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Guess the game from the sound effect

How many of these iconic sounds do you recognise?

Words: Justin Towell, GamesRadar UK

Number 14:


You missed a note in Guitar Hero. You plum.


Above: You'll hear that sound a lot if you don't calibrate the TV lag

Number 15:


Metal Gear Solid's Codec call sound. Look, we're busy, alright?


Above: If Snake has to talk to it, surely the guards can hear him?

Number 16:


Mario Kart 64's weapon pickup sound as the spinner starts. Which weapon will you get?


Above: This is probably our second favourite Mario Kart, after the original

Number 17:


Did you get this one? It's Space Invaders from 1978 - a shot fired and hitting its target.


Above: The first game to use a cover system?

Number 18:


Another tricky one. The clue is in the slight reverb that features on all the sound in the game - it's the weapon pick-up sound from the original WipEout.


Above: You can't blow up enemy ships in the first WipEout, only slow them down

Number 19:


You put a coin in Virtua Fighter 2... or at least pressed start on Saturn. This one's still present in Virtua Fighter 5 so you should have heard it even if you're relatively new to gaming.


Above: Still great after 15 years. Japan even got a PS2 arcade port. Where's ours?

Number 20:


Sadly, (and wholly undeservedly) obscure, this is the sound of NiGHTS dashing. You might have heard it on the Wii game or the PS2 EyeToy arm-killer, but this is from the Saturn original.


Above: Would you have recognised the alarm clock? Nah, didn't think so


 
23 Comments
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kaythanksbye2  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Some of these were pretty easy, but cool article nonetheless!
kurlywirly  - 1 year 1 month ago 
secondness!!!!

yay!!!
Tomsta666  - 1 year 1 month ago 
yeah i got nearly all of them :)
Y2Ken  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Think I did pretty well, I got about 18-20 of them. Good fun though!
LuckyNumbr73  - 1 year 1 month ago 
brilliant! i love all of these sounds. i got most of them too
GamesRadarJustinTowell  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Hey... LuckyNumbr73 - is that a ZZ Top reference? I seem to remember Zoe Ball asking the band how many albums they would make and which number they'd stop at and Billy Gibbons said "Lucky number seven...ty three". Might just be coincidence :P
ShadowGHX  - 1 year 1 month ago 
It was a nice article, but it was somewhat boring.
Samael  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Awesome article. I only managed a few of them though. Never played enough classic games.
Eazy-E  - 1 year 1 month ago 
AKU AKU
Ravenbom  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Pretty much the only real reward for finding secrets in most games is that "little pat on the back because you're clever" noise from Zelda and Tomb Raider, etc...
Made me feel clever for clicking on this article.
bioshocker  - 1 year 1 month ago 
I only recognised the Donkey Kong sound be the music in the backround
Vordus  - 1 year 1 month ago 
I see no sound clips :S
LionheartAce  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Hah, sweet. Pretty good, I couldn't recognize half of the to be honest.
Elbo444  - 1 year 1 month ago 
yeah i only got like 5, and you didn't say which game number 4 is from...
peteypablo2624  - 1 year 1 month ago 
awesome article. i knew a lot of them except the older games. nothing beats the sound of a grenade landing next to someone in CoD4!
drprofessor  - 1 year 1 month ago 
nooooooooooooooooo i missed by 1.
and it sucks to see people missing the classics. come on guys get in touch with your roots.
noobeater  - 1 year 1 month ago 
lol there was 4 i couldnt get

lmao at the resi 4 thing when i heard em i was too scared to move anywhere

it would have been good with something from banjo kazooie like picking up eggs etc or bomberman

great article as always
GamesRadarChrisAntista  - 1 year 1 month ago 
I f-ing loved this! Despite missing an embarrassing number of clips, I demand to see another one. Pleaze, Towell?!
oldpee  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Fun Stuff , i had forgotten most of them thanks for the memories
jedi1203  - 1 year 1 month ago 
for number 10 there's also another game that uses that sound...it's the first Gauntlet...let me know if I'm right please...thank you...
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