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Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario BrosThis game's artwork displays Fire Mario/Luigi jumping and throwing a fireball in one of the Koopa King's castles.
Release Date: September 13, 1985 (Japan)
Late 1985 (North America)
May 15, 1987 (PAL Region)
Developer(s): Nintendo
Publishers(s): Nintendo
Game No.: (None)
Series: Mario Series/Adventure Series
Ratings: ESRB: Ratingsymbol e Everyone
Genre: Platformer/Action

Super Mario Bros. was Nintendo's first game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released on October 18, 1985 as one of the Nintendo Entertainmen System's eighteen launch titles and the first pack-in title on the second version of the Control Deck set. As the second game in the Mario Series (after Mario Bros.), the game sold 4.23 million units and became the best-selling game in the world. This game was also re-released as an arcade game known as VS. Super Mario Bros. in 1986. The success of this game also inspired it's sequel, Super Mario Bros. 2. Another re-release was in 2004 with the NES Classics Series on the Game Boy Advance.

Game description

Do you have what it takes to save the Mushroom Princess?

You'll have to think fast and move even faster to complete this quest! The Mushroom Princess is being held captive by the evil Koopa tribe of turtles. It's up to you to rescue her from the clutches of the Koopa King before time runs out. But it won't be easy. To get to the Princess, you'll have to climb mountains, cross seas, avoid bottomless pits, fight off turtle soldiers and host of black magic traps that only a Koopa King can devise. It's another non-stop adventure from the SUPER MARIO BROS.!

Tips

  • Power Booster Mushrooms move to the right. Don't let them escape!
  • Stomp on Lakitus from above. It's hard, but it's the only way to stop them.
  • There are Warp Zones in levels 1 - 2 and 4 - 2. Use them to travel to other worlds.
  • Stomp on the front of the shell of the Koopa Troopa hopping down the steps of a pyramid at the end of some worlds. You can collect as many extra lives as you wish by timing your jumps just right as the Koopa Troopa bounces back and forth between Mario and the side of the next step, up to 100.

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