# ID these classic video game phrases! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710 "2005-09-08T20:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/141 "2005-09-10T13:02:23Z")
I was thinking of Sim City, but now that I think about it, the Sims may have had the exact phrase in the scroller in the loading screen (the Sims 2 has a take off on it, but it seems to have completely left my brain). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/142 "2005-09-10T14:02:13Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > I believe that one is from _The Sims_. > > Here’s an easy one: > > **Ones who does not have Triforce can’t go in.** The Legend of Zelda ---
**Author:** ![NoPretentiousCodename](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/143 "2005-09-10T17:05:55Z")
**This should be a doddle.** ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/144 "2005-09-10T17:50:28Z")
**rjung:** “Ah, a creature for my amusement. Prepare for battle!” That was **Space Fury** , one of my favorites. Old arcade game: “Destroy all bombers by 1100 hours or MIRV will be launched.” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/145 "2005-09-10T21:34:09Z")
Some more : \*\*Nobody steals our chicks… And lives! We cleanse. You are the filth. What’s the matter ? Did I break your concentration ? Zug Zug ! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/146 "2005-09-10T22:13:24Z")
\Oh! I feel it! I feel the Cosmos!\ ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/147 "2005-09-11T01:35:24Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > OK, here’s a tough one from _way_ back: **"{Character X} sits down and starts singing about gold."** “The Hobbit” from the Sinclair Spectrum, and probably a few other 8-bit micros. **The skinheads have taken Madonna hostage!** **It’s time to kick ass and chew bubble-gum…and I’m all outta gum.** ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/148 "2005-09-11T01:54:16Z")
> [@DarrenS](#): > > It’s time to kick ass and chew bubble-gum…and I’m all outta gum. Duke Nukem 3D I think; one of the Duke Nukem games for sure. \*\* Those eyes…Mako eyes\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/149 "2005-09-11T02:35:24Z")
> [@Gilligan](#): > > [“Destroy all bombers by 1100 hours or MIRV will be launched.” Red Alert! An oldie: First Sortie Slightly less old: You Wasted 'Em!! ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/150 "2005-09-11T02:45:51Z")
> [@Der Trihs](#): > > Duke Nukem 3D I think; one of the Duke Nukem games for sure. > > \*\* > Those eyes…Mako eyes\*\* FFVII, but I can’t remember who. Aeris’ mother? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/151 "2005-09-11T03:20:06Z")
> [@DarrenS](#): > > **The skinheads have taken Madonna hostage!** **Take the law into your own hands!** _Vigilante_. That game was a damn one-dimensional quarter-eater. I played it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/152 "2005-09-11T03:28:30Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Red Alert!An oldie: > > First Sortie Damn it! I know this! My aunt and uncle had a Commodore 64 that I played when I visited and this was one of the games! Chopper…something? Air lift? Chipper attack? Bah! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/153 "2005-09-11T03:32:32Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > FFVII, but I can’t remember who. Aeris’ mother? One of the Turks, in the ruined church Aeris grows flowers in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/154 "2005-09-11T04:28:42Z")
> [@DarrenS](#): > > “The Hobbit” from the Sinclair Spectrum, and probably a few other 8-bit micros. I’m impressed. _Very_ impressed. Thorin Oakenshield was Character X. > [@](#): > > **It’s time to kick ass and chew bubble-gum…and I’m all outta gum.** **Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown** {which also gave spawned my earlier “Hur hur. What a mess.”} ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/155 "2005-09-11T06:16:26Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > I’m impressed. _Very_ impressed. Thorin Oakenshield was Character X. The Hobbit was a very cool game - totally ahead of its time with the artificial “Inglish” language. Sometimes it went haywire, though, with amusing results: _Thorin gives you the [sic] some lunch. You attack the chest. The chest is dead._ More phrases: **After the mothership (…) was destroyed, a craft (…) scrambled away from it, only to be trapped in space warped by someone** (easy) **Full point!** (harder) **Rainbow zone…** (downright obscure) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/156 "2005-09-11T06:21:51Z")
> [@DarrenS](#): > > **Full point!** (harder) It was a martial arts game…_Karate Champ_? ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/157 "2005-09-11T06:29:27Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > It was a martial arts game…_Karate Champ_? Very good! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/158 "2005-09-11T06:34:19Z")
> [@DarrenS](#): > > Very good! It’s a good thing I don’t have kids, because their college fund was used for this game. I HATED the log location. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/159 "2005-09-11T06:52:35Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Red Alert! > An oldie: > > First Sortie > > Slightly less old: > > You Wasted 'Em!! First Sortie is from Choplifter. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/160 "2005-09-11T09:23:35Z")
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