeable tension when playing Hunt the Wumpus.
I remember having nightmares with Alien3 for the Mega Drive.
My cousin rented the game and I saw him playing (and failing) to finish the first level on time.
You need to free a certain number of prisoners that are chained to the wall, if you do not free all of them on time the game then proceeds to show each of them being ripped by the chest burters. And I mean, the game kindly takes it time to show each and every single one of them, one after another.
You also have the closeup of the Alien drooling and looking at you menacingly and Ripley's hand trying to reach out and sinking to the bottom of the screen whenever you got a gameover o lost a life (can't remember which one of it was).
My cousin rented the game and I saw him playing (and failing) to finish the first level on time.
You need to free a certain number of prisoners that are chained to the wall, if you do not free all of them on time the game then proceeds to show each of them being ripped by the chest burters. And I mean, the game kindly takes it time to show each and every single one of them, one after another.
You also have the closeup of the Alien drooling and looking at you menacingly and Ripley's hand trying to reach out and sinking to the bottom of the screen whenever you got a gameover o lost a life (can't remember which one of it was).
Silverload on the PS1
My mom took me to Blockbuster when I was a kid and she allowed me to rent this game. It was a point and click horror game. I remember we both played it together and were scared shitless. We came to a part where a barber was using a straight razor to shave my neck and we didn't want to continue because we thought our throat was gonna be sliced. Then my dad came home and freaked out and returned it that same night. LOL
My mom took me to Blockbuster when I was a kid and she allowed me to rent this game. It was a point and click horror game. I remember we both played it together and were scared shitless. We came to a part where a barber was using a straight razor to shave my neck and we didn't want to continue because we thought our throat was gonna be sliced. Then my dad came home and freaked out and returned it that same night. LOL
The memories are vague now but I just remember being at my mom's friends house who had an NES (this was early 90s right before the SNES came out) and the DQ cover art attracted me. Popped that sucker in, walked out into the field and ran into that creepy slime. Turned off the game immediately and had residual hatred for the DQ series until i played 3 on the GBC. I've been a fan ever since.
Another World on the SNES, when the animal drops down and chases you. I almost took it back to the store, but ended up keeping it. Alien 3 on the SNES also scared the hell out of me. The atmosphere in that game was so unsettling. The cinematic art of the aliens was very scary as a child too.
I also remember playing the SIlent HIll demo with my cousin and when one of those small things came out of the shadows and squealed at us, we smashed the off switch on the PS1 so fast.
Edit: Actually you want non-horror games? Hmm... I guess Tomb Raider was one, that end boss was so freaky looking, I hated it. I remember some other enemies on the later levels also being creepy looking.
Ecco The Dolphin was unsettling, I have a fear of deep water so that freaked me out. The end boss was also nightmare fuel.
Another would be Shadow of the Beast, the music and the whole atmosphere of that game made me feel uneasy, there's some enemy designs that creep me out. I didn't like going into the cave.
I also remember playing the SIlent HIll demo with my cousin and when one of those small things came out of the shadows and squealed at us, we smashed the off switch on the PS1 so fast.
Edit: Actually you want non-horror games? Hmm... I guess Tomb Raider was one, that end boss was so freaky looking, I hated it. I remember some other enemies on the later levels also being creepy looking.
Ecco The Dolphin was unsettling, I have a fear of deep water so that freaked me out. The end boss was also nightmare fuel.
Another would be Shadow of the Beast, the music and the whole atmosphere of that game made me feel uneasy, there's some enemy designs that creep me out. I didn't like going into the cave.
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A lot of things in Ocarina of time scared me.
I remember being scared when playing Glover for some reason lol
Doom 3 scared me a lot.
Thing that probably scared me the most was when doing the MissingNo glitch and the pokemons sound glitching out and turning into high pitched screams and the glitch city in the safari or going outside the map and the game glitching.
I also remember using a action replay or what ever on ocarina of time also and falling out of the map and getting scared lol
Stuff like that just scared me back then so much smh
I remember being scared when playing Glover for some reason lol
Doom 3 scared me a lot.
Thing that probably scared me the most was when doing the MissingNo glitch and the pokemons sound glitching out and turning into high pitched screams and the glitch city in the safari or going outside the map and the game glitching.
I also remember using a action replay or what ever on ocarina of time also and falling out of the map and getting scared lol
Stuff like that just scared me back then so much smh
I had a very strange phobia as a kid when 3D games started happening. Almost any game of that era terrified me. I had tons of trouble playing Mario and Zelda OoT because of that.
There was also something about first person games that freaked me out too. I skipped games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark because of that. I remember feeling so betrayed by Goemon: Mystical Ninja when the Impact Sections were first person.
There was also something about first person games that freaked me out too. I skipped games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark because of that. I remember feeling so betrayed by Goemon: Mystical Ninja when the Impact Sections were first person.
I'm really tired and maybe delirious but this is one of the funniest things I have read.
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The post was not to talk about obvious horror games you played as a kid. I was looking more for non-horror games that scared you as a kid despite not being intentionally scary. Like yeah Silent Hill scared you. That's because the game is designed to scare you.
Silent Hill 2. Not sure how I beat it.
Silent Hill 3 was even scarier that I dropped it. Couldn't handle the scary noises coming off screen.
Silent Hill 3 was even scarier that I dropped it. Couldn't handle the scary noises coming off screen.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone PC game. It had such an eerie atmosphere. Something about the technical limitations of that time and most environments being largely empty created a sense of dread and isolation in me. Jeremy Soul's soundtrack also added to this.
Another one I remember being absolutely terrified of was the first Tomb Raider game for PS1. Again the silence and the empty environments. There were also so many myths about weird things happening in the mansion, some of which were actually true. Actually still gives me chills writing about it now.
Like Likes in the N64 Zeldas scared me like nothing else. None of the traditionally creepy things in those games scared me (redeads etc), just the damn Like Likes. I usually had to pass the controller to one of my brothers when one was around. The Great Bay at night in Majora's Mask just about gave me a heart attack.
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Oh god when I was a kid, we rented Jurassic Park for our Super Nintendo. I could never play it very long cause I always got so scared whenever I ran into this huge triceratops. I would die and then turn it off.
Dino Crisis 1, Parasite Eve 2 (fuck that first transformation FMV and the damn mutant horses, holy shit), RE3, silent hill, Alone in the dark (the ps1 game).
Tbh i loved these games even when i played them as a kid and i was terrified af.
Tbh i loved these games even when i played them as a kid and i was terrified af.
The final boss fight of Soul Blade always scared the crap outta me as a kid, to the point I had to let my mom or dad play the game for me to beat him lol.
Yeah, that's the same for me.
And Berzerk... "fork the humanoid ! kill the intruder ! intruder alert intruder alert!"
I had so many more games that scared me as an adult than as a kid xD (Silent Hill and co)
Yo that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is spot on. The stealth sections, especially for a 6-8 year old were terrifying. I hated diagonal alley.
Some Dracula game for the PS1, I don't even remember the name anymore. It was my first experience with a horror game and it was awful.
Blue Stinger, ILL Bleed, Turok, Ecco: dolphin defender of the future (Sea Monsters nty) and Resident evil 4 all scared me as a kid.
In ill bleed getting in the mansion in zone 1 was too much.
Edit: In fact in ecco it took me 8 months to build up the curage to fight the Megalodon boss... from the 2nd level in the game.
In ill bleed getting in the mansion in zone 1 was too much.
Edit: In fact in ecco it took me 8 months to build up the curage to fight the Megalodon boss... from the 2nd level in the game.
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It's usually the underwater situations/monsters that freak me out.
N64 Star Wars Shadows of the Empire with the sewer creature. Mario 64's eel. Even now I still get some anxiety from aquatic monsters, like the hydra from Dark Souls.
I got Subnautica from EGS that I've been sitting on for some months now. I wonder if I can handle that?
Now that I think about it, I wonder if it's more a fear of things I can't quite see or see completely.
Oh, I also remember seeing Mortal Kombat at a pizza place when I was a kid. Sub-zero tore off Raiden's head. I had to go home and lay down for awhile and just process everything. Not sure if that counts as terrified or just shocked.
N64 Star Wars Shadows of the Empire with the sewer creature. Mario 64's eel. Even now I still get some anxiety from aquatic monsters, like the hydra from Dark Souls.
I got Subnautica from EGS that I've been sitting on for some months now. I wonder if I can handle that?
Now that I think about it, I wonder if it's more a fear of things I can't quite see or see completely.
Oh, I also remember seeing Mortal Kombat at a pizza place when I was a kid. Sub-zero tore off Raiden's head. I had to go home and lay down for awhile and just process everything. Not sure if that counts as terrified or just shocked.
Oh yes, Turok! I remember renting the first one and I couldn't go any further after the first enemy came charging at me from the fog. Wasted that rental.
Man I had such a hard time with those early N64 games.
The FPS sections used to freak me out a little.
Oh god when I was a kid, we rented Jurassic Park for our Super Nintendo. I could never play it very long cause I always got so scared whenever I ran into this huge triceratops. I would die and then turn it off.
Yup, this is what I came for. That shit fucked me all up. And it wasn't even the final image that was the worst for me.
