Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

25 Years of Super Mario Bros.

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-let-him-get-into-the-birthday-beer dept.

harrymcc writes "On September 13th 1985, Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. for the Famicom (NES) in Japan. It went on to become the best-selling video game of all time, a title it only recently lost. Over at Technologizer, Benj Edwards is celebrating the anniversary with a look at some of the weirdest variations, spinoffs, and tributes the game has inspired over the years, from edibles to art projects." The Guardian's games blog adds a bunch of Mario-related trivia, and CVG attempts to explain the history of Mario games. Nintendo is capitalizing on the anniversary by announcing an upcoming collection of classic Mario games (Japanese site, English explanation) that have been ported to the Wii.

8 of 190 comments (clear)

  1. Nowhere near that long by Itninja · · Score: 2, Funny

    I warped to World 8 and for me it's only been like 5 years.

    --
    I judt got a nre Kinesis keybiartf so please excusr ant egregiou typos.
  2. Re:Twenty-five years? by irwtdvoys · · Score: 2, Funny

    The trouble with warp whistles...

  3. Re:Heads up on that Mario collection by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 4, Funny

    The All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. has inaccurate physics when jumping and breaking a brick

    I think that *all* Mario games have inaccurate physics when jumping and breaking a brick. If they used accurate physics, Mario would fall to the ground unconscious immediately after whacking his head.

  4. Re:Who's #1 then by Patch86 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Twin-pak with Duck Hunt, ftw!

    Ah, childhood.

  5. Re:The Best-Selling Video Game of All Time... by SnarfQuest · · Score: 1, Funny

    If you count Solitaire as a game, then the last 20 years of my, as well as many others, working lives will be counted as nonproductive! You cannot do that to us minions!

    --
    Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
  6. Re:Heads up on that Mario collection by QuantumBeep · · Score: 3, Funny

    I want you to go back and read what you just said.

  7. ROM Mods by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think one of the best tributes to the Mario brand was the geeks of the world figuring out how to emulate an NES, download their games to a ROM format and then modify the sprites to whatever images they wanted.
    Because of them, locked away on one of my old hard drives are classic variations of Super Mario Bros: Toilet Mario, Wheelchair Mario and my favorite: Rabid Dog Mario.

    I noticed none of those made the list. Pity.

  8. Re:And yet... by tehcyder · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you take things back far enough, all games are just variations on throwing a rock at a tree.

    --
    To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it