Super Mario Brothers

The greatest game of all time: Super Mario Brothers by Nintendo, released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and rereleased for the Super Nintendo (SNES) in 1993 as part of "Super Mario All Stars".

First download this game courtesy Chrissy!

SUPER MARIO BROTHERS

This is a zip file, which you can open using a unzip program, or if you have Win XP just double click and it will open. The folder will contain the game, music files, pictures, videos, and a text file. Click the game to start playing...there's nothing to install, no need to restart your computer. So simple!

Now read a review of this game:

Super Mario Brothers for the Nintendo Entertainment System is the game that kick-started the video game industry after a market crash, and spawned one of the longest running, most successful video game franchises to date.

With simplistic, entertaining levels and flat-out fun, there was no reason not to love Super Mario Brothers.

the purpose of this game is to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser's clutches, and you have to travel through many levels and castles to get that far. In typical 2D, side-scrolling platformer style, Mario hops along, avoiding a series of obstacles ranging from flying fish, to massive bullets to brown-ish blobs with eyes and a mouth. What may now sound out-dated is actually magnificently executed. All of the levels look great, and are even touched up with a nice pallet of colour. The well-designed backgrounds portray the simple themes of Super Mario Bros.

To help Mario defeat these enemies, he can also get powerups. For starters, in each "world" (out of eight in total) there are four levels, the final one being a castle which potentially holds your damsel in distress. These other three levels are either simple landscapes with trees and grass, or perhaps an underwater reef. There are also some valleys and hills, which loop up and down, and even some underground tunnels. Not only is this so, but each sports their own bad guys. You'll find menacing squids underwater, and a variety of weird monsters, turtles and blobs in the other locales. If Mario touches one of these enemies on the side (if he jumps on their head he kills them, or at least deals damage) he instantly dies. Thank goodness for the mushroom! Whenever Mario encounters a Mushroom he will double in size. This means that he can break more things when he hops around, but if he unfortunately comes into contact with an enemy he'll shrink back down to size, saving himself from losing a life. Once you're in this pumped-up state you can then find fire flowers. These allow Mario to fire small fireballs at enemies, which is something that becomes incredibly handy, especially when underwater.

To complete each level, you simple have to finish it in the alloted time, and jump into a flag (depending on how high you jump, you'll get a different score bonus). Playing this way is simple, as you can just avoid all enemies and make your way to the finish line in a rush.