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In many ways, it's a "perfect" game. Smooth scrolling, no frame rate issues, cool art style, amazing music, excellent control. No tutorial levels, no shitty mov
by PopsiclePete 11y ago
In many ways, it's a "perfect" game. Smooth scrolling, no frame rate issues, cool art style, amazing music, excellent control. No tutorial levels, no shitty movies, no hand-holding. Just - go. It blew my mind in so many ways. Way ahead of its time.
The first game on the PC that came close to matching that experience was Commander Keen, which was, what, 1991? 6 years later...
- jsingleton 11y agoFun fact, Keen was originally a Mario port but Nintendo didn't want it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen#Creation_and_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen#Creation_and_de...
- wodenokoto 11y agoNo save games. This is a complete deal breaker. Yes, those first couple of levels are really, really good, but they are not good enough to let the developer demand that you play them again and again, instead of letting the player get on with new challenges. I really don't consider Mario games interesting until Super Mario World, unless you have an emulator with save states.