There were so many sleepless nights of desperate button mashing and code-imputing just to get to that final bosstard. [I always called bosses 'bosstards' because I didn't get in trouble for it. I guess it would get me in trouble if I were raised in Britain, but I digress.] It would be so worth it to vanquish 8-bit evildoers even if it meant showing up to school the next day all glassy-eyed and slurring your words. Remember that?

 God, I do. In fact, that was basically my childhood. Imagine a hung-over looking little girl carrying an issue of NintendoPower everywhere. Yep. Me.

 Remember DOOM?? That was the first real game I had ever played. I was 3.

Mom was concerned I'd get nightmares, but Dad would always encourage me. Mowing down imps, looking for easter eggs, getting our asses handed to us on nightmare mode... it was an addiction.

Then came Starfox on the SNES... sure I had played most if not all of the NES games, but Starfox always sticks in my mind because it was the first game I beat all by myself. What game do you remember beating for the first time? The glory...

To this day I'm still a pretty heavy gamer, but I'm an artist more than anything. Check out the Vault to see some of my drawings of ThatGuy, if you want! I've only uploaded one so far, but I'll try to do at least one every 2 weeks.

Take care of yourselves~!

Love, Bordeaux

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written by vonFiedler , July 11, 2008

I remember the first game I beat. Street Fighter Alpha 2. And by beat, I mean with every character through arcade mode. Difficult stuff, especially when staring down Sagat.

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written by shingouken , July 11, 2008

Oh man, SFA2 was one of the few SF games which gave me trouble. Just Akuma though if i remember. The first game i ever beat was mario 3 i think. I'm not counting anything before the Nes though. Otherwise i'd probabley have to admit to beating Attic attack on the spectrum =/ No, no i won't do it

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Sagat owned my ass...
written by Bordeaux , July 30, 2008

every time. Attic Attack!!! XD XD XD

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written by storage and disposal , July 30, 2008

Shin Akuma was a real bitch. My step brother and I mastered that game, but Shin Akuma (you have to get so many perfects and never lose or something) was always a bit of a challenge.

Man, I loved Doom. My band is planning on doing a tribute to that game by covering some of the music from the first one. I put up our tribute to Mario on my blog. Shameless band plug, sorry.

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Not at all!
written by Bordeaux , July 31, 2008

Dude you should definitely do a cover of doom music... especially 'knee deep in the dead' from the original. That song was like the anthem of my childhood... can't wait to hear it!!

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