The Development History of Super Mario Bros. | 35th Anniversary (Documentary/Retrospective)

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Note: I misspoke at 25:46 regarding Super Mario World's release. It was 1990, not 1999.
It's been 35 long years since Super Mario Bros. first released to the world. Whether you're new to side-scrolling platform games or are a long-time fan, this documentary shows a retrospective look at Super Mario Bros. for its 35th Anniversary.
Table of Contents
I - Intro | 0:00
II - The Golden Age | 2:37
III - The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With One Jump | 5:24
IV - Early Prototypes | 10:06
V - Super Mario Design | 15:04
VI - Memory Limitations | 19:39
VII - Release | 21:51
VIII - Legacy | 24:46
This documentary's purpose is to take a look back at one of gaming's all-time classic side-scrollers, Super Mario Bros., originally for the Nintendo Entertainment System. I take a dive into its development, give a summary on its story and attempt to explain how Super Mario Bros has impacted gaming since its release 35 years ago.
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@Metal-Gear-Moogle 9 ай бұрын

It's amazing how well the 1985 SMB game has held up. It's just as fun to play today 38 years later. The visuals, sound, music and gameplay have a certain timeless charm about it

@cotydaniel2661 4 ай бұрын

I literally just beat it for the first time since I was kid. That's why I'm rewatching this video now. Lol

@Rizky-Gumilar 3 жыл бұрын

Still can't imagine a world without Nintendo. They are truly the pioneer of gaming revolution.

@robbiewalker2831 2 жыл бұрын

They’ve got Playing Cards, Food Products, Love Hotels, Toys, clearly Video Games should be on their list of Multimedia.

@DidoInFlames 2 жыл бұрын

Super Mario Bros was a huge hit in Bulgaria as well but we played it later arroung 90s , maybe because i was very little and i didn't know that the game was out.

@ClassicTVMan1981X Жыл бұрын

It lifted the U.S. video game industry out of the ashes after Atari and Coleco crashed.

@Pan_Z 2 жыл бұрын

19:11 the birth of the "not a bug, but a feature" adage.

@MrFarnanonical 3 жыл бұрын

7:45 the original super Mario bros had to fit in a 40kb rom cart. The later mario games used bank switching to add more space, without bank switching, the NES had space for 256 8/8 sprite tiles. and 256 background tiles. They simply didn't have enough space for Yoshi. For only 40 kilobytes SMB had a lot of levels, the fact that they were able to cram so much into 40k, suggests to me that lack of familiarity was not an issue.

@ClassicTVMan1981X Жыл бұрын

Also not enough space to use the original long version of Princess Peach's theme.

@retropalooza 5 ай бұрын

Amazing you watched a programming video

@JC02official 3 жыл бұрын

There’s no way this doesn’t have at the very least 100,000 views.

@Andy-mv9qj 2 жыл бұрын

This was so great to watch! Thank you!! I still have my NES and SMB, got them for Christmas in 1988

@metalabsynth 9 ай бұрын

I was born in 1992, I'm so jealous! I did cut my teeth Mario wise with Super Mario All-Stars!

@habibishapur 2 жыл бұрын

Old school developers who had to worry about squeezing every literal bit of performance out of their products, in an industry that wasn't anywhere as profitable as it is nowadays will always have my respect. That sounds like hell lol

@GTV-Japan 3 жыл бұрын

This was a really good video. Very well done! I liked it! Happy to be one of the first thousand viewers because this is going to get a million someday. If it doesn’t, it’s a crime!

@jimmillrr 3 жыл бұрын

The Development History of Mario 64 next? Also shocked this only has 500 views this video is amazing!

@WowItsBow Жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel and I have been binge watching all of your retrospects. All of your videos are really well made, you totally deserve more subs. This particular video going through development history is my favorite by far! Keep up the good work!

@VGDocs Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude I really appreciate it! Coincidentally I'll have my biggest project yet go public on the 7th (well, assuming I don't run into too many copyright claims until then)

@mariahanover9335 3 жыл бұрын

Mario Bros has some of the most frantic gameplay in later levels, I don't know how you can call it slow.

@domls1317 8 ай бұрын

Nah. It's pretty well paced

@gamersparx4779 Жыл бұрын

you people deserve more views and subs. Amazing work.

@twittler5846 3 жыл бұрын

You definitely deserve more views.

@harrisonwild750 3 жыл бұрын

Great video dude, learned a lot!

@noctiscaelum9146 3 жыл бұрын

The legend! Super Mario Bros...beautiful documentary....

@shizyninjarocks 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video and research 🔬

@maraxussrafhael Жыл бұрын

Amazing video, God bless you and your family, bro! Keep it uP!

@wallacerose8663 4 ай бұрын

Great video!

@dragoon1090 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome content

@MrBallerinakaka 7 ай бұрын

Actually Discovered Your Video & Channel While Searching on Developement History in KZfaq. I Knew I Took 3 Years To Discovery! Also I Actually Learnt SMB Developement History Throughout This Video Which Pretty Interesting! I Kinda Wished More Peoples Found Your Video & Channel! ❤

@rgb379 3 жыл бұрын

nice job on the vid!!!

@VGDocs 3 жыл бұрын

thanks bruh

@duckywenselcomedy 3 жыл бұрын

Great Job!

@cerval00 2 жыл бұрын

You should really consider making a documentary on the Elder scrolls series. There's so much history to unpack there from the early games before and after Morrowind all the way to Skyrim. I feel like these would get you a lot of views and be successful for your channel... as well as satisfying my need for more content lol.

@agentclol 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vid bro!

@VGDocs 3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@giovannigiovanni.7220 3 жыл бұрын

@@VGDocs Are you going to make an update video.

@VGDocs 3 жыл бұрын

@@giovannigiovanni.7220 If you're talking about the remaster/remake/reboot/reimagining vid- no probably not.

@giovannigiovanni.7220 3 жыл бұрын

@@VGDocs Why not?

@VGDocs 3 жыл бұрын

@@giovannigiovanni.7220 Those shorter videos aren't really something I've been focusing on. I've been trying to get more ambitious and make higher quality videos that are much lengthier. I'm not saying it's completely out of the question forever, just won't happen anytime soon if at all.

@imchase7796 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated video

@Durka-Durka01 Жыл бұрын

Underrated by who?

@centralstation1 Жыл бұрын

This guy is underrated

@Durka-Durka01 Жыл бұрын

Underrated by who?

@susanfit47 Жыл бұрын

Super Mario Bros., the many famous Nintendo NES game of the 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and the 2020s, brought to you by the music of Koji Kondo. The game's graphics are drawn from the side-scrollers Excitebike and Kung Fu to advance their previous work on platforming "athletic games" such as Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. The design of the first level, World 1-1, serves as a tutorial for platform gameplay.

@profusionlifetv7183 3 ай бұрын

These dudes are all legends.

@bowieinc Жыл бұрын

Amazing video. Wow, I really enjoyed. I will say one thing, I disagree when it was said that the original Mario Bros. arcade game has slow game play. My recommendation: Play the original in two player mode on Game B and instead of helping each other get through levels, battle the other player for highest score. This will naturally make you want to sabotage the other player by shoving them into enemies or hitting the POW block right before they kick an enemy. Doing this on the latter boards with multiple enemies, ice blocks and fireballs all coming out you produced anything but slow game play. It’s in the Top 3 best two player games ever made IMO. 😬

@MicroChipMonk Жыл бұрын

Can someone tell what's going on with the front of the game box art.... Is Mario going through a false hidden wall while throwing a fireball???.

@terenceodoffin3992 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@songbird4945 4 ай бұрын

What are names of the Mario installments at 26:42 and 27:38 in the video? What game system(s) are they on? Still available?

@TechDiveAVCLUB 3 жыл бұрын

More good stuff!

@retropalooza 5 ай бұрын

No no no there is no Mario brand bmw I've checked....there ya go miyamoto enjoy that smoke...this channel clearly endorses it

@RobP-oy2oz 5 ай бұрын

I agree with you, why would a channel show a children's company smoking if it didn't endorse it. Sad

@epiclemon9927 2 жыл бұрын

Why doesnt this have more views?

@weskirkland5850 6 ай бұрын

Played it in 1985 when it was brand new and state of the art in 1985. Still play it now 38 years later on my original NES with hdmi adapters. Also have it on my retropie system.

@DavidBadilloMusic Жыл бұрын

24:21 Actual translation from Spanish: "All disheveled because I didn't have time for anything other than to put on my flip-flops and a swimsuit... I go to the beach and the tide was already up... Jesus!" 😄

@ragemodegaming7962 2 жыл бұрын

22:21 Even the Japanese children blew on the contacts to make it "work"!! Was this practice ever advertised as acceptable/safe for the cartridge contacts, due to potential moisture causing short citcuits?

@freerobux4725 2 жыл бұрын

Where is that TCR footage from?

@Anouarap Жыл бұрын

which mario version is on 26:46

@novustalks7525 Жыл бұрын

The first game with luigi was mario bros on game and watch where they pack bottles. It released months before the arcade game

@UserName________ Жыл бұрын

Is this about Mario Bros of gaming in general?

@upgradED32 Жыл бұрын

Who's here just before they watch the new movie?

@ricardopurnell3923 2 жыл бұрын

1:24 syobon action? I never heard that?

@justaspectator9762 2 жыл бұрын

Also known as Cat Mario, a "parody" of Mario brothers that's pretty funny and trolly

@wariolandgoldpiramid 9 ай бұрын

It's a fan-made game, and doesn't belong inthqt list. Google was just being silly.

@JarppaGuru 3 ай бұрын

19:58 fail. then comes mario 3 10x more memory LOL

@Retroman8077 3 ай бұрын

according to miyamoto at japan nintendo worlds opening day he stated that he made the equivalent of 4USD an hour in the 70s whenhe started plus he gets no royalties off games. just his salary. any other game dev would e demanding money money, i comend him for staying for the labor of love

@JarppaGuru 3 ай бұрын

19:08 most funny they did not designed its bug lol

@spartanq7781 2 жыл бұрын

0:00

@Trudragon88 2 жыл бұрын

When would we play as Luigi in the first Mario ?

@wariolandgoldpiramid 9 ай бұрын

multiplayer

@JoxaCantDraw 10 күн бұрын

haha funny plumber man

@DavidJacksonphunman1 2 жыл бұрын

Jesus 4 the win!

@Eyeyamgod 2 жыл бұрын

Super mario world didn't release in 1999 bud lol released in 1990 in Japan, 1991 in America.

@VGDocs 2 жыл бұрын

That's what the correction is for bud

@felman87 3 жыл бұрын

Trog, if I could give you all my subs, I would. God knows the 12k that follow me could use your good content.

@VGDocs 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that man, the sentiment means a lot to me.

@mattyice230 2 жыл бұрын

25:42 Narrator said SMW released in 1999!

@AndresFnt 2 жыл бұрын

This video doesn’t tell me why A plumber was chosen to be the main character….why a plumber??

@Chase0370 2 жыл бұрын

He goes down pipes maybe?

@AndresFnt 2 жыл бұрын

@@Chase0370 um…something like that, lol….i wanted to hear straight from the creators mouth why he chose a plumber as his main character and he said its cause in Jump Man it was about 2 dudes fighting monsters that came from the sewers so that’s why 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Chase0370 2 жыл бұрын

I understand lol. I was just guessing.

@wariolandgoldpiramid 9 ай бұрын

1:24 Soybon Action doesn't belong there 🤣

@starfrost6816 3 жыл бұрын

per gigaleak ;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ; 1985. 8.12 V.1.0 Super Mario ; File name : SMINIT ;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

@BalboaBaggins 3 жыл бұрын

rip kekw

@jw9396 2 жыл бұрын

sounds like a robot talking?

@VGDocs 2 жыл бұрын

yep, I'm the most advanced robot on the internet.

@MaxOakland 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a lot of missing information here. It’s a good video from a production standpoint but I stopped watching at 8 minutes because of the statement that we don’t know why Yoshi is not in the game. That’s really common knowledge: technical reasons. I assume I won’t be able to learn anything from this video. Keep going! You have skills

@VGDocs 2 жыл бұрын

What's your source? From what I've found, Wikipedia says it but doesn't provide sources that actually has anyone from the dev team saying that Yoshi wasn't implemented due to technical limitations. I'm sure it probably was, and that's why I mention that it was likely for that reason in the doc. That said, I don't go off of speculation based on what wikipedia says since sources often don't align with what wikipedia says. Also, there might be a lot of missing information for you because... you only watched 8 minutes :P

@halonothing1 2 жыл бұрын

As blasphemous as it sounds, I can see in say, 10, 20, 30 years, Mario games being released on a Microsoft or Sony console. It may seem ridiculous, but 30 years ago, the idea of a Sonic the Hedgehog game being released on a Nintendo console was just as unthinkable. But Nintendo won out, and Sega was relegated to selling their games on Nintendo Consoles. Tbh I think Nintendo would be more likely to be successful than Sony or Microsoft in the gaming market in coming decades, unless they really screw something up. Nintendo's managed to be a successful company for 132 years. And have been leading the market in video games for the past 50 years. So if anyone could succeed in beating Sony and Microsoft, it would be them.

@whaleping Жыл бұрын

... What? Playstation is currently having their own issues. Same with XBox.

@halonothing1 Жыл бұрын

@@whaleping Yeah they'll do that.

@VanDong-qj1tz 4 ай бұрын

With exception of ps1 and PS2 era

@pXnEmerica 3 жыл бұрын

I've gotta ask here, your speaking pattern is almost robotic in places, are you doing this on purpose, drawn out syllables? At points it seems almost text to speech. I'm not sure if that's how you are, if maybe you have another primary language or something. Caption recognition? It's distracting enough that I'm writing about it, not complaining, it's just keeping me from being fully engaged. You being aware might help your future videos.

@VGDocs 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I'd say my speaking patterns are mostly a result of it being scripted content as well as a more documentary-style in narration (as opposed to more opinionated video essays or live talking for example). Over time I've gotten more used to it and it's actually a bit less stilted, though even at my worst I don't really get criticisms over it (though you'd think I would since I submit my videos regularly to various threads and reddit posts specifically in search of constructive feedback). I'll keep it in mind for the future though.

@pXnEmerica 3 жыл бұрын

@@VGDocs Most people would probably just shut up and enjoy the content. Which I did anyway :) I just got distracted enough by it to question it, glad you actually understood it was constructive :)

@conzmoleman 3 жыл бұрын

I disagree, and I’m insanely picky about narration / speaking patterns. This is excellent, professional tier stuff.

@pXnEmerica 3 жыл бұрын

@@conzmoleman Not going to dispute that, though if you're causing distraction that's not great. It's great info for him to build from. I got distracted by it, you're welcome to disagree with that all you want. :) It has it's plus sides especially in transcription situations. His auto-captions are probably great. He had your attention fine, he might had both of ours locked if the pronunciation wasn't as "choppy" for lack of a better word. It's not a knock. It's input he can use or not to help him improve his channel.