Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Record for lowest-scoring Super Mario Bros. run broken]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/10/record-for-lowest-scoring-super-mario-bros-run-ever-broken/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/10/record-for-lowest-scoring-super-mario-bros-run-ever-broken/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/10/record-for-lowest-scoring-super-mario-bros-run-ever-broken/#comments You guys are still doing speed-runs? Psh, speed-runs are so 2005. These days, it's all about low-score runs; baffling attempts at calculated badness, wherein highly-skilled gamers do everything they can to do as little as possible.

No one does better at doing poorly than YouTube power-gamer NotEntirelySure, who recently completed the lowest-scoring no-death game of Super Mario Bros. ever, finishing the entire game with a trifling 600 points. As a spectator sport, we think the low-score run has potential, although we're still not sure why our "average-score" runs never took off with the precision gaming community.

[Thanks Gishman!]

JoystiqRecord for lowest-scoring Super Mario Bros. run broken originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>low-scorelow-score-runlowest-scorerecordrecord-breakingsmbSuper-Mario-BrosYouTubeSun, 10 Jul 2011 10:30:00 EST<![CDATA[FPM: First-person Mario]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/17/fpm-first-person-mario/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/17/fpm-first-person-mario/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/17/fpm-first-person-mario/#comments More than a Mario Half-Life or Left 4 Dead mod, this is what happens when the original Super Mario Bros. goes full-on modern FPS.

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JoystiqFPM: First-person Mario originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In a week that is admittedly pretty light on game releases, we're willing to pretty much take anything we can get. Imagine our pleasure then to find some real quality on the Virtual Console this week. Unfortunately, as you soon see, the weapondry leaves something to be desired.
  • Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Somewhere, Doki Doki Panic is having a pull off his half-empty fifth of Wild Turkey, hopeful that this may be the last time he has to be slapped in the face by the release of Super Mario Bros. 2 and reminded of what could have been.
  • Ecco: The Tides of Time (Sega Genesis, 1 player, 800 Wii Points): This Ecco the Dolphin sequel is lucky that it's slipping in with SMB 2, because the only item that could make sound waves look like a good weapon are throwable onions.
  • Dragon Spirit (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points): Completely ruining the whole "lame weapons" motif is Dragon Spirit, a vertical-scrolling shooter where your weapon is, well, a dragon. Unfortunately, having a dragon as your weapon makes vegetables and sound waves look like ... well, sound waves and vegetables.

JoystiqSuper Mario Bros. 2, Ecco 2 and Dragon Spirit run/swim/fly onto Virtual Console originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A phone that has the ability to play NES roms isn't anything new, but a phone that was designed specifically for that purpose (see the "A" and "B" buttons) is plenty to trigger our desire synapses. Oh, and dig this: It's got TV out, so you can play on a big screen, much to the delight of people at awful parties everywhere.

But now, as you've probably guessed, it's time for the sad news. You can't buy the phone (made by Hong Kong's Gionee) here. But, maybe that's for the best. Can you imagine how irritating it would be to watch YouTube videos of Super Mario Bros. speed runs interrupted every 20 seconds with "Gram Mam Calling"?

[Via Cell Blog]

JoystiqMeet the NES cell phone originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looking for a way to waste time with the Virtual Console? Well, if you do this right, you won't be wasting much time at all. This Super Mario Bros. speedrun performed by Andrew Gardikis takes only five minutes. In comparison, the Super Mario Brothers movie is 20.8 times longer.

The coolest thing about this speedrun is that it makes use of Mario glitches inherent in the game, but seems to be done without save state assistance. That means that it's theoretically possible to replicate it on your Wii or your NES. Oh, but only if you're awesome. And just to rub it in a little, only Andrew Gardikis has proven to be this awesome. Sorry, everyone else, including ourselves!

[Via Game|Life]

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JoystiqSuper Mario Bros. in less time than it takes to warm up a Lean Cuisine originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here's a bit of game history: when Super Mario Bros. was rereleased for the Japan-only Famicom Disk System, the "minus world" generated via a well-documented glitch changed along with the format. Instead of an infinite water level, players were treated to a whole suite of glitch-tastic levels, loaded with air-swimming and Princess Toadstool sprites floating in mid-air.
This kind of classic minutiae is exactly what we want out of the Virtual Console. We'd seriously buy Super Mario Bros. again for a crack at this new minus world. Check out the video after the break!

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JoystiqThe Famicom Disk System's Minus World originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In one of the coolest school projects we've seen to date, some kids got together and came up with the following project for the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center's Building Virtual Worlds Show. That's a mouthful, yes, and the demonstration shown in the video, available past the post break as per usual, took place on December 6th. Punching blocks and smashing Goombas with our own two hands? Sign us up!

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JoystiqSuper Mario Bros. goes virtual reality originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In one of the coolest school projects we've seen to date, some kids got together and came up with the following project for the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center's Building Virtual Worlds Show. That's a mouthful, yes, and the demonstration shown in the video, available past the post break as per usual, took place on December 6th. Punching blocks and smashing Goombas with our own two hands? Sign us up!

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JoystiqSuper Mario Bros. goes virtual reality originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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