Super Mario Bros. is a platform game developed and published in 1985 by Nintendo for the Famicom in Japan and for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America. It is the successor to the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. and the first game in the Super Mario series.
Players control Mario, or his brother Luigi in the multiplayer mode, to explore the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool from King Koopa (later named Bowser). They traverse side-scrolling stages while avoiding hazards such as enemies and pits with the aid of power-ups such as the Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, and Starman.
The player controls Mario, the titular protagonist of the series. Mario's brother, Luigi, is controlled by the second player in multiplayer mode and assumes the same plot role and functionality as Mario. The objective is to quickly explore the Mushroom Kingdom, survive the main antagonist Bowser's forces, and save Princess Toadstool. It is a side-scrolling platform game where the player moves to the right to reach the flagpole at the end of each level.
The Mushroom Kingdom includes coins for Mario to collect and special bricks marked with a question mark (?), which when hit from below by Mario may reveal more coins or a special item. Other "secret", often invisible, bricks may contain more coins or rare items. If the player gains a Super Mushroom, Mario grows to double his size and gains the ability to break bricks above him. If Mario gets hit in this mode, then instead of dying he turns back to regular Mario. Players start with a certain number of lives and may gain extra lives by picking up green spotted 1-up mushrooms hidden in bricks, collecting 100 coins, defeating several enemies in a row with a Koopa shell, or bouncing on enemies successively without touching the ground. The player may also spawn hidden bricks with lives by collecting every coin in the previous world's third level, or by warping there. Mario loses a life if he takes damage while small, falls in a bottomless pit, or runs out of time. The game ends when the player runs out of lives, although holding the "A" button can be used on the game over screen to respawn from the first level of the world in which the player died.
Mario's primary attack is jumping on top of enemies, though many enemies have differing responses to this. For example, a Goomba will flatten and be defeated, while a Koopa Troopa will temporarily retract into its shell, allowing Mario to use it as a projectile. These shells may be deflected off a wall to destroy other enemies, though they can also bounce back against Mario, which will hurt or kill him. Other enemies, such as underwater foes and enemies with spiked tops, cannot be jumped on and damage the player instead. Mario can also defeat enemies above him by jumping to hit the brick that the enemy is standing on. Mario may also acquire the Fire flower from certain "?" blocks that when picked up changes the color of Super Mario's outfit and allows him to throw fireballs. A less common item is the Starman, which often appears when Mario hits certain concealed or otherwise invisible blocks. This item grants Mario temporary invulnerability from all minor dangers.
The game consists of eight worlds, each with four sub-levels or stages. Underwater stages contain unique aquatic enemies. Bonuses and secret areas include more coins, or warp pipes that allow Mario to skip directly to later worlds. The final stage of each world is in a fiery underground castle where Bowser is fought on a suspension bridge above lava; the first seven of these Bowsers are actually minions disguised as him, and the real Bowser is in the eighth world. Bowser and his decoys are defeated by jumping over them or running under them while they are jumping and reaching the axe on the end of the bridge, or with fireballs. After completing the game once, the player is rewarded with the ability to replay with increased difficulty, such as all Goombas replaced with Buzzy Beetles, enemies similar to Koopa Troopas who cannot be defeated using the Fire Flower.
NES/FC/FDS Playlist:
• NES/FC/FDS
00:00 - World 1-1 (1Up)
01:12 - World 1-2 (1Up, Warp Zone 1)
02:52 - World 1-3
03:27 - World 1-4
04:08 - World 2-1 (1Up, Vine/Beanstalk 1)
05:52 - World 2-2
06:57 - World 2-3
07:34 - World 2-4
08:07 - World 3-1 (1Up, Vine/Beanstalk 2)
09:52 - World 3-2
10:40 - World 3-3
11:15 - World 3-4
11:46 - World 4-1 (1Up)
12:59 - World 4-2 (Warp Zone 2, Warp Zone 3, Vine/Beanstalk 3)
15:27 - World 4-3
16:07 - World 4-4
16:41 - World 5-1 (1Up)
17:40 - World 5-2 (Vine/Beanstalk 4)
19:19 - World 5-3
19:55 - World 5-4
20:25 - World 6-1 (1Up)
21:23 - World 6-2 (Vine/Beanstalk 5)
23:27 - World 6-3
24:02 - World 6-4
24:38 - World 7-1 (1Up)
25:37 - World 7-2
26:43 - World 7-3
27:20 - World 7-4
27:57 - World 8-1 (1Up)
29:12 - World 8-2 (1Up)
30:18 - World 8-3
31:01 - World 8-4
31:50 - Ending