User Rating: 9.3 | Super Mario Bros. NES
When the NES was released back in the 1980's, it came out with many good, if not, great launch titles. Golf, Tennis, etc. all were part of the launch title lineup. Though, one game was definitely part of the launch lineup. People claim that this game is the greatest game ever created. Some think that it revolutionized the gaming industry such like Half-Life revolutionized the first-person shooter genre. This game was Super Mario Bros., better known as the original Mario Bros., or just simply known as Mario Bros. Released back in the 1980's, Mario Bros. was simply one of the greatest games back then. It's simple and addicting gameplay made it one of the best 8-bit games ever. Though it was rather short, and the levels were simply easy to beat, Mario Bros. still posed a challenge to some veteran gamers. First thing you'll notice when you pop in the game is how it heavily boroughs in the single-player mode. It doesn't have a story, but some people would care less about if there is a story or not. Mario Bros. also, as I said before, has such the most simplistic gameplay, that it takes no time to learn, and no time to beat. It does have a short span of life, which ultimately gives it low replay value. With that said, that's the biggest flaw Mario Bros. has. The 8-bit era was a short one, but it was fun while it lasted. With Nintendo controlling much of the market back then, Mario Bros. sold like crazy. Selling over 40 million copies thanks to the help with the bundled NES system that came with the game. It became a smart idea for Nintendo, boosting up sales for both the NES and the Mario Bros. game. Now, you know how the money came and went just like that. Well, enough with the history lesson, alas let's back into the game. The 8-bit graphics were the thing to talk about back then, as it resembles that video games can indeed succeed. Mario Bros. definitely doesn't hold back on some nice graphics, and of course they are outdated as of today, but it doesn't matter since Mario Bros. had terrific graphics back then. The music sounds very, very good. It is as crisp as an 8-bit video game can get. If possible, if you played the game alot, you could be humming the tunes in your mind. It has that sense of capture that makes you hum the songs and tunes. Overall, Mario Bros./Super Mario Bros. is definitely one of the greatest 8-bit games on the market today. Developers don't really develop 8-bit games anymore (except for the fact that some publishers/developers do "revivals" in which they port some/all of their classic games from the 8/16-bit days and port them onto a console like the PS2, Dreamcast, X-Box, etc.) but the only way you can possibly enjoy an 8-bit game is to play the game it originally was on. Anyways, Mario Bros. has some of the easiest and addicting gameplay to date as of today, and even though it is a rather short game, Mario Bros. can be enjoyed anyways. To call it one of the greatest games of all-time is a definite and obvious understandment.
