Released Dates: Arcade: June 1,1983 Nintendo Entertainment System: June 1986 Snes: Mid 90s Atari 2600: 1983 Atari 5200: 1983 or 84 Atari 7800: 1983 , 84, or 85 Other Consoles That were ported: mid 1980s to Present
I have a copy of a computer magazine issue from 1983 that has a review of this game. The final sentence says, "It's hard to imagine any more spinoffs from these characters."
I guess the in universe reason why they aren't plumbers anymore is so they can keep a better eye on Toadstoop (it also helps that they are now in a country where money is floating everywhere so they don't need to go back to taking any job they can)
How the hell did it only take Miyamoto two years to completely transform the concept of Mario from a simple plumber to a mushroom-addict-goomba-stomper that can throw fireballs after touching a flower?
I'm amazed most people didn't know that this game actually takes place in the sewers in New York, which Brooklyn takes place as well. They thought the Super Mario Bros. Super Show made that up. I'm amazed "Mario fans" actually believe that Jumpman is Mario's father, when really, Mario and Jumpman are clearly the same person.
Peter Ransford True. At least you don't take that theory as if it's a fact :) Trust me, there's lot of people who actually believe that "theory" as if Nintendo confirmed it. When actually, we both know that's not true :)
After rescuing the damsel in distress, Pauline, from Donkey Kong, Mario leaves his carpentry job and starts a plumbing business with his brother Luigi. The Mario Bros. were soon called in from witnesses to investigate the sewers of New York after strange creatures have been appearing down there. Little did they knew, they were in for huge surprise that would change their lives forever.
I’ve also always viewed Super Mario Bros as a sequel to this game. In my imagination, Mario and Luigi are middle-aged Italian-Americans from Brooklyn (a detail that was and always has been explicitly confirmed canon about this game, not just an invention of the dic cartoons or the 1993 film). I imagine them as being jack-of-all-trades workmen who have been earning their living for the last 15 years or more of their lives doing different ventures or odd jobs at different periods (hence Mario’s time doing carpentry) and have gone into plumbing before the events of this game. They discover the koopas in the sewers in this game, and then warp through the pipes into the world of the mushroom kingdom offscreen in between this game and SMB. I’m honestly annoyed that they’ve retconned it into Mario and Luigi being from the “mushroom world” all along and never having been from Earth (as well as somehow being in their 20’s instead of being middle-aged). You could compare it to Miyamoto’s retcon about the koopalings “not being bowser’s kids.” The thing is, I honestly theorize that Miyamoto was just trolling about the Koopalings (like how he answered “me” when asked whom bowser jr’s mother was in a later interview). On the other hand, the retconning of the Mario bros’ origins seems to be a genuinely concerted effort, dating back arguably to Super Mario World in 1990.
This was the first Mario I played in the arcade back in I think '83. As I was watching this I was trying to remember the correct gameplay from back then - I vaguely remember you had to time your run up one side and trap all the turtles on the middle platform and when they went to put back on their shells you had to hit the POW or something like that and then clear them all off and up to the top to clear the level and get max points Does anyone remember? Then Super Mario Bros came out and after a while I could clear it all on one man with max points and again the gameplay now is a distant memory, I do remember there was some timng thing to get max point on the flagpole at the end of each level. Wow...that was a long time ago.
So fun to see how the mario ideas that would eventually form would come from a grounded concept of plumbers, sewers, pipes and turtles before the acid trip.
I’m honestly annoyed that they’ve retconned it into Mario and Luigi being from the “mushroom world” all along and never having been from Earth (as well as somehow being in their 20’s instead of being middle-aged). You could compare it to Miyamoto’s retcon about the koopalings “not being bowser’s kids.” The thing is, I honestly theorize that Miyamoto was just trolling about the Koopalings (like how he answered “me” when asked whom bowser jr’s mother was in a later interview). On the other hand, the retconning of the Mario bros’ origins seems to be a genuinely concerted effort, dating back arguably to Super Mario World in 1990. I’ve always viewed Super Mario Bros as a sequel to this game. In my imagination, Mario and Luigi are middle-aged Italian-Americans from Brooklyn (a detail that was and always has been explicitly confirmed canon about this game, not just an invention of the dic cartoons or the 1993 film). I imagine them as being jack-of-all-trades workmen who have been earning their living for the last 15 years of their lives doing different ventures or odd jobs at different periods (hence Mario’s time doing carpentry) and have gone into plumbing before the events of this game. They discover the koopas in the sewers in this game, and then warp through the pipes into the world of the mushroom kingdom offscreen in between this game and SMB.
This game was my first introduction to Mario. Its an obscure game that not many people remember. I had this game on a floppy disk for my Commodore 64 but it was also available on the Atari 2600 believe it or not. The Commodore was such a great computer back in the 80s. Then came DK which at the time I believe Mario appearing in that game was just a crossover. When Super Mario Bros came out for the first time on NES this game went into the shadows of obscurity and has been ever since. If you play long enough this game eventually the platforms go invisible. Again truly a classic!
Mario first ever appeared in donkey kong original 1981, mario appeared again in donkey kong junior in 1982, then finally they made the mario bros game in 1983 which doesnt get much recognition. It was remastered into super mario bros, which had more simpiler and more easy controls.
I had this on my Nintendo and played the hell out of it. My best was getting to Phase 111 (it couldn't show triple digits so it showd as 11). Ice levels were a blast.
Mario Bros. was fairly successful in the arcade. When Super Mario Bros. was released for the Nintendo home system, it brought the Mario game to a brand new level of success. Especially, since Super Mario could reach more people through the home system, instead of going to the arcade.
1983... Shellcreeper: I have a good life except this guy 2 Years Later... Shellcreeper: You took everything from me! Koopa: I don’t even know who you are
I’ve always viewed Super Mario Bros as a sequel to this game. In my imagination, Mario and Luigi are middle-aged Italian-American plumbers from Brooklyn (a detail that was and always has been explicitly confirmed canon about this game, not just an invention of the dic cartoons or the 1993 film). I imagine them as being jack-of-all-trades workmen who have been earning their living for the last 15 years of their lives doing different ventures or odd jobs at different periods (hence Mario’s time doing carpentry) and have gone into plumbing before the events of this game. They discover the koopas in the sewers in this game, and then warp through the pipes into the world of the mushroom kingdom offscreen in between this game and SMB. I’m honestly annoyed that they’ve retconned it into Mario and Luigi being from the “mushroom world” all along and never having been from Earth (as well as somehow being in their 20’s instead of being middle-aged). You could compare it to Miyamoto’s retcon about the koopalings “not being bowser’s kids.” The thing is, I honestly theorize that Miyamoto was just trolling about the Koopalings (like how he answered “me” when asked whom bowser jr’s mother was in a later interview). On the other hand, the retconning of the Mario bros’ origins seems to be a genuinely concerted effort, dating back arguably to Super Mario World in 1990.
As to release dates: also released in Japan on the Famicom on September 9, 1983. For the SNES: Super Mario All-Stars was released in North America sometime in August 1993. The Mario Bros. mini-game was included within Super Mario Bros. 3 (released in Japan in October 1988 and in North America in February 1990).
Back in the days when it was my cousin Birthday we would go to the storage room where the ps1 is .And we would play it the games we played were super mario and tetris
In 1996 my step dad gave me a old nes to play with of course duck hunt and Mario was one of my games he gave me also the nes Version of Mario Bros I still sometimes sit down and play this on my switch Mario has came a long way
1983 was the year the Super Mario Bros appeared together, but it wasn't the first game to feature Mario. He first appeared in the 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game.
i remember i had this game on cartridge, it was weird because i had never seen this version anywhere else other then the toys r us that was by our house, i got this about a year after the first mario so i thought it was the sequel at first...then for years it was like this game didnt exist and no one knew about it and many still dont
Something's coming up the plumbing, poor luigi's in a bind Giant turtles out to get him; creepy crabs are right behind Fighter flies- jeepers yikes! They're all coming out the pipes! "MARIO WHERE ARE YOU!?"
“Imagine if all my considerable talent, brain and effort went on curing diseases, making new scientific or mathematical discoveries or inventing new things to help humanity...! Wait... what’s this 35 year old cartoony game about plumbers, mushrooms and turtles? I have found my true calling.”
It will be nice if Nintendo released Donkey Kong 1, 2 & 3, Mario Bros 1983, Mario 1, 2 & 3, etc., all on one product for Smartphone Apps and TV joystick button like other classic games are.
I’ve also always viewed Super Mario Bros as a sequel to this game. In my imagination, Mario and Luigi are middle-aged Italian-Americans from Brooklyn (a detail that was and always has been explicitly confirmed canon about this game, not just an invention of the dic cartoons or the 1993 film). I imagine them as being jack-of-all-trades workmen who have been earning their living for the last 15 years of their lives doing different ventures or odd jobs at different periods (hence Mario’s time doing carpentry) and have gone into plumbing before the events of this game. They discover the koopas in the sewers in this game, and then warp through the pipes into the world of the mushroom kingdom offscreen in between this game and SMB. I’m honestly annoyed that they’ve retconned it into Mario and Luigi being from the “mushroom world” all along and never having been from Earth (as well as somehow being in their 20’s instead of being middle-aged). You could compare it to Miyamoto’s retcon about the koopalings “not being bowser’s kids.” The thing is, I honestly theorize that Miyamoto was just trolling about the Koopalings (like how he answered “me” when asked whom bowser jr’s mother was in a later interview). On the other hand, the retconning of the Mario bros’ origins seems to be a genuinely concerted effort, dating back arguably to Super Mario World in 1990.
Sewer cleaning was also one of the father of Italian civil rights lawyer and then-newly elected New York Governor Mario Cuomo's blue collar jobs. However, he cleaned actual sewage rather than science fiction objects. It's like the "Mario the landlord" naming myth was an alibi for who they truly targeting. As a kid, I was big fan of the franchise. Nowadays, however, I think less of it. I also see Mario games as a way to degrade the Cuomo family. Luckily, in Super Mario Cuomo's second-to-last year in office, a Super Mario Bros. movie was made which somehow made Bowser a human-like "President" rather than a Koopa King and instead made Daisy the women in need of help rather than damsel in distress Princess Toadstool. Bowser sure resumed being a Koopa King after the elder Governor Cuomo left office following his poor polling in upstate New York in 1994, though it sure didn't stop his brilliant son Andrew from rising in the Clinton Administration and later defying critics as Governor of New York.
I’m honestly annoyed that they’ve retconned it into Mario and Luigi being from the “mushroom world” all along and never having been from Earth (as well as somehow being in their 20’s instead of being middle-aged). You could compare it to Miyamoto’s retcon about the koopalings “not being bowser’s kids.” The thing is, I honestly theorize that Miyamoto was just trolling about the Koopalings (like how he answered “me” when asked whom bowser jr’s mother was in a later interview). On the other hand, the retconning of the Mario bros’ origins seems to be a genuinely concerted effort, dating back arguably to Super Mario World in 1990. I’ve also always viewed Super Mario Bros as a sequel to this game. In my imagination, Mario and Luigi are middle-aged Italian-Americans from Brooklyn (a detail that was and always has been explicitly confirmed canon about this game, not just an invention of the dic cartoons or the 1993 film). I imagine them as being jack-of-all-trades workmen who have been earning their living for the last 15 years of their lives doing different ventures or odd jobs at different periods (hence Mario’s time doing carpentry) and have gone into plumbing before the events of this game. They discover the koopas in the sewers in this game, and then warp through the pipes into the world of the mushroom kingdom offscreen in between this game and SMB.
MARBLE MADNESS ; GORF ; BAGMAN ; PITFALL // MARIO BROTHERS ORIIGINAL ; GHOSTS & GOBLINS ; TURBO Driver ; MISSLE COMMAND & that KANGAROO game punching falling apples - whats the Name of that 1 ? Kristina
