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I recently stumbled upon these terrific documentaries from NESComplex. This one in my opinion is one of the greatest Super Mario Bros. videos on YouTube, and the incredible story of how Super Mario Bros. and the world that came to define Nintendo came into being. This video is a wealth of knowledge, rich in substance, stories, archival photos and secrets! I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. I will be sharing more in the future:
 
 

5,427,500 on PS4 via the Genesis Classics collection. 
I have never played this game before! The challenge prompted me to grab the collection which has a VR mode. I'll have to check that out later this week or next. 

Just a little boring history. I moved to Boulder, CO in 95 with no game system. My best friends girlfriend bought him a Sega that came with Spinball for his birthday. We played it non stop for months. Let's rock.

Yes!! I love this game and was really hoping it would be the one!!! Never tried the FAST setting.

Not sure if anyone here even knows who Trevor was. He was my absolute favorite actor, comedian, musician, and local sexpot. Founder of The Whitest Kids U Know, Which I consider the greatest sketch comedy ever made. He passed away on August 7th of this year at the age of 41. He was a major part of my life. We used to have WKUK parties when a new season would start. Just wanted to say something about him.

Not sure if anyone here even knows who Trevor was. He was my absolute favorite actor, comedian, musician, and local sexpot. Founder of The Whitest Kids U Know, Which I consider the greatest sketch comedy ever made. He passed away on August 7th of this year at the age of 41. He was a major part of my life. We used to have WKUK parties when a new season would start. Just wanted to say something about him.

Not sure if anyone here even knows who Trevor was. He was my absolute favorite actor, comedian, musician, and local sexpot. Founder of The Whitest Kids U Know, Which I consider the greatest sketch comedy ever made. He passed away on August 7th of this year at the age of 41. He was a major part of my life. We used to have WKUK parties when a new season would start. Just wanted to say something about him.

21,817,500 (Fast setting)
Improvement.   Played on original model 1 hardware with original controller

Took about 5 attempts, finally cleared the first level and got the 3.5 million in the bonus round. Lost my last 2 Sonic's on level 2 without scoring a single point. LOL

Model 1 with an original controller.

Took about 5 attempts, finally cleared the first level and got the 3.5 million in the bonus round. Lost my last 2 Sonic's on level 2 without scoring a single point. LOL

Model 1 with an original controller.

Took about 5 attempts, finally cleared the first level and got the 3.5 million in the bonus round. Lost my last 2 Sonic's on level 2 without scoring a single point. LOL

I think I finally realize why Justin didn't like Mario 64.  That game missed the mark completely.  And now that I have a theory why I can back up what I'm about to say.
Justin said Mario 64 was boring and I was remembering back what made it different than the Mario games before it.  Simply put, previous Mario games were called "Athlete" games.  Not adventure, platform, or action games...athlete.  And if you look up the name of most in-game Mario music you will see that name used to name one or more scores.
The Mario games on the NES were more athletic by running and jumping.  That was the main aspect of those Mario games.  You ran and jumped.  And it didn't matter if you were climbing obstacles, bouncing on enemies, reaching the clouds, and even swimming...each stage was an obstacle course you had to carefully navigate.  And you had to beat a clock except in Mario 2.
Mario 64, trying to be the N64 for others to follow fell flat and broke away from Mario tradition.  It was not the Athletic game play fans came to know and love from Mario...it was too laid back.  I had it, I played it, but I would lose interest in it real quick.  I never spent too much time on it and would play something in a few minutes.  It looked good, sounded great, but it would have benefited the series more if it would have been more like Mario on the Wii and Wii U.  That was hardcore Mario at his best in years.
Its easy to understand why and how Mario 64 got the applause it received but if it based on a numbers game keep in mind that Mario 64 was pretty much the only N64 game available at the time the N64 hit stateside shores.  I'm with Justin, it did get boring easy because it didn't feel like the Mario we came to know and love.

I didn't play Mario 64 until long after it was out. I switched over to the PlayStation back then and didn't play ANY N64. So by the time I go to try it I felt the same as you, it was just boring. To me anyway...

I still don't have a good Genesis pad.  I need to refurbish the two I have or buy something better.  I'm using the Retron controller, which is ok. 

Delicious 🤤

11,872,500 - I'm playing on a Retron 3.
 

Model 1 with an original controller.

Took about 5 attempts, finally cleared the first level and got the 3.5 million in the bonus round. Lost my last 2 Sonic's on level 2 without scoring a single point. LOL

However I will join in on the F-Zero one.  

Maybe you can find a way to emulate?
 
It's coming up soon! Might be a good time to get in some practice and sharpen those zero-gravity racing skills  

7,130,000 (Fast setting)
Score to get things started 

Just a little boring history. I moved to Boulder, CO in 95 with no game system. My best friends girlfriend bought him a Sega that came with Spinball for his birthday. We played it non stop for months. Let's rock.

Yes!! I love this game and was really hoping it would be the one!!! Never tried the FAST setting.