Mario Bros review for the Atari 2600!

07-19-12 02:47 PM

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Mario Bros was released for the Atari 2600 in 1983. The game is unique and stands out to other Atari 2600 games. It's fun and addicting and you will definitively remember this unique title.

STORY: The story starts out where Mario and Luigi have a sewer problem. Their drain pipes are nested with creatures, like turtles,crabs, and even butterflies! To get rid of these creatures, Mario and Luigi must jump and hit the bottom of the platforms the creatures are on. Then they need to throw them in the puddle below.

GRAPHICS: The graphics have a little bit of flicker but not much, and the sprites look fantastic. The Atari handled this arcade port very well. Unfortunately it was released during the video game crash of 1983.

SOUND: The sound is fairly good. The sound effects are good and there's little tune after you beat the levels. However there should have been some background music. Pitfall 2 had a great background song, and it was released in the same year as this game. So the technology was developed enough for background music in Atari games.

ADDICTIVENESS: This game isn't going to keep you on for hours but it's surprisingly addicting. After a few seconds, you will be caught up in the action of this game. It shares that same feel that many arcade games have.

DEPTH: This game has several game variations. Some have fireballs some don't some have simultaneous 2 player some don't, some have 5 lives some have 3. With 8 different game variations. There's a new way to play each time. There's even a bonus stage where you collect little balls.

DIFFICULTY: The is not very hard. The way to jump platform to platform is difficult though. The game get harder and harder as you progress through the game.

OVERALL RATING 8.3

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Great review!

I used to play a lot this game with my sister on my old Pirated Famicom... It was fun, specially at the Bonus stages. Also, I think those "little balls" are Coins.

Anyways... Keep doing reviews like this one!

Great review!

I used to play a lot this game with my sister on my old Pirated Famicom... It was fun, specially at the Bonus stages. Also, I think those "little balls" are Coins.

Anyways... Keep doing reviews like this one!

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