My actual first random shiny encounter was a shiny Venonat in the Bug Catching Contest in Gold version on the original GBC cart. Because it was Bug Catching Contest and I could only have one Pokemon and no healing items, my Pokemon was already weak from fighting other Pokemon and Venonat knocked me out before I could catch it. I was incredibly pissed. Not like I could still have it anyway due to being on a GBC cart.
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Games beaten in 2023 - 4; Most recent - Pushmo