Super Mario Bros. 2 I think.
I remember watching my dad beat Phantasy Star around that time, or even before that, though.
I remember watching my dad beat Phantasy Star around that time, or even before that, though.
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Nostalgia alert! What was the first game you you remember completing?
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I can't lie, that first game you beat on your own is definitely a feeling that sticks with you.
It was the first game I finished and one of the only games I ever played with my mom. The Genesis 3 and all the games at Toys R Us were on a stiff clearance so one day my dad surprised us and came home with my first video game console and bags of games. Fun times.
— Also can I say that I'm loving the stories of those of you who payed co-op games with your mothers. The only game my mum would ever play was Tetris, but to be fair she became a badass at it.
— one more for the club!
It was my second NES cart after the SMB/DH pack-in cart.
I have fond memories of my father arriving home with it on his way home from work one day. Don't know if there was a specific occasion attached to the gift or if it was "just because".
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Pong?
Single player...does looping the score in Space Invaders count? It does to me.
Barring that, maybe it was Super Mario Bros. I beat the arcade version before I got an NES. I was very proud of that.
Single player...does looping the score in Space Invaders count? It does to me.
Barring that, maybe it was Super Mario Bros. I beat the arcade version before I got an NES. I was very proud of that.
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Congrats! This game is not only old, it's hard as fuck.
My first game was probably something on the Atari 2600, but lots of games back then had no ending, they just looped after N levels or went on forever. Maybe it was Crystal Castles, I think it had a fixed number of levels.
I think Pokemon Red was the first game I've ever finished. Other than that probably I've only beaten a few fighting game arcade modes.
Dang, that's a very good-assed question, one I never thought about before! Like the first game I remember playing was A Link to the Past, and the first game I remember seeing was Super Mario Bros. 3. This probably isn't the first game I beat, but the earliest I remember definitely beating was The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Particular memories include playing it on my old Game Boy during winter on the playground.
Then I remember at night crying to my parents that I wanted to return the game because there was stuff I could still collect in it. For some reason, I was upset at the idea of a game having replayability. I think I had this preconceived notion that once a game is finished, it should be finished for good.
Listen, I was 7 and also an idiot.
Way, way back most games just looped and didn't have endings, but I do remember beating and "going home" in E.T. on the 2600. That's probably the first one until I started playing Apple IIe games and 8-bit console titles that had endings, in which case I remember Karateka on the Apple being an early one, and stuff like Rush'n Attack (NES) and The Ninja (SMS) being among the first I can remember completing.
Completing like, doing everything the game had to offer? 100% the game? If so, I'd say Super Mario World.. doing all the 96 exists and wondering how I'd achieve 100 (I thought the number in the save file was a percentage :p);
before that I finished Sonic the Hedgehog on Master System multiple times (my first game ever, not counting Tetris in some bootleg handheld), but never with all the Chaos Emeralds.. that I'd do later when I was older.
before that I finished Sonic the Hedgehog on Master System multiple times (my first game ever, not counting Tetris in some bootleg handheld), but never with all the Chaos Emeralds.. that I'd do later when I was older.
FIFA World Cup 98 if we include sport games in which 'completing' means beatint the last tournamente (WC in this case).
If not, it must have been GoldenEye 64 or something like that.
If not, it must have been GoldenEye 64 or something like that.
I think I completed 'Uridium' on ZX Spectrum. I say think as I've revisited it and I suck at it. I'm fairly sure it wraps around to start again when you 'finish' but could be wrong. If it does then I remember that happening and my Dad was there and a friend - but other than that I don't recall. Be something on ZX Spectrum or Commodore 16/64 or maybe Dos 6.0/Windows 3.1.
There are a few that I wont really count. Mortal Kombat and Street fighter, it was about tenacity and cheesy moves. I also won't include Doom II, because I cheated and I gained nothing but appreciation and love for the game.
With out cheating and without help, it's probably Full Throttle. That's the one that sticks with me.
With out cheating and without help, it's probably Full Throttle. That's the one that sticks with me.
This was literally a huge thread on Twitter last week
I actually can't remember the first game I finished. It might have been legend of Zelda but I'm not positive about that
I actually can't remember the first game I finished. It might have been legend of Zelda but I'm not positive about that
Aside from Tetris on GB? :P
I beat SuperMarioLand before I beat the NES SMB games (heck, I beat SMB 2/USA before I finally got around to beat the first game).
I beat SuperMarioLand before I beat the NES SMB games (heck, I beat SMB 2/USA before I finally got around to beat the first game).
Oh man first game I beat? I was born the year the NEA came out so my earliest gaming memories are from the tail end of the NES' lifespan. I played many NES games but beat so few since most were either batshit difficult for 5 year old me (SMB1, Punch Out, Castlevania) or impossible to decipher and know what to do (Zelda 1 and 2).
The first game I beat I can't clearly remember but it must've been either The Little Mermaid (shut up, it was a good game if a little easy and short) or SMB3.
The first game I beat I can't clearly remember but it must've been either The Little Mermaid (shut up, it was a good game if a little easy and short) or SMB3.
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The first super mario brothers or zelda. I definitely remember taking a picture of the last screen in zelda with a Polaroid as a kid though