/vr/ - Retro Games

Admittedly, retro games weren't very good at scares in general.

Brutus randomly jumping in the Arcade Popeye game.

Not actually retro, but don't care

>>4315182
Not not even the scariest thing in Resident Evil. The dogs crashing through the windows or the giant spiders in the dormitories were more frightening.

help me

>>4315182
The scene in Silent Hill where you had no where to escape and these little demons come after you.

>>4315182
That moment when the screen turns dark and you can see the reflection of your hideous form.

As a kid the levels in Doom that had nearly pitch black areas were pretty tense. But it wasn't until Clive Barkers Undying and encountering the Howlers for the first time that I really got shook by a video game.

I can name three
- When Death goes apeshit in Kid Icarus
- Any time a mask chases you in SMB2
- When you desperately need that air bubble in Sonic.

>>4315194
>Re 2
>Licker off screen
>Pounces
>Head gone
Wtf hated those bastards.

I vote for either this, or when you have to go down the ladder in the clock tower.

When this cutscene played in Resident Evil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYvBSf2ucd0

>>4315418
The 4th floor button was so good. Legitimately made me question whether it was there the whole time and I just glossed over it, or if the game was playing tricks on me.

>>4315184
>implying
The fifth gen was unnerving in general due to the technological limitations.

>>4315440
Yeah exactly. Same with the bathroom door in the school. Grade A mindfuck. You expect a bunch of cheap jumpscares, but then the game throws you all these subtle curveballs instead to freak you out.

>>4315418

I was about to reply about the bathroom door in the school but anon beat me to it. The moment I knew the game doesn't fuck around.

The empty locker was better than any, or the subsequent, jumpscare.

>>4315418

I don't know why this one just made me angry back then. Looking at it now, it horrifying that it can even turn a doorknob.

>>4315184
I disagree. Silent Hill is one of the creepiest retro games ever made. None of my brothers want to play that game and they are die-hard Resident Evil fans.

Another from Mario 64, I always dreaded falling off of this.

>>4315423

The second reply in my first post was meant for this guy.

There's a whole lot, anon.
One thing I noticed is that the first zombie in RE1 still has its irises, while later games have zombies with vacant eyes or just no irises at all.

I don't know, seeing the intelligence of a creature is more scary than something otherworldly. But that is a moot point anyway.

My points:
- The cat coming out of the drawer in Silent Hill 1
- The Licker breaking the examination room window in Resident Evil 2

>>4315182
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IFWOgOtCFU

i actually was more scared of the licker scuttling across the window in RE2 as a kid

>>4315445
>unnerving in general due to the technological limitations.
it's true but I'm having such a sensible chuckle over this

>>4315182
I was actually more scared of the zombie dogs the first time they pop out at you in RE2.

But only slightly. I was an 8 year old I think when I first saw this. I was so fucking horrified that, even though I don't quite have the same fear now, I still dream about zombies regularly

>The game is Crash 3.
>You're a kid, enjoying your time with it even though you're not very good at it.
>You end up losing all your lives.
>The screen fades to black, then fades into a swirling red void, sort of like the time-twister messages.
>A flash of lightning appears, signaling something is coming.
>AND THEN A BLARING SYNTH NOISE PLAYS WHILE UKA UKA'S FACE IS SHOVED DIRECTLY IN THE VIEWER'S FACE AND HE SAYS "GAME OVER" IN THE MOST SINISTER VOICE IMAGINABLE TO HUMAN KIND

I mean, it may not be as scary as OP's, but seeing as it's part of Crash freaking Bandicoot, it'll throw you off the first time you see it.

>No data found on memory card 1

What?

>No data found on memory card 1

Nonononono NOOOOOOOOO

>>4315827
Now that is fucking scary.

>>4315194
But there's no giant spiders in the dormitories, there's two on the bar on the guardhouse, two more in the L passage and Black Tiger.

>>4315345
>Just Real Gamer Things

>>4315523
I recently watched a Let's Play of Silent Hill 1 because I'd wanted to play it for years but couldn't make it past like 10 minutes.

>>4316064
Yeah. It gets creepier the longer you play.

>>4315703
;_;

>>4315345
#HardcoreGamr

Silent Hill 1
>when you get all the wizard of oz keys and it gets dark and this starts playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9NslvVVSJs
>locker room scare
>first otherworld transition
>4th floor appearing out of nowhere in the hospital
>the sewers
>the grate falling before the twinfeeler fight

>>4316575
also, dat OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bMGEEqF3qw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHJ9gpei-3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrXT0uejVlc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFAG8-EI-II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zzYvTF7P2M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzyf5p5Hfw&index=62&list=PL8A6BD142331FC6D4

>>4316583
It's a shame this only plays in 1 place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rah74j6IX3k

>>4316614
oh yeah, the church
this one is my favourite song you hear only once, sounds kinda like portishead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5mX74--vQU

>>4315909
ah ha. ha ha ha. fuck this

>>4315182
dunno about most terrifying, but i think it does a better job than the remake.

>>4315523
i agree with this.
i only played the original after 2 and 3, and on the whole i enjoyed it a lot more

>>4315182
The dogs coming thru the window?, or maybe that quickflash of alicker as it dashes past the window in RE2?
Nemisis smashing thru the police station window?
Birkin tearing up the police chief in RE2?
That crocodile in the sewer?

>>4316682
it's the eyes. it is almost as if there is a little bit of humanity is still left in him.

>>4315703
The mask collector/owner in that game was freaky and the undead in the valley section.

>>4316054
Not him but don't more show up in other places when you return to the mansion? I could just about handle the guardhouse but them falling on you in the first hallway made me shit a metric ton of bricks

>>4316054
Some spawn in the mansion when you go back but in out of the way corridors that most people miss - also like atone of zombies appear in the section near the bathroom too

>>4316723
I'm glad I started with the original before 2 & 3. I think the hardest part was the piano puzzle, but luckily I managed to do a yahoo search to figure out what to do. And yes I said yahoo search because there was no google at the time.

>>4315182
I ain't afraid of no dumb paper mache head

>>4315418
>>4316575
>>4316583
>>4316614
>>4316624

Started a new fear a few days ago. Can't get enough.
Best part is, I'm not even scared anymore of this game.
It's just so comfy now. Anyone else feel the same?
Other comfy horror you're enjoying in these spoopy times?

>>4317018
nah, it's one of my favourite games ever but the atmosphere is consistently "unwelcoming" (which is great), so I never play SH for fun like RE for some zombie shooting
doesn't scare me, but it feels oppressive no matter how many times I play it

>>4317018
>>4317104
SH2 is comfy horror game

>>4315709
And then you go into the next room and find a freshly decapitated corpse.

>>4315182
protip: I can
terrifying moment in gaming is when there is a new console shortage on launch day and you couldn't get one.

>>4315909

that I GOT YOU on the dos version startled me

>>4315182
Scared the shit out of me when I was 11. Fug

>>4315182
Some dude who looks like a dog turd that dehydrated in the sun?

>>4317631

But enough about your yearbook photo.

>>4315182
I was destroyed by this scene and the next moments of the game when i was 5, but it spurred my urge to fight my fears. Now RE is one of my favorite game franchises.

>>4317704

>>I was destroyed by this scene and the next moments of the game when i was 25

>>4317704
Same here. RE1 was the first game I got for the PlayStation in 96 and I was not ready for that jump from SNES.

>>4317520
>buying consoles on launch day

>>4317704
Talk about Stockholm's syndrome, huh

>>4315524
>>4315514

Serious question. Why are N64 faggots such serious pussies?

>>4315182
That part in Arkham Asylum (spoilers) was probably the scariest for me. STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl had a few close ones as well.

>>4315816
>being scared of anything in Crash 3
serious question, did you play this when you were <8 or something? The only thing I remember in crash 3 was PURE VIDEOGAME MASTERPIECE. holy fuck that game was so good.

>>4316064
Game has pretty slow pacing compared to 2 and 3. Not too many scares until you get towards the end of Midwich Elementary. Definitely worth playing.

>>4318228
There's nothing wrong with buying a console on launch day. I remember buying a Sega Dreamcast on launch day, if it wasn't for that, I would have missed out on so many great titles. I remember trying out House Of The Dead 2 on a demo disc and how badly I wanted to buy that game.