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    Super Mario Bros.

    Game » consists of 19 releases. Released Sep 13, 1985

    Focusing on a humble plumber and his brother setting out to rescue a Princess who has been kidnapped by a vile lizard king, Super Mario Bros. is a platformer created by Shigeru Miyamoto, published by Nintendo, and is one of the best-selling video games of all time.

    guip1408's Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo Entertainment System) review

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    The game that started the biggest success in gaming

    Super Mario Bros upgraded the gameplay of the original Mario Bros to a level nobody could imagine at the time. The game started having some diverse and clever level design each time you progressed throughout the game. The tight controls for it's time was very impressive, as well as having so many secrets hidden in the levels, starting the warps that became very famous in the franchise, and giving the first mainstream look at people trying hard to speedrun the game with that component of the game.

    A game that is a mark on the history of video games, everyone who wants to be a part of that full process and understand what was all about, needs to go back and finish it.

    Other reviews for Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo Entertainment System)

      Super Mario Bros. may be over-praised... perhaps, but certainly not OVER-RATED. 0

      Super Mario Bros. for the original Nintendo is a classic for sure and it indeed deserves every last bit of respect it gets. This was the game that firmly put Nintendo on the map and no one can truly deny this. It was indeed an incredible plat-former at that particular time, but I personally think there were probably one or two I liked better with Wonder Boy and Pitfall (arcade version) coming to mind. However, as much as I still love and respect the hell out of this game and what it did for gami...

      2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

      The Beginning of Modern Era Video Games 0

      I mean yeah sure, before that you had Atari and that was fun and you had Nintendo arcade games, but even they, with their huge cabinets and bigger space could not compare to the ultimate Nintendo Entertainment System seller and killer-app, Super Mario Bros. Europe was addicted to computer games and the Famicom in Japan was a huge seller, unlike anything seen before, but in the US the story was different. The kids continued to enjoy video games but investors and toy stores had seen video games as...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

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