I beat Mega Man 3 today. First time on the real NES. Before, I always seemed to have to use save states... So, like, new memory.
At my birthday party a few years ago, a girl (who shall remain nameless for her safety... hmm...) beat SMB with 2 lives... and at one point, she almost died, then someone else said "Oh, that was SO lucky..." and she replied, "No, that wasn't luck, that was skill." So, whenever she made it out of a tight squeeze there was "Whaddya call that?" and then she says, "It was pure skill!" and so on and so on... It was funnier if you were really there.