Games that scared you as a kid...

[FlockMastaBack]

Note: I'm referring to non-horror games, so games you might've grown up to such as Resident Evil don't count.

For me, I'd say it's a tie between Donkey Kong 64 and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. Donkey Kong 64 scared the shit out of me as a kid; most of the levels were extremely dark, (I mean tint wise) the music was creepy, and I always found the game over cutscene unsettling. As for Spyro 3, the game itself was a very upbeat little adventure, but I got really nervous the first time I got to Midday Garden after that one girl told you about a trap being set followed by the ominous music.

So yeah. Discuss or something.

[FlockMastaBack]

I'd also like to apologize in advance for the poor structure of my post. It's late, and I'm half asleep.

[convict357]

This doesn't count but Dead Space 2 made me jump quite a few times, but Dead Space 1 didn't scare me AT ALL, literally.

[convict357]

At 1/12/12 01:19 AM, convict357 wrote: This doesn't count but Dead Space 2 made me jump quite a few times, but Dead Space 1 didn't scare me AT ALL, literally.

And I was 10 too.

[unconsidered]

The Zelda games freaked me out when I was a kid.

[Squidbit]

When I first played Donkey Kong 64 I was really scared to go in the water around the island, because I was convinced something was gonna swim out and eat me.
Also, the redeads from OoT.

At 1/12/12 12:59 AM, FlockMastaBack wrote: I'd also like to apologize in advance for the poor structure of my post. It's late, and I'm half asleep.

You can't apologize in advance after you post

[twistex]

There was this game on the PS2 called Ty the Tasmanian Tiger and was i was little there was this ocean level where there would be tons of sharks. This absolutly scared the shit out of me as i hated sharks back then and could never finish that level without my mum or dad to get past it for me. Once i was able to play that level i was still shitting myself and was pretty much doing speed runs of the level.

[kazumazkan]

some resident evil games

[Raab]

Splatterhouse 2

The Chainsaw boss comes out of fucking nowhere..

NOWHERE!

The only way to effectively beat him is to scream at the top of your lungs and mash buttons.

[Falonefal]

I was 5 when I played Half Life 1 when it just came out...

Now consciously I wasn't that much (though being creeped up by a zombie was still pretty fucking scary) but when I went to sleep, that's when the nightmares started, I literally sat in my bed looking through my door into the hallway where I was 100% sure I could see a headcrab zombie standing still looking at me.

After that my dad banned Half Life for me for a LONG time.

[Ragnarokia]

Donkey Kong 64, when you are in one of those rooms and the countdown timer starts. It says "Get out." in a creepy voice with the 10 seconds timer starting when the voice is heard, and the room darkens and a cross hair inside a sniper scope points at you, with the unsettling chime added each time a second goes down.

That shit was scary.

[FlaminSquirrel]

At 1/12/12 08:26 AM, Ragnarokia wrote: Donkey Kong 64, when you are in one of those rooms and the countdown timer starts. It says "Get out." in a creepy voice with the 10 seconds timer starting when the voice is heard, and the room darkens and a cross hair inside a sniper scope points at you, with the unsettling chime added each time a second goes down.

^ This. To be honest, a lot of the caves used to scare me. I mean, the music dies down, there's more enemies, and it's all around creepier than outside. It scared the crap out of me back in the day.

...and still does.

[kmau]

Freaking Redead in Zelda: Ocarina of Time scared the shit out of me. I even found the Wind Waker ones kind of unsettling later. Also probably 50% of Majoras Mask.

[ZJ]

Super Mario 64's piano monster still haunts me in my nightmares.

[SineRider]

Friday the 13th on the NES

OMFG it's Jason

sure now it's seems silly, but in my little kid mind I hated having to fight jason

[FigishPig3000]

A lot of the games brought up are horror games...

I used to be scared playing any FPS really. Shit popping out and shooting me in the face. I could only play Doom with IDDQD, and I didn't play through Half-Life until years later.

[FlockMastaBack]

At 1/12/12 07:25 AM, Squidbit wrote: You can't apologize in advance after you post

It was like ten seconds after the original post, and since nobody had given their personal input, there was nobody to apologize to yet, therefore it still qualifies as apologizing in advance.

[DeIirium]

There was a ghost character in the Harry potter : philosopher's stone game on the PS1 who scared me when I was 6-7. On the contrary I watched my older brother play games like Resident evil and Silent Hill and I didn't find them scary.

[Cootie]

At 1/12/12 12:57 PM, ZJ wrote: Super Mario 64's piano monster still haunts me in my nightmares.

I remember that whole level from when I was younger. Why in the holy hell would they even put that level in the game? Floating eyeballs, flying furniture and pianos that try to eat you... in Mario.

[LucasJC]

Donkey Kong 64 scared me too. And the re-deads in ocarina of time scared the shit out of me when I was younger.

[dmansland]

Link's Awakening after stealing the bow, cause we all know no one would pay that much for it. When you return the shopkeeper kills you and then everyone calls you THIEF which is kind of creepy

[II2none]

ape escape

Reason:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ErIspSwS zg&feature=related

Sonic Adventure

Reason:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulbhOLLuN 8g&feature=related

[Sword-of-Kings]

The ReDeads in The Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time and The Wind Waker scare the shit out of me.
The title screen of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

[kmau]

Another thing from Majoras Mask.

I literally jumped backwards as a kid when I first walked near that closet.

[jdp717]

zelda oot for me cuz the wall masters scared the shit out of me cuz i didn't know how to avoid them so i ran out of the room (in the game) (forest temple)

[Crink]

i was walking through my local gaming establishment at a very young age with my family members.

i'll never forget seeing shaq's big black face on the cover of shaq fu scaring the shit out of me.

pic related

[Crink]

At 1/12/12 10:22 PM, Crink wrote: i was walking through my local gaming establishment at a very young age with my family members.

i'll never forget seeing shaq's big black face on the cover of shaq fu scaring the shit out of me.

pic related

shit wrong pic sorry

[Crink]

At 1/12/12 10:23 PM, Crink wrote:

At 1/12/12 10:22 PM, Crink wrote: i was walking through my local gaming establishment at a very young age with my family members.

i'll never forget seeing shaq's big black face on the cover of shaq fu scaring the shit out of me.

pic related

shit wrong pic sorry

FUCKING SHIT

wrong pic again, here we go

[simon]

At 1/12/12 01:19 AM, convict357 wrote: This doesn't count but Dead Space 2 made me jump quite a few times, but Dead Space 1 didn't scare me AT ALL, literally.

I don't think that really counts as Dead Space is a space horror.

At 1/12/12 08:12 AM, kazumazkan wrote: some resident evil games

Neither does that.

Honestly, Ghadius in Klonoa used to scare me.. the mood is just completely creepy in comparison to the rest of the game and his outfit is just plain weird. The Wii version of the boss looks worse.

[Swag-in-a-Bag]

The GoldenEye 64 Egyptian level was creepy as fuck and still gives me the jitters. That laugh.