What Gen/SCD/32X game did you anticipate the most AND which lived up to the hype?

[Iron Lizard]

David's soap-box time!

Don't get me frigging started with PJ's. When I went to Air Force Basic Training, they put all of the special forces guys together. Well, it doesn't always work like that. I went to tech school with people who never got transfered out of the flights, so here they are open general, stuck with PJ's.

So, I found my self in a PJ flight. I came in open general, and got my job choice that I selected when I chose my job. I really don't remember that flight much, other than the usuall inital shock that one gets from basic training. I remember as I got my haircut, and as I left my TI asked me if I had a girlfriend and if I was a virgin... sexual harassment?

I found a few people I was in that flight with at Tech School. One was going to be a PJ or someshit, but he recruiter screwed up his paperwork. The kid was in shape and academiclly smart, but when not dealing with PT or academics, the kid was annoying and not too bright. The other kid just never was transfered, but was a student leader and although we kinda butted heads at first, we devloped a good rapport by the end.

Anyway, I was transfered out of that flight by Friday night... I had to carry all of my crap in a duffle bag from the church to some squadron that we had no clue where it was. The MP's where almost called on me and a few of the people who transfered, because we took to long to get there. Right as I got to the new squadron, there was this TI (from my sister flight) yelling and screaming in my face, friggin scarry as hell. I don't remember what he said, but I remember standing there at attention scared to death. Something about PT. And then I started Air Force Basic Training with the 323rd Training Squadron, AKA Band Camp (no I don't play an insturment...)

I laugh when these cocky bastards flunk out, and either get security forces or services.

This guys used to scream at me like that all the time. One time I was so tired and shocked I was seeing trails.

[Tanegashima]

When I started at the LAPD Academy we were at ARTC, and my favorite part were the cocky army reserve guys who hadn't run in years and then 1st day we run seven miles to the beach and these guys are all crying and bitching and a bunch failed their first PFQ. My first and best lesson was: no matter what, I don't know anything, I keep my mouth shut, I don't show off, I don't brag, I don't know anything...and I won't know anything for five years, period.

I broke my ankle in August though and I am being "recycled" hopefully I'll be BACK in the Academy this may or june...get to deal with more fun puking, getting yelled at, class and more getting yelled at.

[David J.]

I suck at PT, so the AF is the branch for me. When I got phase 3 I had to do 45 pushups and 45 situps to pass, and the MTL's wanted us to do no more. So I can do around 50 of each, and my best mile and a half time is 11:16. I prolly couldn't do it now.

The Air Force yearly test isn't that rough. I can literally walk my mile, barely do any pushups and situps and just get 30-odd points out of a 75 needed to pass because of my waist size.

I almost got recycled quite a few times in Air Force Basic... not fun at all.

[Tanegashima]

About Flashback:
There is something unique about the Genesis cartridge: the cutscenes are in fact different than the ones on the CD. The cart scenes are rotoscoped liked the scenes in Out of This World and have a totally different feel than the CGI images in the CD version. The music is different too and there is something about those midi's and rotoscoped cut scenes that make the cartridge a more atmospheric experience. They're both great, but if I had my druthers I'd have both.

Our PFQ isn't that rough, but since I've been out I don't remember all the exact standards but its a bitch:

1.5 miles in under 13 minutes which really is no big deal.
300 yard dash in under I can't remember
10 pullups [perfect score] (though I've heard a rumor that these have been eliminated as a requirement, probably so more women can graduate, which is PC bullshit)
At least 42 pushups, situps in under 1 minute
Clear the 6 foot wall without falling, getting hurt and in time...
Be able to pass the obstacle course

We were told that our scores are to improve every month, every PFQ or we'll look like quitters. Two weeks after my first PFQ, a guy ran a red light and T-boned my car and I broke my wrist and ankle so I'm out for 8 months at least. THE WORST MOST HORRIBLE THINGS ON EARTH ARE UP-DOWNS AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS...JUST PUT A BULLET IN MY HEAD AND BE DONE WITH IT.

[VinnyT]

Aarzak, your link is still blocked.

But yeah, thanks for reminding me why I stopping lurking Sonic-Cult.

[108 Stars]

After playing Zalda III on SNES I was so wild about getting a game like that....then Landstalker was announced, the first cool action-Adventure on MD, and the first Sega-game to be translated into German.
When it came I rented it, locked myself up in a room for three straight days and experienced the game that really made Zelda III look pale in comparision. My best Mega Drive-experience.

[GameUser-16-32-128]

Street Fighter II: Special Championship Edition. From the very first gaze of those grainy ugly pics from the pages of EGM to holding the game in my own sweaty excited hands. I remember being shocked at how good the game looked and played the moment I fired it up on my Genesis (Model 1). I don't think I got over it till after a year later. That was one of the most hyped games that exceeded my expectations back then.

[megabomberman]

For me it has to be streets of rage 2, after being an absolutely mad fan of the original, I craved sor2 for a long time, then one evening above in my cousin's house we were chatting about games and he said his neighbour had the games, so we went and borrowed it off her, and my god I was blown away. The characters were just so much larger on the screen, Max was amazing. And all punks now had life meters as well. I remember thinking how amazing it was that evening, and I never played it again until I acquired it only a year ago... Utterly amazing game...

[Black_Tiger]

Other than being wowed for a short period of time by Phantasy Star II, the only game I can think of that I anticipated awesomeness from and was still very impressed by was Lunar EB.