Vic George 2K3 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 As far as videogame speech goes, I think the arcade game Bosconian pretty much ranks as highly annoying. I mean, the voice that's supposed to say, "Blast off", ends up sounding more like, "Lock off", as if it were a disguised obscenity. And "Alert! Alert!" ends up sounding more like "Alight! Alight!". That part can be excused, but there is really no excuse for "Blast off" to sound like "Lock off". What do you think is the most annoying videogame speech, not counting voice-acting on CD games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 people would probably say the one I gave during high school over video game history. eh, I'd probably have to say the woman on cybermorph. does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchfynde Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Zero Tolerance on the Genesis. They said a first person shooter couldn't be done on that system, but that's what Z. T. was. It was a big cart, though, so I'm guessing it took up 20 megs or so, and you couldn't run, all you could do was walk, it was a bit slow, but a very cool game... ...except for when you complete a big level, and you're shuffling for the exit. The stupid bitch on there says "zero enemies remaining", and then about 15 seconds later "proceed to next level", which these two messages repeat every 20 or so seconds until you get out of there. If they added a good 30 seconds worth of space in between those two messages, they would've been somewhat tolerable; instead it was annoyingly infuriating. Also, I don't know much about guns in real life, but I DO know in order to increase your ammo supply, you don't have to buy another gun, just some clips with ammo. Every time you get walk over a gun, it says "shotgun collected", which is dumb, but not half as annoying as the messages as when you're trying to exit. Oh, and even if the guy who started this thread didn't like the voice synthesis--hey, that was still pretty new back then--Bosnonian is still a great, classic game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 the voice in arcade punchout. there was no need for the announcer to screech every punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Thunderforce 2 for Genesis. To this day I still don't know what they say at the beginning of the missions, other than it ends with "good luck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 As far as videogame speech goes, I think the arcade game Bosconian pretty much ranks as highly annoying. I mean, the voice that's supposed to say, "Blast off", ends up sounding more like, "Lock off", as if it were a disguised obscenity. And "Alert! Alert!" ends up sounding more like "Alight! Alight!". That part can be excused, but there is really no excuse for "Blast off" to sound like "Lock off". What do you think is the most annoying videogame speech, not counting voice-acting on CD games? I always thought it was saying A LIE! A LIE! Hmm.. I always wanted that Gorf robot to shut up (half the time I couldn't understand him anyway). More recent examples are.. I hate that Link in the 3D legend of Zelda's always has to say 'HAH' or 'AAYY" in that kiddy voice whenever you used your sword.. now THAT bugged me. They shoulda just kept him silent just like in the 2D Zeldas. Also the voices in SNES Starfox bugged me. And Flippy the Frog (or whatever his name is) in N64 Starfox was even worse! GAAAAAAAHHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sage of Sega Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Every time it went "I'm Bad!" at the end of a level on NES Bad Dudes. Very annoying. Sounded like an old man on a respirator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 I'll probably get flamed for this I can't stand the voice on Sinistar. Beware...I live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 * flames Brad * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 No, no, the most annoying speech definitely belongs to Skylar in "CyberMorph" -- it's both poorly done and irritating ("where did YOU learn to fly"? etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 For me it's a toss-up between the redneck from B-17 Bomber on Intellivoice ("BOMBS AWAY!") or the commentary from one of those early Joe Montana Football games ("The score, is, Minne-so-ta NOTHING, Dal-las NOTHING"). The latter was so obnoxious my friend Chris and I would pull bad plays just to hear the announcer go into a fit: "Minne-so-ta is punting on first down, I CAN'T BE-LIEVE IT!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradjewell Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 my "fave" speech is from "double dwibble" on the NES... its always bugged me... i just love listening to a ref with a speech impediment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Altered Beast on Sega Genesis is pretty bad. C'mon... they couldn't squeeze a few more bits of space into that cart? I actually love speech synthesis, though the example that I gave above and a few others on this list are actually playback of low bitrate samples. Interesting in its way, but I could listen to Speak & Spell style speech all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 i loved that guy on B-17 (thawts on tawrget!) i never quite got what the guy was saying in Blades of Steel... Flip the pass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Interesting in its way, but I could listen to Speak & Spell style speech all day. Now say 'Ali's Sister' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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