Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Super Mario Bros Record Broken

Posted by simoniker on from the oompah-loompah-koopa dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A nimble-fingered gamer has shaved three seconds off the long-standing world record for completing Super Mario Bros. for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Classic arcade site Twin Galaxies reports that Scott Kessler of North Carolina executed a "near-perfect finish" when he took the record down to five minutes and 17 seconds. Twin Galaxies referee Robert Mruczek watched the entire game on videotape before declaring the feat a new world record."

12 of 117 comments (clear)

  1. Someone has way too much free time by rjshirts · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish I had the type of job where I could just try to beat records on old games, as it is, I haven't played a game in ages. Some people just have all the luck. Where's mine? :-)

    1. Re:Someone has way too much free time by breon.halling · · Score: 4, Funny

      What? You can't spare 5 minutes and 17 seconds? =)

      --
      "Yeah, well, Dracula called and he's coming over tonight for you and I said okay."
  2. Her? by sahrss · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Bowser" lobs up a whole slew of axes, each of which is deadly to Mario if she should make contact with any of them.(emphasis mine)

    That adds new perspective to Mario's reasons for rescuing the princess, doesn't it? ;)

    1. Re:Her? by kurosawdust · · Score: 5, Funny

      People do strange things when they eat mushrooms.

  3. Record broken again by mugnyte · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seems like another record is broken with this site being /.'d within seconds.

    But hold on...they're reviewing the tapes...

    Well, reading the headline was fun.

  4. Re:Speeding up the video by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 5, Funny
    I've got a feeling that they compared the speed of the timer in the video side-by-side with a copy of the game running in an NES. Any difference in the timer speed would have been noticeable.

    After all...this is the world Super Mario Brothers record. They can't screw up something as important as this. :)

    --
    Goo goo g'joob.
  5. Re:insane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dont think 5 min. 17 sec. is all that long.

  6. Re:5 minutes?!?! by Mr.+Piddle · · Score: 5, Funny


    His half-human half-wario empathic abilities give him awareness of a hidden third dimension in SMB. He is able to step outside of the 2D world we all see and nearly-instantaneously jump to the princess' chamber.

    Really, it is so simple that you should have thought a bit before posting.

    --
    Vote in November. You won't regret it.
  7. He watched the ENTIRE GAME?! by Tom7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Twin Galaxies referee Robert Mruczek watched the entire game on videotape before declaring the feat a new world record."

    Oh my god, a huge video game nerd actually sat through five minutes of video tape before declaring a world record?!? Call the police!

  8. Re:How about one that doesn't require an illegal R by fredrikj · · Score: 3, Funny

    They don't require an illegal ROM - a legal ROM will do just fine.

  9. hmm by ninjamonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    If this record stands, maybe it will be called the Kessler Run. Anyone have a link to the video?

  10. Re:Speeding up the video by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 4, Funny
    Is there a world record for beating Zork in record time?

    0:00 open mailbox
    0:01 east
    0:02 south
    0:03 "Slightly ajar? What the heck does that mean? When is a window not quite a window? When it's slightly a jar. Shit - focus, focus!"
    0:10 open window
    0:11 west
    0:12 look under rug
    0:13 open trapdoor
    0:14 down shit!
    0:15 up
    0:16 get lamp
    0:17 down
    ....
    ....
    ....
    ....
    58:40 You are eaten by a grue.
    58:41 Damn it! OK, ok, concentrate!
    00:00 Open mailbox