The 55 Greatest Moments in Gaming

Laughing, crying, or screaming in exhilaration are all moments we've experienced while playing video games. For 3 weeks the GamePro editors brawled over the most memorable story twists, boss battles, and game endings in history. Now we bring you the 55 greatest moments in gaming. Take a walk down memory lane - let's get on with the countdown!

55. Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Xbox): That very first game with the D.O.A. girls changes your appreciation for game visuals. It's rumored that the release of DOAX coincided with an...er, spike in the demand for computer animation courses in high schools and universities as gamers across the country sought to better understand the exquisite mystery that is "jiggle" physics.

54. Call of Duty 2 (PC): Normandy Beach invasion! Nothing more needs to be said.










53. Final Fantasy VI (SNES): The opera house sequence with Celes and Locke.

52. Colossal Cave Adventure (PC): Getting lost in a "maze of twisty little passages, all alike" in the very first textual adventure game. Bonus points if you played it on a mainframe.

51. Crystal Castles (Arcade): This was the first arcade game to have an ending instead of simply repeating forever, and it also enabled players to warp ahead under precise conditions.

50. Devil May Cry (PlayStation): Realizing that you had the ability to swat an enemy into the air, keeping them airborne with a steady onslaught of bullets from Dante's twin pistols.

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noleafclover

This list is definitely missing a key moment: in Ocarina of Time, when you think you're about to acquire the Master Sword and fight Ganondorf. Instead, Link becomes frozen in time for seven years and you wake in a totally destroyed Castle Town, re-deads and all. Now THAT is unforgettable.

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