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I have a terrible confession to make: I have only defeated the Lord of Terror once or twice. Even though battling the denizens of the burning hells was the primary focus of Diablo, I spent most of my time dwelling on the surface, in the darkened village of Tristram. Talking to all the townspeople about the terrors below and listening to them gossip about their fellow villagers. While Matt Uelmen's music played on and on.

Oh, I did venture down into the labyrinth at times. I've led many warriors, rogues and sorcerers to their certain doom in the depths below Tristram. Diablo was a harsh game and your hero started out as a brave but very vulnerable human, fighting endless hordes of demons and undead. Death - and the potential loss of your arsenal of weapons and armor - was a very real threat. Every time the howling, ghostly music swelled and my hero would note that the sanctity of the cathedral had been fouled, I'd get goose bumps.

My heroes battled bravely, but often they had to run for their life. Whenever the monsters were too numerous or all healing potions had been gulped down, I'd quickly cast a town portal and scamper through it. The first chord of Matt Uelmen's defining music always was a welcoming beacon of relief. Tristram was a desolate, nearly abandoned village where the cold wind howled trough the rickety shacks. But it was a safe haven. My safe haven.

I've only dared to take a handful of heroes into hell to confront the Lord of Terror. Sure, I defeated him, but I liked it better on the surface. Just staying a while and listening. Not to Deckard Cain, though. I was listening to Matt Uelmen.

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Rencol:

I play Diablo since the first demo release in 1996 (or was it 97?) which included only the first 2 levels and a warrior class. I was 8 by then and didnt know English at all (Im from Czech Republic), but that didnt stop me from being instantly sucked in and it never let go. I remember, that my first self-learned English words were "large" and "axe" using dictionary and this was basicaly the start for me. Thanks to Diablo (and later other games, perfecting it in WoW) I can speak English quite fluently and it even resolved into me correcting my English teacher´s pronaunciation sometimes The most memorable is an argue over the word "Butcher" which he pronaunced as "Batcher" Thanks Decard Cain and nameless dying fella by the church!

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Lorthalus:


This is probably one of the earliest video game memories I even have..

Alright, so I was around 7 years old. This of course, was the whole time where there was one, chugging PC in the livingroom, with a dial-up connection, and you'd be lucky to get a half an hour in before Dad, or my sister had a turn on the computer coming up; there was no going over your half hour.

I played single player, I mean, if someone wanted on the phone-- yeah, no internet. So I had been playing the game for a few weeks, but due to the short turns I never really got far. I decided to try playing online, I mean, why not? I was level 14! I was a badass! I joined a game and we started working our way through the catacombs. It was fun! I couldn't believe you could have more than one person in the game! This was fantastic!

And better yet, my companion threw me some armor! Awww man! It changes the way you look?! Dude! I look so cool! This is awesome! My companion left and I continued down through. I made it to the caves! "This is so cool!" So I continued along and things started to get a little bit scary... And then it happened. I died. I dropped my chainmail armor. I was in a panic. And then the worst possible thing happened... Dad told me it was time to get off of the computer. "BUT I JUST NEED 2 MORE MINUTES I NEED TO GO GET MY ARMOR!" I exclaimed... it didn't matter. He pulled the cable out of the modem. I lost my connection. I cried for a solid hour... oddly enough, I play on hardcore all the time now.

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thugacati0n:


most memorable moment in diablo1 for my self was the day i got it for free from a friend who had a extra copy ( i literally ran home after school )

i started a amazon because face who as a kid who didnt fantasize about shooting a bow and arrow . i played for about 2 hours then my mother came in told me go 2 bed literally almost came to tears i was hooked lol. so i ok'd her to death pretended to go to sleep proceded to sneak back on around 10pm when she fell asleep.

i then was glued to my monitor until i heard my mothers alarm go off i JUMPED out my chair into bed and pretended to sleep. ( thought i got away with it ) then my mom was like "you think im a dummy" SMACK right upside my head ... atleast turn the monitor off if your going to try to play behind my back lol.

so ya i then had to go threw a day of school with no sleep and i came home to no monitor in my room for 2 days

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seraphim4:


Back when i was a kid, before i really cared much about games a friend of mine invited me over to try out this new game he had
so we sat down at the computer with diablo running, i got to try it out myself first.
so i made a warrior and started the game.
right then and there as the first chords of the song began playing i felt something.
i clicked around on the screen and learned a bit about how the game worked from my friend and proceeded to explore Tristram, listening to the townsfolk and the feeling of the story started to grow on me immediately
upon approaching the cathedral there was a dying man lying before the door, giving me my quest to kill the butcher.
that quest, and that fight. is my first and most prominent memory in gaming, and that game, is what made me gamer. i was forever hooked.
And i think the Tristram tune captures the feeling of that game better than any other song has ever done for any other game.
whenever i hear it i get goosebumps and nostalgia floods my mind.