I would LOVE to contribute some writing to this. Particularly, Bomberman, which was the game that got me into gaming. My dad would play the game all the time. He'd never use passwords. 1-1 to 8-8 every time, if he could. I still remember my sister and I playing outside, when my mom first called and said "COME INSIDE! YOUR DAD BEAT THE GAME!"
We all ran in, watched the ending, and my dad was so happy. It was amazing, and I will never forget it. It's the only video game he ever played that much. He wouldn't always beat it, but he'd usually play for a few hours before either dying, or getting stuck without the detonator, or "control" as we called it.
So glad I came back to the forum today. I missed TG16 discussion.