What is Your Greatest Gaming Achievement?

In today's VLOG I take a look back at what I consider my greatest gaming achievement. I'm very interested in hearing what everyone else lists as their top moment in gaming. Perhaps a rare pickup, completing a collection, 100% completing a game, meeting a celebrity, of just having a fantastic day at a convention with a friend. Drop your top gaming moments in the comments below!
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[@GameSack]

My greatest gaming achievement is creating Game Sack. It's led to so much. There are tons of things that have happened as a result so I'd just say the creation of and maintaining the show itself was the achievement.

[@ScarletSprites]

Oh man, I have no doubt that that is special to you. Thinking about the snowball effect that it had for large channels such as yours is really cool. I have to think working on it collaboratively with a friend was probably very rewarding as well.

[@jessragan6714]

It's not just a personal achievement... you established your own, distinct voice on KZbin and managed to be heard amidst an ocean of screamers, and that's damn near miraculous. Everybody seems to have a gimmick on KZbin; yours was dispensing with the crap and just covering games, with only brief shenanigans near the end.

[@SNKBossSyndrom]

The one that comes to my mind and where I had a witness was destroying Rugal in KOF 98. I was living in Osaka and my Aussie buddy just popped in while I was playing the game. With Heidern only I managed to outmaneuver and beat Rugal flawlessly, all of his attacks were countered, I had a perfectly timed answers for everything and gave him a dose of his own SNK medicine. My buddy just stood there and said "You endbossed the end boss".

[@chrisbrooks7975]

In 1993 I won a Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting contest with 4,000 entrants in Melbourne, Australia. The first prize was a Street Fighter cabinet that I still have to this day.

[@Xander_Park]

Awesome 👌

[@riggel8804]

I still play ST and CE once in awhile. It's funny cause hyper fighting was always my favorite but nobody plays it anymore.

[@chrisbrooks7975]

@@riggel8804 Yeah, these days it's all about ST

[@ScarletSprites]

That's fucking awesome. LEGIT. I bet that cab is pristine too!

[@aaronreid8375]

My greatest achievement in gaming was beating Super Mario Bros on a single life without warping. I was around 12 at the time, so haven't matched that accomplishment my last 38 years of gaming😆

[@FormatException]

I beat Samurai Shodown on a single quarter. It was the summer of '93 and I was just waiting the few months until I joined the Air Force. I had almost no spare money, working at some retail store until 5 and then volunteering at my church each Friday at 7:30. But after cashing my check that fateful Friday I stopped by 7-11 to treat myself to a $1 chili dog and a Slurpee before heading to church. In that 7-11 in the corner by the windows was a brand-new NeoGeo machine with Samurai Shodown. I didn't even look at the other 3 games as that was what was up on the attract screen, flutes playing when that samurai (Haohmaru) stands and slices through the cement lights and a big tree, in two swipes. I had been in there before but I'd never seen that arcade game there. I only had a couple of quarters but I burned them on that machine and that night I fell in love. From then on out I would get a roll of quarters when I cashed my check at the bank and stop at the 7-11, have a $1 chili dog, a Slurpee and use up that roll of quarters on Samura Shodown. Over that July into August I studied the screen each time I died to learn new move sets and honed my skills, eventually getting to a point where I would run out of time before I ran out of quarters. Finally, after a few months of weekly sessions I beat it, all on a single quarter, no continues, no extra quarters, just the roll with some of the paper peeled off the top and a single quarter taken out of the roll. I have always loved Street Fighter II and other fighting games but that game on that machine at that time and place has always felt like a great accomplishment.

[@oo-kk4rv]

My greatest video game achievement was when I rented Chrono Trigger and Zombies ate my neighbors a day before I moved out of state when I was 12. That owner had already tried to say I broke some VHS so I made sure to go when he wasn't there.

[@myfrestuff3453]

There are so many, because I completed a lot of games... but I'd have to say renting/buying titles in the mid-90's at Blockbuster for the NES and SNES on Friday nights after work and finishing them before they were due back on Monday were the greatest. Being a subscriber to Nintendo Power Magazine really helped with that! It let me know which games were worth renting/buying and which ones weren't. I still have those books, as well as my NES and SNES and all the purchased games from those days! Also, making a hole in one at Pinehurst No. 2 on my OptiShot 2 simulator with a 6 iron on the 181 yard 6th hole, carrying it within a foot and one-hopping it right in wasn't too shabby either! It was a majestic effort that never left the flagstick! I'll always remember that! 😎

[@riggel8804]

Your Battletoads story warmed the cockles of my boomer heart. I'm really glad you picked a gaming story instead of a collecting story. I think paying hard games for mastery is more rewarding than collecting ultimately. I talk about this in some of my videos but your comparison between the Virtual Racing cab and beating Battletoads really illustrates this. If you asked me this question a few years ago I would have said beating Battletoads was my seminal achievement. I discovered what input lag was playing that game and was forced to get a crt and original hardware to beat it. That changed my life. But right now I would have to say getting a 1cc on Street Fighter 2 Super Turbo was my greatest achievement. Beating Akuma at the end is VERY challenging. The feeling of accomplishment I got from that was huge but more importantly I found out about Fightcade. After beating ST I wanted to try playing real people and found my way over to Fightcade. I found out quick that beating a cpu Akuma is basically the price of admission to be able to compete with even the lowest level players on there. I still play St on Fightcade more days than not. I'm wearing an ST shirt as I write this. I found my game. I will play St for the rest of my life.

[@plowking813]

world of warcraft, 40 man raid in molten core back in 2000s and obtaining the eye of sulfuros, 0.1% drop rate to make the hand of ragnarous, legendary hammer for my dps warrior. We all cheered when the guild leader gave it to me.

[@autex2609]

Mine happened quite recently and it's building my own arcade cabinet. Mind you, I'm as far away as "handy" as you can imagine. As an apt. dweller for most of my life, it was always just a fantasy to have anything like that (I would literally have reoccurring dreams of having one). Now that I'm living in an actual house, it was time. I was truly obsessed with getting it right. Researching forums, buying and learning how to use all the tools, emulating (what's that?).. all of it. I don't think I even had a tape measure when I started. It's essentially a big blue replica and I'm proud to say, when ppl come over they assume I simply bought it. And one dude to this day thinks I'm lying that I made the thing haha. It taught me so much. Still get off on seeing the glee, rush of nostalgia and surprise when ppl see it for the first time. Quite frankly, I think it's my proudest achievement overall..

[@RetroClash95]

I have a couple. One is restoring a rusty dilapidated mess of a MVS U4 25 that was mistreated and carved into on location in Southern California - I'd argue it's near perfect now. Lots of tlc went into that project. The other is having completed the 2-All one credit clear of R-Type II on the hardest setting with the Japanese ROM set off original hardware multiple times. I also have a massive high score on r type ii that I haven't ever seen topped online.

[@spazda_mx5]

In the late 90's or very early 2000's I went to a New Years Eve celebration at the house of a friend of a friend and he had a Candy Cab, which blew my tiny mind as I'd never really thought about the concept of having your own arcade machine in your house. One prior to that(in the mid 90's) was playing a PC FPS on a LAN, it was Action Quake and the network (of four PC's) used thicknet (10 BASE5).

[@ScarletSprites]

I knew one person who had a machine in the 90s (Contra), and two people with pinballs. I’d agree that it was mind blowing because to me, only celebrities had stuff like that.

[@FDestroy3r]

I guess, some comes to my mind : 1) Finishing F-Zero GX in Master Class, and Very Hard in Story mode 2) Getting the 180 emblems in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle 3) Finishing Ghost N Goblins (NES version) twice in a row

[@Grooveraider]

I have several gaming achievements. But the best of all was meeting Nintendo's R&D1 Engineer Gunpei Yokoi at the first E3 Expo in 1995 !

[@ScarletSprites]

That’s a really cool experience!

[@jessragan6714]

A lot of my game collecting achievements happened by initiative and pure dumb luck. When the PSTV bombed, I jumped all over it, and picked up a second deluxe version just for the extra Dual Shock controller. Now they're like $100 on eBay. Same deal with that $1 copy of GameCube Fire Emblem I found in a library bookstore a few years ago, or the Ninja 5-0 I found at GameStop for eight bucks, or a Game Boy Advance AGB-101 at Goodwill for $10. Stay alert, take every opportunity you're given, and strike while the iron is hot, and you're sure to be happy with the results.

[@isaias630]

1.) winning a Soul Calibur 2 tournament at a gaming convention. 2.) Creating my own Nintendo 3DS game “The Hand of Panda” 3.) picking my my Sega Dreamcast on 9/9/99. Was such an amazing feeling. And makes me cry🥲 of how happy I was that day.

[@Arcade_Alex]

First would be restoring my dedicated Killer Instinct cabinet. It was my first restoration and it not only was a learning experience but it came together beautifully. More recently was finally picking up a game I was searching forever… an NHL open ice. Not only was it an original dedicated cab in near mint condition, it was never vended! It even had a goody bag of spare parts in the coin box. But the best part it has a plaque on the bezel that it was donated by the NHLPA!

[@Charlie-Cat.]

One of my greatest achievements is finding your channel Scarlet. Never a dull moment seeing you in action bro. 8^) Anthony..

[@ScarletSprites]

You're too kind Anthony!

[@trever7580]

think my greatest achievement would be my vewlix turning up at my door in 2012 second hand from a closed arcade in japan , come full of smoke butts and ash and smelt like wet smoke buts, all cleaned up perfect , and still sit proud in my lounge room

[@GhaleonStrife]

I managed to beat Dragon's Lair on the 3DO without dying with my back turned. It's shockingly easy to play by sound.

[@ScarletSprites]

😂

[@chronicchilean93]

Getting a double flawless on Motaro on mortal kombat trilogy on n64. Somehow that happened.

[@johnsimpson3483]

Completing Mario: lost levels in snes collection and Super Ghouls and Ghosts. Hard but fair games. Purchase wise my best would be a saturn and some games about 10 years ago for £10 that I still play.

[@therexershow]

Enjoyed the video. Greatest achievement is probably building my DK from scratch and getting 936,200 on DK. Still working on the 1 million mark.

[@ScarletSprites]

That’s pretty legit man. Both of those!

[@stephenwhite506]

Raiden DX. Currently working on Blazing Star.

[@epicon6]

There was a Tekken Tag Tournament competition through a game magazine to see who can survive the longest in Survival mode. I got 352 wins in a row and won a PS2 :)

[@Xander_Park]

Awesome 👌

[@Riz2336]

Some that come to mind right away is beating metal slug and samurai showdown on an MVS with just one quarter

[@ScarletSprites]

The 1CCs should be the top of anyones list

[@DavidGarcia-qf7gc]

1995: the time that I found something called "emulators". It was the first time I played Rygar in a place that wasn't an Arcade. And that blew my mind.

[@Celso_PQD_]

I still have a restored Rygar arcade, with original pcb still running

[@ScarletSprites]

I still get awestruck thinking about the reality of that; all of those games (well, most of them) available at home via emulation. It’s wild if you think of that in the context of even twenty five years ago.

[@jessragan6714]

Rygar had its very own emulator back in the day, didn't it? Emulators just don't do that anymore... there's no point in making a program that runs just one game, but it happened a lot in the 1990s due to the limitations of home computers. It was practically a revelation when MAME offered multiple games. Mostly derivatives of Pac-Man, but it was a start!

[@DavidGarcia-qf7gc]

@@jessragan6714 Yes, I played Rygar in a single emulator. Soon after that (a couple of months), I could play 1942 in MAME

[@kylanmackin8161]

In 2020 during the pandemic. A freind called me up asking if I wanted to buy an original Killer Instinct Machine. Without hesitation I said YES. Killer instinct was a game I fell in love with because my father worked at Iguana / Akklaim studios in Austin Texas and they had an original killer instinct machine inside their work office. Come to find out. The freind who let me know about the arcade machine was mowing his neibors lawn when he asked about the arcade machine in his neibors garage and the guy let my friend know it was for sale. My friend got me his contact information. And after asking about where he bought it. He said he used to work with my father at Iguana studios and he had bought the machine when the company went under. I now am the proud owner of the same exact machine I used to mash buttons on when I was a little kid :)

[@ScarletSprites]

That’s a phenomenal story. I love this so much. Full circle eh? What a great cabinet and a score made even better by personal value. Truly awesome.

[@DreamcastKyle]

For me it was probably beating the original Castlevania on NES, and then years later acquiring a Nintendo Red Tent and being able to enjoy the arcade VS. Castlevania. LOVE THAT GAME!

[@ScarletSprites]

That is pretty awesome. I love the theme there and being able to get something so wildly out of reach when we were young. Having it tie back to meaningful moments makes it all the better.

[@ps3inquisition441]

Punch-Out story was awesome, my biggest gaming accomplishment is actually beating Punch-Out without getting hit. I was probably 11 or 12 when I did it. These days, I’m still really good at it, but I’d need to put in a lot of practice to pull that off again.

[@ScarletSprites]

I’d settle for just being able to play through it. I usually get to Super Macho Man and then start falling apart a bit.

[@Rodzilla97]

@@ScarletSprites it's a nightmare on emulators/nes online, etc. it only plays corectly on an actual nes. it has slight input lag on emulators which makes the last few guys WAY WAY harder

[@ScarletSprites]

@@Rodzilla97 I can imagine. I often use emulation for capture purposes but play on original hardware for leisure. I rarely trust anything that sensitive to timing to emulation.

[@Rodzilla97]

@@ScarletSprites test it out one day if you're in the mood. play Mike Tyson on the real hardware, then play him on emulation. it's horrible. i did manage to beat mr dream(tyson basically) on switch online, but it's WAY harder. super macho man, and sandman as well, etc. the timing is not right, slight lag

[@jarrodjob]

9:33 // this is hilarious. For one week… This video is why I watch. The order/priority of these three are perfect.

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks man, lol

[@Charlie-Cat.]

You're welcome Scarlet. Always a pleasure to see your uploads and enjoying yourself at the same time. 8^) Anthony..

[@patrickbvick]

Awesome stories there. Battletoads was no joke. Old school best moment also involved Tyson's punchout. I was the jr high video game nerd and happen to mention to folks that cared that I beat tyson recently after renting the game. Word spread like wildfire around school. I had no idea so many were playing nes and much less punchout. Football jocks and the like were like "yeah right dude". So, it came to a point where I had to put up or shut up about that feat and my cousin setup the time and place at his house because he had the game. To my surprise when I got there a small crowd had gathered when i got there and the spotlight was on. I had to go through the entire game because I don't think we knew the password at that point. Long story short, I put Tyson down after going through the roster of boxers and let me tell you it was the best mic drop moment of my life when tyson fell. Nerd screams and high fives all around. My current day achieves are Destiny 2 related. I have solo flawless emblems for all the dungeons in the game so far. (3 man raids essentially)

[@3rdFloorArcade]

Really enjoyed this video Scarlet Sprites! That’s so awesome you were in Nintendo Power!

[@PrimitiveBaroque]

I was so proud I completed NES Metroid without a strategy guide. Just good old inputting long passwords on original hardware.

[@arcadeerik2603]

"Fucking Legend" Love it awesome, keep up the great work.

[@katkillad]

I was practicing for a 1CC of Silver Surfer on NES and ended up getting a deathless run, unfortunately I wasn't streaming or capturing it at the time so no proof :( My other big gaming achievement, similar situation, was getting a deathless 2 loop run of Ghouls' N Ghosts arcade on MiSTer but fortunately was streaming when that happened.

[@ScarletSprites]

Legit! Silver Surfer is a game that I’m not even sure I’d have the patience to play with save states. Kudos to you on that one!

[@Reaperman4711]

3rd place in a 10-line Atari 8-bit BASIC game coding competition with no significant prior knowledge. This was back in 2014. Thanks to having a week off for Mardi Gras, I managed to learn enough AtariBASIC and TurboBASIC to pull off 10 decent lines. I even got a little trophy.

[@Reaperman4711]

Game's here, but to prepare expectations, it's just 10 lines of code: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHnSeYaErrqke80

[@ScarletSprites]

Impressive you dedicated that time to gaming and were still remotely sober!

[@jessragan6714]

@@ScarletSprites Yeah, I was like "He's at Mardi Gras, and he's CODING?!"

[@NinjaRunningWild]

Beating Super Ghouls n Ghosts.

[@JT-bzzzt]

For me , it's going back to games of my childhood that I was never able to complete. Recently I was able to finally beat the original NES Batman no death, that was quite satisfying 😁

[@ScarletSprites]

That’s awesome! Someone else mentioned a speed run of Batman here as well.

[@yjmechanic]

That is awesome. I hope you have a framed copy of that issue. Middletown man you grew up an hour from me. That's cool As a collector my best moment was just recently. After years of trying to find an original neo geo console local( I have the modern stuff and a cd console) in one weekend I got 2 aes consoles 2 mvs consilizers and a ngpc all in 18hrs. Was the craziest day in game hunting ever For gaming moments I have to say it's a collaboration of moments. Bomberman with my best friend as kids and later just playing classics with my son showing COD isn't the only game out there 😅 Those will always be the best moments and luckily I still get to have those moments

[@larrs8887]

Hard to say for me, probably earning the platinum trophy in Wipeout HD for PS3 back in 2008. You needed to be one with the game to get first place on the hardest difficulty and had to beat one of the developer times on a time trial. I tried again when I got the Omega collection on PS4 but my muscle memory and reflexes are gone. Another is probably when I used to play the online PC game Guild Wars in the mid 2000s, I managed to complete all the elite dungeons and the hard mode 100% across all campaigns. A recent one would be getting the S+ rank in Resident Evil 2 remake on hardcore difficulty. Perhaps not that hard looking back on it but the time and practice to do something like that these days for me is quite rare.

[@pinkphilmingo6032]

We had a guy like that in college. His name was Doug, but, his game was Paperboy.

[@ScarletSprites]

I’d love to get Doug and Mike together for a game night.

[@jd-py5nm]

this is just off the top of my head and or recent. Kicking butt in the arcades and drawing a crowd was always fun (I'm decent at various titles) and my little bro coming to visit and play halo legendary which we hadn't beat since we were kids on og xbox- just like back then I impressed the kid and led us to victory haha

[@Xander_Park]

Well, my biggest gaming achievement is being rank #1 worldwide on Mortal kombat X leaderboards for 3 different online modes. 🤘💀🤘

[@ScarletSprites]

Legit. 🙇🏼‍♂️

[@nickmadsen2572]

My greatest gaming achievement that comes mind is getting into arcade restoration a tad over a year ago. My dad passed away unexpectedly in July of 2020. My dad was the best. I needed a way to grieve while in a pandemic. I found arcade restoration because of Retro Ralph. This hobby has caused me to meet great people like you. Arcade restoration has become exciting and therapeutic. My work has been noticed by local arcades in my area, and they have hired me to restore their machines. I was able to pay for the Tapper through my restore work. Fun video, bud!

[@ScarletSprites]

This is a great story and I appreciate you sharing it Nick. Really sorry to hear about your dad, but glad you were able to find comfort in a rewarding hobby. I'm not sure I'd recommend it as therapeutic for 90% of the people out there, but for the right person its awesome :)

[@nickmadsen2572]

@@ScarletSprites man, I love it! At least until I get to the inside of cabinet. Then I’m frustrated and crabby. 🤣

[@ScarletSprites]

@@nickmadsen2572 Cleaning mold. Sanding and sanitizing is not great.

[@nickmadsen2572]

@@ScarletSprites that is true! It’s rewarding when it’s all completed, though. I find myself just staring that the games more than playing them.

[@NightOfTheBlade]

I managed to 1cc Thunderforce IV without dying even once on normal back in 1994 when i was 12 years old. I still remember the rush to get that huge "no miss bonus". I have never managed achieve this great feat ever again since then and i will probably never do. And like you said, no save states back then, you just played the damned game from the beginning to the end.

[@ScarletSprites]

Wow! Glorious man!

[@NightOfTheBlade]

@@ScarletSprites I never made it past the Snakepit in Toads (damn that godforsaken place) so the glory is all yours!

[@snotman40]

Beating Maximum Carnage on sega genesis on last continue, 101% completion on DK 64, passing champions road on super mario 3d world after dying about 500 times

[@stevesimmons6500]

my greatest gaming acheivement , 1984 Personal Computer Games Monthly (UK Magazine , while it was about it was the best by far ) .There was a competition in it for Valhalla (zx spectrum game £9.95 outrageous price then !!!) 20 copies of the game for funniest captions to the screenshot in the game .when the results came out next issue , i was 20th!! lol .i got the game , but never played it as wasnt really into adventure / rpg type games .so i won the game !, PCG Monthly unfortunately folded after a year .fantastic while it lasted , i read other mags after but all were not as good as that year of PCG !

[@stevesimmons6500]

I was too busy playing ultimate play the game , zx spectrum games ( atic atac / sabrewulf / knightlore ) all amazing sorry valhalla ! lol

[@cliffracer56k6]

I beat Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden 2, those are tough ones. I also beat Super Empire Strikes back when I was a kids, that might be the hardest one I ever beat.

[@ScarletSprites]

I’ve done NG and Empire but never NG2. I agree on Empire. That game was kind of a bitch at times, especially when I was younger.

[@cliffracer56k6]

@@ScarletSprites Ninja Gaiden 2 is actually easier in my opinion.

[@ScarletSprites]

@@cliffracer56k6 I’m just not really familiar with it. I never owned it and for whatever reason really never played it all that much.

[@stokesj2]

While I don’t have my name in Nintendo Power(which is amazing by the way) I can say I’ve beaten Battletoads, no warps or continues. It’s a good feeling. A very tough, but really fun game. Also, I find it very rewarding to beat cryptic games without looking up any hints or using a guide. Standouts would be Metroid (NES), Final Fantasy 1 (NES) and Phantasy Star II (genesis). Lastly, I would say console modding. I’ve really gotten into modding old consoles for better video output/ sound or better screens in the case of handhelds. It’s fun and there’s a great community of people associated.

[@Evercade_Effect]

Thanks for sharing your story and I don't think I can top that. To be immortalized in Nintendo Power I personally think is an S tier gaming achievement and hard to top. When I heard Street Fighter 2 was ported over to the SNES and how amazing it was, I had to have it in my home. I was in my young teens and have a garage sale. I sold all my Ninja Turtles and other action figures and old NES games that I was into anymore. I needed a little over $250 to get it with SF2, back then it game with 2 controllers. I remember having to drive 30 minutes out of town to a Target. I called them ahead of time and asked if they would hold SF2 under the counter. Back then in small town when you could do that. Sure enough they held it and I was the first of my friends to get the SNES and the SF2. It was as amazing as I could hope.

[@snotcrow]

Awesome. Battletoads is hard! I'm no speedrunner so for me to grind Batman (NES) and try to get sub 15 min in that game was awesome. Something special about appearing on the leaderboard for me :)

[@ScarletSprites]

That's awesome! I never owned that but was able to borrow from a friend and complete it back in the day. I always liked the music.

[@thegreatjonzini]

Great battletoads story 🥂

[@ScarletSprites]

I feel like I really want to get back in Battletoads shape sometimes. Then it passes and I go back to arcades. But sometimes, just sometimes…I want to see if I still got it and it’s depressing when I don’t.

[@thegreatjonzini]

@@ScarletSprites I've never completed as a kid or as an adult it's definitely a bucket list to do. I've heard the Japanese famicom version is a little easier. May use that as a jump off point. 😅

[@rgdickenson]

Good video topic. In gaming, I generally have a short attention span. So, going back to the NES and finishing games is very satisfying, Of the titles I finished, the original TMNT game was most rewarding. Grinding the scrolls was well worth Shredder's defeat. Recently, I have been learning basic electronic troubleshooting and repair. Getting a deal on a NBA Jam TE board and repairing the sound board is my latest achievement. Hearing "He's on fire!" was so so sweet.

[@riggel8804]

One of the reasons I like nes games is cause they are so short. There are a lot of good arcade games and shooters you can clear in about 30 min. I think my shortest clear is Altered Beast. Takes about 15 min

[@Whacintosh]

Damn I was going to say beating ninja gaiden 1 and 2 for NES, castlevania 3, or platinuming Sekiro, but those all pale in comparison to Battletoads let alone seeing your name in NP. You better have a framed copy of that issue in your game room!

[@killyrtv]

I'm in the Battletoads issue as having finished tmnt fall of the foot! I still have my original issue.

[@ScarletSprites]

NICE! I tried reaching out to a few other people who had their name in Nintendo Power and never heard back from anyone. It's a weird thing to ask another grown adult I suppose...especially from a stranger.

[@coffeecuparcade]

Nice stories Joe, I especially like the Mike Tyson story, that was hilarious! Cant even stand but his brain had that game mapped haha. That's awesome. I get asked this question A LOT and honestly I find it difficult to answer given I've been playing video games since 1977 when my Dad introduced me to Pong. I also have worked and still work in the video game industry so I have a metric ton of memories, finding that one for me is difficult. I would have to say being a part of Westwood Studios back in the early days making games like Eye of the Beholder, Command & Conquer, and Blade Runner. Honestly though, now that i'm giving it another think as I write this... maybe when my Dad came home with a Commodore VIC-20 and Buck Rogers cartridge. I was desperate for a computer when I was a child, I obsessed over any picture of a computer, made computers out of cardboard that replicated those computers.... I wanted one so bad. When I got that VIC-20, my life changed forever. Maybe that was it. I'm still looking for that answer! Love the video today dude, keep em coming! Hope wife and kiddo are awesome

[@nielsbierman2958]

Felt pretty pleased with myself when I finished Pulstar (Neo CD) on a half decent difficulty setting. Also, set a lap 0.5 sec faster than my mate to qualify for Dutch Gran Turismo finals, or so I thought, bc my PlayStation subsequently crashed before I could save it to memory card, which was needed as proof back in the day. Still gives me nightmares.

[@ScarletSprites]

Pulstar is a wildly tough game. Especially if you bite it in the later levels and are powerless. I love that game so much though. My wife actually asked if beating that made this list and it didn’t, but maybe should have.

[@nielsbierman2958]

You are not wrong. All I remember is the screen filling up with bullets as I entered a heightened, Matrix-like state of awareness. Not sure I ever tried again. But boy, what a game.

[@ShelfWarmer]

World record top score for Double Dragon on Atari 2600 and 1credit clearing 4 million on arcade Macross.

[@ScarletSprites]

Well shit man, yep, that’s legit!

[@benjifrater6077]

I finished Ikaruga on the Dreamcast. FML

[@darkryu317]

Doing Evo Moment 37 parry in Third Strike

[@drewbedoobi]

congrats on appearing on nintendo power back in the day! i cant imagine the rush you felt at the time to see yourself there

[@ScarletSprites]

In retrospect it also makes me feel old talking about that, lol, but it was cool at the time.

[@iononsoleggere9065]

I am the world record holder of Neptune Lander Elite and OYUP! on Commodore 64

[@jonathanpink1360]

Beating Hollow Knight pantheon 5 with all bindings separately (hallowed mask) and also getting 112% with pantheon 5 deathless.

[@Bigtonesmallz]

Finally being able to complete my Video Game Console Collection of all the major systems with my purchase of a US Neo Geo AES!

[@ScarletSprites]

That’s awesome! I am missing quite a few. A lot of people are surprised I don’t have an AES. I’m also missing a TG16 and Saturn.

[@Bigtonesmallz]

@@ScarletSprites the TG16 is hard to find in working condition I got mind 22 years ago when no one cared about the system lol. Saturn ver.1 usa are out there but are so pricey now if days ver.2 you can get for a good deal for the most part.

[@MarkoPolo8888]

My greatest video game achievement is DEFINITELY my complete Neo Geo MVS collection(with all shock boxes). This achievement was extremely hard to do, and I’m so proud of my collection. The day I purchased the last game for a complete collection (Ganryu) the filling was sooooo great.

[@ScarletSprites]

Ganryu is tough to find. It’s also not a cheap one. Very nicely done man! What else was tough to find for you? Fatal Fury 3 with an English label was oddly hard for me.

[@MarkoPolo8888]

@@ScarletSprites The irritating maze was extremely hard to find & Fight Fever and Ragnagard English label was extremely hard to find.

[@ScarletSprites]

@@MarkoPolo8888 I’d agree with all of those too. Fight Fever is absolutely terrible too. 😂

[@MarkoPolo8888]

@@ScarletSprites Lol agreed 😆

[@PabstOban]

In college I played a lot of Street Fighter Alpha in the arcade. Easily $5-10 a day for an entire year on my lunch hour… and played against some really good players that were really cool and enthusiastic and I think they loved that there were other like minded people that saw it as a breath of fresh air between lectures. Anyway, when SFA released on the PS1 I wore my thumbs down playing it for hours a day… beating it with every character on every difficulty and very seldom lost a match. It was also the time in my life where I drank with friends every weekend and we would play drinking games… and I came up with a drinking game involving “Dramatic Battle” mode where you square off against M.Bison 2 player as Ken and Ryu. If you ever played this mode you quickly learn that Bison is a son of a bitch. He can super through both of you, he throws you if you get near him… they really cranked up the difficulty because hey… 2 on 1 isn’t fair. The drinking game started with… every time Bison throws you… drink, and if you lose a round… drink. We would play for hours and polish off whole cases of beer doing it. As we got better, we added rules because we just weren’t drinking enough… so we added the “knocked on the ground” drinking rule… this was at the point where we often “Perfected” Bison… which was really tough because even if you block a super… you take “chip damage” so you had to be quick with an “Alpha counter”. One day.. I was wanting to play and my regular Dramatic Battle partner challenged me to beat Bison by myself (meaning, Ryu would stand there, not moving or blocking… all the while sharing the same health bar). It took me a few tries but eventually I beat him… it took a lot of zoning and keeping Bison on the ropes so to speak because as soon as he opened up… nailing someone with a super could drain half your health bar. I started practicing it by myself and eventually double perfected Bison in Dramatic Battle. I think I only ever did it three times and one time drunk… as it wasn’t just skill, but a lot of luck because with him warping around.. there are just some things you can’t avoid (like a warp into a throw against an “AFK” Ryu). Long winded… but that’s mine.

[@kmcgui08]

Super C without dying

[@ScarletSprites]

Nice! That definitely seems to be a more popular game than I thought it was. I don’t even think I played it until years after it initially came out.

[@LamestLameOK]

1 credit clearing Metal Slug 1 & 3

[@ianmartin357]

Beating General Raam on insane difficulty on Gears of War or the Xbox 360

[@ScarletSprites]

Nice! It’s been forever since I played that. Definitely never beat the game on insane either.

[@Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial]

Greatest gaming achievement? If we’re talking NeoGeo, I got Metal Slug X on AES for my birthday this year; got it for $600.00 instead of the normal asking price of $5,000.00. MSX is now the crown jewel in my gaming collection. Sorry, Top Hunter, you’re no longer the most valuable game in my AES library (last I checked, it was valued at $2000.00), but I still enjoy playing you from time to time! Outside NeoGeo, I actually got all of the Metroid games (barring Federation Force; it sucks, and sadly I have the long-lost CD-i Metroid game that I didn’t know I didn’t need or want for that matter: Other M). The Famicom Disk System version of Metroid was the last one I got! Outside the crappy ones (yes, I count Galactic Pinball on Virtual Boy) I got them all; even all of the Smash Bros. Games! In terms of merchandise, a good friend of mine purchased a Gex plush (once worth $10,000) for me for Christmas one year. My Gex collection is all completed... yeah, that’s not saying much, but it’s something. People just love to give Gex a hard time-comparing him to the cancer of gaming (among many) Bubsy The Bobcat himself. I hope to do a LONG overdue retrospective of him & all his games-even the playable cameos he made throughout the years. I want to prove that Gex is more than just a meme for people online to gawk at. I want all those years of damage against him undone! And nobody is going to stop me!

[@steezybeatz]

I recently beat KOF 99, Metal Slug 4, Matrimelee and Rage of the Dragons. Those are the SNK games that gave me so much grief as a kid. SNK games can be so cheap but it was very rewarding to see the end credits roll. I also got a high score on pac man at my local bowling alley and that was the first time I’ve ever had a high score in a public arcade.

[@ScarletSprites]

Nice, it’s fun revisiting and conquering games that you were maybe just too young for at one point. I love the high score mention too. It’s like owning a section of your town when you’d put that score up.

[@steezybeatz]

@@ScarletSprites Absolutely! Love your channel by the way! I’m pretty new to cab restoration and collecting retro hardware but your content is very helpful!

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

Hmm, that’s a tough one. I guess for beating a game, it would be finally beating SoR3 after spending a whole summer on it. As far as a deal goes, it is definitely getting a working CDi at Goodwill for $8

[@ScarletSprites]

EIGHT DOLLARS!? Wow.

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

@@ScarletSprites gotta thank those teenagers who thought it was just another DVD player lol

[@lillypaintstrees1980]

Pulstar

[@Andy.S.]

Getting all 120 stars in Mario 64 - not that impressive in the grand scheme of things, but it’s rare for me to persevere to that level of completion with a video game (especially seeing as I could have considered it ‘beaten’ at 70 stars) so still feels like an achievement for me. Most satisfying though was at uni on Mario Kart 64; one of the guys in my halls in the first year was bragging that his sister had an N64 and he could beat anyone on it as he was that good - I took him up on it and we raced on the Wario Stadium track. I managed the trick of hopping over the barrier (cutting out most of the track) all three laps and sat there laughing at him as he tried to understand what had just happened 😎

[@Emceemur]

If we’re talking achievements related to gaming, not just within a game, my greatest achievement might’ve been buying a boxed Turbografx 16 with games, turbostick and booster for only $10. Good talk!

[@ScarletSprites]

Daaaaamn! TEN DOLLARS!

[@Emceemur]

Once in a lifetime score. Will never happen again lol

[@jessragan6714]

Heck yeah.

[@av-guy8735]

Not the greatest gaming achievement ever, but I can make it to the last stage of Knights Of The Round on 1 credit. Hoping to just 1CC it at some point. Used to play it when I was a kid and couldn't even make it past the 3rd stage with five credits.

[@jarrodjob]

My number 1 was maybe at the age of maybe 10 years old. My dad never got us stuff; everything was about incentives and achievements. So…we were part of a kids bowling league in Akron Ohio. My dad said if I bowled 🎳 a 150 game; he’d get me Marble Madness for the NES. Something I annoyed the chit out of my Parents for. I bowled a 156 🎳 . My brothers were stoked for me. A new personal best 🏆 . Once I got that game I promised to myself I’d be the best ever at it. Fast forward: I became a local legend at that game. Dominating any competition; the Crazy Race? The final level. Didn’t matter; I was ending your life. The only other game like that was Virtua Tennis 🎾 for the Dreamcast

[@jarrodjob]

LOL 😂 ^^^

[@ScarletSprites]

Haha, I knew kids who loved that game too. I played it a bit but never really got hooked enough to get good at it. I like that you’re a badass at Marble Madness and Virtua Tennis. Niche.

[@jessragan6714]

Okay, I'll just drop this question in your lap unceremoniously. What'd you think of the recently released prototype of Marble Madness 2? Seems you'd be the guy to ask.

[@NCC7060]

I beat the original NES TMNT game. No emulator. No Game Genie. No steroids.

[@ScarletSprites]

That is a feat for sure, nicely done!

[@jessragan6714]

No hair after finishing the Seaweed stage.

[@dfgdfffh]

Beating a Kirby game without dying at ALL...lol :P

[@ScarletSprites]

That counts! I don’t think I’ve ever even beaten a Kirby game tbh.

[@dfgdfffh]

@@ScarletSprites Forgotten Lands is a SUPER DE DUPER Amazing full on 3-D Approach to the Kirby Franchise....AWESOME AND AMAZING VIDEO GAME!!!!! XD There's also a brand new Kirby Game called "Kirby's Dream Buffet".....it looks to be a FANTASTIC multiplayer Kirby title for the Nintendo Switch!!! :D :D :D

[@Rodzilla97]

thousands of fairly hard Mario Maker and Mario Maker 2 levels street fighter 2 turbo snes, hardest difficulty, no deaths or even rounds lost. best ending TMNT nes Super Ghouls n Ghosts snes on normal, both times through' megaman 2 sonic the hedgehog mario the lost levels (snes) x-men mutant apocalypse' (no passwords, no deaths) f zero on master mike tyson's punch out, all the way through. not getting hit by mike not too many others that were hard. i'm not that skilled, have beaten a lot of other farily hard games, but not like super noteworthy (the 3 super star wars games on easy, etc, stuff like that). wild guns on easy without continuing. not really noteworthy stuff. i managed to beat gradius 3 snes on easy, that was really hard for me, i'm not good at shumps. contra nes no code,

[@ScarletSprites]

I think all that stuff, if you had fun doing it, is awesome. It’s all about that internal gratification when it comes to accomplishments imo. Secondly, beating those titles on easy and getting through them for an experience is better than someone who quits three levels in because the game is too hard. That’s just my opinion though.

[@Rodzilla97]

@@ScarletSprites true, if the stuff is hard for me, then that's what makes it an accomplishment I guess. i also tend to like just a moderate challenge, or a relaxing fairly easy fun game. and don't always like the stress of crazy difficulty(but sometimes that is really fun, other times too frustrating or intense, depends on my mood). I like a challenge but don't want to be bludgeoned to death

[@Gildog77]

Convincing my wife not to divorce me after a 17 hour gaming binge.

[@ScarletSprites]

Assuming you still had seven hours to sleep I don’t see what the issue is. 😂

[@NinjaRunningWild]

Did she eat that day? Sleep? So, what’s the issue?

[@jonnyesper6698]

Played the arcade machine "Yer Ar Kung Fu" till the score wouldn't go any higher 10 000 000 ..Took me 5 hours And finished Mike Tyson punch out twice.... tough game in the latter rounds 😏

[@ScarletSprites]

Oh yeah, I'm familiar with Yie Ar Kung Fu! I certainly haven't put a score like that up but I know it! Punchout is tough until you get the pattern and timings down in the later rounds. I usually fall apart on Super Macho Man.

[@jessragan6714]

I couldn't even loop the game. Blues, man... he'll GIVE you the blues. Blues Lee is more like.

[@jarrodjob]

5:12 - DMing 1 to 1. 🧐 Hmm…. 👙 Is this an Easter 🐣 🍳 egg 🥚?

[@ScarletSprites]

Haha, it’s just surprising to me that I hear from other creators how many DMs they get requesting help with projects and stuff. You’re far better off putting that info out there on a forum and getting multiple opinions and eyes on that topic or problem. It’s kind of weird to me lol.

[@jarrodjob]

@@ScarletSprites right! 😂. Thanks for taking my post here as a poke/heckle/joke/giving chit.