Earthbound64
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This is the only way to play.
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How far can you go in Super Mario Bros warp-less?
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This is the only way to play.
capylikesgames
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8-4, but not the way you'd think. I tried a warp-less run on bus rides to my last job, and I couldn't get past 8-4. Sometimes I'd die before it, but it's the farthest I got. I could never really keep a Fire Flower up until that stage, and I'd end up getting screwed over at some point within the level. I really should go back to it one of these days...
NipplesAndToes23
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Isn't that almost the end of the game? I think I did it at least once before. Yeah, I think I beat the game without warps on the SNES.
Oh man I cannot get past midpoint in Lost Levels (SMB2 Jap)
I have beaten this warpless but SMB is not a patticularly easy game. Once you get a good grasp on the mechanics it's not especially hard either but most people are going to get enough awkwardly short/long jumps to do them in before 8-4. It's a game that takes practice because of the odd physics.
Spladam
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I don't think I've tried without warps in the last 20 years. I don't even remember the game without using them.
Don't you fall in if you run from the pipe? I think you have to walk off the pipe like "Why would you do that?" said.
IrishNinja
Member
beat it as a kid at a friend's house, no idea now though
Son.Ralph.Funk
Member
If you die in 8-3 and have to play it as small Mario it's sooooooo hard
All the way to the end of course.
I have lost some touch througout the years of course, but about 6 months ago I played the warp-pipe route (played the game for the first time in many many years) and didn't have to use a single continue to beat the game. It's really not that difficult game.
I have lost some touch througout the years of course, but about 6 months ago I played the warp-pipe route (played the game for the first time in many many years) and didn't have to use a single continue to beat the game. It's really not that difficult game.
To the end on a good day, stuck in 8-3 on an average day.
You can also make it if you just jump from the edge of the pipe if running over these blocks is too hard for you.
I can do all the way to 8-2 until this right here eats all my lives and I smash the pad on the floor:
Hardest part of any Mario (platformer) game ever.
You can also make it if you just jump from the edge of the pipe if running over these blocks is too hard for you.
Stereogatari
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I beat the GBC version all the way. Does that count?
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You see the thing with these games is you have to do it with the proper timing.
McBradders
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I have finished the game.
Heavy's Sandvich
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So many lies in this thread.
Art Vandilay
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I think the difference has nothing to do with difficulty and more like stinkles pointed out if you were a kid when that game was big it came with the NES and was likely to be your only game for six months. It's muscle memory.
My brother stopped playing games years ago and has no nostalgia for them yet I have put SMB in front of him with WiiU and he ran through it only dying like once or twice.
It was built to keep you playing but once you know it it's easy as can be, any difficulty was to delay the fact the game can be beat in couple hours.
My brother stopped playing games years ago and has no nostalgia for them yet I have put SMB in front of him with WiiU and he ran through it only dying like once or twice.
It was built to keep you playing but once you know it it's easy as can be, any difficulty was to delay the fact the game can be beat in couple hours.
Rock And Roll
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It's pretty easy to beat guys, it just takes a bit of practice. Plus figuring out where 1ups are will help you a lot.
I can do all the way to 8-2 until this right here eats all my lives and I smash the pad on the floor:
Hardest part of any Mario (platformer) game ever.
Yup. I can do all the way, but if I don't make it, it's because of this gap.
I can do all the way to 8-2 until this right here eats all my lives and I smash the pad on the floor:
Hardest part of any Mario (platformer) game ever.
Could it be because you don't know that you have to hold the run button while you jump?
Super Mario Bros may be one of the top 5 easiest NES games.
Incitemaybe
Member
All the way of course
I've cleared the whole game without warps, but I haven't done it in years. Now I feel like re-playing it...
Collecting plenty of coins throughout the game (including in the beanstalk areas), as well as the few 1-Up mushrooms here and there, should give you enough lives to do it. If not, practicing more will help a lot. IMHO it's like the original Contra, where if you're familiar enough with the game, the controls, and the levels, clearing the whole thing without warps/cheats is not terribly difficult. The difficulty of both this game and Contra is much easier than many people remember; it's just that you need to become familiar with them first.
Make sure you're holding down the B button to run, and this part becomes easy. Honestly, I hold it down for almost the entire game. There are many, many more difficult parts of SMB1 than this, I would say. Like 8-3.
Collecting plenty of coins throughout the game (including in the beanstalk areas), as well as the few 1-Up mushrooms here and there, should give you enough lives to do it. If not, practicing more will help a lot. IMHO it's like the original Contra, where if you're familiar enough with the game, the controls, and the levels, clearing the whole thing without warps/cheats is not terribly difficult. The difficulty of both this game and Contra is much easier than many people remember; it's just that you need to become familiar with them first.
I can do all the way to 8-2 until this right here eats all my lives and I smash the pad on the floor:
Hardest part of any Mario (platformer) game ever.
Make sure you're holding down the B button to run, and this part becomes easy. Honestly, I hold it down for almost the entire game. There are many, many more difficult parts of SMB1 than this, I would say. Like 8-3.
Earthbound64
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Seriously. The fact that there are people here who actually have problems with this boggles my mind.
They should have a tag under their name saying "Can't beat Super Mario Bros. 1 without warps" so as to be able to take that into account when reading their posts on any other games.
Spladam
Member
Beating that game was one of my most satisfying video game accomplishments. Me and two of my buddies from high school were trying for weeks.
Ouch 😲
Earthbound64
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Sorry. It would be for the best, though.
NipplesAndToes23
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Can someone who finds that jump difficult in 8-2 beat any other NES games? I'm serious. Let's say even if you didn't know that you could just run over the gaps and even if you didn't know that you could just leap from the pipe and make it to the right. (Both of which makes it barely harder than jumping over a goomba). Let's say you didn't know that and you assumed the only way to do it was jump on the small platform and jump off, how is that hard? If you don't have the coordination to do that, I don't see how you can even beat something like Ori and the Blind Forest.
I found Ori far easier than SMB1/2(jp) since I don't have to deal with inertia / momentum.
Deadpool_X
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Uh...the whole way? Those of us who grew up with the game should be able to beat it easily without warps.
SonicMegaDrive
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I blast through the whole game on an almost bi-weekly basis. It's almost like a training exercise in reflexes for me at this point.
ThEoRy...
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You know, I've never had an nes so I can't say I've ever given it an honest try. Borrowed one from a friend when I was a kid though. Played Battletoads and got pretty far. Gave Mike Tyson a TKO. By that time we were almost in the SNES era though so SMB was in the rear view. If I had to guess I would say it was world 7 something maybe. Not my greatest feat. Ask me about Alex Kidd though.