Which game has scared you the most?

[Ren]

Alone in the Dark. WHY DID YOU WALK SO SLOWLY, CARNBY?!

There is a button that makes him run.

[Ren]

Bioshock. I turn around and BANG a dentist starts killing me.

[Valentijn]

Does anybody know this mid-90's RPG called Stonekeep? I really loved that game, despite any bugs and flaws it may have had...
Anyway, there is one level in this game that has one obvious difference from all other levels: there are no monsters on this 'floor'. Yet, it is a large level and you'd expect trouble everywhere. Many doors are locked and require you to find the right switches and settings to unlock them. Everything about it gives a sense that something really dark is hidden in the centre. To make matters worse, the music in this level is very soft and eerie, and appears to be unstructured... but every now and then, some loud piano beats burst through. They startled me every single time. And then there's the best bit in the level: there's a cul-de-sac hallway where you can see a note hanging in the end, and lots of large buttons on the floor towards it. You have no choice but to walk over the buttons, hearing them activate 'something'. Then you reach the note, which says: "All traps are set." You turn around again, to leave the hallway... and you suddenly hear insane laughter coming at you.
You never get to find out who was laughing, by the way.

I also thought Realms of the Haunting had its moments, but unfortunately you're teamed up with Rebecca Travisard quite soon in the game, and it would have been so much scarier if Adam had been all alone in that dark house all the time.
Still, great game... one of my all-time faves.

The part in Gabriel Knight III where Grace hears a baby crying in the attic of the vineyard mansion kind of creeped me out as well.

[Oliwerko]

I have stonekeep sitting here on my shelf in original box just next to Dungeon Master II 

Anyway, I was never able to run Stonekeep on any computer I have had, it is like a curse. Gotta try it someday...

[Tuomas]

I remember when I was a kid and I placed one stopper before a shredder in the Lemmings game, but the stopper was a bit too high, so all of them would just walk in to it, and that made me cry. I don't think I've enjoyed the game ever since...

[Valentijn]

That original Stonekeep box with the hologram cover is very cool.

I have many great memories of Stonekeep. At one point you find yourself in a fairy realm, welcomed by a bunch of fairy performers who actually sing some funny and well-performed songs for you if you give them flowers. The company includes a 'Forrest Gump' character who's always behind with his lines. There's a good chance that your party includes a dwarf who hates fairies and knows how to voice his frustrations. Wonderful, really.

Back on the subject, I forgot to mention one of the greatest of AGS games: Prodigal. Fantastic atmosphere! Very, very creepy.
Yahtzee's games can be quite scary too.

Oh, and some Myst-style games are very good at making you feel isolated in worlds that have a perilous feel to them. Sirrus' prison world in Myst IV is a good example. The game 'Lighthouse - the Dark Being' is also very good at this.
And let's not forget the 7th Guest and the 11th Hour (although the latter is slightly ruined by awful voice actors like the emotionless woman telling you "Keep trying, Carl, you're getting closer." and Stauff with no wit left in his mind telling you just how stupid you are if you click on the wrong object).

[Miez]

The part in Gabriel Knight III where Grace hears a baby crying in the attic of the vineyard mansion kind of creeped me out as well.

Ooh yeah - I guess I repressed that one. Very nasty...

[DanielH]

This is slightly unrelated, but the adventure game that scared me the most was Trilby's notes. Jesus christ. I played it a month ago, but I didn't think much of it then, nor at all since then, until last night. I was watching TV when a black and white segment reminded me of the game and fear hit me full force.  : Silly looking back at it, but a game had never really scared me like that before. Lost several hours sleep.

[Oliwerko]

Well, all Trilby games are scary in some way. Actually, I was pretty scared by 5DAS.
Not in that thrilling way, but it gave me an overall impression of that tight feeling and it was kind of psycho because you did not know what is going to happen next.

[GarageGothic]

The part in Gabriel Knight III where Grace hears a baby crying in the attic of the vineyard mansion kind of creeped me out as well.

Ooh yeah - I guess I repressed that one. Very nasty...

Indeed. That whole sequence was shock full of suspense:

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From finding something that could be a baby inside a trunk, but then hearing Montreux approach and having to hide quickly, to that creepy old hag in the wine cellar. "Pommes bleues! POMMES BLEUES!!!"

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Another scene in GK3 that startled me was:

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Investigating the crime scene where Prince James' men were murdered, and Gabe's flash of insight when realizing that the killers left no footprints.

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[Snake]

Hey, is the first Alone in the Dark still sold? Or can I get it for free?

And I mean in it's entirety. I downloaded it once before and it was incredibly slow with no sounds. Is there a place where I can get the right working version?

If I could buy it somewhere in it's entirety, that would be great.
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I can't say that any game has "scared" me, but I remember being "on edge" the entire game of the original Resident Evil for Playstation.

But even worse was Silent Hill.


--Snake

[Ogre]

Alone in the Dark. WHY DID YOU WALK SO SLOWLY, CARNBY?!

There is a button that makes him run.

To make Carnby Run in Alone in the dark you had to tap forward twice really quickly... not always easy.. and when something was coming after you about to kill you it was even easier to mess it up.

Alone in the Dark = Best game ever = FTW.

[Babar]

Not always easy?! It never worked! Damned polygonal octopus monster got me every time.

[DanielH]

Well, all Trilby games are scary in some way. Actually, I was pretty scared by 5DAS.
Not in that thrilling way, but it gave me an overall impression of that tight feeling and it was kind of psycho because you did not know what is going to happen next.

I agree. After Trilby's notes I took a break (a one month break) because I had stuff piling up on my desk, but I got back to the series and completed 7DAS and 6DAS Last night. At 11pm. In the dark. The tension got to me and I collapsed In a heap when at the moment

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The Welder Chases you in 7DAS, near the end, up on top of the ship,

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My mum burst in the room. :
Christ, Yahtzee is a brilliant storyteller, the tension kept me on edge throughout the whole series.