# Memorable digitized speech in classic games **URL:** \ **Category:** Video Games\ **Created:** [January 12, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560 "2022-01-12T21:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peagles](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peagles/32/3067_2.png) [@Peagles](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peagles)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/21 "2022-01-18T19:36:24Z")
> [@retroman](#): > > Having to hear that ear-piercing scream each time you died was pretty grating! This sounds eerily familiar… and not from me playing the game previously either. ---
**Author:** ![retroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/retroman/32/25205_2.png) [@retroman](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/retroman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/22 "2022-01-19T12:22:51Z")
Well, Sega has ripped voice samples from other sources before (they used samples from Conan and First Blood for Golden Axe, for example), so there’s a chance the Alex Kidd scream also isn’t a wholly original voice sample. ---
**Author:** ![Peagles](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peagles/32/3067_2.png) [@Peagles](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peagles)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/23 "2022-01-19T15:20:36Z")
Yes this is exactly what I was thinking. Now to listen multiple times and see if I can place it 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Tetsamaphone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/tetsamaphone/32/14546_2.png) [@Tetsamaphone](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Tetsamaphone)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/24 "2022-01-20T05:09:24Z")
I’m still fairly traumatised by the AAAAaaaaAAAAaaaaAAAaaa Of the little man falling to his death in Mission Impossible II Behold [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m0U6h5mvr9E/hqdefault.jpg "Impossible Mission (C64): AAAAaaaaAAAAaaaaAAAaaa") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0U6h5mvr9E) ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/codinghorror/32/16647_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/25 "2022-02-10T18:24:44Z")
> [@raskulous](#): > > Intellivision has voice module that enabled voice synthesis on all the games with gold cartridges. It was a pretty big deal back then. Yeah I came here to mention the Intellivision speech module! For pinball, the big one was Gorgar: > **[Gorgar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgar)** > > Gorgar is a 1979 pinball machine designed by Barry Oursler and released by Williams Electronics. It was the first speech-synthesized ("talking") pinball machine, containing a vocabulary of seven words ("Gorgar", "speaks", "beat", "you", "me", "hurt", "got") that were combined to form varying broken-English phrases, such as "Gorgar speaks" and "Me got you". The pinball machine also has a heartbeat sound effect that increases in speed during longer gameplay. > Gorgar was available on FarSight Studio... ---
**Author:** ![retroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/retroman/32/25205_2.png) [@retroman](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/retroman)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/26 "2022-02-10T19:56:04Z")
Good one! Never heard of that pinball machine before, so I looked up a video of the game in action (timestamped at Gorgar saying “ME GOT YOU”). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/blJ6Ta_lPO8/maxresdefault.jpg "Gorgar Pinball Gameplay") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blJ6Ta_lPO8) ---
**Author:** ![DaveLong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/davelong/32/1419_2.png) [@DaveLong](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/DaveLong)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/27 "2022-02-10T20:55:36Z")
Gorgar plays pretty well. It was available in the Farsight Studios The Pinball Arcade. I played a bunch of it the and have played it out and about in real life too. It’s a shame that the license for all that stuff moved to Pinball FX because their pinball engine doesn’t do the games justice. Farsight’s was much better. I’m glad I bought almost all of them before they lost the license. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/codinghorror/32/16647_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/28 "2022-03-04T20:49:59Z")
I dunno, I was just revisiting Terminator 2 on Pinball Arcade and the physics were… notably wonky. I would say FX3 in pro mode is better, and the upcoming Pinball Party (finally on PC, via Epic games store) should be even … er… better-er. ---
**Author:** ![stereoasis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/stereoasis/32/21636_2.png) [@stereoasis](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/stereoasis)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/29 "2022-03-11T12:50:09Z")
The one that stands out the most to me is the original Punch Out in the arcade. We had one of them at my local arcade and I remember being blown away by how chatty it was. “Body blow, body blow!” Hahahaha 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![McBradders](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/mcbradders/32/383_2.png) [@McBradders](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/McBradders)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560/30 "2022-03-11T14:02:08Z")
I have a particular soft spot for Super Punch Out’s Gabby Jay’s “Eyay!” lol [Previous page](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/memorable-digitized-speech-in-classic-games/2560.md?page=1)