1-up

1-up is a video game object that appears in 49 games

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Increases your life by 1! 7th block next to the 4th warp pipe above the hill next to the pit in 1-1!

Grabbing a "1-up," usually appearing in the form of a green mushroom, will result in an additional life, or "man," in many Nintendo games. These green mushrooms are normally found in a "?" Themed Box scattered around the Mario Universe. In games not related to Mario, "1-ups" are not necessarily in the form of a Green Mushroom. They may take the form of any number of things that all add another life or man to the player.

The "1-up" has its origins in the arcades. Those games were made to be very difficult, and eat up the players' coins. Because of this, the "1-up" was one of the most coveted items that could be found in a video game.

In modern games, however, the relevance of the "1-up" is on the decline. Modern games, since they are played on consoles and do not require coins to continue, do not rely on "1-ups" to lengthen the game time, but simply give every player infinite chances to finish the games.

While the "1-up" is becoming an ever more rare in-game item, they shall never be completely lost, for as long as there is a single "1-up" left, we may rise and fight another day.

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Name	Platforms	Developer
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet	NES	Bandai Co., Ltd.
Mega Man 9 released on Sept. 22, 2008	XBLM, WSHP, PSN	Capcom, Inti Creates Co., Ltd.
Bomberman Land Touch! 2 released on Jan. 29, 2008	DS	Hudson Entertainment, Inc.
Super Mario Galaxy released on Nov. 12, 2007	WII	Nintendo EAD
Super Stardust HD released on June 28, 2007	PSN	Housemarque
Kirby: Squeak Squad released on Dec. 4, 2006	DS	Flagship Co., Ltd.
Bomberman Land Touch! released on Nov. 8, 2006	DS	Hudson Entertainment, Inc.
New Super Mario Bros. released on May 15, 2006	DS	Nintendo
Sonic Rush released on Nov. 15, 2005	DS	Dimps Corporation
Super Mario 64 DS released on Nov. 20, 2004	DS	Nintendo EAD
Astro Boy: Omega Factor released on Aug. 18, 2004	GBA	Treasure, Hitmaker
Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4 released on Oct. 21, 2003	GBA	Nintendo R&D2
Super Mario Sunshine released on Aug. 26, 2002	GC	Nintendo EAD
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 released on Feb. 9, 2002	GBA	Nintendo R&D2
Mega Man X6 released on Dec. 4, 2001	PS1, PC	Capcom
Super Mario Advance released on June 10, 2001	GBA	Nintendo R&D2
Mega Man X5 released on Feb. 1, 2001	PS1, PC	Capcom
Antz	GBC	CLCE
T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger	PS1	DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C.
Mega Man X4 released on July 31, 1997	PS1, SAT, PC	Capcom
Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition released on Feb. 28, 1997	PS1, SAT	Capcom
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! released on Nov. 22, 1996	GBA, SNES, WSHP	Rare, Ltd.
Super Mario 64 released on Sept. 29, 1996	N64, DS, WSHP	Nintendo EAD
Mega Man X3 released on Dec. 1, 1995	SNES, PS1, SAT, PC	Capcom
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest released on Nov. 20, 1995	GBA, SNES, WSHP	Rare, Ltd.
Mega Man 7 released on March 23, 1995	SNES	Capcom
Mega Man X2 released on Dec. 16, 1994	SNES, PS2, GC	Capcom
Donkey Kong Country released on Nov. 25, 1994	GBA, SNES, GBC, WSHP	Rare, Ltd.
Wolfenstein 3D and Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold Companion Edition	PC	id Software
Mega Man X released on Dec. 17, 1993	SNES, PC	Capcom
Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels	SNES, WSHP, FDS	Nintendo
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World	SNES	Nintendo EAD
Super Mario All-Stars released on Aug. 1, 1993	SNES	Nintendo
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins released on Nov. 1, 1992	GB	Nintendo R&D1
Kirby's Dream Land released on Aug. 3, 1992	GB	HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Wolfenstein 3D released on May 5, 1992	GBA, SNES, MAC, 3DO, JAG, A2GS, PC	id Software
Mega Man 4	NES	Capcom
Super Mario World released on Aug. 13, 1991	SNES, WSHP	Nintendo EAD
Smash TV released on Jan. 1, 1991	AMI, GG, GEN, SMS, SNES, CPC, AST, C64, SPEC, X360, NES, ARC, XBLM	Midway Chicago
Super Mario Land released on Sept. 8, 1990	GB	Nintendo R&D1
Super Mario Bros. 3 released on Jan. 23, 1990	GBA, NES, WSHP	Nintendo EAD
Low G Man	NES	KID Corp.
Insector-X	GEN, NES	Taito Corporation, Sage's Creation, Inc.
Mega Man 2 released on July 10, 1989	NES, PS1, WSHP	Capcom
Super Mario Bros. 2 released on Oct. 1, 1988	GBA, NES, WSHP, BS-X	Nintendo EAD
Mega Man released on Dec. 1, 1987	GB, GG, NES, PS1, WSHP, PC	Capcom
Super Mario Bros. released on Jan. 13, 1985	GBA, NES, ARC, WSHP	Nintendo
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt	NES	Nintendo
Who Dares Wins	C64	Alligata Software Ltd.