What's the most memorable/iconic weapon sound you've heard?

[KORNdog]

I was just watching a video showing a bunch of old games and Timesplitters 2 popped up. it has this really memorable sound for its AK-47. Hyper exaggerated and ricochet heavy and instantly recognisable even in isolation and it instantly sent me on a nostalgia trip.

Goldeneye has a similar thing too for me for its silenced pistol...it's almost an iconic sound for a gun. Akin to the pulse rifle in aliens...or a Light Saber...

So which weapon sounds stand out for you? Ones you'd recognise blindfolded. Ones you just love the sound of. Or maybe ones you miss? Because I find it quite hard to pick any modern ones. Developers tend to target accurate/real sounds which means a lot of games just sound very similar now to me. Varying degrees of oomph but nothing that really stands out as different.

 

[Epitomage]

this is tough but I feel I gotta go with my gut reaction. it makes sense.

the plink of fire balls from SMB. the original. followed closely by the buckshot from duck hunt.

the original Gear of War torque bow has a distinct fwoop sound, too.

 

[mclem]

BOOM (chk.. chk... chk...)

Y'know, I think that might be enough.

Doom 2 Super Shotgun

 

[Spring-Loaded]

 

[nightopian]

Anything from Goldeneye works for me.

 

[Ocean]

Hawkmoon (Destiny)

 

[Bishop89]

 

[Torpedo Vegas]

We all know exactly what that sounded like.

 

[Ashlette]

Ratchet and Clank 2 and 3's Bouncer. Launches a ball the size of Ratchet that pops on impact and releases little noisy balls that pop after 3-ish seconds or upon hitting an enemy/obstacle.

Both the bass "boom" sound from launching the ball and the metallic skittery sounds of the tiny balls have stuck in the back of my mind for some reason.

Sadly I can't find a good video of it on YouTube.

 

[Tangled Up in Blue]

 

[Sheng Long]

For me:

Games: Galaga ship firing

Movies: Tie: Iron Man Repulsors powering up/ Star Wars lightsaber

 

[Biteren]

Doom shotgun

 

[Instant Vintage]

The very first sound I thought of was DOOM 2 super shotgun, followed by Link's sword and Mario's fireball.

Glad to see I'm not alone.

 

[Deleted member 1190]

 

[SasaBassa]

It's the lightsaber and I'm not really that much of a Star Wars fan. Iron Man repulsors spring to mind, as does the PWUCK from a Mario fireball (or Mario jump sound if that counts as a weapon).

Mega Man buster charge is up there as well.

Yoshi is kind of a weapon so his BEEP BEEP when you hop on him is up in SMW there as well.

 

[Maffis]

Does Mario's stomps count? His feet are technically his weapons.

 

[Kyuuji]

Destiny has a ton of memorable sounds. Jötunn, Telesto, Bastion, numerous more. Handles this aspect of weaponry really well imo.

 

[Jerm411]

I'd go with the Spread Gun from Contra...

 

[Billy Awesomo]

Double barrel Shot gun from Doom 2, Proton pack from ghost busters game. fully charged sword from Zelda 1.

 

[TheMadTitan]

Starts where you need to listen.

 

[Rickenslacker]

The Goldeneye rocket launcher for using the same stock library sound effect used in so many other things that have me thinking, hey, that's the Goldeneye rocket launcher.

 

[Slammin_Hammon]

Lightsabers are quite recognizable but in large part due to movies. For something more gaming focused, I might say a Halo energy sword, which is basically a lightsaber.

 

[AaronMT]

 

[Combo]

 

[KillstealWolf]

I would argue Kirby is a weapon. And you certainly know the sound he makes when he's near.

 

[Iori Loco]

Fox's reflector in Smash, lol.

 

[super-famicom]

The AWP from Counter-Strike was the first thing to come to mind.

 

[Traxus]

 

[Anth0ny]

edit: beaten lol

 

[Deleted member 68874]

Ping!

 

[Silvergun-Blue]

The metal pipe from Streets of Rage 2.
phoom-crunch!

 

[Dylan]

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This was the first thing I thought of too. Pew pew.

 

[Aurongel]

MGSV: Wu S Tranquilizer Pistol.

You know you can hear that satisfying sleepy tranq sound 😪

 

[HylianMaster2020]

Master Sword charge up spin attack sound is impressive

 

[ThEoRy...]

Everything in Phantasy Star Online.

 

[BakedTanooki]

Regular Star Wars Laser Blaster.

 

[SirNinja]

Destiny has a ton of these. Pretty much every exotic weapon, plus many of the legendaries. Extremely hard to pick just one.

 

[Pyro]

First one is perfect, but they're all pretty memorable and unique

 

[StrappingYoungLance]

First thing I could think of. Don't think it's "the most iconic", but it's definitely one of the weapon sounds I remember most.

 

[catalina wine mixer]

The AWP from Counter-Strike was the first thing to come to mind.

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My first thought as well. Specifically that CS 1.6/Source AWP sound

 

[RestEerie]

 

[TriceraPops]

Cerebral bore

 

[KartuneDX]

*doh' weapon sound... probably a lightgun in HoTD

 

[Korigama]

The sound made when swinging Strider Hiryu's Cypher comes to mind. Vergil using Judgment Cut in the DMC series would be another.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

Halo 1 original sniper sound

 

[Dmax3901]

this is tough but I feel I gotta go with my gut reaction. it makes sense.

the plink of fire balls from SMB. the original. followed closely by the buckshot from duck hunt.

the original Gear of War torque bow has a distinct fwoop sound, too.

Click to shrink...

Mario fireball was the first thing that came to mind for me too.

 

[SRTtoZ]

Master Chiefs shields charging back up.