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[Holammer]

I think it was Green Beret on the C64. Played plenty of games before that in arcades and on the 2600, but those seldom had an end or finish state.
It was all about the POINTS maaaaan!

 

[TheKratos]

Mario

 

[Garibaldi]

Probably Altered Beast on the Mega Drive

 

[mansoor1980]

Mario

which one?

 

[Lunarorbit]

Maybe Duck Tails on nes? I remember getting really close on Jackal and Super Mario bros.

On the opposite spectrum was Bayou Billy. That was a gaming purchase I almost instantly regretted even though it was a little fun. Just too hard for me then

 

[Saber]

Sonic 1 SMS.
Man when I beat that game and pick all the emeralds, it was a pure bliss.

 

[Spyxos]

 

[simpatico]

Airborne Ranger - Commodore 64

 

[MiguelItUp]

Definitely Super Mario World.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Pokemon Blue was the first game I rolled credits for, that I can remember.

 

[TheKratos]

which one?

OG Nintendo. Super Mario Bros it was called I believe. I'm old lol

 

[skeebs]

first I remember finishing

Crystalis

SMB3 was probably around the same time but Crystalis felt like a bigger accomplishment

 

[cireza]

The very first Super Mario Bros on NES, for sure.

More remarkable was finishing the very first Zelda, I was 7 years old. Took me one year to do this. Kid me somehow managed to finish Zelda II as well, a couple years later. Two games that helped me understand what the sense of accomplishment was. Zelda I was really difficult, but in Zelda II, when you eventually cleared all palaces, the simple fact of reaching the final palace was close to impossible for me back then.

Also completed the second quest in Zelda I, before playing Zelda II. It was so fucking hard.

Spoiler

Understood I could go through walls entirely by chance after being stuck for like forever in the second dungeon.

 

[nush]

Definitely Super Mario World.

96 exits?

 

[Švejk]

Zillion on the Master System.
Once the code decifering clicked, I couldn't put it down.
Game is still brilliantly unique and fun to play. I've played through it at least once every year for the past 35 years.

 

[Mr Wonderstuff]

Manic Miner. Showing my age there.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Joe & Mac 3

 

[Evil Calvin]

Probably Legend of Zelda 2 around 1989 followed by Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest, Mega Man 2 and then Super Mario Bros 2. Really tough games completed within a 2 year span (89-90) Haven't finished many games since then.

EDIT: Actually it was Miner 2049'er on the Atari 400 back around 1984 or so

 

[real1]

 

[R6Rider]

Rugrats on PS1

This actually might be mine as well.

 

[Mahavastu]

Turrican on a C64
good old times...

 

[Fredrik]

Does this count?

if not it’s this:

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

 

[reinking]

I want to say Adventure on the Atari 2600. At least for console I believe it was.

 

[Jade Knight 08]

NES: Super Mario Bros.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Super Mario

 

[mansoor1980]

Super Mario

brothers?

 

[Humdinger]

I think it was that little handheld Mattel football game. Anyone remember those? Your players were represented by a dash, and you had to maneuver the dash down the field. Very simple game.

 

[West Texas CEO]

brothers?

64.

I got all 120 stars, too.

 

[Dacvak]

First game I actually beat? Probably Wario Land or Sonic 2 if I had to guess.

 

[FeralEcho]

Something on the NES but I have no idea what... Maybe Super Contra,I used to play that so much as a kid.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Not exactly my first but my best earliest gaming memories.
(All nes versions)

 

[SleepySlippy]

 

[Spukc]

 

[Spukc]

edit: i definitely not got the good fucking ending.. the first time.. i think i did 1 year after i finished sonic 2

 

[BlackTron]

I was too young to finish any of my NES games, which consisted of Mario 1-3 and a bunch of Capcom titles, but damn playing all those games really cut my gaming teeth.

The first game I ended up beating was Sonic 2, which was much easier than those NES games. Though it was still a good challenge to beat the final zone, two bosses in a row with no rings. I died many times learning the patterns, and had to play the whole game over from scratch to get there again for weeks. I was 7.

Edit: I didn't spot the Genesis tips book at the Scholastic book fair until a few years later, so I had no idea about the level select or Super Sonic codes yet, which blew my mind after all the time I spent getting back to the final boss lol.

 

[nikos]

Super Mario Bros.

I still remember the moment.

 

[PanzerCute]

Streets of Rage

Same!

 

[realcool]

 

[TintoConCasera]

As a kid I was bad at games. We had NES and SNES at home but I think I didn't beat any of their games until years later.

Guess it probably was something on the Game Boy, those games were shorter and easier to beat imo, like Super Mario Land or Wario Land. Or maybe it was Pokemon Blue? Wish I could remember.

 

[Topher]

On IBM PCjr

 

[Krathoon]

I think the first game that I really finished was the first Zelda.

I used the warp zones on Super Mario Bros.

You could argue that it was Vangard on the Atari 2600. That one actually had an ending.

 

[semiconscious]

zork I. final screen:

 

[Krathoon]

Ha. You played Zork on a TRS80. I wish I used my TRS80 more back in the day!

 

[Pelao]

Most likely Contra with my brother.

 

[badblue]

Pit Fall 2 on Atari 2600

 

[DaGwaphics]

Sonic Spinball. Came with Genesis.

 

[TheDuskwalker]

 

[recursive]

 

[Edellus]