The Wilhelm Scream in Video Games

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#1 Maledizione
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For those who don't know what the Wilhelm scream is: It's a sound effect of a scream that sound designers have been using in their movies since the 50's. It's a bit of a game they've come up with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio

Lately though, I've heard it in a few 360 games. In Red Faction, near the beggining when the bad guys break into a house. Another, in Bionic Commando. When one of the technicians is fixing up a plane, his welder explodes and he screams.

Any others?

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#2 RAMRODtheMASTER
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[QUOTE="Maledizione"]

For those who don't know what the Wilhelm scream is: It's a sound effect of a scream that sound designers have been using in their movies since the 50's. It's a bit of a game they've come up with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio

Lately though, I've heard it in a few 360 games. In Red Faction, near the beggining when the bad guys break into a house. Another, in Bionic Commando. When one of the technicians is fixing up a plane, his welder explodes and he screams.

Any others?

It's about as common in cinema and games as the generic "laughter of children" sound clip that any movie with two or more children in a group plays. Good find though.
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I love hearing it, lol. Brings back old memories of Goldeneye 64.

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#4 DJ_Magneto
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I love that sound. It's in every Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings movie. I know I've heard it in a couple of games, but I can't remember which ones. There has to be some website out there that catalogs every appearance of this sound.
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#5 Mau-Justice
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I hear the roar they used in Mortal Kombat just about everywhere. I doubt MK was the first use of it though, just what I associate it with.