
Boo" mode (a one-player version of the two-player game) and a hidden conversion of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, but only Worlds 1-8. This included a Challenge Mode where you had to get a high score, collect five Red Coins, and find the Yoshi Egg in each stage a two-player race mode badges and other images awarded for achievements a high-score table extra utilities and printables a hidden "You vs. Deluxe note which, as a result, prevented the All-Stars version from getting a GBA remake, though that somehow didn't stop Nintendo from directly porting the original NES version to the GBA instead. There was also a Game Boy Color port called Super Mario Bros. The original game was remade with SNES graphics along with the other NES titles in Super Mario All-Stars. In addition, it introduced Toadstool and Bowser's characters, alongside the Toads, the Mushroom Kingdom, the basic system of powerups - including the iconic Super Mushroom, Fire Flower and Starman - that would become central to later installments' gameplay, and a number of classic enemy types such as Goombas, Koopa Troopas and Paratroopas, Hammer Brothers, Spinies, Lakitus, Cheep-Cheeps and Bloopers. Most notably, it introduced the basic storyline of Mario rescuing Princess Toadstool (later Peach) from Bowser that later games would copy, modify, subvert, deconstruct and reconstruct again and again. This game was highly formative for the later series. Unfortunately for the brothers (and you), Bowser has several body doubles, and there's no way to tell who's the real one, so it's a long road ahead. The humble-but-gallant plumbers, Mario and Luigi, set off on an adventure to save her and restore the Mushroom Kingdom and its people to normal, storming several of Bowser's deadly castles along the way. The Mushroom Kingdom's Princess is the only one who can revert his black magic, but he has kidnapped her in order to prevent this. The general story is that Bowser, the ornery King of the Koopas, has conquered the Mushroom Kingdom and had all of the subjects turned into background textures. note The NA release date has been subject to debate, but most sources cite the official release as 10/18/85, so it's safe to assume that's when it dropped.

Released for the Family Computer on Septemin Japan, and for the Nintendo Entertainment System on Octoin North America. Not just for platformers, either - quite a few genres use conventions established in this game. After appearing in Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., and Wrecking Crew, the Mario Brothers moved on to the game that set loads of standards.


series, but the fourth game overall that stars Mario, and the game that singlehandedly kicked off The 8-bit Era of Console Video Games.
