Super Mario Bros.

The Good
What can you say about this game that has not been already said. But i will review this game anyway because i love this game anyway.

The story is very very simple: You play as a plumber named Mario who is in a kingdom called the mushroom kingdom. In this kingdom he has to rescue princess Peach from the evil koopa king Bowser. That is it for the story. Everyone how it goes and every other mario game has the same story anyway so we can talk about the gameplay.

The gameplay is just perfect. the a button is for jumping. the d-pad is for the direction mario is walking. the b button is only there for running if you hold down or if you have the fireflower, you can shoot fireballs at enemies. The controls are simple and easy to understand. Jumping in this game is the most important thing. If you don't jump, you won't come very far. If you run, holding down the b button, you can jump higher and wider which is also very important if you want to jump over huge gaps. During your play, you are going to come across three power-ups . There is the power mushroom which turns mario in super mario. He can take one more hit than usual. Usually if he gets hit as normal mario, he dies. So it is a good thing this mushroom exists. There is also the fire flower. With this you can shoot fireballs at enemies which makes your progress much easier. Occasionally you come across a star in one of the question blocks. This star makes invincible for a short time. The enemies very simple to beat most of the time. The enemies you encounter are for example goombas, koopa troopas, hammer bros. and a few more. Some enemies are easy to beat but some can be annoying especially the hammer bros., which come in pairs sometimes and throwing hammers at you.

The graphics have aged surely but they hold up pretty well even over 30 years later. I really like the simple design and the level design is pretty good as well. My favourite level is still the very first level because is the perfect introduction for a game to get used to the controls.

The soundtrack is legendary. Koji Kondo, the composer for most of the mario games, composed a soundtrack which i will always remember and does not know the music that plays during this game. The overworld theme is probably the most well known video game theme of all time and the rest of these tracks memorable as well although this tracks are very short but the music does not annoy me in this.

The Bad
There are only small problems i have. The jumping is not responsive as it should be. If you are running and you want to jump, the jumping does not always respond and you can fall to death which is annoying but it is only occasionally. The other thing is that those bowser fights are always the same. in the first worlds spits fire at you and later he is throwing hammers at you. I really wished there would be a little more variety in those fights. But other than that i do not have any problems.

The Bottom Line
This game is a classic, i can stress this enough. If you know anything about video games than you have to play this game. It was released in 1985 on the NES and it was released on many other platforms so if you have time in your life, than play this game. You will probably can beat this game in one or two hours. Ho and play it now.

The Good
Wow, where do I begin. Super Mario Brothers is definitely one of the greatest games of all time and it spawned an ever-growing collection of games. The original is always the best, as we all know, and there's no exception for this game. From World 1-1 to 8-4, you'll have fun all the way. Super Mario Bros. is an excellent game. The gameplay is rocking, the sound is rocking, the graphics are rocking (for it's time of course), everything is rocking! Of course it has its flaws but I'll get to that later. What game doesn't? Anyway, this game is an amazing game in which you play the role of, guess who, Mario! Who would've thought? You have to kill the mushrooms and turtles and collect as many coins as you can, and get to the end, all within the time limit. Face Bowser, Koopa, whatever, in countless battles over and over again. Beat the game and rescue the princess from doom! This game is truly amazing. And it even comes with Duck Hunt! Quack!

The Bad
There are a few things I don't like about this game, small and strange as they may be. I didn't really like the fact that you can't back-track to earlier sections of the course. Sometimes I'll jump to get something and then I can't go back to get it. Oh well. Also, this is just me, but I don't like the fact that it counts the seconds way to fast. I don't know, I guess I'm just weird. That's about it.

The Bottom Line
Super Mario Bros. is the game that started it all, one game to rule them all, one of the greatest games ever, the top dog, the lead man, the best, the head bull, the alpha-male, and all of those other stupid names. It's a great game where you play Mario and have to rescue the princess from sure doom. It's one of the most original games and overall, it's awesome. Three thumbs up and Six stars!

The Good
I found this in my mother's closet while we were cleaning just 11 years ago. I had no idea what this was, but I asked if I could play it and she said yes. I spend an hour playing this, and I didn't want to stop. It was an amazing game, with great graphics, sound, and the music... The MUSIC!!! I loved everything about it, except one thing... But I'll give the game a score of: 89/100.

The Bad
With some YouTubers (like SomeCallMeJohnny)have complained about the controls, I can agree. When you run you bring a lot of momentum, and it takes Mario/Luigi a little while to stop, which can lead to a few deaths.

The Bottom Line
Besides the one complaint about the game, it truly is one of the greatest games ever made. If you're a new comer for video games, play Super Mario Bros. as your first game.