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What were your (now retro, but not at the time) gaming wow moments? (sh.itjust.works)
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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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[–] Philote@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

First time I played Myst in 93, that was mind blowing. I didn’t see that level of graphics for a long time after that.

Also a friend let me play Half-life Alyx when it first released and it seemed to be a monumental shift in what gaming would become….. it wasn’t or hasn’t yet, but it blew my mind at the time.

[–] HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, Myst was definitely something else when it came out

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

In the original release of Myst you weren't necessarily prevented from stumbling upon things you would find as you follow the progression. My parents got me the game and i ended up clicking on everything and found the last room where the whole story comes full circle....well before i hit up the individual book worlds.