The first time a video game actually scared you.

[Lizard]

Jurassic Park interactive on the 3DO

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In particular the raptor escape sequence.

[Elbow]

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire on the N64. The dianoga in the sewers. I didn't expect it, and as a little kid seeing weird tentacles start flopping down on top of the main character combined with that roaring made me immediately pause the game and lunge for the power button. To this day, I haven't gone back to that game or level despite knowing it can't be as bad as my memory built it up to be.

[JIRWINKO]

The first game that scared me was the original Silent Hill, and man the entire story of just why it scared me so badly is a rollercoaster ride.

It was my first summer being allowed to stay home alone instead of having a babysitter (my brother lived across the street, so it wasn't like they just left a 9 year old home alone in a bad neighborhood; I had help close by if needed.) and I remember I had rented Silent Hill from Blockbuster. I had the house all alone to myself, and was just past the part early on in the game where you are in the elementary school (one of the most iconic places in the whole series). So what would've been just a normal amount of creeped-out was made 10x worse though by the fact we lived near a trainyard at the time, and I'm not sure if anyone here remembers Ángel Maturino Reséndiz (The Railway Killer) or not but not only was I getting scared by the game, I was home alone and heard a thud just outside the window and was CONVINCED it was the dude trying to get in.

I just ignored it and kept playing, but being scared by both I ended up climbing up into the attic and basically shelter-in-placing all day. To this day I don't know what that repeated thud outside the house was, but I know that was definitely the first time I got scared by a videogame, even if I did have childhood fears of a murderer aiding in that fear lol.

[AlienTenno]

I am 54 , So my first video game was the original Pong , we've come along way since then haven't we ? lol

[Matcam89]

It would have to be the original Resident Evil - as a kid just watching my cousin play it i was scared. The few times i would attempt to play it by myself would result in the game being turned off - It also didn't help that the start up music for the Original Playstation was creepy sounding on its own.

[Gunblade Hero]

Oh it was the first Resident Evil, no doubt about it. I was still a little kid around 8 years old when I played it and I was scared shitless LOL

[GutsGodhand]

Resident Evil 2 on the PSOne. Specifically, the interrogation room in RPD with the two-way mirror. A health spray on the desk. Nothing happens if you don't touch the health spray. But pick it up, and a Licker smashes through the glass from the opposite room.

That scared me so bad I yelled out loud and threw my controller. Since then stuff only really ever creeped me out. Not really scared me, until Alien Isolation. Good lawd that game. That game has a pucker factor of 10.

[raremens]

Around 2010. I downloaded 'Five Nights at Freddy's' on my dads' phone. Thought it looked cool with camera's and stuff. It wasn't cool.

[Matcam89]

Resident Evil 2 on the PSOne. Specifically, the interrogation room in RPD with the two-way mirror. A health spray on the desk. Nothing happens if you don't touch the health spray. But pick it up, and a Licker smashes through the glass from the opposite room.

That scared me so bad I yelled out loud and threw my controller. Since then stuff only really ever creeped me out. Not really scared me, until Alien Isolation. Good lawd that game. That game has a pucker factor of 10.

I can't imagine how creepy the remake is going to be, especially compared to the original

[GutsGodhand]

I can't imagine how creepy the remake is going to be, especially compared to the original

Oh yeah. It's gonna be epic. From the gameplay footage they've been releasing it feels a lot more claustrophobic then the original.

[JimRaynor]

1994? Doom.

[br4zil]

Blake Stone Aliens of Gold.

I was probably 3 or 4 years old when i fist played that game with my parents around. i would ALWAYS get scared of the "YOUR DEAD!" that the guy in the picture down below would scream

Thankfully, i got over this eventually and started loving the game

[Screamin Soul]

I'm sure various game scared or creeped me out before this, but the one that comes to mind is Doom 3.

In early 2008 I was temporarily prohibited from working for about three months.

I was so creeped out by the game I could only clear one or two rooms at a time. I'd save and do something else for a few hours. I'd only play during the day time, and it took almost the entire three months to complete.

I think the ammo and armor carrying over and being so limited got to me more than the actual demons and jump scares. I was so worried I'd end up in a position Of have to start the game over again due to being stuck somewhere.

Choosing between a flashlight and gun sure didn't help though.

I've beaten the game multiple times since, but the first treck through was horrifying .

[RevolverGirl]

imagine being me at 6 years old playing Unreal for the PC, that game practically WAS a horror game at my age with the ambience and the people screaming for their life. The first time I encountered a "Brute" enemy while chasing me with that tense music nearly traumatised me. I gave the game to my cousin, nowdays I can beat the game no problem, and I find it nastalgic.

[gibs]

Alien v.s Predator Classic. I was scared even while playing the Alien.