Super Mario Bros. is complete :)
7-4: This was not too hard once I got the pattern right. I did get lucky timing my jump over Bowser, though! I lost a couple lives getting through World 7.
World 8
Started with two lives.
8-1: Not a very hard level, minus THE JUMP. The infamous jump. Okay, so it's not really infamous, but I did lose a life here. But I've played through SMB in the last six months so I remembered how to do that.
8-2: This and 8-3 are the hardest levels in the game, imo. All those bullet bills and enemy placements based on how you have to jump make it very tricky! Thankfully there is a 1-up in this level, so as long as you are patient and can get through the first few obstacles you have unlimited tries. I had two lives at this point!
8-3: I just kinda said screw it and ran/jumped as fast as I possibly could through the level! Somehow this got me through. Not an easy level by any means, as it is pretty easy to take an accidental hit! Thankfully I was able to grab both power-ups, since I went from (at start of level) Regular Mario to Super Mario (hit by HB) back to Regular Mario. Solid challenge here.
8-4: I remembered the pattern, which saved me some time. Walked across the bottom of the water area as regular Mario on both tries! The hammer bro right before Bowser killed me the first time.
The second time, I jumped out of the pipe immediately and managed to land atop the hammer bro just as he was throwing his first hammer. I survived. From there, I just charged Bowser and the timing of my jump worked out just right!
Pretty fun final castle! And I finally got something other than "your princess is in another castle" :)
Because I got through SMB so quickly, I'm going to try to do a no warp run of the second quest, which I have never beaten!!
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