Finished my first platformer

[Limewater]

No no,
lets say I play all the way to Spring Yard, then die there.
I don't start all over just to figure my way out of Spring yard, I chose Spring yard and I star tot play again.
Once I went through all the levels, getting to the final boss and losing my last life, I started from the beginning and played through the whole thing.

No more surprises or enemies I can't figure how to pass.
Once I got to the final Boss where I didn't want to fail my dream of completing a platformer, I went online and watched a strategy on how to beat him, and tried it out , it worked. The Final Boss was probably the easiest, once you know you have to stand ont he right

I completed the game start-to-finish in one sitting, with all the lives I got from the game, I just had a tour at all the levels before that.

Ah. Thank you for clarifying.

[Breetai]

Here's how I beat Sonic the Hedgehog 1, back in 1991.

-Turned on the system and started playing.
-Got game over at the boss in Labyrinth Zone.
-Started a new game.
-Got through to the end and beat it and got the "good" ending the first time.
-No internet tutorials or "FAQS" to baby my way through the game. Tutorials are for pussies.

I even found out the debug code on my own... the first day I played it. At that point in my gaming life, I tried the Konami code and variations of it on pretty much every game I played. I didn't know the level select code until a year or so later, but had a lot of fun with the debug code. Again, tutorials are for pussies.

Easy and a heck of a lot of fun. I love the first Sonic.

[RCBH928]

Here's how I beat Sonic the Hedgehog 1, back in 1991.

-Turned on the system and started playing.
-Got game over at the boss in Labyrinth Zone.
-Started a new game.
-Got through to the end and beat it and got the "good" ending the first time.
-No internet tutorials or "FAQS" to baby my way through the game. Tutorials are for pussies.

I even found out the debug code on my own... the first day I played it. At that point in my gaming life, I tried the Konami code and variations of it on pretty much every game I played. I didn't know the level select code until a year or so later, but had a lot of fun with the debug code. Again, tutorials are for pussies.

Easy and a heck of a lot of fun. I love the first Sonic.

Well maybe you are a tough hardcore gamer,
gaming to me is about fun and enjoying the experience
its not about the challenge and how skillful I am...this is not work and its not business, its leisure .
I don't take gaming seriously

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Here's how I beat Sonic the Hedgehog 1, back in 1991.

-Turned on the system and started playing.
-Got game over at the boss in Labyrinth Zone.
-Started a new game.
-Got through to the end and beat it and got the "good" ending the first time.
-No internet tutorials or "FAQS" to baby my way through the game. Tutorials are for pussies.

I even found out the debug code on my own... the first day I played it. At that point in my gaming life, I tried the Konami code and variations of it on pretty much every game I played. I didn't know the level select code until a year or so later, but had a lot of fun with the debug code. Again, tutorials are for pussies.

Easy and a heck of a lot of fun. I love the first Sonic.

Well maybe you are a tough hardcore gamer,
gaming to me is about fun and enjoying the experience
its not about the challenge and how skillful I am...this is not work and its not business, its leisure .
I don't take gaming seriously

Sounds like you removed the experience though, and, in doing so, removed a lot of the fun. You are going to have a hell of a hard time trying to get through MegaMan or something if you found Sonic to be intimidating.

[Breetai]

Here's how I beat Sonic the Hedgehog 1, back in 1991.

-Turned on the system and started playing.
-Got game over at the boss in Labyrinth Zone.
-Started a new game.
-Got through to the end and beat it and got the "good" ending the first time.
-No internet tutorials or "FAQS" to baby my way through the game. Tutorials are for pussies.

I even found out the debug code on my own... the first day I played it. At that point in my gaming life, I tried the Konami code and variations of it on pretty much every game I played. I didn't know the level select code until a year or so later, but had a lot of fun with the debug code. Again, tutorials are for pussies.

Easy and a heck of a lot of fun. I love the first Sonic.

Well maybe you are a tough hardcore gamer,
gaming to me is about fun and enjoying the experience
its not about the challenge and how skillful I am...this is not work and its not business, its leisure .
I don't take gaming seriously

I was 11 years old. I recommend playing your next platformer through with no internet help at all. I recommend Sonic CD, Sonic 2, Super Mario Brothers 1 or 3, Mickey Mouse: Castle of Illusion, or Bonk's Adventure 1 or 2. Each of these are games that don't require more than an hour or two (or three) to beat and aren't overly difficult (the Bonk games or Sonic 2 are probably the toughest of these). After getting though a few of these, I recommend Mega Man 2 or Mega Man X. Maybe Metroid, although you'll probably have a tough time with it (I first beat it with NO help. I was 9. Bomb EVERYWHERE).

[RCBH928]

I will at least have to look how many levels are in each game,
I simply can't keep on going if I have no idea how much longer I will be playing

I am not sure why everyone is telling me why I killed the fun experience,
Imagine Sonic had a continue or password. If I played up until Spring Yard and died there, I just don't want to play for 30 min just to get to Spring yard again.
I just start from Spring Yard, until I saw the whole game, I played it start to finish

[molotovwars]

If I played up until Spring Yard and died there, I just don't want to play for 30 min just to get to Spring yard again.
I just start from Spring Yard, until I saw the whole game, I played it start to finish

Wait, so didn't play it start to finish? You would get a gameover, then continue where you got the gameover until you beat it? Like pumping quarters into an arcade machine?

[elvis]

First thing first why I never completed platformers earlier on(Snes Genesis type)
1) No way to save, means anything you do is lost unless you complete the whole thing
2)I never knew how many levels shall I go through 6 or 100, how long will I keep playing?
3) No way to know where you are going, you only have limited number of lives and hardly any continues. If you jump on a platform and surprisingly it breaks and that was the last life you got in the final stage, you have to repeat the whole 30-60 min of play just to see whats after that and to die again.

Typical gen Y.

[crux]

IImagine Sonic had a continue or password.

It doesn't. So how is that not cheating?

Congratulations on finishing the game the way you wanted, if you truly enjoyed it that way, but what everyone is trying to tell you is that you should at least TRY beating it the way the developers intended. That's what the true experience is, and most of us "hardcore" gamers vastly prefer it that way. You're my age, so I'm a little surprised that you're so pampered when it comes to gaming. I grew up with Ghouls 'n' Goblins, not... well, nearly every non-shmup out there today.

Though that's a bit of an exaggeration... the first platformer I ever beat was Super Mario World (save points and all). But I got a star next to my save-file, dagnabit, and with no last boss spoilers either! Arghhhhh! I still grew up getting my ass handed to me in games before that, though.

[Breetai]

IImagine Sonic had a continue or password.

It doesn't. So how is that not cheating?

Congratulations on finishing the game the way you wanted, if you truly enjoyed it that way, but what everyone is trying to tell you is that you should at least TRY beating it the way the developers intended. That's what the true experience is, and most of us "hardcore" gamers vastly prefer it that way. You're my age, so I'm a little surprised that you're so pampered when it comes to gaming. I grew up with Ghouls 'n' Goblins, not... well, nearly every non-shmup out there today.

Though that's a bit of an exaggeration... the first platformer I ever beat was Super Mario World (save points and all). But I got a star next to my save-file, dagnabit, and with no last boss spoilers either! Arghhhhh! I still grew up getting my ass handed to me in games before that, though.

First one I beat was Mega Man 2. Then SMB1. Then Metroid. SMB1 and Metroid were the first two games I owned (other than Duck Hunt). MM2 was the third. I found it EASIER than SMB1, strangely. Metroid was a work in progress over about half a year. I can one-life MM2 if I don't bugger up Heat Man and Quick Man's stages. Two of them do have password systems, which makes things easier. Most of the time, if there's no password or save system, you should try to beat it without using a save. The one major exception is Kid Chameleon. That game needed a save system! Sonic 1... does not.