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What were your (now retro, but not at the time) gaming wow moments? (self.retrogaming)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by HexagonSun to c/[email protected]

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I remember a few from various stages of my life (born 1984).

Seeing the demo footage of Sonic 2 in Woolworths and thinking the leaves falling down in Aquatic Ruin zone was so cool and advanced.

The original Sega arcade of Virtua Racing with the moving cars completely blew me away.

I remember my uncle loading up Cannon Fodder on his Amiga, and a REAL song with REAL music came out, along with REAL photos. I was amazed haha.

A few years on I remember a PlayStation demo disc having promo footage of the first Gran Turismo and it looked so real to me, I watched it over and over. The first Driver on PS1 looked absolutely amazing to me also.

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[–] mindbleach 1 points 4 months ago

Realizing Morrowind had no invisible walls. That first path out of Seyda Neen, you can see Dren plantation (just fucking barely, at those draw distances), and I was convinced I'd be blocked by the low hump in the road that direction. I distinctly remember turning back because I didn't feel like breaking the illusion by getting railroaded. And then probably the second mission from Caius Cosades goes 'I dunno, giant talking cat, go explore for a while' - and it clicked. I hadn't hit any impassible borders because there aren't any. I hadn't needed special invitation flags to trawl the first Imperial side town (castle and all!) or to get my ass kicked at that unpronounceable Daedric shrine. It's all just... there. There's only loading screens because the game sucks at caching.