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Sure, game standards have evolved by leaps and bounds since 1985.
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after all this time has passed, it's easy to see why it caught on, and it still stands out today. was the game that established the princess who Mario must save, as well as the evil Bowser, the crazy dragon/turtle thing that's served as Mario's main nemesis for years. While Mario had saved women before, Super Mario Bros. The Mushroom Kingdom makes Mario's previous anti-ape adventures seem downright common by comparison. It's one of the most amazing games ever made, and it's now available on the Wii's Virtual Console for five bucks. was the game that inspired all those stupid T-shirts they sell at the mall-you know, the ones with the pictures of mushrooms and turtles on them? Regardless of your frame of reference, this game is the blueprint for 2D platform gaming. For those who weren't coherent back then (or during any of the billion rereleases this game has seen since), Super Mario Bros. in the desert and the Atari 2600 console was crushed under the weight of a million unsold Pac-Man tapes. It's the game that essentially brought console gaming back from the brink of destruction after Atari buried all those copies of E.T. If you were coherent at the time, you might remember when this little gem was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System. This list of cartoony thugs comprises the more memorable enemies of 1985's Super Mario Bros. And don't even get us started about the Hammer Bros. So are goombas, koopa troopas, koopa paratroopas, and buzzy beetles. It might be 2007, but you know what? Lakitu is still totally awesome.