Blue Swirl wrote:

That final boss fight/ending sequence from House of the Dead: Overkill.

That's something I'd like to forget.

The police chase into the woods in Episode 3 of Alan Wake. That right there is the closest a game has ever gotten to making me feel like I'm actually "playing" a film.

The wizard falling from the sky in Morrowind.

Christ, TLOU remastered is spitting epic gaming moments at me left,right and centre.

Kow cliff??

Sooooo many. 

Off the top of my head. 

1) Street Fighter 2. On an arcade cabinet on a Sally ferry from Dover to Calais. When i'd run out of 50p's (?) i'd just watch the intro on a loop. Just loved everything about it, it was my first fighter. Chun Li was my early noob fave.
2) Seeing Mario World or Mario 64 running for the first time. 
3) OOT Hyrule Field, felt absolutely massive - strange to think these days. ALSO when you turn into a adult link and realise the game is, thankfully, massive. (Same with the Dark World in LttP I guess)
4) Rez, level 4. Never had a Dreamcast, bought this on XBLA to see what the fuss was about, Level 4 is where it blew me away. Looking forward to Rez VR where i'm sure it will do it all over again.
5) MGS 1,2,3. MGS1 Official Playstation Magazine demo, MGS2 the ZOE tanker demo, MGS3 The End and THE ending. Amazing set of games with a ton of standout moments.
6) Tomb Raider 1, round a friends house, watching him play on PC, level 3 out of the black fog comes a huge fucking T Rex, mate does that Lara 180 roll and just runs. Bought this the next day praying it would run on my Pentium 1. (it did, just, but with no music) 
7) SOTC desert flying one, fucking beautiful.
Half Life 1 and 2 for the intro section, just sticks in the memory more than most. 
9) Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. Omaha Beach.
10) Final Fantasy 7, Aeries death. It didn't reduce me to tears, but still packed an emotional punch in an engrossing game. I'd never invested in a RPG before so this was a first for me.

Theres shit loads that I haven't included.

Skondo wrote:

I've already said it, but again, Kow cliff. Great stuff.

Goddamit!

Doing a 1080 in 1080 Snowboarding N64. Also turning off the bloody music and going down that mountain in the moonlight.

Pretty much all of DarkSouls.

Basilisks, the ash statues, and when someone tells you what they actually are. From really understand how to get the best results from an internet connection.

In no particular order

- Walking from Darnassus to Iron Forge when WoW first came out in 2005.
A truly magical journey topped off with a stunning climb to Iron Forge.

- Playing Mario 64 for the first time.
1996, hard to believe it is 20 years ago but that 'waahooo' is still as fresh as ever in my memory.

- Seeing OOT running in Game on November before it's December launch
When game shops used to the place to congregate, before the days of readily available internet.

- First time logging into Phantasy Stay Online.
I spent hours trying to connect via dial up using all sorts of usernames and passwords. Finally logging on was an insanely exciting moment. Good old 1999.

- Finally beating Fanaxandu on the Nes back in the early 90s
People harp on about Battletoads being rock hard, this was the game to beat on the Nes. Took me years...

- Finally getting Killer Instinct on my Snes
Getting this for Christmas in 1995, I was never so excited to just play a game. Oh how times have changed.

- Playing Mario Kart 64 with mates
Arguably one of the best gaming experiences ever.

- Playing ISS 64 with mates
The original and best footie games. Hours upon hours huddled around a 16" telly.

- Finding Santa's cabin in Secret of Mana
One of my most previous gaming memories and totally unexpected at the time (1994).

- First time seeing the MGS2 trailer on VHS 
Came with a copy of Play, I would eventually wear out the tape from repeated play. Harry Gregson Williams sealed the deal.

- Sega Rally / Daytona arcade days
In-house time trials with arcade dwelling goons. Such good memories. Beating someones time by a fraction of a second was euphoric.

- Playing Soul Calibur 2 in the arcades for months on end
An entire year spent practising on the Gamecube and competing in local arcades in Dublin. 

- That summer I played Morrowind
4 months of absolute wonder. You wouldn't believe the things I saw...

- Discovering Dues Ex
Ahhh. An all time favourite amongst many gamers, surely?

- Discovering Warcraft
Playing WC3 over lan. Finally thinking you've won only to discover your opponent had a secret army tucked away in the fog of war.

- Goldeneye 64
Rare at their best.

- Buying my Dreamast
So far ahead of it's time that it breaks my heart. What a machine it was.

- Halo: CE
The first time I stepped out of the escape pod onto the Halo Ring was epic but it was the beach landing on The Silent Cartographer that blew me away completely. Of course then there were the 100s of hours myself and my brother spent playing co-op. Those times where we'd say to each other at 9pm - ' Halo?' and proceed to tackle a Legendary play through in one sitting. 

- Queuing for Halo 2
Hours and hours spent out in the cold in Dublin's Henry Street waiting for the second coming.

- Completing Ikaruga in 1 Credit
The music escaping to an insurmountable velocity as you dodge bullets for days in one of the best closing levels of any schump. I was proud.

- Level capping in WoW
It took me 22 days of real time play to finally hit level 60, which was fast back in 2005. These days level capping can be accomplished in 20 odd hours play.

- SFIV Competitive play
One of the most exhilarating experiences in gaming is beating someone in a one on one game. Street Fighter IV houses so many great memories for me.

- The EDGE forums / Bear & Badger Forums
I first wandered onto the EDGE boards back in 2001/2002 and have been with the community ever since. An immeasurable component to my gaming experiences.

Yup, top list and I share many of those.

Old school Wow...*wipes eye*

Had a similar experience with my PS2 at launch. Preordered it months in advance and had a savers card with the shop - just added £10 here and there and traded games for credit too. Launch day came and I wasn't in the first bunch. Got a call about 3 days later and went to collect it. Carried it back to Uni room in an N64 bag so no one tried to mug me for it (shops idea). Played SSX for hours.

I could actually add a lot more if I sat down and had a good think about it. But, when I'm staggering home after too many pints it's usually one of two games that come floating to the top. World of Warcraft and Halo. I reckon I think about those two from a nostalgic perspective the most.

Cheers. I'll have a read later.