What was the first video game you mastered?

[Low3rL3vel]

Closest thing to "first" for me would be Zillion on the SMS. Played the living shit out of that game. Followed by Phantasy Star I'm sure.

Didn't really master any games but was pretty decent at a lot of them when I was younger. I also remember being the zone a few times that I would try to recreate but would occasionally fail at. I guess SoR2, like others here, was one I was good at as well once. At one point I wasn't bad at Cadash but man did that cost me a lot of quarters...

 

[Ravelle]

I platinum'ed Blood Borne. That game's great once it clicks.

 

[Eightandh]

The first game I did multiple playthroughs and really memorized was probably Metal Gear Solid. It really encouraged that stuff with the 2 paths and game.completion bonuses

 

[RSena7]

SSX Tricky and SSX 3. I'm pretty sure I can pick up those games now and be as good as I was in a few hours.

 

[capitalCORN]

SMB. Could loop that bastard forever.

 

[Stranger Things]

atv off road fury on ps2

combos for daysss

 

[chrisypoo]

I've never mastered anything as there's always room for improvement, but I do pretty ok with Megaman X games, particularly X3 and 4.

 

[EndingE]

Super Mario Bros 3. I can play it in my sleep.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Not sure if I could beat it now tho.

 

[DownWithTheShip]

Bionic Commando on the NES, I could beat it in under 17 minutes

 

[Deleted member 19702]

GoldenEye 007 for N64. Could finish all levels in all difficulties with relative ease and memorized every single one of them, room to room and I still remember them all. Could also beat the time attacks to unlock the cheat codes easily, even the hardest ones like invincibility (Facility) and invisibilty (Archives).

 

[easter]

bust a groove. i could 100% any song anytime

 

[Smenden18]

"Mastered" might be going a little far, but I could consistently beat Bionic Commando for the NES when I was 8, and showing it off to my dad, who seemed impressed at the time.

 

[Forsaken82]

Cadash on the TG-16

 

[Etrian Darkness]

Streets of Rage 2. Max is just a beast.

 

[StreamedHams]

Super Mario Bros on the NES. I was elated to the point that I ran downstairs and grabbed my dad to show him my impressive feat. I think I was 8.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

Kung Fu on NES probably.

 

[Deleted member 17630]

Mario Kart Double Dash

 

[KnightimeX]

Ninja Gaiden 2 on NES was the first game I was able to beat with my starting life.
So I guess that.

 

[trugs26]

I was about 7 years old, Yoshi's island on the snes. It was the first game I remember getting 100% complete playthrough. Every flower, red coin, full health, and bonus levels completed.

 

[Phediuk]

Pac Man. Got a book and memorized the patterns to show off at the arcade.

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we got a billy mitchell here

 

[MCN]

Either THPS2, or Smackdown 2. They both come around the same time.

 

[R IS REAL 2041]

Either GoldenEye or SM64

 

[Ramsiege]

Mega Man V. Played that game so much as a kid.

 

[Mage_of_Cinder]

Mega Man X, but it's admittedly not that tough when you know the boss weaknesses.

 

[Manzoli]

Super Mario bros (nes).

Since i had so few games back then, i knew it from start to finish and did at least one full run every weekend (same with contra but i suffered i bit more with that one).

 

[ShinUltramanJ]

Kung Fu Master. I could just beat the game over and over on a quarter.

 

[Kamagii]

Ninja gaiden 1 on NES I still own my OG NES and cart from when I was 7. I can beat it with no deaths trying to beat it without being hit to this day

 

[Sev]

Final Fantasy Tactics.

Going from struggling to get what the tutorials meant to memorising the skills respective to each job and finding creative ways to break the game's difficulty with all the different combinations was awesome.

 

[Anustart]

I don't know about first, but the latest is getting over it with Bennett foddy. My fastest time so far is 3 minutes 14 seconds.

In contrast my very first time took me 15 hours to make it up the mountain.

 

[Deleted member 6562]

we got a billy mitchell here

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Ha! I was trying to remember which was first Pac Man (arcade cabinet) or Astrosmash on the Intellivision. They are the two games I remember I could play until I didn't want to do it anymore, not because I died or had lost.

 

[Dog]

MGS2.

Gears of war mp.

 

[TheBeardedOne]

Goof Troop, maybe. Perhaps The Magic Quest Starring Mickey Mouse.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater was one for sure.

 

[GamerJM]

Rocket Power: Gettin' Air. I sucked at most games as a kid but this one was pretty easy to exploit. Also later Shrek: Fairytale Freakdown. Crappy third-party GBC games usually had some easy to discover exploit that let you just kind of steamroll the whole game.

 

[Servbot24]

Probably Mega Man X. It's the first game I recall friends asking me for help with.

 

[ninnanuam]

Its either Super Ghouls and Ghosts or Contra Alien Wars. I think I had then around the same time when my SNES collection was very thin. I would finish both games on hardest difficulty racking up additional lives rather than dying.

I think I mastered Super G&G a bit more tho as it was the first game where I remember going into a kind of super relaxed state, maybe meditative would be the right word?

 

[sn00zer]

Tony Hawk games for sure. Took a blind 5 buck bet from someone in college who said he could beat anyone at Tony Hawk. I just decimated him.

 

[mindsale]

Dead or Alive: Beach Volleyball. I used to mast- (reads title again).

Oh, Mega Man.

 

[VaultDwellerMichael]

Resident Evil 3

I can fuck Nemesis up

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He kills me from time to time though..

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How can you not get hit by

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the big worm in the park near the end?

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It always screw my ranking.

 

[BAN PUNCHER]

MASTER BLASTER

 

[Robin]

Probably Super Mario World and Mega Man X. With the exception of the bonus worlds it isn't too difficult to one life Super Mario World for me, and I can beat Mega Man X comfortably in an hour. I have a top 10 score in every stage of the PSN version of Hotline Miami too.

 

[Hate]

Dino Crisis 2. I was doing speed runs as an 8 year old before it was cool.

 

[kennyamr]

FFIX.
Turn based with no pauses.
Decisions on the fly.
All characters at 99.
All secrets unlocked.
4 Replays.

I think it counts.

 

[Silvergun-Blue]

Zelda: Links awakening.
Back then, there was basically nothing about the game I didn't know and this was long before I had the internet to tell me everything.

 

[BAN PUNCHER]

MASTERS OF TERAS KASI

 

[TesservcT]

Remember, there is always someone better than you at a video game.

 

[Magoo]

Pro Evolution Soccer 5 on PS2.

In our circle I was unbeatable. It carried on for a few sequels after that too. There were games where I got lucky and came back for a smash and grab win and others were I hammered them.

First game I ever lost against another person was in a penalty shootout.

 

[BAN PUNCHER]

HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION

 

[balohna]

Not sure I've fully mastered any game, ever. But I felt proud and cool the first time I 100%'d Super Mario World with no help. When I was a little kid my neighbours beat a couple harder levels for me.

 

[Vazra]

Lost Kingdoms 1. I could 100% the game in 8-10 hours. I have muscle memory for that game.