User Manual

Summary

Mario goes on an adventure to save the Mushroom Princess by jumping on platforms and bopping enemies on the head. There are eight worlds to work your way through. I mean, come on, it birthed an icon, genre, and helped revive an industry.

Acquisition

I own the Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt cartridge. I didn't know how to combine the two into one note, so here we are. That dual cart is one that just seems to materialize in people's collection though. I have no recollection of when or how I got it, but I have it nonetheless.

Memories

Super Mario Bros. feels like a constant. I remember it in an exhibit at the Indianapolis Children's Museum, in classrooms, at restaurants, etc. It feels like a game everyone has touched in some fashion.

I remember playing the Game Boy Color port, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, at my pal David's house across the street as a kind.

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My dad on June 18, 1999 with his NES. I found these photos at some point and immediately hung them up. A wonderful reminder that the apple does not fall far from the tree.

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Versions

• Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
• Virtual Console, Wii

Miscellaneous

• The Nintendo USA NES Launch Collection from the Video Game History Foundation
  • NES 1985 Launch Party Invitation, which is my source for the release date.
• Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary Special Interview ft. Shigeru Miyamoto & Takashi Tezuka from Nintendo