/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2808963
Streets of Rage co-op with my brother.

Donkey Kong Land.

Probably Legend of Zelda or Mega Man 6

Zelda 2

>>2808975

No wait it was Kirby's Dream Land

My mom bought me a GB to keep me quiet in church. I was like 4-5 but I would beat it over and over.

>>2808963
Solitaire on Windows 3.1

>>2808963
I think Legend of Zelda, but it could have been any number of NES games.

>>2808963
I don't resort to violence when playing games. No controller throwing, no game beating.

Super Mario Bros 3 All Stars version.

>>2808990
I had a good chuckle.

Probably Crash Bandicoot 2. I was around 8 at the time.

Contra

>>2808963
I was very surprised not to have an answer come to mind, and had to really dig around to find one.

Turns out I never really finished playing any game up until I was like 13, I was either playing no-endgame stuff (Star Control 2 supermelee with brothers, Tetris, Pinball games etc,), too English illiterate to know what I'm doing or too young to have sufficient drive, so my first game beaten was likely The Neverhood. I also didn't have the internet up until then so I might have even had to resort to a walkthrough for some puzzles (BOBBY, god fucking damnit it seems so clear in retrospect).

Well, maybe Mortal Kombat 1 / 2, which were pretty easy.

>>2809037
>I was either playing no-endgame stuff
Whenever the question of what game I've beaten when, this immediately comes to my mind. I admit I find the concept of beating a game very alienating. I don't beat books or movies. Games that have a beginning, end and narrative occasionally provide a challenge, but calling it "beating" to overcome that challenge? In the same way, I find it odd when people claim a game is "too easy", as if the mere concept of interactively experiencing and uncovering the narrative is insufficient for them.
So, yeah, I consider questions about "beating" games to be an indicator of a mindset that strikes me as kind of sad. Stuck in a single way to play a game, where it must end, and where the game is working against the player, instead of with them.

>>2808963
Game Gear Aladdin.

Shinobi probably

Et on atari now that I think of it. I still have fond memories of that game.

Kirby's Ghost Trap or Link's Awakening.
How the hell did I manage to beat LA without knowing english is beyond me.

>>2809072
I finished Phantasy Star IV without knowing English.

Hero's of might and magic 2. It is a fun game i reccomend it and every game in the series.

>>2809072

That just means LA is a good game

Kirby's Adventure I guess.

>>2808963
Probably Mario 64
Or maybe, Pokemon Red

Probably Kirby's Adventure or one of the NES Marios.

You guys really remember this? I sure dont.

>>2809072
Not really that surprising, most Zelda games are pretty linear with their "use the item you get in this dungeon to unlock the next dungeon" shtick. At worst a modern zelda game that you can't understand is probably as bad as the first game and its wildly cryptic hints, if not more forgiving because of that "funnel" effect.

Easy Mode: Donkey Kong Jr. Simple game but its the first I can recall where it wasn't a challenge. I don't try to honestly count it.

Real Mode: Hook for the Sega Genesis. Once I got to hook shit felt like it got real for me.

>>2809114
I think most people are just posting the first game they remember beating, or at least the first significant one
For me that's Starfox 64

>>2809090
>every game in the series
Every game? Even the recently released one?

>>2808963

Super Mario Land

TMNT 2 on NES Co-Op with my dad

>>2809176
That last level.

>>2809176

Mario Land 2.

On easy mode

>>2808985

Same. It was short and easy enough to beat at a very young age.

>>2809312
There's an easy mode?

I know it was either banjo kazooie or donkey kong country 2, and I would have been five or so either way

>>2808963
Batman Returns on NES. It was my favorite game.

Super Mario Bros

>>2809039
>I don't beat books or movies.

Sure you do, you just call it finishing them instead. Beating a game, finishing a game, it's the same thing. You arrived at the end and saw the credits.

>where the game is working against the player, instead of with them

By definition that's what a game is. It's you versus the computer. There is a defined win and loss scenario. It's a competition. If you can't lose then it's not a game. In that case it's just some "interactive experience" like a VN or something.

>>2808963
Mario Bros.

>>2809518
I did not say anything about losing. I just talked about treating the computer like an enemy, instead of a collaborator.
It's trivial for a computer to outperform a human, especially in dexterity based games. However, practically with no exception, puzzles and levels in games have a solution, bots make mistakes they were designed to make, and often actually break rules, which violates your rulebased competition claim, and sometimes games will adjust difficulty mid-game, when they detect the player is having troubles. That's not indicators of an enemy, that's indicators for a collaborator.

Witcher 3

Fallout 4

>>2809543
Get off your high horse, play a few rounds of Nethack, then tell me the computer is collaborating with you towards a goal and that it's equivalent to reading a book or watching a movie.

Jeez, I didn't know /vr/ had such embarrassingly huge faggots among you.

>>2809543
>they were designed to make, and often actually break rules, which violates your rulebased competition claim

I never said anything about rules. It's common knowledge game AI cheats. That's why it's your enemy, not your friend.

If this didn't come from a shitty anime, I would be proud as fuck for beating this extremely fun game.

>>2809561
>that it's equivalent to reading a book or watching a movie.
I did not imply that

>play a few rounds of Nethack, then tell me the computer is collaborating with you
Difficulty has nothing to do with it. If Nethack wasn't collaborating, it would not be winnable at all, as the computer could trivially throw shit at you at any point. Instead it's just providing a hellishly difficult setup, that can be overcome, and is overcome by quite a few players.

>>2808963

King's Quest 1 on the Apple IIe

>>2809554
>>2809560
samefag
probably ocarina of time

>>2809571
>If Nethack wasn't collaborating, it would not be winnable at all, as the computer could trivially throw shit at you at any point

Having to follow rules does not mean collaborating, it simply means that there's consistency in the game to allow for player tactics based on the foreseeable future and reading the opponent; chess players, tennis players, boxers and MMA fighters, these all follow a semi-rigid ruleset and must adapt to a dynamic opponent in a predictable environment - would you say that they "collaborate with each other" too?

No, games require rules that can be explained and/or discovered to allow dedicated players a develop a better tools.

>>2809585
>Feeling proud of pointing out an obvious samefag
>Taking the bait

Either Banjo Kazooie or Rampage.

>>2809554
>>2809560

I got far in a lot of SNES games, but the first game I beat was probably Paper Mario. I always jumped between games as a kid, but I stuck with this one

The Lost Vikings

>>2808963
Kirby's Dreamland for the GameBoy

It's a pretty easy game, I beat it when I was like 6

I'm not sure but I may or may not have beaten Streets of Rage 2 for Genesis before that.

Street Fighter 2 in arcades with Blanka.
I was 7 years old.

>>2809569
Pika!
Pika!
Pikachu!
Piikaa!
Piikachuu!

Donkey Kong Country.

>>2808973
Sorry for your loss.

>>2809569
I mean the base game didn't come from Pokemon if that makes you feel better. It's a 1:1 clone game.

>>2808963
Contra. I thought I was totally awesome like Howard Phillips.

>>2808963
First game I beat was Super Mario Brothers, second was Legend of Zelda.

>>2809998
I never put much time into SMB, even using the two big warps. That's how and why I beat Zelda first (both quests).

>>2809998
ditto Golden game 2nd as well ftw.

Probably Dynamite Dux port for Master System

>>2810019
Reminds me I never played the original. I love that game, beat'em up with sanic characters.

Not sure. Maybe Super Mario World? I do remember being excited when I was 4 or 5 about beating the first stage on Star Fox. I was not very good at games when I was young.

>>2809876
Jesus christ, what am I looking at? DKL on the original GB never fails to amaze me in how ugly it is.

Pokemon Red.

I think I beat Kirby's Dream Land 2 a little earlier, but I'm almost positive I didn't get the "real" ending. That shit is hard even as an adult.

>>2808963
Super Cauldron. It was pretty damn tough to beat as a kid, but I managed to do it eventually.
As far as Amiga platformers go, this one is a good bet.

>>2809569
The game is just a reskinned Panel de Pon/Tetris Attack so who cares if it has Ash on the cover.

>>2808963
Either Aladdin for the SNES or Donkey Kong Country.

>>2810047
Correction, it's an expanded Tetris Attack sequel with the garbage system and multiplayer.

>>2810056
I meant the entire series and not specifically the SNES version, but yeah. It was built from what was left of the cancelled 64 sequel of Panel de Pon.

It's weird how they changed the branding of that franchise with every new game in the west instead of settling on one thing. Probably one of the reasons its died off.

this motherfucker. i was 6

>>2810063

Wow, thanks for the time warp. I have to revise my answer now, I think the first game I ever beat was probably Math Blaster instead then (don't remember if it had an actual ending or just looped).

Putt Putt was my sister's jam, lil bro played Spy Fox.

super c without cheating when i was like six

i don't know how i did it

>>2810081
I honestly think I had more determination as a child. If I am losing in a game I just do something else. Back then I would leave the NES on all night so I could beat a level the next day.

Dragon Warrior.

I remember sweating, after finally making it to the Dragonlord's true form. Also, it was my second time through his castle since I agreed to join him the first time and the game locked up.

>>2810046
played this game on emulator , hard as fuck.
nice art tho

>>2808963

Super Mario Bros. I don't think any of the games on the TI-99 HC that we had could end.

This... but since is an Atari game and doesnt have an ending, its just "pick all the crystals"

>>2809590
>it simply means that there's consistency in the game to allow for player tactics based on the foreseeable future and reading the opponent

>in a fucking roguelike

>where shit is totally randomized and the game can just throw rape at you at any moment or be a total breeze

either street fighter 2010 with my friend or super metroid years later

>>2808963
It was either Alladin for SNES or Star Fox 64

Fallout 4

>>2810205
>where shit is totally randomized
Confirmed for never even taking a single step in any roguelike ever.

You also don't make the distinction between "randomized" and "procedural", but seeing how you think the game can "just throw rape at you at any moment" I doubt you would have understood it anyway.

>>2808963
Either Street Fighter II (unlimited continues) on the Genesis, or Pokemon Snap on the 64.
I was not a skilled child.
I'm still not very skilled

>>2808963
super mario bros. dat jump on lvl 8.1

I think it was this.
Or Super Mario Land 2

Oracle of Seasons. I got up to Onox and my parents took my gameboy away cause I did something to piss them off so I stole it out of their draw and finished it anyway cause I was a badass kid.

Kid Icarus

>>2808964
This one.

Zelda III

I literally have no idea, it was too long ago. Best guess would be SMB2 US.

>>2809039
What's it like to inhale your own flatulence?

>beat
well to be honest....games didn't really have endings until I was almost in 2nd or 3rd grade...probably something on my Atari 2600...choplifter maybe?

Probably Sonic 2 on Master System. (bad end) Or possibly Enduro Racer.

>>2808963
I'm not 100% certain, but it was likely Kirby's Adventure

Either this or Super Mario Land 2

>>2812808
There is something very charming about the gg sonic titles. I really enjoyed their bgm.
I have a fuzzy memory about this but I remember one time as a kid playing sonic 2 gg and for some reason the first level was green hills zone. It just auto plays in the intro and normally I could never get that far so it really stuck out to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N--kDI8M7A

Super Mario Land

>>2809176
I felt impossibly smug when I found a spot during the Tatanga fight where I could just stay without being hit, destroy the odd missile, and occasionally score a hit. Just keep pressing B and wait to win.

Cheap? Yes. But also satisfying.

>>2810205
>>where shit is totally randomized and the game can just throw rape at you at any moment or be a total breeze

Not who you were talking to, but this is one of the most hilariously retarded impressions of what Roguelikes are actually like I've ever seen.

Ratchet & Clank