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The Evolution of Mario

Posted by Zonk on from the mama-mia! dept.

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "NFG Games offers an interesting look at the visual evolution of Nintendo's Mario from his humble beginnings as a monkey-chasing carpenter to his more recent incarnations as a Koopa-stomping plumber. The retrospective doesn't stray into 3D Mario territory, but it does include every 2D version of Mario released between 1981 and 2004 -- including early consoles like the Atari 2600 and Colecovision."

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  1. Ahh yes, the Virtual Boy. by SDMX · · Score: 3, Funny

    Interesting. I'm not familiar with the existance of these titles, but I'm getting a searing headache at their mention. How odd is that?

  2. In case oSlashdotting,Here's the article in ASCII! by cerebralsugar · · Score: 2, Funny



    Original MARIO:

    0
    -{}- /\

    Pre rendered, pixellated mario ... ...
    . .....
    . .
    . .

    MARIO ON JENNY CRAIG:

    0 ---- I'm so weak and hungry!
    -|- /\

    Atari 2600 Mario: :-0

    --
    Easy guys, I put my pants on one leg at a time. The difference is after I put on my pants I make gold records!
  3. Re:Mario Clash by Decaffeinated+Jedi · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about Mario as the ref in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out? Or is that deuterocanonical? ;)

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    DecafJedi
    my weblog: apropos of something