> Wow very cool seeing the sprites / screens that inspired the real game. Wait, what? Are you under the impression that this demo inspired Mario 3 in some way?

> Wow very cool seeing the sprites / screens that inspired the real game. Wait, what? Are you under the impression that this demo inspired Mario 3 in some way? The controls look awkward and floaty, so I doubt skill has much to do with it. It's a fairly superficial copy of Mario 3 without the attention to detail in making sure the controls are both fun and really precise. Which, to be fair, in 1990 only Nintendo and Sega could pull off with much finesse (others were good at one or the other, but not so much both). Jumps like that were only fun in Mario games because of that balance.