This isn't *exactly* music related, but this seems to be the best place for this thread, and the musically inclined will probably have the most answers for me.

I was wondering how one would go about creating one's own sound effects, like the ones they used in the videogames of old. You know, all those awesomely old sounding blips and beeps and "ima chargin' mah laser!" sound effects they used to use before they could fit actual recorded sounds into their games.

If anyone could link me to any tutorials on how to create sound effects, or give me any knowledge on the subject they hold personally, that would be much appreciated. :)

Two things you need, or three if you're serious about this: 1.) a sampler 2.) a sequencer and 3.) a wave editor of some sort for mastering.

I am not really knowledgeable about this aspect of music, really, but I still know some things about this topic... So basically, what you do is you get some pre-made samples, then you open it and play around with it on the sampler. The sampler will allow you to mess with the timbre, attack, articulation, and whatnot of the sample, so you can figure that out yourself. When you have your samples made ready for use, you can now sequence the effects in the sequencer. In another words, you can know record your sound effects in anyway you want. Depending on your sampler, you might need to follow some other instructions on how to connect your sequencer to your sampler or merely using your samples in the sequencer directly. You might want to use a MIDI keyboard or something to make the recording easier too. After you finish your piece of sound effects, you might want to use a mastering software to fix up little things and etc...

It's a pretty general piece of instruction, but I guess it's somewhere to start.

It wasn't too general. It was pretty helpful advice actually. :)
Time to start searching craigslist for a sampler I guess. Looks like I'll just have to mess around with stuff until I know what I'm doing.