While patently influential for sidescrolling tile-based platformers as a whole, it has not aged particularly well. The biggest problem here is that it runs out of new stuff to offer mere levels into the game. Each new world is nearly indiscernible from the last, with each usually being some variation of the plains—like the plains, but at night; or the plains, but...silver? This paired with the odd water or castle level mixed in makes for a pretty repetitive experience. No joke, a handful of levels are literally copy-pasted throughout the game. Like, 1-3 is identical to 5-3...which isn't exactly great. The "boss" of each world is exactly the same each time as well, with these encounters consisting of simply jumping over them and hitting a switch. But alas, the game is extremely old, and the platforming still feels relatively good for its age. Some of the castles have branching paths that need to be traversed in a certain order to proceed, which is kinda cool, if a bit tedious. I still think that the Koopa turtle enemy is brilliant, which can be knocked out of its shell and used as a projectile—either to your benefit or detriment. Ultimately, it's still fun, but very dated.

For me it is unbeatable without the saves. As a child I don't think I have ever passed beyond 4th or 5th world. Then, some day when travelling by train, I finished this in one go, thanks to saves that are available these days. Nevertheless, this game is iconic and very fun.

Playtime: 15 hours

9/10 amazingly right and content rich for the platform

Classic and aged

Nice game! Love playing retro games.

simple, addictive fun.

i like mario.

I think that is the best game I've played ever

that jump in world 8-1 made me cry alot

** ADVENTURE LOG ** Coins collected: 557 Stars collected: 7 Game Overs: 2 Time: 01:22:53

one of the most replayable and enjoyable games even to this day.

A classic that popularized gaming. Required you to have great timing and coordination for the later levels. Loved discovering little secrets here and there - honestly I wish there were more of them as well as a variety, and not to mention more of a reward for all your trouble, but given how old this is and the limitations of the hardware I don't blame them for maybe not being able to implement more features than likely planned for.

It's me MARIO!!!!!!!!!

One of the most classic games in history. If it weren't for this game, we wouldn't have so many other classic Mario games.

Mario on the 1M pound dollar tree is the best!

[Switch] It defined a genre.

The original and the start of something great. Oh, and a pretty fantastic game to boot.

Absolute classic. Played the all stars version with SNES graphic enhancements.

super hard to finish without saving features