Poll: Do these old console startup sounds bring back memories? Which one is the best?
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Ooooo, so tough...
I voted Xbox because Halo 2 and Morrowind usually followed it. And because it was back when Xbox tried to look 'cool', instead of this ugly white/green/yellow swirl crap they are going for now.
Gamecube was a close 2nd. Never knew about the 3rd alternate startup... I remember discovering the alternate startup by accident. Must've took us many tries to find out what was actually causing it to sound different.
Gameboy was 3rd, I played the Megaman Battle Networks and Tetris DX so much when I was young...
I voted Xbox because Halo 2 and Morrowind usually followed it. And because it was back when Xbox tried to look 'cool', instead of this ugly white/green/yellow swirl crap they are going for now.
Gamecube was a close 2nd. Never knew about the 3rd alternate startup... I remember discovering the alternate startup by accident. Must've took us many tries to find out what was actually causing it to sound different.
Gameboy was 3rd, I played the Megaman Battle Networks and Tetris DX so much when I was young...
It was for the 64DD expansion pack that was only available in Japan through mail order.Kajt said:
Not really a console start up sound just the startup for the sonic games. Come to think of it the mega drive never really had a startup screen.Marowit said:
I would say the psone is the best because it brings back so many memories. Its sad that the ps3 only plays half of it.
The Gamecube one was pretty sweet and the way you can tilt the cube and change the noises was a nice touch.
The dreamcast one was also very nice because of the ambient sounds the ball made when bouncing on the words.
The xbox one blew me away when i first heard it. It felt like the console was shouting "now you are playing with power... *****!".
I have never really liked the Ps2 one i always thought it was pretty bland. Floating cubes and stock music isn't really my forte to be honest.
Wow flashbacks form the PS1Aphex Demon said:
And the PS2 red screen of death
Good thread idea. d-(^^)
Playstation 1: Too long
Dreamcast: Sounds like a leaking pipe
N64: Sounds like Mario
Sega Saturn: Cool. Calm
Sega Saturn 2: Too loud
Gamecube: Sounds like Mario
Sounds like baby Mario
Sound?s badass, like Donkey Kong
Xbox: Blows. It really does
PS2: THE startup sound
Gameboy adv: Sounds like Mario
Win 98: Only game i played on that was minesweeper and encarta
Dreamcast: Sounds like a leaking pipe
N64: Sounds like Mario
Sega Saturn: Cool. Calm
Sega Saturn 2: Too loud
Gamecube: Sounds like Mario
Sounds like baby Mario
Sound?s badass, like Donkey Kong
Xbox: Blows. It really does
PS2: THE startup sound
Gameboy adv: Sounds like Mario
Win 98: Only game i played on that was minesweeper and encarta
I don't know about the others, but the Atari (2600, at least) and the NES didn't have startup sounds, and I'm pretty sure the SNES didn't.Jaythulhu said:
From this list, my favorite would definitely be the PS1. Playing PS1 games on a PS2 always feels lacking by comparison, just because it doesn't have that nice bass hit at the beginning. Out of the stuff that's not on the list, It's almost definitely the one from
While searching through the archives to find it, I also came on the Windows 3.1 startup sound. It's incredible given that the OS is not all that much younger than I am, but that one brings up memories too.
What can I say? I've always been a PC gamer at heart, even during periods when my PC was so outdated I had no choice but the consoles. If MSDOS had a start up sound, that would probably be the one that I picked above all others -- since, you know, all the best games at the time required booting into DOS mode.
Also:
While searching through the archives to find it, I also came on the Windows 3.1 startup sound. It's incredible given that the OS is not all that much younger than I am, but that one brings up memories too.
What can I say? I've always been a PC gamer at heart, even during periods when my PC was so outdated I had no choice but the consoles. If MSDOS had a start up sound, that would probably be the one that I picked above all others -- since, you know, all the best games at the time required booting into DOS mode.
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I understand where you're coming from Jaythulu, but none of those systems had start up sounds the way the 32 bit generation forward did -- well, the Sega CD did, but not the Genesis/Megadrive proper, or any of the other systems at the time. The closest I can think of is the "Licensed By" text that played when one put in a licensed cartridge, as the main "SEGA" logo that we all remember was actually contained on the cartridge, and varied by the game. The same would go for all of the other systems, but I can't for the life of me remember one of those having even as much consistency on start up as the Genesis.Jaythulhu said:
