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Title: First Game you Eever Completed
Post by: htimreimer on December 09, 2013, 07:34:59 pm
what was the first game you ever completed???


the first game i ever completed was paper mario for the N64, this game was so difficult that i think that was the only reason why i
completed it but it was still fun and it hasn't aged a bit

Title: Re: First Game you Eever Completed
Post by: burningdoom on December 09, 2013, 07:38:58 pm
I can't remember exactly which one it was. But it was definitely one of these 3 games on NES:

-Contra (using the 30 men cheat, of course, and 2-player)
-The Legend of Zelda (my sister mapped out the dungeons on graph paper, we were so into it)
-Super Mario Bros.
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Post by: sin2beta on December 09, 2013, 08:23:32 pm
Duck Tales - Commodore 64

At least I believe it was...
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Post by: redblaze57 on December 09, 2013, 08:36:43 pm
Pokemon snap...
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Post by: justin8301 on December 09, 2013, 08:53:32 pm
Guerrilla War on NES. I was home sick from school and asked my dad to go rent me a video game to kill some time. He came home with that gem and I was kinda upset at first, but it grew on me and after many hours and many more deaths it was the fist game I ever finished.  I would love to get a hold of a copy but I haven't come across it in the wild yet.
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Post by: sin2beta on December 09, 2013, 08:58:10 pm
We should have a rival thread where we guess the ages of the posters based on the first game they've beaten. I'm feeling old and I'm not even that old...
Title: Re: First Game you Eever Completed
Post by: desocietas on December 09, 2013, 10:44:30 pm
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! 
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Post by: pacpix on December 09, 2013, 11:34:02 pm
Hmm, I have no idea, I guess I have played so many games over the years that moment was not significant.  If I had to take a guess it would have been Super Mario World with my aunt, Mario Kart 64, Extremely Goofy Skateboarding, or some game on the NES (I played a lot of NES games at my daycare 12ish years ago, but I was really young at the time and cannot recall if I beat any of them.)
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Post by: MJMaranan on December 09, 2013, 11:45:07 pm
With cheats, my brother and I finished Contra on the FamiCom.  ;D

Without, I think it would have to be Goof Troop on the Super Nintendo.

Both amazing co-op games, even today.
Title: Re: First Game you Eever Completed
Post by: burningdoom on December 10, 2013, 12:00:00 am
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?
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Post by: foxhack on December 10, 2013, 12:04:30 am
Probably Super Mario Bros.
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Post by: 90snostalga on December 10, 2013, 01:02:28 am
Super Mario World!!!   

Second was Pokemon blue  8)
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Post by: desocietas on December 10, 2013, 02:00:58 am
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!
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Post by: disgaeniac on December 10, 2013, 07:54:23 am
(non-Arcade) = Adventure (2600).
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Post by: soera on December 10, 2013, 08:30:39 am
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.
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Post by: scott on December 10, 2013, 08:34:06 am
It was prolly Super Mario Bros 3.
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Post by: turf on December 10, 2013, 08:51:03 am
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.
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Post by: disgaeniac on December 10, 2013, 09:14:53 am
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?
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Post by: bobster on December 10, 2013, 09:27:55 am
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.
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Post by: soera on December 10, 2013, 10:40:08 am
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! :D
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Post by: disgaeniac on December 10, 2013, 11:24:36 am
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! :D

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  ;D
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Post by: soera on December 10, 2013, 11:35:03 am
Yeah I know. Its my most painful memory growing up knowing that I could have been working for Nintendo all these years.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 10, 2013, 01:08:04 pm
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.
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Post by: desocietas on December 10, 2013, 01:15:09 pm
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).
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Post by: soera on December 10, 2013, 01:18:03 pm
Levels are probably lines. 100 lines should be the end of level 10.
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Post by: karyann on December 10, 2013, 01:22:35 pm
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.
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Post by: burningdoom on December 10, 2013, 01:45:46 pm
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.
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Post by: htimreimer on December 10, 2013, 01:54:09 pm
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
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Post by: insektmute on December 10, 2013, 03:39:25 pm
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
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Post by: atarileaf on December 10, 2013, 05:42:16 pm
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.
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Post by: numing on December 10, 2013, 07:06:52 pm
Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast. We didn't have a lot of games for the Dreamcast back then so that was all I really played. I remember hating Big's story, and always getting lost in Mystic Ruins D:
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Post by: foxhack on December 10, 2013, 11:00:26 pm
Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast. We didn't have a lot of games for the Dreamcast back then so that was all I really played. I remember hating Big's story, and always getting lost in Mystic Ruins D:

Hey look, it's the two reasons why I quit that game six years ago!
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Post by: sin2beta on December 10, 2013, 11:21:16 pm
Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast. We didn't have a lot of games for the Dreamcast back then so that was all I really played. I remember hating Big's story, and always getting lost in Mystic Ruins D:

Oddly enough, I like playing as Big the Cat. I like Sega Fishing. Even if a cat is involved. I don't know why.
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Post by: insektmute on December 11, 2013, 01:04:31 am
Oh man, I still maintain that X-Wing and TIE Fighter are some of the best space combat sims EVER. Totally classic stuff that many gamers will never, ever play.
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Post by: bobster on December 11, 2013, 08:37:08 am
Nothing like learning how to create boot disks to play because windows doesn't have enough NVRAM to run Tie Fighter lol. Those games were amazing. It's amazing I ever got those things to run when I was like 8 o.O