Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

Here it is - Super Mario Bros. The one that started it all. Alright, so technically Donkey Kong was the first Mario game, but this is the first one that has that famous Mario feel. It's got Goombas, Koopas, Fire Flowers, block breaking, and of course, lots of jumping. In truth, I don't find this game as fun as some of the titles that arrived shortly after like Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Land, but it is well worth playing.

Super Mario Bros Box Art

Super Mario Bros. contains 32 levels spread across 8 worlds, a size almost unknown for its time and created a whole genre of video games - the side-scroller. Each of the first 7 worlds culminates in a castle with a boss, one of the Koopalings, waiting at the end, and of course in each castle we hear the famous line: "Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle." There is not much else to say about Super Mario Bros - it catapulted the producer, Shigeru Miyamoto, into fame that lasts to this day, created the Mushroom Kingdom where countless adventures have been had, and was an integral part of the childhoods of an entire generation.