Nostalgia alert! What was the first game you you remember completing?

[formasymphonic]

So after seeing that Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers movie thread, it got me nostalgic for the old game I used to have on NES as a kid. I also remember it fondly for its great co-op and being the first game I was ever able to complete on my own as a kid. I came across some dope gifs from Super Adventures in Gaming, and it definitely brought back the nostalgia.

lmao I remember also trying to dodge the ninja squirrels and falling off the ledge in the same way ...and that one robot mouse that jumped in the air and just disappears. I remember feeling like such a badass when I realised you could catch the ball as it fell down as well and roast that robot boss real quick. Also playing with friends frequently descended into fuckery as you could pick up and throw each other like the other props. Good memories, and while I have a lot of fond gaming memories in childhood this one was special.

So I figured I'd ask you all in ERA, what was the first game you ever beat?

 

[Ex-Psych]

Super Mario 64

 

[Slaylock]

Apple ][ version

 

[krae_man]

Something on my Grandpa's 286. Probably the Formula 1 game on it.

Edit: Grand Prix Circuit.

 

[Deleted member 17210]

Maybe Hunt the Wumpus. It's pretty easy to accidentally beat, though.

 

[AudioEppa]

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars.

 

[Raza]

I had an Apple II PC and an Atari before I had an NES, but I honestly can't remember what I completed of those. Maybe the Atari version of Superman?

The earliest game I can recall beating is Castlevania 2 for the NES. I had the Nintendo Power magazines for help.

 

[Prophet Five]

Mega Man 5! First game I ever beat as a kid without my older brother's help!

 

[Lord Vatek]

DuckTales for the Game Boy.

 

[Chopchop]

Contra on NES. Played co-op with a sibling and Konami coded our hearts out.

 

[TransEuropaExpress]

I never really beat games as a kid so the first game I can remember ever beating with my friend was Zelda: OoT.

 

[Masterspeed]

Streets of Rage in coop with my mom.

 

[MP!]

Mario 3
I was 5 or 6

 

[Dr. Monkey]

Super Mario Bros.

 

[StarskySilvers]

Jet Set Radio Future back in 2001. Before that game I really just watched my brothers play

 

[Continental 0p]

I don't know about any% completion, but I think my first 100% was Spyro 2. I knew about the permanent superflame, and I really wanted to unlock it.

 

[Okabe]

 

[SPRidley]

If it counts playing with my uncle, and Atari 2600 game dont count becuase most of them dont have real ending, SMB2. If not, SMW.
Illusion of Time was the first RPG i beat.

 

[Rydeen]

Donkey Kong Country, I came home from school on a Monday or Tuesday after being stuck on King K. Rool the night before, beat him and got credits roll before the rest of the family got home so I couldn't show off at all.

 

[ZeoVGM]

 

[Deleted member 18742]

Pokemon Gold

 

[Malkier]

I'm sure it wasn't my first but the one I really really remember is Chrono Trigger multiple times over. It feels like my first probably because it's the first game I really loved.

Would really love a good ps4 version right now. FF7R has me itching but I don't want to replay FF7 before hand because it will just make me nitpick the remake.

 

[Secretofmateria]

I remember beating the lion king on snes on my own. But before that me and my sister beat super mario world togeather

 

[Nayishiki]

Pokémon Blue.

 

[DyByHands]

Shinobi 3 on the sega genesis. Its still great

 

[Big G]

Myst. My brother and I worked together to finish it.

I'm sure we'd beaten something else before, but that's the first one I remember finishing for a fact.

 

[Rosebud]

I didn't complete many games as a kid, but I think it was Pokemon Ruby

 

[Guru_Godzilla]

Hmm. I'm not sure. It's either paper Mario 64 or Pokémon emerald I think. Maybe A link to the past GBA? It was one of those. When I was younger I'd just get to the end of games but never finish them or get stuck.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Probably TMNT Arcade for NES

 

[Deleted member 9584]

A Link to the Past. I was five when it came out and I remember playing it a ton as a kid. My dad used to help me with the puzzles. It was the first game I ever beat and the last game my dad ever played.

 

[JustJavi]

Super Mario Land

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

Super Mario World. Bowser was feeling a lot more fierce in this than Mario 64.

 

[SJRB]

Amazing music, too.

edit: lol at the screen

 

[Aaron D.]

Superman (2600) back in '79.

I think it was one of the first games you could actually beat on Atari. Everything leading up to that were arcade ports which were just endless modes (Asteroids, Defender, etc.).

Superman pre-dated the more popular Adventure by about a year and like the latter, it was also the first game I remember playing that had multi-screen traversal. Absolutely blew my gd mind coming off of arcade titles with static single-screen playing fields.

Damn I loved that game.

 

[Deleted member 13015]

I honestly don't remember the first game I ever beat.

I watched my older brother beat many popular SNES games growing up though.

 

[Chucker]

Super Mario Bros.

When you only have one game with the system, you get good at it or you don't play the NES.

 

[jacks81x]

FF Legend II on Gameboy.

 

[Rapscallion]

Sesame Street Countdown on the NES.

On both the easy "walk" mode and the true hardcore "hop" mode.

 

[Sgt. Demblant]

Super Mario Land 2 I believe.
The game is ultra easy but it took me years to see the credits. I would always delete my save files since the little bomb animation looked so funny. Most of the worlds were open from the get go so I didn't mind replaying them endlessly in a different order.
When I saw the credits I was like... Wait, games have endings? It really took me by surprise, lol.

 

[Strike]

Streets of Rage

 

[antitrop]

Either Super Mario Bros or DuckTales, but I'm not sure which one.

 

[LonestarZues]

If fighting games count then either Street Fighter 2 or Mortal Kombat. If not then Resident Evil.

Edit: Almost forgot about Streets of Rage.

 

[WestEgg]

Either Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, or Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I had older siblings so it's a little hard to distinguish what I had beaten for myself first and what I had just observed beaten.

 

[Dr Pears]

I'm pretty sure it was Super Mario Land on Gameboy.

My older cousin finished it first then coached me on how to finish it myself. Pretty sure I was around 7-8 years old at the time.

 

[FantasticMrSnake]

Mmmh, I don't remember exactly..., maybe metal gear solid , or FF VII, or maybe Sonic and Knuckles, or maybe it was Doom or quake?
I feel old now that i can't remember :(

 

[Zaied]

Toy Story 2 on PS1. I sucked at games as a kid so I didn't really beat much of anything; at most, I got 'far' in games.

 

[TripaSeca]

TMNT for SNES or golden axe for Mega Drive.

Never finished on hard though and was bummed that TMNT had a b&w ending

 

[antitrop]

Sesame Street Countdown on the NES.

On both the easy "walk" mode and the true hardcore "hop" mode.

Click to shrink...

Actually, you just reminded me it wasn't either of the two games I thought it was.

It was this:

 

[Don Fluffles]

Aladdin SNES.

 

[Kinsei]

Completely alone? Donkey Kong Country 3

Before that I remember completing some games with the help of my mother like Mario World.