FOR SUPER MARIO GAMERS
Added on: 18th Jan 2016
MARIO´S BROTHER´S NAME LUIGI MIGHT HAVE BEEN
INSPIRED BY A PIZZA PARLOUR NEAR NINTENDO
AMERICA'S HEADQUARTERS IN REDMOND,
WASHINGTON, CALLED "MARIO & LUIGI'S".
WHILE YOU MIGHT KNOW THERE IS A SECRET WORLD
(-1) KNOWN AS THE MINUS WORLD THAT YOU CAN GET
TO BY PASSING THROUGH A WALL AT THE END OF
WORLD 1-2, THERE ARE ACTUALLY 256 MORE
HIDDEN LEVELS IN THE GAME.
ANOTHER LESS-KNOWN GAME HACK IS THAT YOU CAN
ACTUALLY JUMP OVER SOME OF THE LEVELS END
THE FLAGPOLES. TO DO IT, YOU HAVE TO HIT A TURTLE
JUST AS IT FALLS IN THE PIT DURING THE LEVEL.
THEN, BY KEEPING THE TURTLE IN SIGHT, YOU WILL GET
AN EXTRA BOUNCE WHEN JUMPING TO THE FLAGPOLE
THAT WILL ACTUALLY GET YOU OVER IT.
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, A VIDEO GAME DEVELOPED BY
SONIC TEAM, WAS INSPIRED BY ITS CREATOR PLAYING
MARIO OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TRYING TO GET
THROUGH THE FIRST LEVEL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
IN 2000, NINTENDO WAS SUED BECAUSE MARIO PARTY’S
JOYSTICK-SPINNING MINI-GAMES CAUSED HAND
INJURIES TO CHILDREN. AS A RESULT OF THE LAWSUIT,
THE GAMING GIANT AGREED TO INVEST $80 MILLION IN
PROTECTIVE GLOVES FOR THE OWNERS.
PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE SUPER NINTENDO,
MARIO WORE RED OVERALLS AND A BLUE SHIRT.
SINCE THEN, HE’S WORN A RED SHIRT AND
BLUE OVERALLS.
THE ORIGINAL SUPER MARIO BROS GAME IS A BIT
BASIC BY MODERN STANDARDS. IT’S STORED ON A
256 KILOBIT CARTRIDGE. KILOBIT NOT KILOBYTE.
IT WOULD TRANSLATE TO A MERE 32 KILOBYTES,
WHICH IS JUST ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF THIS
JPEG SCREENSHOT.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SOUND THE GAME MAKES
WHEN YOU ARE HIT (AND GET SMALL) AND WHEN
YOU GO DOWN A PIPE, ARE THE SAME SOUND EFFECT?
THE PERCEPTION THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT IS
JUST A MIND TRICK.
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