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Nostalgia alert! What was the first game you you remember completing?
- Thread starter formasymphonic
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Actually, you just reminded me it wasn't either of the two games I thought it was.
It was this:
This is mine as well, I remember my dad brought this home one day when I must have been 4 or 5? But I definitely remember playing the Ernie magic game for sure.
Super Mario Land. But my mother helped me with the underwater level. And the Egypt level boss. And the final level. Mhm.
Shinobi on Master system, and boy did I suffer...
Also, probably a bunch of games on Atari 520 ste, like Rick Dangerous.
Also, probably a bunch of games on Atari 520 ste, like Rick Dangerous.
Oh yeah, me too. Just wanted to differentiate it from the newer version.
First game you beat? Like as a kid? Get out of here! I can't beat that game at 32, forget it when I was 6
Spoiler: the dam isn't actually hard at all. The Technodrome, on the other hand...
Legend of Zelda on the NES. Borrowed it from a couple who's child my mom babysit. Was the first big adventure game I completed. Still remember over 30 years later.
It was Cabal (Arcade). The game has two players co-op and fully destructible environments. This was something i had never seen before and blew me away back in early 90's. Who knows how much money i've spent on arcade tokens.
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That's awesome. So were your kids impressed? Were they more like, "You actually thought this was a good game?!"
I think they checked out when they saw that I was controlling a square, lol.
Rastan for the Sega master system.
I was unlucky enough to not own any video games at the time but weirdly lucky enough to have a babysitter whose son had one of the only master systems I have yet to this day seen in real life. This was the midwest United states, early 90s.
And I mean, I BEAT beat it.
If I remember correctly, if you beat the game without using any continues, you get an extra level and TRUE end boss.
Shit made my 6-7 year old self SWEAT. It's the only instance in which my child gaming self had better skills than now. I cannot recreate this feat anymore.
I was unlucky enough to not own any video games at the time but weirdly lucky enough to have a babysitter whose son had one of the only master systems I have yet to this day seen in real life. This was the midwest United states, early 90s.
And I mean, I BEAT beat it.
If I remember correctly, if you beat the game without using any continues, you get an extra level and TRUE end boss.
Shit made my 6-7 year old self SWEAT. It's the only instance in which my child gaming self had better skills than now. I cannot recreate this feat anymore.
I didn't really finnish that many games when I was young because my older siblings would usually play so I'd just sit by and watch most of the time. But Streets of Rage is one of those games I remember playing a ton with my older brother so I'm sure we beat it a couple of times. Weren't really until I got my very own consoles that I actually got the chance to beat games by myself.
I did! I (well, my mum) only had a crappy B&W television at the time, too - and I had to leave the game paused overnight XD
The main trick was to spend ages on the third level loading every character up with the sub-weapon that killed most enemies in one hit, then hope you had enough to get you through to the end...
Super Mario Bros on NES, it was around late 89/early 90. I completed it and I ran out of the room to get my mom to show her that I finished it and my mom went "that's nice" and left the room.
Shit, I can't remember the first one. I remember the first I played, international super star soccer.
It would have to be either Adventure (2600) or Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain (Intellivision.)
Contra on the NES and Shinobi on the Master System both came out in 1987 when I was 5 years old, and I'm pretty sure I would've beaten Shinobi first as my cousin had the NES.
I was a beast out of the womb.
I was a beast out of the womb.
I honestly have no idea what it actually was, to be honest. The farthest back that I remember is Pokemon Blue (1998 is likely about the time I started getting into games anyway). My parents owned an NES but I know I didn't beat any games on that.
It's not the first game I played, but the first game I completed has to be Commander Keen: Marooned on Mars.
First 3 in order were Kung Fu, Super Mario Bros. and MM 2. After that it gets hard to remember order lol.