So many "oooooooh" moments for me... Just some I remember.
Zork. The rich storyline had me hooked right from seeing the mailbox. :)
Elite. OMFGBBQ! 3D! Smooth! GAH!!! PIRATES IN THE WORMHOLE!! GAAAH FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN SCOOPING FUEL!! Just an awesome game and there hasn't been a space sim it's like since.
Dungeon Master. All the little tricks and traps... awesome. Even spent about 20 dollars on their 1-900 tip line in order to finish it. :)
Castle Wolfenstein 3D. Ooh... Raycasting (though I didn't know what it was called at the time). Brought me right back to the days where I was playing the original wolfenstein on the apple // in 2D.
Ultima Underworld. REAL 3D ! ! ! AND SMOOTH ! ! ! AND JUMPING ! ! !
Stardust on the amiga (hope that was it's name) and seeing it in THAT MANY COLORS!!! AND SO SMOOTH!!!
Tomb Raider T-Rex scene...
X-Wing... just the impressive size of the ships.
Duke Nukem 3D... All the great one liners and stuff you didn't see in other games of it's type.
Most recently... And one that'll certainly enter this list in a few years...
<possible spoiler for FEAR so turn away if you are scared of them>
F.E.A.R. - Turning to go down a ladder and having psycho girl in your face and attempting to click madly on the mouse button to shoot and not being able to because you are clinging to a ladder. Only to have her disappear. Giving a huge sigh of relief only to get to the bottom of the ladder and have a shambling "thing" walking towards you that does the same thing... It set the tone for the rest of the game.
Zork. The rich storyline had me hooked right from seeing the mailbox. :)
Elite. OMFGBBQ! 3D! Smooth! GAH!!! PIRATES IN THE WORMHOLE!! GAAAH FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN SCOOPING FUEL!! Just an awesome game and there hasn't been a space sim it's like since.
Dungeon Master. All the little tricks and traps... awesome. Even spent about 20 dollars on their 1-900 tip line in order to finish it. :)
Castle Wolfenstein 3D. Ooh... Raycasting (though I didn't know what it was called at the time). Brought me right back to the days where I was playing the original wolfenstein on the apple // in 2D.
Ultima Underworld. REAL 3D ! ! ! AND SMOOTH ! ! ! AND JUMPING ! ! !
Stardust on the amiga (hope that was it's name) and seeing it in THAT MANY COLORS!!! AND SO SMOOTH!!!
Tomb Raider T-Rex scene...
X-Wing... just the impressive size of the ships.
Duke Nukem 3D... All the great one liners and stuff you didn't see in other games of it's type.
Most recently... And one that'll certainly enter this list in a few years...
<possible spoiler for FEAR so turn away if you are scared of them>
F.E.A.R. - Turning to go down a ladder and having psycho girl in your face and attempting to click madly on the mouse button to shoot and not being able to because you are clinging to a ladder. Only to have her disappear. Giving a huge sigh of relief only to get to the bottom of the ladder and have a shambling "thing" walking towards you that does the same thing... It set the tone for the rest of the game.