Sure, but there was "PC huge hit" and "console huge hit" and they were light years away in terms of metrics. Best I can tell Jazz Jackrabbit did not sell 1MM c

Sure, but there was "PC huge hit" and "console huge hit" and they were light years away in terms of metrics. Best I can tell Jazz Jackrabbit did not sell 1MM copies, SMB3 sold 17MM. Doom ended up selling something like 3MM, but the key difference was it was an experience that didn't exist much on consoles, and Carmack & Co. did everything possible to make it futuristic compared to anything then possible on PC. I just don't see an SMB copy doing anything noteworthy at that stage, and the end result probably would have stunk, too. But that was a limitation with the platform more than anything.