History Time - Super Mario Bros
It was one of the first video games that I ever played. In my generation, one that we can truthfully call the "Nintendo Generation", this was the big thing in the living rooms.
There were a few machines made for video games before the Nintendo 8-bit came along but I never saw any of those.
It was the Nintendo that ruined me for life. All those hours playing Super Mario. The blip-blop music, the square graphics and the controller with 4 buttons plus directional buttons. When the new consols came. I was bound to buy them just to be able to see how the new graphics were.
Compared to todays games, this might be close to the graphics of Minecraft. Although here it is just 2D and in Minecraft there is an entire world that you can change in 3D.
It was the most amazing experience back then. And that controller with just a button for running fast, one for jumping and that cross to move your character (and Pause and Select). It did not matter at all, because I learned how to time the jumps and stuff perfectly that it felt like I had the same control that I have with these new controllers with like 13 buttons, a directional cross and two sticks.
The amount of games that features Mario and Luigi over the years are plenty. It all started with these games and the big influence it had over us, the "Nintendo Generation". As we grew up, Mario followed us. The games became more challenging as they moved to the new generation of consols. But we, the biggest fans were growing up and needed a bigger challenge as well.
Come to think about it. That really is the case with a lot of stuff that was really child friendly back in the days.
Take Batman for example. Or in the gaming world, Tomb Raider. The people making these games/movies know that the kids nowadays won't bother about these characters. What they do know, is that the people growing up with them will most likely keep purchasing products.
So now Batman is some great action movies and the games are hard and with the age recommendations of 18+.
Enough of being side tracked. Super Mario was full with hidden stuff that always made you popular among your friends if you knew some cool ones.
Not sure about all glitches in this particular video though. But there was a lot of invisible boxes with extra lives, mushrooms that makes you grow and stuff like that.
Luckily for me there are emulators that allows me to visit the world of Super Mario NES once again. And actually controllers that is USB and is an exact copy of the old classic ones.
Compared to todays games, this might be close to the graphics of Minecraft. Although here it is just 2D and in Minecraft there is an entire world that you can change in 3D.
It was the most amazing experience back then. And that controller with just a button for running fast, one for jumping and that cross to move your character (and Pause and Select). It did not matter at all, because I learned how to time the jumps and stuff perfectly that it felt like I had the same control that I have with these new controllers with like 13 buttons, a directional cross and two sticks.
The amount of games that features Mario and Luigi over the years are plenty. It all started with these games and the big influence it had over us, the "Nintendo Generation". As we grew up, Mario followed us. The games became more challenging as they moved to the new generation of consols. But we, the biggest fans were growing up and needed a bigger challenge as well.
Come to think about it. That really is the case with a lot of stuff that was really child friendly back in the days.
Take Batman for example. Or in the gaming world, Tomb Raider. The people making these games/movies know that the kids nowadays won't bother about these characters. What they do know, is that the people growing up with them will most likely keep purchasing products.
So now Batman is some great action movies and the games are hard and with the age recommendations of 18+.
Enough of being side tracked. Super Mario was full with hidden stuff that always made you popular among your friends if you knew some cool ones.
Not sure about all glitches in this particular video though. But there was a lot of invisible boxes with extra lives, mushrooms that makes you grow and stuff like that.
Luckily for me there are emulators that allows me to visit the world of Super Mario NES once again. And actually controllers that is USB and is an exact copy of the old classic ones.
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