This game came with my hand-me-down DMG I got for my birthday back in 2001. Thankfully I never made it to the final level back then, pretty sure I would’ve tossed the game out the window after losing 50+ lives. Looking for what I should play next, recommendations welcome :)
The disparity between the final level and any other level in that game is insane. Congrats on the win!
To add to that, I think this may have been the game that started that trend. There was always a difficulty ramp, but the sudden spike level came later in the series. Any Mario platformer these days has a crazy difficulty spike near the end.
I mean, New Super Mario Bros. 2 had an entire DLC called “impossible levels.” And don’t get me started on The Final-Final Challenge in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Wonder as a whole is way easier than most mainline Mario games though. It’s only the secret world that poses any challenge.
That screen doesn’t look right unless you messed your console with some new acreen
Haha yes definitely not original. I put an IPS screen in it over Christmas. Gave me the push I needed to revisit the GB library on semi-official hardware.
That looks amazing!!! Pokémon Red next?
Ps: tutorial for that screen update?
Played yellow when I was younger, never got around to blue or red. Added to the list :)
Parts: Replacement screen+front PCB https://funnyplaying.com/products/dmg-retro-pixel-ips-lcd-kit
Alignment bracket: (the link above came with a bracket even though it said it wouldn’t) https://funnyplaying.com/products/dmg-retro-pixel-ips-lcd-holder
Video tutorial I followed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDmJ1IJG_Zo
Good luck :)
When I was a kid I bought one of these weird magnifying lens/lighting attachments for my game boy so I could play it when I was supposed to be asleep. I know what you did somehow desecrates the historical hardware but if I had the opportunity to get that mod in 1990 then I would’ve done whatever I could to afford that backlit screen!
If you have one of the earlier cartridges, go explore the secret RAM area. It’s one of the two games I know where you can do that.
That’s pretty interesting! Mario’s running through the game’s code rewriting it like King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph…except with far less control.
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If you have a GBC I would recommend super Mario bros deluxe. gives you SMB and the Japanese SMB 2 along with a bunch of of unlockable QoL fun feature like time attack, save files, and a red coin challenge.
I was really hoping this was going to be a patient gamer shitpost lol
