Super Mario Brothers 3

I consider Super Mario Brothers 3 to be one of the classic games. Nintendo apparently agrees, as they've rereleased it on more than one occasion in the Super Mario All-Stars compilation and a slightly remade version for Super Mario Advance 4.

I bought the original edition of the game when it came out back in 1990, when I was just seven years old. I still remember staying up a little late to play it, with my mom and brother watching me play. It wasn't a very difficult game other than a few parts, and I'm fairly certain I still haven't visited every single level in it... and I probably never will since I know the secrets to get the warp whistles and jump right to World 8. Besides, World 7, the Pipe World, was an annoying complex of mazes and other hazards.

I've beaten Super Mario Brothers 3 several times, and I'll tell you its one of the best games around. If you'd like to see someone beat it using an emulator (to pull off some crazy moves), you should check out that and some other stuff on Open Source Gaming's Miscellaneous Downloads. I felt it was worth showing to others, even if it was fabricated. Isn't it amazing what you can do with an emulator? I remember spending untold lives trying to get through some of those levels. I would have to imagine I'd spend a lot more lives trying to beat the game today.

If you've never played Super Mario Brothers 3, I highly suggest you pick it up for the GameBoy Advance SP or the Nintendo DS. Honestly though, how could you have never played Super Mario Brothers 3? :-P