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Anyone have a pic of that insane jump from Super Mario Bros. lost levels?
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DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
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'smbll'
Have fun digging. I see the pic, but the host has been hacked, so I can't link to it.
'smbll'
Have fun digging. I see the pic, but the host has been hacked, so I can't link to it.
Joseph Merrick
Member
'lost levels' .. ugh.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
This one was a bitch when I played it back on the nes.
HyperZone<3
Member
Callo Merlose
Banned
Isn't that from SMB and not Lost Levels?
charlequin
Banned
It's harder than it looks.
jamesinclair
Banned
Ech, i hated that game. Doesnt it have a spot where you have to jump, hit an invisble block, and get back to land so you can jump on top?
All in one momentum powered jump?
SNES nor GBC, I never got too far in that game
All in one momentum powered jump?
SNES nor GBC, I never got too far in that game
CajoleJuice
Member
Yea, that's definitely in SMB, and not the Lost Levels. I rememeber that from when I was little. It's not that hard.HyperZone<3 said:
Azure Dream
Member
Don't forget that you usually had to get running room to clear the longer jumps in SMB, and you couldn't back up to the left to get it if you already scrolled right. So if you didn't remember where it was, or screwed up in any way, you were pretty much doomed to die, if I remember correctly.
Version 3.0
Member
That jump wasn't that bad. If you were going max speed, you pretty much landed right on it, no problem. Some of the other jumps in the game were shorter, but harder because you had to aim your landing.
World 6-3 in the ARCADE Vs. Super Mario Bros. was so hard, they took it out of the NES version. That level was a bitch.
World 6-3 in the ARCADE Vs. Super Mario Bros. was so hard, they took it out of the NES version. That level was a bitch.
Sabaku Ika
Member
Here's a tool assisted speed run if anyone's interested:
http://bisqwit.iki.fi/nesvideos/681S.html
I remember playing Lost Levels as a kid and giving up very early. It was insanely hard.
http://bisqwit.iki.fi/nesvideos/681S.html
I remember playing Lost Levels as a kid and giving up very early. It was insanely hard.
Leondexter said:
As far as I've been able to tell, the Arcade Vs. Super Mario Bros. is a weird hackery of the NES and Famicom games. You can't very well "take out" something from the NES version, as the NES version predates it.
I do recall a jump in SMB2j/TLL that requires two giant leaps AND bouncing off a flying Koopa Paratroopa. That was nuts.
Naked Snake
Member
Kuramu said:
It was released for GBA in Japan, I wish I can have it
That jump is from SMB1's Level 8-1.HyperZone<3 said:
I think I know what the original request is talking about, but I don't really remember where it was. SMB2j is packed with insanely hard platforming situations. There were entire countries of brave mario troopers lying dead at the bottom of cliffs and pits after I finally managed to beat that game.
Red Scarlet
Member
Someday I want to know someone that beat VS. Super Mario Bros.
6-3 was nuts; only got to 6-4 one time and it was a different level than a variation of 1-4 like on the NES.
6-3 was nuts; only got to 6-4 one time and it was a different level than a variation of 1-4 like on the NES.
Red Scarlet
Member
Didn't the arcade Punch-Out!! kinda suck though? Bald Bull was the last guy or something.
*doesn't know*
*doesn't know*
Powdered Toastman
Member
HyperZone<3 said:
As far as I can remember it's kinda like this one, but the pitfalls are much wider. It's in one of those levels where there's wind blowing (brown leaves flying around, and the wind affects Mario), and you have to time it correctly so you can make the jump.
Red Scarlet said:
I only played the arcade Punch-Out!! once... at a 7-11 somewhere.
Actually, it's possible I only saw the arcade Punch-Out!! at the 7-11. I find it doubtful that I would have been in a position to have free time in a random 7-11 store whilst I was down in San Diego, due to my age.
What I'm hoping for is for all Nintendo's classic arcade titles to be available -- not only the watered down Famicom/NES ports. However, I already know we won't get them... sigh. Punch-Out!!, Super Punch-Out!!, Arm Wrestling, Donkey Kong, and other games just sound like they'd be fun to actually play.
(Yes, I know about MAME.)
SiegfriedFM
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The jump posted from SMB1 isn't even the hardest one. There's one much harder where you have a pipe, then two separate poles to start on, and a long jump. To get enough speed, you must run across the hole between the poles, and to not fall in to begin with you must start at the very left of the first pole.
the androgyne
Member
Is the jump being referred to one where you start off on a super springboard and launch out of screen? Then for a couple of screens you're fighting wind (still out of screen) then finally it stops as you have to land on a 1 block wide post?
You had to line up mario for when he fell down from out of the top of the screen, based on how he kind of remained centred the whole time.
ie, it was a nightmare!
You had to line up mario for when he fell down from out of the top of the screen, based on how he kind of remained centred the whole time.
ie, it was a nightmare!
the androgyne
Member
The game was hard alright! evidenced by the fact that even doing the 128 lives trick didn't help me much! One nite about 10 years ago i finished the game.. after doing a marathon of SMB1 (level 1-8 repeatedly until i got 9,999,999 on the score )
I'm just reading gamefaqs now and it sounds a bit different to how i remember but i think it's pretty close to that.
)I'm just reading gamefaqs now and it sounds a bit different to how i remember but i think it's pretty close to that.
OpinionatedCyborg
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This level is super fun to charge through at full speed. While that jump looks a bit hard, it's actually really easy when you're running full blast.HyperZone<3 said:
Version 3.0
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Red Scarlet said:
I beat it, many times. And I used to stand in awe of some of the other players while I waited my turn.
Version 3.0
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DavidDayton said:
Are you sure the arcade one wasn't first? Because there were two worlds in the home version that were used twice, but that had unique levels in the arcade. I believe they were 3-3 and 6-3. It seems strange that they would re-use levels--it makes more sense that they were removed for some reason (difficulty, or perhaps memory).
I don't doubt that the home version arrived first, but I wonder if the game wasn't already designed for the arcade when they thought up the Famicom. Back then, they were coming off a string of arcade hits; they must have had more planned when the market crashed.
Himuro said:
Don't have a pic of it, but I know what you're talking about. The jump is actually very easy once you know what you must do. And what you must do is simply to center the screen to a right place compared to the small platform. I think the platform must be either a bit left or a bit right from the center of the screen.
Though I only have Super Mario All Stars version of it, might be different in the original.
Callo Merlose
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Red Scarlet said:
Wow, I think I'm the only one that doesn't know what VS. Super Mario Bros. is. Is that another name for lost levels? SMB was actually in the arcade? I know of MB, but SMB?
Kobun Heat
Member
I beat this game on the actual Famicom. THE ACTUAL FAMICOM.
i had to use a faq
Leondexter said:
I've been trying to figure this one out for a while now. The arcade boards for Vs. SMB say 1985, which would mark it as a post-SMB release (given SMB being released so early in Japan). The Vs. games were all based on modified Famicom hardware, and the arcade unit appear just after (or is it "just at") the time the Famicom itself was released. The implication is that most Vs. games were developed side by side with their Famicom counterparts (see http://nindb.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ac/index.shtml for a list of Vs. titles).
The arcade Super Mario Bros. has the "Vs." bit on the title screen, and was released in arcades in 1986 (although the boards say 1985). SMB for the Famicom was released in about September 1985. It seems probable they were developed concurrently, or that the Vs. version was done just after the Famicom one.
Someone needs to do a little research on the Vs. arcade games -- they are (almost) all arcade versions of NES/Famicom games, and they generally look about the same. However, they are all just a bit different in gameplay and modes.
Red Scarlet
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Bataman said:
Yeah it was the arcade version of SMB. It had similar layouts for some levels but some things were different (I couldn't find 1-ups from 1-2 onward) like the 4-2 warp only goes to World 6, 6-3 is still an ice world but looks a lot different layout-wise, and 6-4 was some level I had never seen before (didn't get far into it with 1 life).
Ninja Scooter
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i think that is from SMB and not Lost Levels, unless there is a similar one in both games. We used to call it "The Jesse Owens" when i was a kid.