Proudest Puzzle-Solving Moments

[Hyrule Chicken]

Without posting spoilers or how you eventually solved it, tell me which puzzle or level made you the happiest to finally figure out and get past?

Mine is, without a doubt, this moment in the Legend of Zelda on the NES:

Back when it first came out, this whole Internet thing wasn't around, so we had to rely on trial-and-error. I worked on this puzzle for a loooooong time before I finally put it together and found the solution, and went "OF COURSE!" because it's super obvious when it hits you!

Anyone else remember having these proud moments?

 

[crunchyg]

Every LoZ moment was my proudest. In the case of grumble grumble above, I just started giving that beast every item I had in my inventory, including some boomerangs and few good sword stabs.

 

[Hyrule Chicken]

I'm surprised no one mentioned this one, from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time:

Was the Water Temple really the worst Zelda level ever? I remember playing Ocarina of Time on the N64 and eventually passing it, but I don't necessarily remember raging hardcore about it. It wasn't until the internet and memes that I found out that people really hate this level.

What are everyone's thoughts on it?

 

[sleepypuff]

For me, it would have to be finally figuring out the Lost Woods in The Legend of Zelda on NES.
I roamed endlessly, screen-by-screen, to the point where I actually thought the game was broken.
I couldn't figure out how it kept bringing me back to the beginning. Why was I not getting anywhere?
Of course there's a specific order that's revealed to you by paying a very sneaky merchant, but being pre-Internet, I had no clue and it took me forever to figure it out!