My proudest gaming moment is not breaking down in tears as my colony hang me, again, for failing them in Frostpunk....

My proudest gaming moment was beating Crash Bandicoot 1 on original Playstation 1 for the first time. This game looks like easy game for kids, but it is hard as hell.

Mastering Dark Souls to the point you start playthroughs with random input devices like dance pads and racing wheels. Going through it in such a way really felt like an accomplishment (and utter insanity).

Played the original Diablo back in 1996.
For years couldn’t beat it.
+25yrs later finally played it as an adult and beat the game finally.
Lamest ending to a game ever… but it felt soo good to do it!

Building my first PC has to be mine. A lot of nonsense with the fans going wrong and wires everywhere, but I built it myself its led to many more incredible moments.

My proudest gaming moment was when I bought Demon's Soul back in 2009 without any knowledge of what type of game it was and finished it on my own without any help. It felt like I had conquered some tall mountain or something.

This is a bit of a throwback story.

When I was 8 years young, I didn't have a PC or console. Fortunately for me I had a friend who had a playstation 2. I would visit his house everyday just so I could play this game called "TY: the tasmanian tiger". It was the first game that really captured my attention with it's world hub and charismatic slice of Australian Outback characters. Needless to say I was hooked.
As I progressed through the game I experience unlocking new weapons and discovering secrets in the massive veriety of levels. The game had a unique flavour to it to say the least. It was akin to dark souls in a sense, or more like demon souls style level design. The game kept me going as i sought to unlock everything and 100% every level. Unfortunately for me I would not finish the game for years to come.
On the last level, the grand finale, you find yourself atop a massive robot, on the back of the humongous construction Stands our character, while small turrets spew flames at you. These turrets could not be damaged by any of the weapons. In vain I tried weapons like the Boomran and the like. nothing seemed to work and the doors guarding progression were sealed for some reason. My 8byear old brain could never figure out what to do so the game was left unfinished for the next 2 years.
2 years later my 10 year brain cracked the code. Turns out you had to freeze the turrent and than bite them to crack and brake the ice. I was finally able to progress and finish the game. The accomplishment i suppose wasn't in the solution, but in the resilience of my character coming back and trying again untill I finished and solved the problem, not unlike games from From software.

My dad got me into gaming when I was only two years old with the Atari 2600. However, he never saw the fun in playing video games himself. He just liked being able to brag to his peers about having the latest gadget / hottest piece of tech. About twenty five years later, the Nintendo Wii was released. I had it preordered and brought it to my Dad’s house for Thanksgiving. My siblings and cousins were bowling in Wii Sports when my Dad walked by and saw us. He asked if he could try and I showed him how to play. My Dad loves bowling, but his ball always tends to drift to the left of he’s not careful. When he swung the Wiimote, he saw the ball on the screen drift to the left. His eyes went wide. He asked if he could try again and then did what he normally does to correct for his drift. The ball stayed straight and he picked up the spare. He was stunned.

Later that day, after Thanksgiving dinner, my stepmom asked my Dad what he wanted for Christmas. He immediately said, “I want a Wii.” She was so confused by his succinct and unusual response. She asked if he was kidding. He said, “No. I want the Wii and that samurai game I saw on TV.” Apparently, he had seen a commercial for Red Steel. Before I left for home, my stepmom asked me if I could help her get my Dad a Wii. They were REALLY hard to get at that time, but I told her I would try. Flash forward to Christmas and my Dad opened his brand new Wii and a copy of Red Steel. My dad had made me a gamer and, 25 years later, I was able to return the favor. This will always be my proudest gaming moment. Best of luck to everyone who enters this contest!

I remember, I was 7 when I got my Nintendo 64 and my first game was Mario 64. I've played that game for, probably, years. I was exploring all the paintings I could travel to and getting all the stars I was able to get. And the, just like that, one day, I ended up finishing my first game ever. Seeing the credit roll was something that I will never forget.

It wasn't a hard game and I didn't even get 100%, but it was my first.

Proudest gaming moment was defeating Haderax The Invincible in Borderlands 2. Tried a dozen times with different people online. Finally got in with a group of people who knew how to play (though none of them had defeated Haderax either). We wiped twice, but the third time we figured it out. Still remember the feeling of satisfaction.

In the old (1990s) RPG Rage of Mages, there's a level called "Brian's Vow", in which one of your four PCs seeks revenge against the game's second-toughest boss. The boss has crazy HP regeneration, an axe that can kill a mage with one blow, and he's surrounded by minions -- everything that demands that you will have to play this level several times to win.

The first time I played the game, I had to spend every gold I had to hire every available mercenary to bulldog my way through that level. It still took me several attempts, which left me happy but broke. But after studying the level, buffing all five magic styles, and trying dozens of strategies, I managed to beat the entire level using only a mage. It took seemingly *forever*, but I still remember it 2 decades later as just about the funnest and most rewarding level I've ever played.

My proudest gaming moment was achieving the Ultra Ending in Ancient Domains of Mystery without save scumming or abusing exploits. It took me a few years and felt absolutely amazing.

proudest gaming moment finding secret levels on my own in Super Mario Bros. when i was a kid.

Kinda cheesy, but my proudest, nostalgic and wholesome moments of gaming were with my sister playing Tekken 5 and PES2006 in the PS2, when we were young. Now I don't even know where that console is.

More "recently" I've had amazing solo moments playing The Witcher 3 and Skyrim, which unfortunately is not on GOG

My proudest gaming moment is actually super simple but an awesome one, I have been looking for great games that my friends would play to recommend them and two times I have surprised my friends so much and they fell in love with the game.
The first one was when Resident Evil 7 was announced and I sent the trailer to my friend who likes horror games but never played any games in the series and when it released he was In love with it and the series ever since and we keep talking about new entries ever since!
The second one was similar, I've gifted two games to a friend who would have never played Deep Rock Galactic and Satisfactory regardless of reviews or recommendations but after I gifted the games and said person played it for a while he fell in love so much that he played over 200 hours each (so far) and made him really happy that I've recommended these to him.
For both of them these games are like a treasure that keeps of giving and that made me proud and happy since my love for the medium is boundless!

These are my proudest moments <3