Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what
it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience
because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in
the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you
playing an MMORPG?"
I think my first completed game was Ultima Underworld on an intel 386mhz PC.
Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries...
We're talking video games, right? Otherwise it's probably checkers, "go fish", or mini-golf, although I'd like to say Chess to sound cool.
As far as video games are concerned, this list is going to be biased toward games that are "complete-able". I played "Golf" (1984) extensively with my dad, not the version most people think of, but a port to this strange console he tells me is an Atari. It was in Japan, and it had a full QWERTY keyboard along with a place to insert a cartridge. Otherwise, the game play is more or less identical although the graphics were different (I remember to this day). It's on my list to dig up exactly what console and game version that was, although from gameplay I've seen on YouTube I'm 99% certain it was the 1984 game "Golf", with different graphics.
I also played "The Ancient Art of War" extensively on Macintosh (1987), along with several other titles that were more or less "un-completable" like Falcon (1987), Crystal Quest (1989), and Sim Earth (1990).
The first game I can say I completed with certainty is LucasArts' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: the Graphic Adventure (1990):
I'm pretty sure I played this before seeing the movie, but I loved the concept so much I went back and replayed it several times to get the different endings, et cetera. I was 9, and had purchased the game from a magazine using my accumulated allowance money. I believe it was $30. It was really neat because it came with a bunch of extras like a physical "Grail Diary" with tie-ins to the game, weathered and adorned with faux-coffee mug stains.
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Mission Impossible. But the one had the most impact on me was The Last Ninja.
Constantine, The Console Poster
"One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves." - Carl Jung
Hmm...that must have been something on the Atari 2600 back then. I had another tv-gaming console before that, but it had no games that one could complete or finish in that sense.
“Nevertheless, the human brain, which survives by hoping from one second to another, will always endeavor to put off the moment of truth. Moist” ― Terry Pratchett, Making Money
Hm! I think it was Robocop, played on a HC 2000 Romanian computer back in 1993 I guess!
The computer used a Z80 microprocessor and was actually cloned by communist in my country before 1989.
Good times however ! I was SO SO SO impressed while playing on a HC 2000 ! Couldn't believe my eyes, as before '89 , in communism , many (basic) stuffs was VERY hard to find!
Here is the video of the computer
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy? Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
I guess for me it would be Megamania for Atari 2600 back in the early 80's. Of course console games back then you didn't actually complete them. You "flipped" them which meant you got such a high score, like 999,999,999 that the score would just reset. At the point you just patted yourself on the back and either turned it off and when outside to play or just kept going and try to flip it again.
First game completed, other than Pong, was a Commodore Amiga game, called Budokan, it was a martial arts game in which you as a martial arts masters was invited to compete in a major tournament. You fought a variety of opponents who used different fighting styles. The last two opponents were the hardest. Next to last was a Ninja, and the last was actually a mirror image of yourself, as the key to victory is self mastery. It took awhile but it was a great game ending with you doing a kata on a mountain top and your character doing an entire Tai-Chi form during the credits. Fun Stuff. Another great one of the first games I finished was 'Out of This World'.
Budokan (1989) MS-DOS PC Game Playthrough
ANOTHER WORLD / OUT OF THIS WORLD (INTRO REMAKE) 1080p
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
Are you a completionist? What is the first game you ever completed 100%
Mine was Ultima IV
I almost completed Ultima III but there were a couple of things I never got back to.
What about you guys?
This game I found a very overpowered weapon, raided the king's castle a lot, and ended up rich and powerful. The last thing I remember was someone telling me I would never be an avatar. So you could call it a dark side victory.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
I have never completed a game fully. There is always some activity of some sort I don't feel is worth the effort. I suppose I've had a high score on a pinball machine in the past, but I don't think that counts for what the OP is asking.
Mine was Akalabeth , i remebering getting it still , came in a sandwich bag with instructions hand typed on an index card .. Was fuggin awesome
Consoles were around when i was a kid in the 70s , but didnt grab me , I remember kid a couple doors down from got Atari and was raving , askin me to play pong ... I looked at for 5 minutes and said" Lets go fishing , this sucks"
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Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"
Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries...
As far as video games are concerned, this list is going to be biased toward games that are "complete-able". I played "Golf" (1984) extensively with my dad, not the version most people think of, but a port to this strange console he tells me is an Atari. It was in Japan, and it had a full QWERTY keyboard along with a place to insert a cartridge. Otherwise, the game play is more or less identical although the graphics were different (I remember to this day). It's on my list to dig up exactly what console and game version that was, although from gameplay I've seen on YouTube I'm 99% certain it was the 1984 game "Golf", with different graphics.
I also played "The Ancient Art of War" extensively on Macintosh (1987), along with several other titles that were more or less "un-completable" like Falcon (1987), Crystal Quest (1989), and Sim Earth (1990).
The first game I can say I completed with certainty is LucasArts' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: the Graphic Adventure (1990):
I'm pretty sure I played this before seeing the movie, but I loved the concept so much I went back and replayed it several times to get the different endings, et cetera. I was 9, and had purchased the game from a magazine using my accumulated allowance money. I believe it was $30. It was really neat because it came with a bunch of extras like a physical "Grail Diary" with tie-ins to the game, weathered and adorned with faux-coffee mug stains.
"The simple is the seal of the true and beauty is the splendor of truth" -Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Authored 139 missions in Vendetta Online and 6 tracks in Distance
I had another tv-gaming console before that, but it had no games that one could complete or finish in that sense.
― Terry Pratchett, Making Money
Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.
I think it was Wizardry,that would be 36 years ago.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
The computer used a Z80 microprocessor and was actually cloned by communist in my country before 1989.
Good times however ! I was SO SO SO impressed while playing on a HC 2000 ! Couldn't believe my eyes, as before '89 , in communism , many (basic) stuffs was VERY hard to find!
Here is the video of the computer
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtk8h3FGrQs
"If I offended you, you needed it" -Corey Taylor
Budokan (1989) MS-DOS PC Game Playthrough
ANOTHER WORLD / OUT OF THIS WORLD (INTRO REMAKE) 1080p
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
Dragon Warrior (the free cart that came with the Nintendo Power sub) was a close second.
Consoles were around when i was a kid in the 70s , but didnt grab me , I remember kid a couple doors down from got Atari and was raving , askin me to play pong ... I looked at for 5 minutes and said" Lets go fishing , this sucks"