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This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro news, I’m celebrating the 38th birthday of a true great, Super Mario Bros., on the Nintendo Entertainment System. My first life-for-life playthrough at a friend’s place blew me away. Every stage we conquered in the “back 4” worlds of this save-less odyssey felt like a murder gauntlet survived. Every secret pipe or warp room we found—unaided by the non-existent Internet—was a cave of wonders unearthed.
To this day, the infectious melodies and subtle physics of this 2D platformer still feel apex to me, and I can honestly say nearly four decades have done nothing to dilute my hatred of that spike-slinging Lakitu. Or, as my friend called him for some reason, Pompous Cloud.
This Day in Gaming
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
– Nintendo Entertainment System launch, 1987. eBay
– Super Mario Bros. (NES) 1987. Get
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