I decided to break out Mario Bros. for the Nintendo last week. How does the saying go? "Just like riding a bike"? I thought I would time myself to see how quick I could save the Princess. My first shot took me 26 minutes. The next time I tried, I mustered it down to a sweet 00:15:30. Not too shabby.
Authors Note: This was all down without "life support" (Game Genie).
Bonus Note: I couldn't bring back the magic however of the 1-Up trick on level 3-1 where at the end of the level you can bounce on the turtles and after a few consecutive jumps start earning free lives. Back in the day I was decent at it.
UPDATE: Conquered in 00:10:07. Man, now I have to see if I can make it under 10 minutes. Hmmm...
UPDATE #2: While trying to break the 10 minute mark, I ended up doing it under 9 minutes. That has to be worthy of the Hall of Fame. 00:08:59.37 to be exact. I'm a loser.
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A friend at work was telling me about how over Thanksgiving he was playing the Mario games on the Super Nintendo with some much younger relatives. They thought they were pretty good, then they saw him play. They were in awe of his abilities and all the tricks he knew, which I'm pretty sure is actually in the DNA of young men of a certain age.
Just played New Super Mario Bros Wii. Also a great nostalgia trip while still being very fresh.
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