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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

@sawcondies • 100d

Beat this game countless times. Loved every minute of it. I only played the original version N64.

Super Mario World

@zoramystery • 126d

I remember getting the SNES and this game as a kid. I think I had some help with my family learning the game at first, but I ended up playing through most of it.

Sonic Adventure 2

@aerialapostle • 127d

This is part of why it's my all time favorite game

Super Mario 64

@just5moremins • 156d

first game I had!

Super Mario Bros.

@joe23 • 171d

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

@jphil24 • 172d

One of the most underrated games in the franchise, and the first game I ever played.

Pokémon Red and Blue

@suromike • 204d

Pokémon blue was such a good game!! It was what got me into video games & started me on the path to being the massive geek I am today! Absolutely love it, can still name the original 151

Super Mario Bros. 3

@makenzi • 205d

I use to play this game all the time and completed it multiple times.

The Legend of Zelda

@raddad • 216d

This is what started my love for games

Crash Bandicoot

@brogotouchgrass • 220d

I had chronic allergies as a kid and could hardly go outside without needing to go to the hospital and my dad had been a gamer long before I came along. One day he had convinced my mom to get a PlaySt...more

Halo: Combat Evolved

@tleija • 230d

I remember when I got this before I got my new Xbox, I sat and read the case to the game every day in anticipation. My mom didn’t like the language, so I had to play with subtitles and the sound off...more

Diddy Kong Racing

@ryansvikingbeard • 246d

This was my jam!

Horizon Zero Dawn

@youngloganyoung • 246d

I enjoy dinosaurs, always have growing up. It's the first game I truly beat and got all the trophies for it.

Fable II

@quinnvortex • 249d

Loved this game when I was a kid

Super Mario Bros.

@buster • 263d

A long long time ago (few months ago) I beat a game called Super Mario Bros. It's pretty obscure not many people know about it but for years I'd just play online games this is the first actual Game I ...more

The Legend of Zelda

@mikboy018 • 266d

A long time ago... Long long time ago...

Donkey Kong Country

@jpegmario • 269d

I think it was this?? One of the DK games i would think but possibly something else.

Super Mario Bros. 3

@kelseyb • 269d

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

@friz • 270d

Easy. Borrowed from a friend and played cover to cover.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

@kathutet • 273d

I played PC games before it was considered cool, but all I ever really had were demo discs and such. Technically I beat those first, but since they were not full-release games, I don't count those Nev...more

Tony Hawk's Underground

@damnravi • 285d

The sweat and tears it took to hit some of the tricks made beating it so worth it

Super Mario Bros. 3

@ohmyfavourite • 299d

This was actually the first game my family ever owned, and it took some time, I was 8 or 9, but I remember finally making it to the end and being so proud that I'd made it.

Resident Evil 2

@booshgadoosh • 311d

8 times total. 4 playthroughs each for Leon and Claire.

BioShock

@veranza • 318d

This is my first game and first full series I beat.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

@saturnrogue • 342d

My childhood friends to this day will never believe that I’ve completed this game in 1 day. Big fan of this game series!

Super Mario Bros.

@dennis • 345d

My dad and I were racing to see who could beat it first. I remember beating it one day while he was at work and I had mom take a picture of it as proof. This was way, waaaayyyy before digital camera...more

Super Mario Bros.

@kalai21 • 438d

The original for the Nintendo. Loved this game

King’s Quest

@forty2j • 440d

King’s Quest III - This is a game I played new, sometimes with mom, on a Tandy 1000HX when I was like 12!

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

@evolvixon • 442d

I was 13 and I could not stop playing this game. I was blown away that I basically binge beat it in a few days!

Super Mario Bros. 3

@theb3ardedn3rd • 443d

First game I ever played and best Mario Bros to date!

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

@commandernici • 451d

Must've been Pkmn FireRed 🫶❤️

Pokémon Red and Blue

@trashdoc16 • 451d

Classic Pokémen

Super Mario Bros. 3

@uxorcist • 451d

I had a habit of jumping from game to game back in the day 😅 and save files weren't always a thing. I remember beating SMB3 all the way through, co-op with my slightly older cousin, cause otherwise...more

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

@wiifu • 452d

It’s either this or donkey Kong country.

Halo 2

@castorgarden • 464d

This is the first game (that I can remember) beating allll the way through without quitting. I was 13, from a very conservative family, and on some odd multiverse type phenomenon my grandmother got...more

The Legend of Zelda

@jaimecitoamor • 477d

It has to be this, but like others it could have been Mario.

Super Mario Bros.

@infocynic • 486d

it might have been Zelda. to this day I have lot more faith I can beat Zelda in less time than Mario lol

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

@dorsalfin • 501d

Such a vaque memory🥹 it was such a fun time to grind out that campaign. Take me back🥹

Tecmo Bowl

@jklein8383 • 540d

I'd like to know how long it took 6 year old me to win the Super Bowl in Tecmo Bowl. Unless you count winning the grand prize in Family Feud as beating all the way through, it was Family Feud.

The Legend of Zelda

@zonkedwheat9999 • 550d

Idk

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

@mudokonqueen • 558d

ALL THE WAY means, all the way. ;)

Pitfall

@nasko0406 • 573d

played this game continuously until I beat it.

Skylanders: Trap Team

@bammonty • 573d

This was popular while I was a kid fell in love with that game and completed it so many times for my first game

Super Mario Bros.

@seenitcoveredit • 576d

I'm old.

Faxanadu

@malachi • 583d

I kept my NES on for 3 days straight, on pause when i went to bed to keep going and pausing to beat this thing.

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

@lightning • 601d

The Legend of Kage

@gamerquest • 609d

Super Mario Bros. 3

@madharryrackham • 609d

When I was 7 or 8, my older cousins were in High School and staying at our house for the weekend. My mom let us stay up all night playing through Mario 3, and we beat it just as the sun was coming up....more

Contra

@shartbus • 614d

Legendary cheat code, legendary game.

Super Mario Bros.

@thunder • 636d

Super Mario Bros. 3

@lightwork • 675d

All just to get to that awesome song at the credits screen.

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

@bradddd7 • 684d

The first game that I picked out. I remember playing the first level on an old demo console in a store, then at christmas asking for and receiving this game. I still think about this series of games f...more

Luigi's Mansion

@mrsgargada • 686d

GameCube glory here. I would just veg out while playing this game. It took me months because of fitting it in with my school schedule but I did it.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

@cweezee87 • 689d

This is the first game I completed ALL of the Xbox 360 achievements on(1000GP).

Super Mario Odyssey

@justsayingsoican • 691d

It was this or Luigi's Mansion 3

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@august • 704d

Super Mario Land

@daddymang • 708d

I had a green Gameboy Pocket and this game on a cross country road trip. The ending is so satisfying! One of the most underrated Mario games. Great OST, underwater levels with a torpedo-shooting subma...more

Super Mario Bros. 3

@darthk815 • 731d

I think the actual first one I beat was Commander Keen 4, but this was the second one and Commander Keen isn't on the list!

Star Fox 64

@apollo8485 • 738d

Absolutely loved this game! The first time I beat Andross I started sprinting around the living room in excitement. Nothing quite like the hours spent on this game!

Super Mario Bros.

@whitethunder • 742d

This game stated a life long obsession with Nintendo and games in general

Super Mario Bros. 3

@wiggler • 742d

I loved this game as a kid!

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

@jdayretro2693 • 743d

Totally used the password to start the game with all items. Beat it legit 20 years later. CastleVania 1 took me even longer lol.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game

@xbitgaming • 743d

With my friend Tommy back in the 80s

Super Mario 64

@mistermez • 744d

Best game ever!

Star Fox 64

@ottozone • 745d

Such a great game to playthrough even today

Bionic Commando

@baddkarrmaa • 747d

Super Mario World

@motornerve • 749d

I even got the secret star road levels with crazy names like "Gnarly", "Tubular", "Far Out", and "Radical".

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

@madnessdahlia • 752d

Played all the way through on Gamecube!!

Super Mario Bros.

@travg • 754d

Because I'm 40+...

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

@l200ster • 760d

Gotta be Super Mario RPG. I'm sure I beat others before this, but this is the first one I remember (and I beat it over and over and over and over...).

Pokémon Red and Blue

@thebrute07 • 761d

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

@tally • 762d

I believe was Kirby, my first console was a Snes but never finished a game, after I got a N64 can't remember which was my first game but I know that I finished this one before Ocarina of Time

Mario Kart 64

@thatperson28 • 764d

Idk that this counts but I rocked this all the time

Super Mario Bros.

@legodad • 765d

Super Mario Bros.

@yattamagnus • 766d

After a bit of thinking, I’m certain this is the one. I’m thinking I was maybe 5 or 6 years old. Warping or turtle tipping, you gotta pick a path.

Super Mario 64

@tootslaroo • 766d

I know there were games that I beat before this, but this was the first time I remember wanting to complete a game 100%. I remember the 119 and 120th stars I got and it was collecting the red coins/1...more

Super Mario World

@dosandres • 771d

First system in the house and my parents had a rule that I had to beat a game to get a new one. Therefore this was the first game I beat.

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

@alecshepard27 • 773d

Played this on my DS at my grandparent's house. Bought it again almost ten years later and started playing it to be filled with nostalgia. Love it.

Super Mario 64

@shawalli • 774d

Felt so good to finish this through the first time as a kid!

Contra

@codyb • 774d

Super Mario Bros. 2

@enderphoenix • 778d

Cause that frog needed to eat his veggies!

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

@rymaster95 • 778d

Played it all the way through on PC

The Legend of Zelda

@eliza • 779d

This game is just amazing.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@qmoran87 • 780d

Took me about 170 hours. It was a fun play through!

Donkey Kong 64

@froggy • 781d

I had the Dk64 system package with the jungle green system and controller for Christmas one year. I felt pretty committed to beating it and finally did.

The Legend of Zelda

@gamingottomatic • 783d

And I had to rent it from the video store for three straight weeks.

Crash Team Racing

@cknbromein • 783d

My cousin and I tag teamed this one the night be got it was went all the way through the story alternating races and bosses

Super Mario Bros.

@mariomaestro • 784d

Not much to explain here... the ultimate OG of home consoles. It was extra special when I beat it "without warping!"

Metroid Prime

@danioverhere • 787d

My parents didn't allow us to have video game systems until we could afford to buy them myself - so the Gamecube was my first real system. Before that, we had to rent N64s from Blockbusters! haha So...more

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

@james • 787d

This was the first game I beat solo all by myself. I remember achieving over 100% too. First game not solo was Super Mario Bros.

Bubble Bobble

@badintel • 790d

This, or Super Mario Bros

Super Mario Bros. 3

@codydavis • 794d

The double flute! I could beat this using a 30 minute rental at a hotel with one of those gamepads wired to the TV lol.

Ninja Gaiden II

@curlythemute • 794d

Had to leave the NES on overnight, because I was stuck on the last level. I hid it with a blanket because my mom would have turned it off if she saw it. Glad the house didn't burn down.

Super Mario Bros.

@gordo • 794d

I was born in the 80’s in Mexico. We didn’t have much options. It came with the console.

Contra

@laughatbrian • 794d

Easter morning.

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

@zinzendorf • 794d

Technically it was “Commander Keen Aliens Ate My Babysitter” but that wasn’t an option so we’ll go with the second.

The Oregon Trail

@jgat • 795d

Played this a lot in elementary school! I also had dysentery quite often...

Final Fantasy X

@shordr • 796d

I need to finish more games lol

Super Mario Bros.

@trammer • 799d

Was super excited as a kid to finally beat this game haha..

The Simpsons (1991)

@mikebudney • 799d

My brother and I spent approximately 10000 tokens doing it. I'm pretty sure our parents are still paying off whatever loan they had to take out to cover us. Or maybe our real parents are in debtors pr...more

Super Mario Bros.

@notjosh • 799d

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

@spacewavekitty • 800d

Beating this was difficult as a ~10 yo but once I did I was so proud that I showed my dad lmao. When I opened the game again afterwards it showed the boss as not defeated (so that the player could kee...more

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

@joshsneed • 801d

I'll never forget the day we finally knocked him out (without cheat codes to get to him, too).

Super Mario Bros.

@teets • 802d

No explanation needed!

Super Mario Bros. 3

@barberface • 802d

Super Mario World

@bayesic • 802d

I definitely beat Super Mario 3 when I was like 3 or 4 cause my older brother told me that I taught him how to do it, but don't really remember doing that. Definitely remember beating Super Mario Worl...more

Super Mario World

@bullboski • 803d

@mcitaly • 803d

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain for the Intellivision

Pokémon Red and Blue

@theharryeagle • 803d

I beat this game all the way through, had about 50 Pokémon at level 100, and then my brother taught me about the "Glitch Pokémon" This further escalated getting all of my Pokémon to level 100. I di...more

Donkey Kong 64

@nanner • 803d

We had a SNES, but I don’t think I ever beat a game all the way

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

@caldak • 803d

First game I ever played with an actual story was Pokémon Diamond. I vividly remember that I beat the Elite 4 and Champion with only a level 88 infernape because at the time I didn't know catching Po...more

Final Fantasy VII

@gongshowdad • 804d

Very first game I ever remember beating start to finish. As a 10 year old, this game was ridiculously hard

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

@anddashe • 804d

Pkmn Diamond was the first game I had on DS and the first game I had ever completed. I still remember first evolving my Grotle into the gnarly Torterra he is today. I named him Speedy and I still have...more

Mega Man 3

@wheezybatman • 805d

I didn't do this alone. I had a friend in the neighborhood and I remember spending HOURS in his living room arguing about who's turn it was. I don't exactly remember the moment we beat it. But I remem...more

Super Mario Bros. 3

@reverendrekt • 806d

It took me weeks but I felt like the king of the world. I've been chasing that high ever since.

Star Fox

@seth • 806d

SNES Star Fox

Super Mario World

@alden • 806d

I played the snot out of this game growing up! Star World was my favorite.

The Legend of Zelda

@rusty6713 • 806d

I think this was the first finished game. Hard to remember 30+ years ago now.

Super Mario Bros.

@bitzdad • 807d

Since we only had 1 TV in the house I had to wake up early to play Nintendo. I remember waking my father up around 6am on a Saturday when I finally beat this game. Amazing feeling

Super Mario Bros. 3

@themarkening • 807d

When I think of the amount of life I invested into this as a young boy, I am a little frustrated with myself - but it cemented both my love of platformer games, as well as gave me most of my game skil...more

Super Mario Bros.

@jedijohann • 807d

I went into level 8-4 with 99 lives and beat it on my last life. I will never forget that.

Super Mario Bros. 3

@dan • 807d

I'll fully admit that warp whistles were involved but they had to be back in the day. My first 100% complete was definitely Mario 64. My first Platinum Trophy was Lego Marvel Super Heroes hahaha.

Super Mario Bros.

@mase • 808d

First game I ever owned and played it sooo much. First time I beat this game I used the shortcut pipes, but I did eventually beat it all the way through. I was so pumped

Metroid

@buddhastank • 808d

This game was freaking hard. I felt proud as a kid being able to beat this game.

Pokémon Yellow

@sdnassiff • 808d

I could take it anywhere and my maxed Charizard carried me through the end.

Super Mario Bros.

@joob • 808d

I posted in my review but I excitedly called my grandma to tell her I rescued the princess after beating this. I’m sure she had no concept of what video games were, and probably responded “that’...more

Adventure

@floyd6124 • 808d

The 2600 was a beast and that single pixel was the greatest warrior the realm had ever seen

@jknuckles316 • 808d

It came with the console lol

Shining in the Darkness

@gargada • 808d

I may have beat others, but this one stands out because I HAD to leave my Genesis on for 3 or so weeks to finish it. The cartridge’s battery had broken loose and all saves would erase when you shut ...more

Super Mario 64

@russdawg87 • 808d

This was one of the first games that I remember playing that had "an end". I played a lot of things like DR. Mario. Mario Kart. TMNT Tournament Fighters. This was the first one of the Mario games I ac...more

Super Mario Bros.

@blockmamba • 808d

This was the only game we owned on the NES. Therefore it was the only game we ever played haha.

Super Mario 64

@rey • 808d

This is most likely the first game I finished. I was playing SNES games, but I didn't beat any until I was a bit older.

Super Mario World

@geodad • 808d

GoldenEye

@ohtwotwo • 808d

If it wasn't GoldenEye, then it was Rugrats: Search for Reptar on PS1 & I remember beating Rugrats in one sitting.

Final Fantasy

@joel • 808d

I'm certain that I beat other games before this one. But I have very distinct memories of staying up all night to beat this one with my brother. I'm pretty certain we used a Game Genie.

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