Super Mario World - SNES

Probably this:

No idea, but probably Super Mario Bros.

It was probably Super Mario Bros here also but it could have also been Zelda. Honestly, I got SMB with the system and Zelda was purchased shortly after. I miss those days.

SMB for me as well.

I think I actually managed to beat Dragon Warrior (free with your Nintendo Power subscription!) before I managed to clear world 8 of SMB.

Hard to remember, but I'm going to guess Pitfall 2 or Planetfall.

I can't remember for sure but my guess would be Duck Tales on NES. My parents had a ColecoVision but I don't think any of those games had actual endings.

probably red storm rising on the commodore 64

Console: Like many others, it has to be Adventure on the Atari 2600.

Computer: Wizardry. In the early 80s, my family got an Apple 2c. Wizardry wasn't the first game I played (that was probably Zork or Ultima). But it was the first one I beat. I remember how proud I was of beating it without any outside help (this was way before the easy days of looking up walkthroughs on the internet). There was no automap, and I filled reams of graph paper. My heart raced when I finally found the entrance the lair of Werdna the wizard and there was a sign with the message: "The wizard is IN"

Arcade: Arkanoid. Yeah, it took more than one quarter ... but I finally took down the big DOH head and won the game. I remember having a little crowd around me because many hadn't seen the last stage of the game before. Oh, the pressure!

Same for me. I still remember the elation of making that awkward double jump in 8-1. I lost so many lives on that stupid jump and had to start again at 1-1 so many times.

I think it was Underwurlde on the Sinclair Spectrum. Arcade wise i guess maybe the original Star Wars arcade game....but that was a game anyone could complete. The first to test me was Kung Fu Master. That son-of-a-bitch hunchback on the 4th floor always gave me problems.

This.

Another early game I beat: Karateka. Made it all the way to the girl, went running into her chamber with glee, and...

Super Mario Bros.

Of games that I can remember that had an ending on the Atari 2600, probably Pitfall II.

Lies. Smurfs never ended, it just restarted. Just like the AWESOME B.C. game if I remember correctly.

Same here. Got it for Christmas along with the SNES and I beat it two days later.

Dragon Warrior on the NES. I think that might be the only NES game I beat.

First Game I ever stuck with and completed: Indiana Jones (Atari)

Here another old fart that beaten Adventure on the Atari 2600.

Wolfenstein 3D for PC.

Super Mario Bros. for me too. Legend of Zelda was the second one.

I played a ton of Colecovision games back in the day but dont recall any of them having an ending. Never had an atari.