/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5414012
Here's your (You).

>>5414012
>didn't age well
Back to IGN with you.

>>5414012
>didn't age
kys you worthless troll, also sent your post to the feds

>>5414014
>>5414021
>>5414027
>can't refute a single point I made
It might have been the best game you had in the 80s, but it's a turd now. Take off the rise colored glasses.

Frankly I've never really liked Mario's platforming very much. I'll take just about any competent 2D platformer over any of the Mario games

Super Mario 2 aged perfectly (did it age at all? haha)
>beautiful blue skies
>***4*** different playable characters with UNIQUE SPRITES and UNIQUE MECHANICS
>every level unique with a theme to each group of levels
>**vertical levels**
>no time limit yet still challenging (no artificial difficulty of time limit)
>brilliant choice of colors with all enemies unique and easy to distinguish (and memorable too)
>castle boss is always something crazy and different
>maze levels are fun and not too long
>nice

>>5414039
>can't refute

>>5414059
Based.

>>5414090
>le everyone I disagree with is a troll

>>5414059
Yeah, 2 USA honestly aged better than the first game. Though SMB1 diehards will tell you otherwise because of its autistic speedrunning community.

>can't move left in the level, ever
>1-2 hits you die
>terrible hitboxes
>bottomless falls everywhere
>hammer bros are OP as fuck

Boomers will defend this.

>>5414012
>purple

Periwinkle.

Charlatan.

>cheap deaths: soul
>avoidable enemies: soulless

You're right for the wrong reasons. SMB was good for its time, but 3 is so much better that there is no reason to play the original anymore.
2 is better as well.

well you got me to reply just to say that whenever somebody doesn't like the nintendo classics, the games that they do like are the worst trash imaginable

>>5414137
>it's too hard so it sucks
Fucking stop sucking at games you dumb zoomers.

>>5414039
I played it yesterday and it's fine. I think you're just a faggot anon.

Anyone who truly thinks SMB's mechanics have aged poorly has probably not played very many NES games. Good thing this is just a bait thread phew

>>5414012
>no saves
>castle boss is literally always the same
>endless maze levels with no clues

These I agree with, everything else not so much. I think the graphics aged a lot better than, say, Zelda or Metroid which look like total shit.
The time limit isn't short, it promotes running through levels fast which is basically the point. Vertical level design isn't necessary, it's just something that works when it works. Horizontal levels also work when they work, like here.
I don't think there are any glaring beginner traps in the first, unlike Lost Levels. The only actual bullshit I can think of are hammer bros.

>>5414012
Stealth purple sky normalizing thread. I approve.

>>5414735
Super Mario Bros. has aged poorly, but it is very much a playable game nowadays. It's just a matter of whether you find it fun or not.

>>5414012
nah
>character contrasts against the background well for visibility
>stages are entertaining obstacle courses
>time limit provides added challenge
fuck that memory maze shit though
some of the others are definitely relics of the era, because it's on such a small ROM

also
>purple sky
adjust your TV's tint lmao

time limits are useful game design and emphasize exciting, fast-paced gameplay
a lot of level design aspects don't really matter to the player without time pressure, they're just minor annoyances rather than an active danger


>>5414059
although I'm not entirely fond of SMB2US, this is a pretty reasonable way to look at it
it's a pretty good upgrade in a lot of ways
it really deserves to be remembered better, it's a cool game

>here's your hero, bro

>>5414059
Must also concur here. My favorite NES Mario. SMB3 has some annoyances and a little too much content for its simplicity IMO.

>>5414108
Speedrunning has always been faggotry. Motherfuckers if you want a rush, just do some coke or dexamp.

>>5414763
>no saves
>castle boss is literally always the same
>endless maze levels with no clues
You do know it's a 40k game from 1985, right?

>>5414012
I praise Super Mario bros 1 for it's beautiful game design that encourages curious players to explore and look out for secrets.

>>5415981
>look out for secrets.
you mean "hit every brick you can , even to the point of hitting bricks which MIGHT BE INVISIBLE"

>>5414931
>bellend nose

>>5414012
So what you're saying is Orange Man Bad?

>>5414137
>Having to move left ever
>getting hit
>Falling into pits
>Not standing right in front of the hammer bros

zoomers literally need to stop whining and get fucking good.

>>5414931
I like this image for some reason.

>mario is slippery
>boring levels
this alone makes it garbage. it was their first try so i give them some credit. smb2 (lost levels) is the patrician's choice.

>>5416693
>mario is slippery
Oh woe is me, momentum is hard

Let me guess, you're a salty lime that wishes people still cared about the Zed Ex spectrum the way the world still loves the NES?

>>5416693
Lost Levels is hot garbage

>>5416976
Maybe you just aren't very good at games, anon.

>>5416693
>mario is slippery
that's what makes it fun

>>5416693
>first game sucks because Mario is slippery
>Lost Levels is the patrician's choice
?

>>5414059
>nice

Totally agree on that point

>>5414059
You made me want to play the game again. Good work, you can start work as salesman in my shitty little car dealership.

>>5416982
>shit isn't bad you just aren't good at eating shit git gud

>>5414931
I think Mario is a midget and the mushroom just makes him normal human size.

>>5417094
maybe you have no taste

>>5414059
>blue
That's closer to cyan. The sky in OP's pic is actually much closer to true blue.

Speaking of SMB1, I'm having issues emulating it. No matter the ROM, when I get to the title screen, none of my controls work. Not on keyboard, not on gamepad.

Any ideas? I wanted to play on my original NES but it wasn't working either.

>>5417152
use a different emulator DUMMY

>>5414969
we are talking about how it has aged
the point is that you dont put to much weight in the context of its creation and just see how it holds up today

>>5417169
Looked into different emulators and downloaded Mesen. All good now.

>>5417152
Stupid fucking zoomer.

>>5414012
Why would it need saves?

>>5417264

>>5416989
the levels complement the slippery gooder. in mario it feels like youre stopping and slowing down to score points, unless you want to autistically speedrun it (I dont.) mario 2 pushes you in that direction naturally. its really well done

>>5414012
I really hate to reply to this shit thread, but seeing as it's the only thread up right now discussing Mario 1--does Mario fundamentally handle differently in the first game vs. the later games? Speaking mostly with regards to control over in-air movement, and momentum.

I don't know if I'm going nuts or what, or if I'm contending with input lag/latency or something, but I have such a fucking hard time playing the first Mario game these days. Jumping feels sluggish and unresponsive, I can't make precise jumps at all. I find myself massively under or over-compensating for Mario's momentum. I don't really find myself having this problem in Mario 3 at all. I also don't remember having any problems with Mario 1 as a kid.

>>5417152
the sky-color seems to be off

>>5418052
Mario 1, 3 and World all have different physics.

>>5418317
don't know why you skipped 2 as it has different physics for either game you look at ( if you include luigi for lost levels)

>>5418430
Because I thought that was too obvious to even mention

>game has aged
and?

>>5417152
Take the file out of your computer and blow on it

>>5418313
It’s purple, it checks out

>>5418052
Most modern Mario games take more after World when it comes to their physics. Take it from me, a zoomer that grew up playing Yoshi's Island on GBA. It's super weird trying to get used to the subtly different mechanics of SMB1 and 3 after years of that.

Weird orange main characters remain very much in fashion, last I checked

>>5419834
>subtly different mechanics of SMB1
they are not subtle at all