/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4203107
Why would you waste your life replaying a game you only sort of like? You know what series I find boring? Super Mario. So guess how often I play it now? Never.

It's a happy life.

>>2709624
Ahh, see that was NES for me. I've never really cared for straight up platformers, even in the hay day of Mario's popularity I played it because it was there and others were into it. But to this day Mario 2 is the only one I really like or have bothered to beat.

Simon's Quest, Bard's Tale, FF1 and Gradius were all top faves though.

>26 years and I finally beat it
I used the continue cheat like a loser but I'll take what I can get

Now since 2 doesn't have that what is the best way to farm lives?

Is the first Super Mario Bros. the perfect (retro) Mario game? I've done a lot of thinking on the subject, and most people tend to agree that Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World are the pinnacle of the series. While both of those games are fantastic, they do have flaws (3 admittedly has more flaws than World, with the erratic level pacing and no save function), while on the other hand, having recently played through the entirety of Super Mario Bros., I can't find anything major wrong with it.

It is perfectly paced, tailor-made for people who have never experienced a 2D platformer before (1-1 alone stands as one of the most smartly designed tutorial levels in history) yet with a steady, robust difficulty curve that concludes in a grand fashion in World 8, which utilizes every single technique beforehand to its highest degree. It is a marvel of game design that I can't see any discernable flaws within.