Which Games Sounds Scared You?

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When I was a kid, the bass thump from Space Invaders used to scare me but the sounds from Wizard of Wor straight-up freaked me out.

Sinistar will probably be the #1 but what other sounds in games scared you guys?
 
I think you're looking for a spooky sound, but the bell in Taxi is awesome for an outright loud noise that just scares the shit out of people. I love watching people play it for the first time, everybody jumps the first time it goes off.
 
Pretty much every sound in Chiller.

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Sinistar for sure back in the day. Now pretty much any pinball machine attract mode that I forget is on when I am working on something else in the basement, LOL.

Chris
 
Way back in the early 70's, Sega made a cool game called Sea Devil. I played this game over and over. As you see in the pic, when you made a hit, the Sea Devil would spin around gushing blood and wail like a banshee. I swear...the game was so loud you could hear his wail way out into the parking lot! If anyone has this game, I'm buying!
 

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I am terrified every time I hear "From long range….." when I am playing NBA Jam versus the computer and I lead by two points with only a couple of seconds left.
 
Space invaders, makes my heart beat faster as the rythem kicks up in pace.

Definately Sinistar as well
 
I am terrified every time I hear "From long range….." when I am playing NBA Jam versus the computer and I lead by two points with only a couple of seconds left.

Isn't that the truth! I have been there many times. :( Sinistar and Crossbow have my vote.

Brian
 
Scary Sounds

My son told me a couple weeks ago that Sinistar scared him when he was little. (He is 19 now). For me the scariest sound is when there is no sound because the game broke!
 
The high-pitched screech you hear when you lose a life in Millipede...
 
Midway''s Your Wife arcade game it says over and over
" YOU DUMB ASS YOU ARE READY HAVE 4000 GAMES AND WHY ARE YOU BUYING MORE"
It is cool she runs and you chase her with a chain saw and when you get close she shuts up but you can never win kind of like DK it has a suicide at the end.
Going to buy out a warehouse of 150 games in the next 2 weeks and that is all I am hearing from her.
 
Ataxx has some creepy-ass music. I never played it until I found a couple of board sets in my stash. That's just a freaky one to have in the background....
 
BITD, when I was playing way too much Venture, the pulsing drone of the hall-monsters starting to break in would practically give me a heart-attack.
 
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