Well, here we are. The first major plat-former on the NES and boy is it a big one. This game shaped many kids lives when it came out bundled with the NES. They got this and duck hunt and I will assure you that duck hunt was the lesser played of the two.

The first thing I have to tell you is that the game is NOT easy. I have played through this game many times on many systems and they all still kick my butt. I love the game though, the game has that mix that is just right between so hard you want to quit and just hard enough that you want to go on. The only bad part is no saves or anything that we are accustomed to now. That is why the 1-UP trick has became so famous. Though after you have played the game as many times as I have you can speed run the first few levels without much problem at all.

The reason that this game is so famous is the music. The music has been remixed orchestrated and dozens of others things in the past 25 years after the release of the game. Nintendo knew what they were doing with the songs, the castles sound a bit scary, underwater is nice and floatsy, and up above ground it is catchy. All of the music is good and I actually have it on disc and listen to it quite often. Luckily the game play matches the sound quite nicely.

Mario is mario... He is the Godfather of the modern plat-former and rightfully so. The games he has been in have many times tried to be imitated and many times have failed. The game consists of 2 things. Running and jumping. You must be thinking that it would make the game really shallow but it does not. The game is very fun and you can do hundreds of things just running and jumping. You have to jump over turtles sprint to get to platforms and also jump to get some shrooms. The game requires twitch reflexes that are helped by the fact that the game is spot on with tight control. Has not been better before or after.


The game looks great. The pixels are sharp and there is no slowdown that I ever occurred which was pretty common back in the day. Everything un-folds right before your eyes and the game is bright and colorful. The game is really a work of art that has a style all its own. I like the art style and how they made everything look really smooth with the really held back tech that they had.

The game has no story really. It would be unfair to grade it on one just because the only bits of story that you get is that the princess is in another castle. You get this 7 times for each of the castles and in the end you finally get the girl. Really basic stuff so I did not rate the story at all.

All in all the game is great and you like plat-formers or just mario in general you should try this out. If you have never played the game in your life you need too. This is where home gaming started so you should really pay your respects. This is one of the best games that I have ever played and I give it a 9.7. Just because I am a stickler for handing out 10's.


All in a hard days work. Really long game by the way.

Yep, Super Mario Bros. is definitely a classic in terms of legacy. The game has lived on for many generations (actually, just one) and is still great to play today.