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The year was 1983, video games on console were slowly dying off due to poor hardware, when suddenly the Nintendo Entertainment system comes out with this game and made video games popular again. I still have this game on my (mostly functional) Nintendo that I have.

Graphics: 7 The visuals look good and appealing to any audience. They were sharper than any PC game or Atari 2600 Cartridge game at that time. They are still enjoyable to this day and the game has a stable frame rate too.

Sound: 7 Average sound effects, along with the soundtrack, which only had a couple of songs at the time. Still sounds good, but it can get a little repetitive as you play the game more.

Addictiveness: 8 The game is a platform jumping game that is on a 2.D. angle, there are many power-ups and other things that make the game fun.

Story: 4 It is a low score due to it not necessarily appearing in the game. It is a simple story about a princess getting captured by a monster and you, a plumber, go and save her.

Depth: 7 The game is pretty big considering the time it was made. It has 8 worlds, each with 4 levels. It has many things to do and once you finish, you can play again with a harder difficulty. A glitch discovered recently also shows that there are over 128 worlds that are playable and hidden in the game's code.

Difficulty: 8 The game was pretty hard for the time, considering that the only game similar to this at the time was Pitfall on the Atari 2600, and even that was not as fast-paced as this game.

OVERALL: 8 Similar to some other games I reviewed, it is available on almost any console on the market. It is a fun game that is still fun to play today, and may keep you hooked for hours. With Mario-Maker coming out not too long ago, that allows you to create and edit your own Mario levels, it is not hard to see why this game is still enjoyed by many people and is often ported onto any Nintendo console available. It is similar to what SEGA did to Sonic the Hedgehog except Nintendo is still a company that makes console, unlike SEGA. As mentioned, you can find this game pretty much anywhere at anytime on almost any device that can run an emulator. It is usually around $2 if you find it on any modern Nintendo console today, but may eventually be free when the time comes to make more Mario games for more people to play.

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Nice review! Your overall rating pretty much sums up what I felt about this game. I think it is a pretty common game that should be free to play in the future. That would be a great way to get people into Mario games. At the time this game came out it was pretty groundbreaking, but it definately isn't as good as the later Mario games in my opinion.

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