Greatest moments in YOUR gaming history!

[Monk]

We've all been there. It's 2 am and you're down to your last life. Your family has long since gone to bed and it's just you and the boss... you're staring that pixelated fiend in the eyes and one of you is going to flinch. You persevere and against all odds come out on top, its something we've all been through. Beating the living crap out of the games we pay money to use to relax, with phrases like "I can't stop, or the game will win." Or "The game cheats, i swear!"

These are moments that define us as gamers more than anything imo, it's in these moments when pushed to the brink we let succumb to baser emotions, because let's face it, you can't let the game win.



Okay, enough dramatic openings. I want to hear from my fellow .Orgahs, what's the gaming moment that stands out most in your mind? If you can't settle on one (and I know there's dozens for me) then just give us some that pop up in your mind. Feel free to indulge as much or as little as you see fit.

Seeing as this thread was my bright idea, i'll get it started right with one of my more recent ones. And this one, believe it or not, comes from CoD:WaW. I know!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

There were two moments in actuality, and not surprisingly they came while I was achievement hunting. The first was The Sum of All Zeros. In short, you're manning a twin .50 cal turret onboard a plane in the pacific and you've got to shoot down 45 enemy planes. Sound simple right? Wrong! The plans move so fast and the turret is so hard to get used to (it might be the controler) I kept glaring at my TV in frustration. Attempt 1 went by, no go, attempt 5, still nothing. The tenth try? I missed it by three kills.

I nearly shut off the game right then and there but there was no way I was letting this game, of all games, get the best of me. I grabbed a soda and strapped in for another go. By the mid-point i had 32 kills. I was doing great. I kept pushing, pushing and when the final plane hit the ocean and that little achievement box popped up, I sat back with a heavy sigh and let the controller drop to the ground in exhaustion. Looked up at the clock, 3 am. Didn't care. It was over.

The day before I had gone through similiar agony attempting to get The Professional. It comes in the first soviet stage in which you're handed a rifle and told to snipe some soldiers standing about. You've got 5 bullets to kill 8 enemy troops with while at the same time not alerting them to your presence. So you've got to be quick, be precise and be timely, a missed shot, or even a badly timed one and you missed your chance. It took a long time for me to get this down, but I got it. It didn't give me as much satisfaction as Sum of all Zeros, but it was close.

Well? What are some moments that stand out to you, as either moments of videogame triumph or utter frustration?