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[VGEsoterica]

Growing up Christmas meant two things....1) a tree and 2) my father would insist on watching Die Hard and Die Hard 2 all while explaining why they were "christmas classics" along with things like Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story. Clearly he was a passionate Die Hard fan and he still asks me yearly whether I've watched them yet or not!

Well it must have stuck with me because every year the movies MUST be watched during December. But little did I know one year I'd get Die Hard Trilogy under the tree as a gift. Honestly I am like 99% sure my dad just wanted to play it but wouldn't admit it and he used me as his cover story to play Die Hard Trilogy without my mom getting mad at him lol. I guess gaming as an adult wasn't as "ok" back then as it was now?

But whatever the reason...Die Hard Trilogy is now an absolute December must play for me. Ok maybe not the third game on the disc but the first two...pure Christmas classics. Nothing like a shoot out at Dulles International Airport while its decorated with Christmas trees and lights. It may seem like one of the strangest games to pick to play during Christmas but it's just one of those memories that's intrinsically tied to the holiday. Toss in some Die Hard (less christmas decorations but still taking place at christmas) and you have a very dumb and very fun holiday gaming experience!

Same with Crash Bandicoot and the PS1 in general...I got the system and the game for Xmas and now I'll always think of them as tied to the holidays. (Even if my PS1 was broken out of the box christmas day lolol...worst discovery ever!)

Happy Holidays everyone. Anyone watch Die Hard yet?

 

[VGEsoterica]

oh and as proof :


I even changed the music to Christmas music lolol. Also I am doing an xmas giveaway of a Neo Geo mini cause I love giving gifts. So check that out if you want

Mods : If the link is an issue I can delete it. Or you can. I just want to talk Die Hard

 

[ManaByte]

The only good part of that game was the third one with the bad Samuel L. Jackson impersonator yelling at you.

 

[VGEsoterica]

The only good part of that game was the third one with the bad Samuel L. Jackson impersonator yelling at you.

haha his voice is BAD

 

[Red Rackham's Revenge]

Wow. I had this game. It doesn't look like a I remember it looking.

I do feel like watching the movies though.

 

[Bragr]

Remember this back in the day, played the hell out of it. There is still an awesome Die Hard game out there waiting to be made, it's perfect videogame material.

 

[mortal]

As a kid I remember playing the hell out of this trilogy on PS1.

 

[Cravis]

The only good part of that game was the third one with the bad Samuel L. Jackson impersonator yelling at you.

“Slow down! We gonna go back in time!”

I loved all three of these games

 

[Tesseract]

driving sections are fun

arcade is better

 

[888]

Had a ton of fun with this game when I was young. Had that mad catz blaster for the light gun parts.

 

[Cravis]

driving sections are fun

arcade is better

I finally got to play the PS2 remake of Arcade recently. Still a fun game and one of my favorite beat em ups of all time, ALL TIME.

 

[VGEsoterica]

“Slow down! We gonna go back in time!”

I loved all three of these games

All three were solid dumb fun. If only the third had anything to do with Christmas!

 

[purpletentacle]

i’m still haunted by fake Sam Jackson yelling “turn right up here”

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[Allforce]

This game got a lot of play in high school, I remember nobody in our friend group could even come close to beating Die Hard 2 until one night I went into a zen-like trance and finished it in one sitting to everyone's amazement.

 

[AJUMP23]

Watching the video I have never played these games, and I am glad about that.

 

[VGEsoterica]

This game got a lot of play in high school, I remember nobody in our friend group could even come close to beating Die Hard 2 until one night I went into a zen-like trance and finished it in one sitting to everyone's amazement.

It's hands down the hardest game on the disc. It's also my favorite. Like the first Die Hard movie vs 2 more, but enjoy 2 more as a game

 

[ozz ex machina]

I remember playing the shit out of the bad fps on PS2. This PS1 trilogy somehow passed me by.

 

[Krappadizzle]

I remember my Momma picking this up for me randomly when it was a "Greatest Hits" release. I remember thinking it was pretty terrible, but I did enjoy the 3rd in the trilogy when you are racing around New York trying to defuse bombs. I should replay it and see how it's aged.

 

[nemiroff]

It doesn't quite look like I remember it, LOL. Anyway, as a light gun game that part was great, loved it.

 

[VGEsoterica]

I remember my Momma picking this up for me randomly when it was a "Greatest Hits" release. I remember thinking it was pretty terrible, but I did enjoy the 3rd in the trilogy when you are racing around New York trying to defuse bombs. I should replay it and see how it's aged.

truth be told it’s aged decently IMO. Better than some other PS1 era games

 

[MiguelItUp]

Loved this game so much as a kid, the soundtrack actually rules too!

I loved all the weird cheats and quirks the game had, it was full of all kinds of weird stuff, lol.

 

[alienator]

i have been playing it the last few days after i patched the psx version to work with my GunCon 1 , its a blast!! (the virtuacop part )

 

[VGEsoterica]

i have been playing it the last few days after i patched the psx version to work with my GunCon 1 , its a blast!! (the virtuacop part )

glad someone patched in GunCon support. Best lightgun for PS1 hands down compared to the rest

 

[Virt McPolygon]

Incredible amount of content this game had. Once it became part of Greatest Hits, I bought it and felt like it was the best bargain I ever got lol

Enjoyed all three games and the music was pretty memorable. Cool explosions in With a Vengeance, too.

If anyone hasn't seen it yet, here's a documentary about the making of the game

 

[Salmon Snake]

Absolutely loved Die Hard Trilogy when I was kid.

If I remember right the GunCon didn't have enough buttons to play the second one properly? It really sucked because it was awesome lightgun. I played Time Crisis with it a lot.

I didn't like the third one except driving over people in first person and see John McClane using the windshield wipers to wash away the blood and bodies.

 

[Tazzu]

This game got a lot of play in high school, I remember nobody in our friend group could even come close to beating Die Hard 2 until one night I went into a zen-like trance and finished it in one sitting to everyone's amazement.

Played it with a turbo controller and it was still too hard.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

LOVED this game. But lol the sequel on the other hand...

 

[v_iHuGi]

This game was something else, played the hell out of it!

 

[Captain Toad]

On a related note the three best Christmas movies:

1. Elf
2. Die Hard
3. Christmas Vacation

 

[VGEsoterica]

On a related note the three best Christmas movies:

1. Elf
2. Die Hard
3. Christmas Vacation

You got CLOSE lol

1 - Christmas Vacation
2 - Die Hard
3 - Muppet Christmas Carol

Gotta have that Michael Caine at Xmas

 

[Paulxo87]

Played my share of this 20+ years ago lol..

A lot of weird easter eggs and NPC behavior in the game.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Played my share of this 20+ years ago lol..

A lot of weird easter eggs and NPC behavior in the game.

Haha yeah there are plenty of bugs but they are more funny than annoying

 

[Heavy_D206]

The PS1 game was fun, but man when I found the PC game Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza I was super fucking stoked. It's essentially just playing through the first movie in a FPS video game. Janky as a mother fucker but still I loved the hell out of it.

 

[Grinchy]

Loved this game. The airport level was available on a demo disc and I played it 100 times before buying the full game.

I remember eating like pounds of Whoppers candy while playing the 3rd movies game on the trilogy and I cant look at it without associating the taste of whoppers.

 

[Allforce]

Played it with a turbo controller and it was still too hard.

I might be wrong but I believe this game was out before the "Dual Analog" controller made it's debut. So you were basically playing a rail shooter with just the d-pad on a standard PS1 controller which made that Die Hard 2 section super difficult.

 

[Cravis]

I really dug the debug mode for part 2 where you could literally change the entire path the game took you down and then switch to play that new path you had made. Surprised that was left in there but was very cool to tinker with.

 

[QuantumZebra]

You got CLOSE lol

1 - Christmas Vacation
2 - Die Hard
3 - Muppet Christmas Carol

Gotta have that Michael Caine at Xmas

This is the correct list

 

[DrJohnGalt]

Die Hard Challenge Accepted!

Replaced my busted Namco Guncon on black friday (also picked up Area 51, Crypt Killer, and Maximum Force) and actually pulled Die Hard off the shelf but haven't tried it yet. Never played it with the gun back in the day, so I'm looking forward to it!

 

[ComputerBlue]

Die Hard Trilogy is so fucking great, why the hell can't I buy this shit on a more current console?

The soundtrack was fucking great too!

 

[R6Rider]

Are these games on Steam? Kind of want to play them lol

 

[SegaManAU]

I love this game so much. Especially the light gun sections.

Because I was a Sega fanboy in the arcades, but never had a Saturn this would be my Virtua Cop replacement. Haha. I still have my copy, you're making me want to get it out over the Xmas break.

 

[DynamiteCop!]

The only Die Hard game that matters

 

[VGEsoterica]

I love this game so much. Especially the light gun sections.

Because I was a Sega fanboy in the arcades, but never had a Saturn this would be my Virtua Cop replacement. Haha. I still have my copy, you're making me want to get it out over the Xmas break.

that’s my goal with these fun and strange topics. Get people playing a favorite game again or discovering something new they can enjoy!

 

[THE DUCK]

There are two types of people in this world, those who say die hard is a Christmas movie, and those who do not.

 

[Nymphae]

They are not Christmas movies they are action movies set at Christmas which have absolutely nothing meaningful to say about the holidays whatsoever. I watched them on the weekend good movies though.

 

[VGEsoterica]

They are not Christmas movies they are action movies set at Christmas which have absolutely nothing meaningful to say about the holidays whatsoever. I watched them on the weekend good movies though.

I think Christmas movies are what you make them. Home Alone is more of a comedy heist movie than a Christmas movie if you really think about it. Sure it’s set at Christmas but the real story is how he deals with the Wet Bandits.

thats what’s so fun about memories around holidays. We all have unique ones and for me it’s Die Hard. My father watched it every Christmas and I watched it with him. I love those memories

 

[point decay]

I remember renting a PS1 and this game from blockbuster for the weekend

 

[Virt McPolygon]

They are not Christmas movies they are action movies set at Christmas which have absolutely nothing meaningful to say about the holidays whatsoever. I watched them on the weekend good movies though.

I'm hearing jingling bells all over in the music, though

 

[VGEsoterica]

I'm hearing jingling bells all over in the music, though

exactly