First Game you Eever Completed

[scott]

It was prolly Super Mario Bros 3.

[turf]

I couldn't even lie and come up with one. It's a NES game for sure since I don't think I had any Atari games that ended. It was probably Kung Fu, SMB2, or Contra. I didn't finish SMB1 until I was in college.

[disgaeniac]

I wouldnt even begin to be able to tell you. During the initial NES/SMS days, I would beat a game every 2-3 days. Its what eventually led up to me being accepted as a Nintendo game play counselor and actually getting to be a game play counselor for the big local rental store.

What was that like/what did you do as a gameplay counselor?

[bobster]

I wish I remembered! I would say some atari game, but I don't think a lot of those actually ended. So most likely it was super mario 1 when I got my NES.

[soera]

I wouldnt even begin to be able to tell you. During the initial NES/SMS days, I would beat a game every 2-3 days. Its what eventually led up to me being accepted as a Nintendo game play counselor and actually getting to be a game play counselor for the big local rental store.

What was that like/what did you do as a gameplay counselor?

The Nintendo one would have been awesome. I was going to go to school in Japan for a month for Nintendo then move to Redmond WA and answer the phone (1-206-885-PLAY (7529) ... still remember the phone number 20 years later). I didnt get to do it however cause I was 15 and my parents wouldnt let me. The local one was pretty cool. I was in charge of all the gaming aspects in the store. Buying the games, getting the games ready for rent, repackaging them and then of course the phone calls. I didnt get calls as often as I would have liked but when I did get them, I felt cool!

[disgaeniac]

I wouldnt even begin to be able to tell you. During the initial NES/SMS days, I would beat a game every 2-3 days. Its what eventually led up to me being accepted as a Nintendo game play counselor and actually getting to be a game play counselor for the big local rental store.

What was that like/what did you do as a gameplay counselor?

The Nintendo one would have been awesome. I was going to go to school in Japan for a month for Nintendo then move to Redmond WA and answer the phone (1-206-885-PLAY (7529) ... still remember the phone number 20 years later). I didnt get to do it however cause I was 15 and my parents wouldnt let me. The local one was pretty cool. I was in charge of all the gaming aspects in the store. Buying the games, getting the games ready for rent, repackaging them and then of course the phone calls. I didnt get calls as often as I would have liked but when I did get them, I felt cool!

That sounds pretty damned fun & cool, brother!

Getting the ("gets to go to Japan") one would have been like...hitting the fucking Lottery-'O'-Gaming 

[soera]

Yeah I know. Its my most painful memory growing up knowing that I could have been working for Nintendo all these years.

[burningdoom]

I've beaten *very* few games.

I was going to say Chrono Chross, but then I remembered that I *think* I beat Tetris on the ol' grey Gameboy before that!

How do you beat Tetris? Doesn't it loop forever, and just get faster and faster?

Nah, there's the one with the 100 levels and the spaceship credits scene!

And you made it 100 levels?! Once I start getting past like 10, it gets impossible for me.

[desocietas]

I've beaten *very* few games.

I was going to say Chrono Chross, but then I remembered that I *think* I beat Tetris on the ol' grey Gameboy before that!

How do you beat Tetris? Doesn't it loop forever, and just get faster and faster?

Nah, there's the one with the 100 levels and the spaceship credits scene!

And you made it 100 levels?! Once I start getting past like 10, it gets impossible for me.

Looking it up now... and I must be totally wrong, hahahah.  I think I thought the game was over when you got the space ship but it looks like you just had to have a certain number of points by the time you died.

But I totally remember beating Chrono Cross and being annoyed to find that there was supposed to be a way to get the "better ending" (before I knew that games could have all sorts of different endings like that).

[soera]

Levels are probably lines. 100 lines should be the end of level 10.

[karyann]

Eeeeeh... I think it was Super Mario Land 2 : 6 golden coins. I played the hell out of other games too, but I preferred to play my favourite parts over and over again. This game, I just loved ALL of it, so I would beat it time after time after time. I think I would have beaten other games if saving was introduced sooner. I've never beaten Super Mario Bros 3, because I would play my favorite levels all the time, but if there was a save file I might have progressed further into exploring later levels.

[burningdoom]

Eeeeeh... I think it was Super Mario Land 2 : 6 golden coins. I played the hell out of other games too, but I preferred to play my favourite parts over and over again. This game, I just loved ALL of it, so I would beat it time after time after time. I think I would have beaten other games if saving was introduced sooner. I've never beaten Super Mario Bros 3, because I would play my favorite levels all the time, but if there was a save file I might have progressed further into exploring later levels.

Super fun game, best handheld Mario game. But it's also easy as hell, because they give 1-Ups like a Mormon gives out religious propaganda.

[htimreimer]

Eeeeeh... I think it was Super Mario Land 2 : 6 golden coins. I played the hell out of other games too, but I preferred to play my favourite parts over and over again. This game, I just loved ALL of it, so I would beat it time after time after time. I think I would have beaten other games if saving was introduced sooner. I've never beaten Super Mario Bros 3, because I would play my favorite levels all the time, but if there was a save file I might have progressed further into exploring later levels.

Super fun game, best handheld Mario game. But it's also easy as hell, because they give 1-Ups like a Mormon gives out religious propaganda.

LOL

[insektmute]

Dragon Warrior on the NES. I think I wound up playing it through at least 6 or 7 times, since I only owned a few games, and mostly had to rely on rentals for anything else :p

[atarileaf]

Pretty sure it was Blazing Lazers on the Turbografx-16. Also beat some PC games in the early and mid 90s, specifically the Lucasarts adventure games and Tie Fighter, Dark Forces, etc.

Other than that I play arcade style games that you don't necessarily beat, just get a high score.