The NES-era Mario platformers are still much-loved to this day, and are still tested and experimented upon by eager gamers looking for glitches and tricks. Given the limitations of the 8-bit hardware these are bountiful and are still being found; they can be rather entertaining for those of us without the skills to find them ourselves.
Earlier this year YouTube channel Games Haya discovered a new infinite lives trick in Super Mario Bros., which is impressive considering the fact that so many people have been experimenting with the title for around 30 years. Now, that same gamer has discovered a load of tricks in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels — Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan — and shared them. Below is a particularly clever — and short — example.
It's fascinating to see these discoveries to this day, whether the original programmers appreciate it or not. We recommend checking out the full channel, but below is another longer example that's rather clever.
What will be discovered next?
[source destructoid.com]
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LOL awesome!
Who doesnt love the classics ^_^ Also neat glitch, maybe i try it :3
For 30 years, SMB fans have been finding ways to travel in different worlds/dimensions in search for eternal/infinite life. Perhaps this is the Quality of Life platform is all about?
Edit:
I think I just need a Nintendo Direct. It's been a long time since we had one. Also Talking Point articles @NintendoLife.
So cool! I love this sort of thing, seeing Super Mario titles bent to the will of the player. Awesome!
Time for me to practice those tricks and master them all.
will people ever stop playing this game like maniacs???
@FritzFrapp
Actually, entering the wall of bricks like that is pretty difficult to pull off without tool assistance. It requires pixel-perfect positioning, speed and angle, and there's also a very, very small window of opportunity to press the jump button before the wall ejects you. Heck, it's hard even WITH tool assistance.
@6ch6ris6
It's not an obsession anymore. It's madness!
Impresionante.
Those tricks are really clever. I wonder how he figured out the second one in world 1-3. I mean, HOW would someone think about doing that? And it doesn't even look like it was an honest mistake. My respect to this guy.
how many 1 up tricks are there anyway!?
@FritzFrapp
SMB is readily available on the 3DS, Wii and Wii U's Virtual Console.
That said, getting inside the wall as seen in the video is nearly impossible without liberal use of slowdown and rewind features.
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