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The Super Mario Bros for apple instal12/22/2023 ![]() ![]() It's a pretty well-balanced design, reasonably challenging but not overly frustrating.Īs I've already said, Joust is one of my all-time favorites, and so the fact that MB was obviously, shall we say, "inspired" by that earlier hit is a plus, not a minus, in my book. The list of minor variations on the original theme goes on: Joust's shrieking pterodactyls are replaced by balls of fire (or whatever the heck they are supposed to be) that sweep across one level of the screen at a time the grabbing troll hands from the fiery depths below are replaced with the "freezing" enemies from above and so forth. The graphics and sound are certainly not of Super Mario quality, but here the NES port is merely reproducing faithfully the original arcade game. Instead, plumbers Mario and Luigi run and jump all over the sewer in what I guess you would now have to call the standard, Super Mario-esque platforming style. ![]() MB borrows the 2D, one-screen, two-player simultaneous action of Joust, but the eponymous brothers do not ride giant birds into battle. Don't get me wrong-that's actually a good thing! Last time I saw this game, it was called “Joust.” An undeniable classic, Joust serves as a blueprint for Mario Bros. ![]()
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