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[Monokrom]

Not really. Can't recall the absolute first game but it must have been on the C64. 1985-ish.

 

[hybrid_birth]

Can't remember. Mental illness sucks.

I want to say Sonic on genesis. I had a habit of picking games that I could never finish due to my poor skills I guess.

 

[T8SC]

I think it was anyways.

 

[Durandle]

for me it was ...........................

Wow I remember getting that on a cover disk on some magazine and being excited the whole day to get home and try it.

I think the first game I completed was probably "Sim Ant":

 

[RPS37]

Gonna sound crazy but I think it was Halo: Combat Evolved on the original Xbox.

 

[CGNoire]

Contra NES.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

 

[Disco Dave]

Shadow of the Beast. Commodore 64.

You had to break the final bosses toenail to beat him.

 

[Zane Zaminski]

ALIEN 3 on Terminator console.

 

[consoul]

Conan: Hall of Volta on Apple II

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

I think it was Prince of Persia on DOS.
Either that or LOOM.
Looks like both came out in 1990.

 

[Fredrik]

Shadow of the Beast. Commodore 64.

You had to break the final bosses toenail to beat him.

lmao I never finished it myself but that’s hilarious hit the weak point for massive damage!

Shadow of the Beast 2, a friend reached the final boss several times but it always crashed. And no save. Ouch. Was quite possibly one of the most difficult game ever made.

 

[Sportbilly]

It was probably one of the early Level 9 or Scott Adams adventures on the Atari 8 bit. Most games back then (early '80s) didn't really have a defined ending. The only non-text adventure I can recall 'finishing' was Bruce Lee, but even that loops around to the start when you've completed it.

 

[CashPrizes]

Contra on NES is a pretty good bet (with the 30 lives code of course. Beat it normally later on) If not that it was probably Super Mario Brothers.
I owned several games on the Intellevision but I don't know that I beat any, most of them were Hi-Score games and not really beatable.

 

[b0uncyfr0]

Dont remember. The first game i didnt finish - it was either return to castle wolfenstein, heXen or lemmings.

 

[skit_data]

Hmm, probably Abes Exoddus

Damn, thinking about it makes me realize how long that game is and the amounts of trial and error it must've required.

 

[DarkBatman]

When my parents gave me the PlayStation for my birthday, they immediately wanted to include a game (thank God). However, since they had no idea about games at all, they simply saw a cover with a cartoon devil and grabbed it, hoping it would be perfect for a child. This was the first game I finished.

 

[Havoc2049]

The first game I finished was Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Atari 2600.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Probably Raiders of the Lost Ark on Atari 2600. I think it was one of the first games you could “beat”.

Edit: Ha! I see it’s the same for the poster above

 

[Vyse]

The first game I finished that actually ended was Adventure on Atari 2600. Before that all of the games I played just went on until you lost all of your lives.

Same. I was thinking of a game that actually had an ending. Adventure was the first for me.

 

[Vyse]

I think it was wild arms for the ps1. I know I didn't beat anything on the nes and snes. Then again it could have been mega man legends, ff7, jade cocoon, or rhapsody.

Loved Wild Arms!

 

[Shifty1897]

The first one I remember finishing was Mario 3. but there probably was one on the NES before that.

 

[Majormaxxx]

My first games were on our first proper home PC, an IBM 386 slc/25. 1994-1996. These are some I for sure completed.

 

[Shubh_C63]

CONTRA

 

[ReBurn]

The first game I finished was Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Atari 2600.

That was one of my favorite 2600 games, and not because it was one of the best games. It took some work to figure out how to navigate the world and find what you needed to get to the ark and it was so satisfying to get to the end. The world wasn't quite as obtuse as the Swordquest games but it was up there.

 

[FF:Enhanced_Reality]

I mean define finished. First game I completed through the arcade mode was Tekken. The first game I really got everything was Alien Trilogy. All secrets, all aliens, all objectives on Xenophobia.

 

[Hohenheim]

Probably Turtles 2: the arcade game on NES. Or the first Super Mario game.

 

[poppabk]

Not really. Can't recall the absolute first game but it must have been on the C64. 1985-ish.

As long as you 'finished' then I guess it counts.
Back 2 Skool - is the first game I remember finishing.

I'm not counting stuff like Yie ar Kung fu as that was trivial to beat once through.

 

[Mitsurux]

Pretty sure it was Super Mario Bros. 2 (beat it before beating SMB1)

 

[Raven117]

Sitting here right now.....I think it was Metroid. Or Contra.

Rygar on NES I still view as one my top gaming accomplishments (I was young).

Still never beat Super Mario Bros.

 

[Havoc2049]

That was one of my favorite 2600 games, and not because it was one of the best games. It took some work to figure out how to navigate the world and find what you needed to get to the ark and it was so satisfying to get to the end. The world wasn't quite as obtuse as the Swordquest games but it was up there.

I agree. Raiders is definitely in my Top 20 on the 2600. It's like a more advanced Adventure. The Swordquest series is garbage.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Super Mario Bros 3 for me as well

It's definitely the first game I distinctly remember finishing

 

[SSfox]

 

[SHA]

Doom 2, Megaman X, Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D, Mortal Kombat 3, minesweeper, Solitaire, I don't remember which one but I've beaten them all since I was 8 years old.

 

[Khyle]

Tomb Raider I. My very vague memories (I was like 7 years old) tell me it took me like almost an entire year, lol.

 

[Last Hearth]

Beating Tyson in Mike Tyson's Punch Out.