Weak Yet Informative Screenshots

Here's some screenshots from the Lost Levels, they're taken with a regular digital camera so they're blurry as crap, but they kinda show how hard the game is.


Right after a huge jump, piranha plant, 2 cannons and that pipe blockin' the way, Mario is blurry because he's getting smallified.


My cuz got the game to bug out and you can kinda see him floating through that pipe up there.


Those little things flying around are leaves, representing the wind. Yes, there is wind and it makes your life difficult.


This is just a good example a typical jump in this game. Spring onto the top of that single block tower, then jump over the water because apparently Mario can only swim some of the time. This was merely the middle of the stage, there were plenty more challenges beyond this. If you look closely above the water you can make out the blurry image of Mario falling towards the water...and his death.

Pretty blurry shots, right? That's how I roll.

A Good Day for Mario

A mere hour and a half after decimating Super Mario Bros. I reached World 8 in Super Mario Bros. 3. Not only that, I've got 44 lives, and a gigantic and powerful inventory of delicious morsels...

x 0

x 1

x 3

x 1

x 2 (useless I know)

x 2

x 1

x 4

x 4

P-Note x 5

Music Box x 2 (also pretty useless)

Yeah I couldn't get graphics for the last two, but whatever, you find them, it seems to be pretty damn impossible.

Also, the treasure ship appeared, it was sweet.

A Truly Great Victory

I beat the original Super Mario Bros!!

Booya. Not a half hour ago I stormed levels 8-1 through 8-3, then, on my first try, I deeestroyed Bowser's final castle and sent him into a pit of lava...it's pretty much your only option. It was magnificent. Seriously, that game is mad hard, you should be impressed.

Please, leave your congratulations.

Drinking Generally Makes Me Want to Play SNES

So, since hooking up my SNES in the living room, I've found that my urge to drink is followed by an urge to play 16 bit games.

So I busted out with the Super Mario All Stars cartridge and after a lot of blowing and messing with the machine in various ways (dollar bill lodged in system allows cartridge to sit in the right manner...etc...) it was time to hit up some of the old favorites...

First up, Super Mario Bros. 2, easily one of the most bizarre of the Mario series.

Turns out my cousin is totally the man at this game by the way and totally rocked it until the last boss. Sadly, the boss was never defeated due to beer and time related issues.

Not long after that session, a Super Mario Bros. 3 session was spawned into the living room.

What a fantastic game, and so great when drinking.

There was also some Megaman X thrown in there somewhere, and Megaman 7...and Mortal Kombat...and Street Fighter II. But that's dull to write about and doing so would compromise the intensity and daring creativity of this post.