Author Topic: Did you ever beat Super Mario Bros? (Read 18137 times)

Fwirt · « **on:** June 22, 2007, 09:44:08 PM »

Just curious because (gasp!) I never have. Legitimate counts as without cheat codes/glitches, you can use warp pipes as much as you want.

MaxVance · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2007, 09:46:15 PM »

No. The only version I've beaten of it is SMBDX, and this was probably because I had more time to play that. I only occasionally got to play the original.

Kojinka · « **Reply #2 on:** June 22, 2007, 09:51:14 PM »

I got close to beating it on the DX version, but I got stuck on 8-1.

N64 Chick · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2007, 10:09:07 PM »

I have several years back...when I had a NES...and lived with him...

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #4 on:** June 22, 2007, 11:30:14 PM »

This is pitiful.

BP · « **Reply #5 on:** June 22, 2007, 11:53:27 PM »

Yes, of course. Many times. With lives to spare. In multiple forms (meaning, SMBDX, SMAS, various [various here meaning three or four] forms of emulation, one of which includes the Virtual Console, and stuff.
EDIT: No way should warp zones count. Warping = fail.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #6 on:** June 23, 2007, 01:33:23 AM »

What the flying crap monkeys? How bad are you people at games? You've never beaten SMB. What are you even doing on this forum? Holy cow, that's like one of the easiest NES games out there. I can beat SMB upside down with my eyes closed and no pants on. Come on! Practice, get some skills, something!

MEGAß¥TE · « **Reply #7 on:** June 23, 2007, 01:56:44 AM »

What a disgrace.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #8 on:** June 23, 2007, 07:10:39 AM »

Yeah, I've beaten SMB before. Since I don't actually own SMBDX I haven't tried it. I don't really have much desire to do anything more.

Kojinka · « **Reply #9 on:** June 23, 2007, 09:13:01 AM »

What I am even doing on this forum: I love the Mario games just as much as most of most of you. It just so happens that 2-D platformers are not my strong point. :(

dżamper · « **Reply #10 on:** June 23, 2007, 09:19:31 AM »

I've beaten SMB. But:
a) not on NES, hoho, NES is 7-8 years older than me.
b) with warps or with saving. No normal beating.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #11 on:** June 23, 2007, 10:26:46 AM »

Quote from: Kojinka on June 23, 2007, 09:13:01 AM

What I am even doing on this forum: I love the Mario games just as much as most of most of you. It just so happens that 2-D platformers are not my strong point. :(

I find it rude that someone should question your love of Mario based on your skills in Super Mario Bros. Before anyone says "Oh, I was just kidding" or something along the lines, you could've fooled me, because all of the comments (save Bird Person) sound like you really believe that Kojinka sucks at video games, and/or is an untrue Mario fan.

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #12 on:** June 23, 2007, 12:12:07 PM »

Quote from: Chupperson Weird on June 22, 2007, 11:30:14 PM

This is pitiful.

Mr. Wiggles · « **Reply #13 on:** June 23, 2007, 01:03:48 PM »

I've beaten both the original NES version and the All Stars version.

Fwirt · « **Reply #14 on:** June 23, 2007, 04:46:10 PM »

I've beaten 2 and 3, as well as most other mainstream Mario games that I've played. SMB is the exception. I think the farthest I've ever gotten was 8-2. Does that make me any less of a Mario fan?

Some people need to get a life though.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #15 on:** June 23, 2007, 05:28:00 PM »

My dad has, and I haven't (I think I mentoned this before)... I'm ashamed.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #16 on:** June 23, 2007, 07:49:46 PM »

Don't be. You're still a good Mario fan, even though you haven't completed the game.

Kojinka · « **Reply #17 on:** June 23, 2007, 08:04:44 PM »

I'm not ashamed that I haven't beaten SMB. At least I've played it.

Wiiario · « **Reply #18 on:** June 23, 2007, 08:42:16 PM »

i think i did a few years ago i dont know for sure but i do remember the ending and i have the vc version.

p.s this is my first post in the fungi fourms!

BP · « **Reply #19 on:** June 23, 2007, 09:36:11 PM »

Welcome! May your future ones be blessed by better grammar.
So, I played through VC SMB today. It took 44 minutes. My first death was in 4-2, because I miscalculated and wound up at the Warp Zone and waited for time to deplete so I could avoid using it. The first time I really died was in 7-1. Died three times in 8-3, and twice in 8-4, for a total of 9 deaths. I got plenty of coins to sustain me and only didn't get the reward 1-Up in 6-1. Yes, I have a video but I won't be uploading it anywhere because it's 44 minutes and 20 long, 87.3 MB, and has horrible audio: my birds never shut up throughout the whole thing and I was stupid enough to place the microphone by the rotating fan so it sounds like a continual lightning storm is going on.

N64 Chick · « **Reply #20 on:** June 23, 2007, 10:06:18 PM »

Pet birds, huh? Would that explain your screen name? :P

Deezer · « **Reply #21 on:** June 23, 2007, 11:17:24 PM »

I voted "Yes." Because I did.

BP · « **Reply #22 on:** June 23, 2007, 11:29:20 PM »

Quote from: N64 Chick on June 23, 2007, 10:06:18 PM

Pet birds, huh? Would that explain your screen name? :P

That and a twelve-year-old I once was. I hate this name.

Luigison · « **Reply #23 on:** June 23, 2007, 11:34:07 PM »

SMB NES - Yes.
SMB Allstars SNES - Yes.
SMB Animal Crossing GCN - Yes.
SMB DX - Yes.
SMB NES VC - Yes.

There are a few other versions I haven't played though.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #24 on:** June 23, 2007, 11:53:04 PM »

Quote from: Bird Person on June 23, 2007, 11:29:20 PM

That and a twelve-year-old I once was. I hate this name.

No way, it's a great name! It's unique and has the same form as my name.

Kojinka · « **Reply #25 on:** June 24, 2007, 12:02:36 AM »

And they're evenly matched. Some birds eat lizards and some lizards eat birds!

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #26 on:** June 24, 2007, 01:22:53 AM »

I think I thought up my name around age twelve too. Pretty much randomly with no reasoning. It was on Mplayer and there was even an avatar you could use that was a lizard man. I didn't know this until after I chose the name.

It was pretty weird because I don't especially like lizards or anything. Who knows what was going on in my subconscious back then. I still say dude a lot, though. :)

Metric · « **Reply #27 on:** June 24, 2007, 03:00:21 AM »

I beat SMB. All the time. I beat it at least once a month on my snes, sometimes multiple times in a weekend. I've also beaten the Hard mode. Is that what they call it(where all the Goombas are replaced with Buzzy Beatles)?

Whenever I see Lizard Dude's name, I think of the Iguana with sunglasses spinning the basketball on his hand in the opening slides of NBA JAM.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #28 on:** June 24, 2007, 07:24:28 AM »

Quote from: Bird Person on June 23, 2007, 11:29:20 PM

That and a twelve-year-old I once was. I hate this name.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking "They'll make paper jokes about me" when I picked mine. Then I tried to change it, and my name was even worse! I suck at names; my future wife better name our kids. :P

N64 Chick · « **Reply #29 on:** June 24, 2007, 08:24:38 PM »

As for my name...well...I have always gone by this name since I was first introduced to the internet around 1999. That was back when the N64 was the current system. It just looks really out of date now, but I think of it as a tribute of sorts to the fact that the ol' N64 (and more specifically SM64) was what got me into gaming.

Toad · « **Reply #30 on:** June 24, 2007, 08:32:28 PM »

I have beat the original, though I never did beat it until after Mario All*stars came out (long after, as in 3 to 4 years, I think). I saw other people beat it, though. Does that count?

I have finished it with no warps, then with warps, then in multiple forms (small Mario, big Mario, fire Mario, Luigi..), and in multiple fashions (Nes, Super Nes, GBC, Gamecube, Wii).

.. and to keep up with the topic (or rather, the off topic): my screen name usually derives from what I am, or who my favorite character is (I am known as SuperMarioFan at GameFAQs, and Toad here, the only two forums that I visit).

Fwirt · « **Reply #31 on:** June 25, 2007, 01:15:11 AM »

It's amazing how fast topics can derail, but I'm not complaining.

I love my screen name. I came up with it when I needed a name for playing Warioware because my actual name is longer than 5 characters. So I typed "Fwirt" and I liked it. Plus, most people eventually ask me what it means, to which I reply, "Nothing." Vidgmchtr thinks it sounds like a beverage. :P

Always start your day with a tall glass of refreshing Diet Fwirt!

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #32 on:** June 25, 2007, 02:51:33 AM »

Diet's gross. I prefer Cherry Fwirt.

N64 Chick · « **Reply #33 on:** June 25, 2007, 11:26:26 AM »

Cherry Fwirt, huh? Where does one go to obtain this beverage? *laughs*

Kojinka · « **Reply #34 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:14:03 PM »

I like Fwirt with Grenadine. That's the tasty way of having Cherry Fwirt.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #35 on:** June 25, 2007, 04:13:34 PM »

Quote from: N64 Chick on June 25, 2007, 11:26:26 AM

Cherry Fwirt, huh? Where does one go to obtain this beverage? *laughs*

You have to go somewhere w/o Wi-Fi.....

HolyAarom · « **Reply #36 on:** June 26, 2007, 08:17:51 PM »

I voted before I realized that I had beat the All-Stars version, but I did beat an emulated version on my GBA.

Well, I did get a Game Over, does it still count as legimate?

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #37 on:** June 26, 2007, 09:01:51 PM »

I tried the other day; About late 6s is about as far as I got.

Mr. Melee · « **Reply #38 on:** June 29, 2007, 03:38:16 PM »

I sadly have yet to beat the original Super Mario Bros. I'll keep trying, though. I believe the farthest I've ever gotten was World 7-3, without any warp pipes (which is how I would like to beat the game.) I have, however, beaten New Super Mario Bros.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #39 on:** June 29, 2007, 03:44:45 PM »

I love New Super Mario Bros, don't get me wrong, but the ability to save (along with the fact you can get 5 lives in about 20 seconds each time you enter World 1-1) made it too easy.

I tried beating Super Mario Brothers a while back and lost on world 8-2, though I do remember beating it before.

MaxVance · « **Reply #40 on:** June 29, 2007, 05:03:53 PM »

Being able to save made it easy? You think you should have been forced to play it all the way through in one sitting? Remember that it is a DS game.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #41 on:** June 29, 2007, 05:27:46 PM »

If you keep doing World 1-1 over again, it is very easy to go through the game in one setting. That is, if you don't get tired.

MaxVance · « **Reply #42 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:30:31 PM »

I'd get tired of doing 1-1 over again. Besides, that wouldn't be enough time to actually complete the game (open all routes and spend all Star Coins).

BP · « **Reply #43 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:40:21 PM »

Hang on... how does going through 1-1 over and over make the game any easier? Lives? When Deezer sees that, he'll be loooloololllllloloolollllooooloolllollolllllololoooolooooing all over the place!!
Lives have no meaning anymore... You get a 1-Up and then what, throw it in the pile with the other 36...

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #44 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:43:57 PM »

Okay, here's the trick so that you guys don't laugh anymore.

Go through the stage and hit the block with the Mega Mushroom. Let it run all the way to the edge, and right when it's about to fall, grab it and crash through the corse. You will get 5 lives if you move fast enough. Trust me, this is how I've gotten 99 lives easy.

EDIT: Whoops. Never mind, I guess you guys weren't laughing at the trick, rather you were laughing at the fact that it is easy to win lives in the game normally. :P

Well, there's the trick for those who wanna use it anyway.

BP · « **Reply #45 on:** June 29, 2007, 07:45:58 PM »

But it's not like you'll get a game over without more lives than you'd get just by playing through the levels. NSMB was insultingly easy. Well, just playing through to beat Bowser was, anyway.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #46 on:** June 29, 2007, 08:32:56 PM »

Easy ... yet fun.

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #47 on:** June 29, 2007, 08:37:33 PM »

I hate it when people criticize games because they weren't challenging enough. I HATE games that are impossible to beat (no, I'm not talking about games with infinite levels that crash after level 256). If I can't actually finish it because it's near impossible to finish, I don't feel I should've started it in the first place.

MEGAß¥TE · « **Reply #48 on:** June 29, 2007, 08:58:34 PM »

NSMB was on par with the originals except for the ridiculous amount of extra lives. That is, the challenge of the level design was comparable... we've (well, most of us) just improved over time.

Red Paratroopa · « **Reply #49 on:** June 29, 2007, 09:14:38 PM »

One of these days, I plan on beating the game. I get into a habit of playing a game up until close to the end, and then stopping. Not because it's hard, but because I never want them to end, I guess.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #50 on:** June 30, 2007, 02:03:11 AM »

Quote from: Vidgmchtr on June 29, 2007, 08:37:33 PM

I HATE games that are impossible to beat (no, I'm not talking about games with infinite levels that crash after level 256). If I can't actually finish it because it's near impossible to finish, I don't feel I should've started it in the first place.

Question: How do you tell if

A) The game is "near impossible to finish"

or

B) I am just bad

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #51 on:** June 30, 2007, 06:58:04 AM »

Quote from: Vidgmchtr on June 29, 2007, 08:37:33 PM

I hate it when people criticize games because they weren't challenging enough. I HATE games that are impossible to beat (no, I'm not talking about games with infinite levels that crash after level 256). If I can't actually finish it because it's near impossible to finish, I don't feel I should've started it in the first place.

A few Megaman X games are like that. Whenever I start one up, I usually just quit midplay due to the difficulty. Some of those games are pretty difficult.

MEGAß¥TE · « **Reply #52 on:** June 30, 2007, 07:51:37 AM »

What.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #53 on:** June 30, 2007, 08:02:34 AM »

...I guess they aren't difficult for some.

Battletoads is pretty tough I suppose.

Kimimaru · « **Reply #54 on:** June 30, 2007, 03:00:34 PM »

I can beat this game in about 20 minutes. For the Megaman X games, they're easy to me. I'm a video game pro :)

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #55 on:** June 30, 2007, 03:11:26 PM »

Uh....good....for you.

I'm pretty good at the classic Megaman games (though I'm sure there's someone here that will tell me that isn't very impressive). Pretty much everything I do now isn't too impressive, though I'm proud of 'em anyway.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #56 on:** July 01, 2007, 12:47:32 AM »

I can beat NES Mega Mans no sweat. Mega Man X games are a little harder and probably take more time for me to beat.
P.S. Vid is a wimp and a n00b for giving up.

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #57 on:** July 01, 2007, 01:00:36 AM »

Did I ever say I gave up?

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #58 on:** July 01, 2007, 07:55:06 AM »

Ouch! I feel like a whimp of a gamer now. :P

I need to try out something harder...then get really good at it and brag about it. Yeah. >:3

Uvaz · « **Reply #59 on:** July 01, 2007, 12:41:13 PM »

You know, the Koopa in the Stairs Trick is also possible in New Super Mario Bros. The best way to do it is in the end of 2-2, (I think thats the number, but in case I am wrong, it is the desert stage with an underground lake). It is quicker than visiting 1-1 again and again.
Too bad I can play SMB because my Wii died in a thunderstorm...

SushieBoy · « **Reply #60 on:** July 01, 2007, 12:52:50 PM »

2-4, but who needs the 1-up trick when you have tons of Toad Houses handing out extra Mario's? If you hold L and R while visiting a house the entire way, you'll still have it and it won't disappear!

EDIT: But I think you have to beat the game before that...

Uvaz · « **Reply #61 on:** July 01, 2007, 02:07:52 PM »

When you beat the game 100% the houses stay there without the need of the trick. And think it is still faster to get to the end of the level and do the stair trick, since you can easily go from 1 life to 99 in just one visit.

MaxVance · « **Reply #62 on:** July 01, 2007, 02:13:10 PM »

I never used those houses.

Pt_Peach · « **Reply #63 on:** July 01, 2007, 02:49:18 PM »

I've never beaten Super Mario Bros. I've never beaten any platform game, actually, for the record. I'm just very bad at platformers. I'm much better at RPG's and whatever type of game Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker is.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #64 on:** July 01, 2007, 03:05:23 PM »

Easy. Those games are known as easy games. That's their genre.

Kojinka · « **Reply #65 on:** July 01, 2007, 03:22:35 PM »

Adventure, Pt. The Zelda games are best classified in the Adventure genre. Although it has been argued to be RPG. The only Mario platformers I've beaten are SM64, SMSu, (never got all 120 stars or shine sprites, though) and the story part on SPM. All of those games had Adventure or RPG elements in the mix.

Pt_Peach · « **Reply #66 on:** July 01, 2007, 04:30:11 PM »

Thank you Kojinka. Yes, I'm good at the Paper Mario games (RPG's) but not SMB. I've tried and I was planning to try again after I hook the NES game up. It's just sitting there in it's box...I think I'll try it today.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #67 on:** July 01, 2007, 04:31:35 PM »

Zeldas are, I guess, properly called Action-Adventures, but they're really their own type of game, which Metroid and modern Castlevanias then followed and joined that genre.

Do not call them merely Adventures, because that is wholly a seperate type of game. Adventures are games like Zork, Sam & Max, and Myst.

Toad · « **Reply #68 on:** July 01, 2007, 05:43:51 PM »

Quote from: Kojinka on July 01, 2007, 03:22:35 PM

SM64, SMSu, (never got all 120 stars or shine sprites, though)

I got them all in SM64. There are just too many blue Coins in SMSu for me to erase a file and start over again (they could have taken out one Shine per level and had enough for another entire level! or something like that..)

SUPERTOAD! · « **Reply #69 on:** July 09, 2007, 08:56:05 AM »

WarpRattler · « **Reply #70 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:13:52 AM »

On SMBDX, I beat all the way through 8*4 without warp zones. I also beat the game on SMAS. Since I now have a working NES, I'll probably beat the original soon...

Vil51J · « **Reply #71 on:** July 09, 2007, 07:37:51 PM »

I actually didn't beat the original version of Super Mario Bros. until I downloaded the Virtual Console version. I don't know a real solid way to beat Bowser's hammers besides waiting for a pause in throwing or taking luck for a ride.

booo95 · « **Reply #72 on:** July 09, 2007, 08:18:49 PM »

I've beaten it 3 times, once all the way through, once with warps and once with warps on the extra quest. I did use the infinite lives cheat on 3-1 though.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #73 on:** July 10, 2007, 12:56:53 AM »

The key is that you're supposed to go under Bowser, not jump over him. The hammers are really a non-issue, then.

bobman37 · « **Reply #74 on:** July 10, 2007, 10:03:30 AM »

I have never beaten SMB, but only because my NES broke around age seven, and I wasn't enough of a gamer to beat it before then. I have not played anything as much as 1-1 all the way through since I was seven.

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Author Topic: Did you ever beat Super Mario Bros? (Read 18137 times)