Comments on: Super Mario condensed to one screen/level

By: historydenier

historydenier — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:18:00 +0000

Not a nit-pick, just some trivia.

In Japan’s version of Super Mario Bros 2 (Lost Levels in the US), which is graphically nearly identical to the original, you could overshoot the flag pole with Luigi fairly easily. Sometimes it would be nothing, sometimes it would be a secret, and sometimes it would shoot you back 2 levels to 4-1… grrrrrrrr.

By: Rob Speer

Rob Speer — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:44:00 +0000

2052: Students are annoyed that their boring classics teacher makes them play old games like Super Mario Brothers, so they play the Cliff’s Notes instead.

Of course, they run the risk of failing a pop speedrun.

By: dagfooyo

dagfooyo — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:07:00 +0000

Yeah I was super disappointed in this game until I noticed it was done as an entry for a 48-hour game challenge. Reasonably decent for 48 hours.
Still it serves to show what a great game the original SMB was by comparison.

By: retchdog

retchdog — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:16:00 +0000

the jumping is weird and i just broke the game on 2-1 by grabbing the flagpole on the wrong side (since here you can overjump and miss the flagpole, as opposed to the original). argh! i did it again on 2-2.

second edit: impressive for being done in 48 hours, but it’s like it’s missing everything that was actually fun in SMB while including many of the things that are annoying.

By: miasm

miasm — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:01:00 +0000

addictive. I’ve become enamored with platformers recently.
Super Meat Boy is fun and then there’s IWBTG. (I wanna be the guy).
Started playing it last week.
I’m on the second screen.

By: Seto

Seto — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:30:00 +0000

I never realized just HOW annoying a Mario look-alike can be without some of the core mechanics I’m used to (e.g. flowers don’t spawn when you are on top of them, etc).