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Final Fantasy VIII

I'm going to exclude fighting games because otherwise it would be the first Mortal Kombat. Anyways, FFVIII was the first non-fighting game I played that was able to keep my attention all the way to the end. Funny thing was is that I kept renting it and the Christmas that followed after beating the game was when I actually owned it. That is I think the only game that I have never sold. Some I sold and ended up buying again (Silent Hill) but this one I always kept my hands on.

Okay, so I liked the idea of the original thread, but its last post was '06. So I started fresh; a clean slate. Hope this isn't against the rules. So here we go. I'll start.

First game I played and finished was Super Mario World for SNES. I was three. I played it one day, got familiar with the controls a little bit, then one day my father left the controller abandoned there upon there floor, having attempted the final battle time and again to no avail. I picked it up, and finished. Needless to say he was quite impressed. And thus, it was the beginning of my ascent to become a master gamer.

That doesn't count, your dad carried you to the end.

The first one for me is Fantasy Zone for the SEGA Master System in '88 I think if not then definitely Altered Beast in '89.......Hey I'm Old:)

Probably some Magnavox Odyssey game.

I think the first game I've ever finished is Super C for the NES. Can't remember anything clearly from before that.

Whatever I said in V1, if I did say anything, is now null and void. My memory sometimes let me remember back, sometimes it gives me random roadblocks.

first game i played and finished...tough question. i'd have to say rock 'n roll racing for the genesis at around the time i was finishin elementary school, about 12-15 years ago. i beat all the difficulty levels on it.

The first one for me is Fantasy Zone for the SEGA Master System in '88 I think if not then definitely Altered Beast in '89.......Hey I'm Old:)

Altered Beast was the shit. I was never able to get passed that one level where you're a bear turning shit into stone :(.

Wonderboy on my brother's old Master System circa 1990 I think. Oh how I loved that game. :D

Can't really recall, but the earliest I remember was Ocarina of Time or Killer Instinct with that annoying gargoyle boss thing

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles In Time.

Got it along with the pack in Mario World, Ultraman, & an NES Monopoly game for my birthday.

The first game I ever played and finished was the original Prince of Persia on my dad's old Windows 95 computer. I think I was 4 or 5 years old at the time. Good times.

Super Mario Bros.

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I can't remember mine at all. :( It probably would have been on the NES.... but it could have been some off game on the PC....... I don't know...

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The first game I played on my own and beat on my own was The Legend of Zelda- Ocarina of Time. Keep in my mind that this is far from the first game I ever PLAYED. That would be Commander Keen IV.

This is not to say I had no help whatsoever with OOT. Far from it- I followed the Versus Books strategy guide for it religiously. But every button press was me. I was and remain quite bad at adapting to new control schemes for any video game in addition to having terrible hand-eye coordination (troubled birth and all that). It didn't matter. Ocarina of Time was worth every bit of the frustration. You know, I actually CRIED at the credits? It wasn't frustration or nervousness or anything like that. It was the sudden and acutely painful realization that all games must eventually end or go so stale you wish they would. And that saddened me. I liked Hyrule and who I was there (not to mention its inhabitants both good and evil) a hell of a lot more than I did my own identity and world.

Yeah. I know. I'm pretty lame.

MineStorm on the Milton Bradley Vectrex.

I played a lot of games before finishing one actually, my early PC was full of demos.

But the first game that I finished for the first time(at least the one I can remember) was:



My little pentium MMX gave the possibility to play this wonderful gem. This game is also really hard.

Most likely the original Super Mario Bros.


Altered Beast was the shit. I was never able to get passed that one level where you're a bear turning shit into stone :(.

Man, I remember that game... looking back, that game was pretty trippy. Especially with the green flying beast form...

After reading a lot of the responses in here, there are so many whippersnappers. LOL.

Most likely the original Super Mario Bros.



Man, I remember that game... looking back, that game was pretty trippy. Especially with the green flying beast form...

After reading a lot of the responses in here, there are so many whippersnappers. LOL.

Hey mister, I gave the most geezer response possible~

For the record, I had an old Odyssey which I played in the 80's. I'm not that old. ; ;

27(years old) is the new 17!

I'm still 26, buster~ let me have my last few weeks.

I'm still 26, buster~ let me have my last few weeks.

Don't feel sad, your very attractive and still real young.

The first one for me is Fantasy Zone for the SEGA Master System

Ditto.

Oh! Sorry Vampire Queen I guess we're all in our golden years ~where am I?~.......Whoa senior moment.

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What a great thread. Hello all. I'm new to the site and look forward to chatting with you all. For me, I believe my first run-through was Castlevania for NES. Originally, I was thinking back to Atari, but I don't think those games ever had endings. They just kept going and going until you got bored or died...

Hm...still think you guys are young punks.;) You want a geezer? A hunchbacked, wheezing old codger with a cane as thick as your waist to lean on? I think I may have all of you beat.

First game I beat was Oregon Trail.


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Apple II.

Yeah, that's right...5.5(?) inch floppys that actually WERE somewhat floppy!:D

MindMaze on Encarta 98.

MindMaze on Encarta 98.

That was a weird game. Jesters everywhere.

Hm...still think you guys are young punks.;) You want a geezer? A hunchbacked, wheezing old codger with a cane as thick as your waist to lean on? I think I may have all of you beat.

First game I beat was Oregon Trail.


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Apple II.

Yeah, that's right...5.5(?) inch floppys that actually WERE somewhat floppy!:D

I remember the computer department at my high school had a Apple II there... course, it was dead though. First game I played and finished (besides MineStorm on the Vectrex as stated on page 1 of this thread) on PC was :



Love that game still... just wished I had a proper damn PC to play it >.<

Hey I beat a game on the Apple II also & it was called Matterhorn Screamer with Disney's Goofy

I remember the computer department at my high school had a Apple II there... course, it was dead though.


I remember being so shocked when our computer lab upgraded, and we put floppys in for the first time...I was so used to hearing the loud *BZZTBZZT* of Apple IIs reading the disk.

In elementary we had Apple IIs. Floppys were awesome. Oregon Trail, Number Muncher were my fav games.

I don't remember the first game I finished before FF7, oddly enough. Though I had played a lot of games on the NES, SNES, Genesis, N64 before FF7.

In elementary we had Apple IIs. Floppys were awesome. Oregon Trail, Number Muncher were my fav games.

Nostalgia'ing hard here. Never had anyone around to explain the game to me as a kid(didn't this game have an instruction screen?), so I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have back then. Playing it now though...oh gawd. *drools*

I vaguely remember Number Muncher... but yeah, that was a cool game everyone wanted to play at the time. :)

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MindMaze on Encarta 98.

i remember that game. the midi music was interestin.

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz266/Raidensoul/commander-keen.gif

I think.

My memory is a little fuzzy.

Space Invaders.
One of the very few people at the local laundromat to get it to roll over after 10 levels.
And I was in my late teens.
Of course, I also remember demos of the first home Pong systems in Sears. It was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

Have I mentioned that I'm old,
JonC

Bah, you're not old JonC. You're well-versed.;)

Superb Mario Bros on NES

But with shortcuts...

Let's see... it's either Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, or Ape Escape. All three are awesome regardless... in my opinion anyway.

Superb Mario Bros on NES

But with shortcuts...

Shortcuts are for pansies. PANSY

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How do you take short cuts in Super Mario Bros.? For realz.
:seriously:
Warp pipes.

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I wouldn't blame you CC, because you were probably playing through the game like a REAL MAN and didn't bother with measely things such as a shortcuts.

Yep, warps.

Bitch to find though

I never even knew about the other warps (as in, the others AFTER 1-2) until I got into playing the Sega Genesis. How's THAT for ignorant? Same story with the warp zones in Mario 2(US).

there was nuthin wrong with warps. the game was hard enough as it is.

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Super Mario Bros.

I knew where the warp pipes were, but they just seem so blatantly integrated right into the forefront of things that it's like they're just as much a part of the game as the ability to jump. I guess to me they just seem like a natural part of the game more so than short cuts. Although, I certainly didn't use them much except for when I first ever tried to get through the game, way back in the 4th grade.

i didnt beat the game till after i gradulated. lol

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havent played that in awhile. on disc 3. had to get new copy cause disc was badly scratched.

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thats strange. i havent had that problem in my many years of gamin.

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my advice would be to play ps1 games on a ps1 only since some games dont work very well on ps2.

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i'd rather have those games on a ps3. wouldnt have to worry about breakin it as much. but thats just me...

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i have a psp too, but dont have the money for the playstation store stuff. plus, when i go out everyday, i seldom take my psp with me to gamestop unless theres a midnite launch event or somethin similar. if u read my profile, u'll understand better.

Mario! :D

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Super Mario Bros. :)

which one? theres a bunch of them, u know.

Pokemon Yellow