| -> | | | | to rescue Princess Mushroom in the eighth level. |
| Super Mario Bros, designed and published 1985 by | | | | Super Mario Bros is universally hailed as the |
| Nintendo for its Nintendo Entertainment System. | | | | largest selling video game to have ever been |
| The videogame featured gameplay that forever | | | | developed till date. It was in fact instrumental in |
| changed the way video games were designed. | | | | making Nintendo Entertainment System such a |
| Super Mario Bros was truly a path breaking | | | | huge success and also ended the slump in sales of |
| creation and was the first in its genre to feature | | | | video games in the United States. |
| different smooth scrolling levels, something which | | | | Super Mario Bros, being one of Nintendo's best |
| had never been done by other game developers. | | | | selling titles has been remade and re-released |
| For the first time in video game, the story was | | | | several times. One of its alternate versions, Vs. |
| given more importance and the gameplay was | | | | Super Mario Bros is an entirely different game in |
| woven around it. Mario was loosely based on | | | | its own right. Though the early stages appear |
| Popeye-Olive-Bluto love triangle. Bluto became a | | | | similar, the later stages are completely different. |
| giant Gorilla and then Popeye became Mario, | | | | These changes make the Vs. Super Mario Bros, |
| climbing stairs and leaping over barrels to rescue | | | | much more difficult than the original game. |
| his "lady". | | | | In 1999, the game was re-released on the Game |
| In its first edition, Mario the Italian plumber, must | | | | Boy Color, with the name Super Mario Bros. |
| fight his arch enemy the the evil Bowser, who is | | | | Deluxe. It featured a challenge mode and a |
| the king of the Koopas and save the love of life | | | | multiplayer mode, but the visuals remained largely |
| Princess Toadstool. Luigi, Mario's fearless brother | | | | unchanged. However, the player could see what |
| aids him in his quest in the two player mode. Mario | | | | was going on above and below him by pressing |
| and/or Luigi have to beat Bowser's minions and | | | | the up and down key. Players could also |
| take control of the eight worlds (or levels) which | | | | simultaneously play as Mario and Luigi selecting the |
| comprise the Mushroom kingdom. If Mario is able | | | | map screen. |
| to go through all the seven levels, he will be able | | | | |