Board 8 > Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels

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I'm playing through all of the main games in the Mario series and just finished Super Mario Bros. last night. I decided to download The Lost Levels on the Virtual Console, since I had never played the game before.

After a couple hours and more than a couple trips to the game over screen, I've reached World 4. Who here has managed to beat it?

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Yo.

PAIN I SHALL NEVER RECOVER FROM.

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On the Famicom version? I can do it with warps, but not all the way through.

What a cruel game.

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I've done it, but with savestates (only at the beginning of levels though)

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This is on the Wii's Virtual Console. I don't think I would be able to do it, except that (at least in this particular version) when you game over you get the option to continue at the beginning of the world you died in. So even though I've run out of lives three or four times in World 4, I get to start at 4-1 as long as I keep choosing the "continue" option.

Probably just going to play through it straight (no warps) one time, just so I can access and hopefully beat World 9.

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I have. To be honest I never had that much trouble. That could be due to the fact that it was the first game that I beat. As long as you have the physics down pat and can react quickly to what the game throws at you, it isn't all that difficult

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I have this on the SMB 25th Anniversary disc, but have never actually played it.

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did a no-death run once

it took a lot of retries

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I finished worlds 1-8 on the GBC "for super players" version . which probably doesn't count since it doesn't have the other 5 worlds.

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I beat it on the SNES All-stars, which is a bit easier since it saves after every level, but i did complete every stage in it.

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Yes, all levels (including secret world 9) with both characters.

This was in the Allstar version

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From: PrinceKaro | #014
Yes, all levels (including secret world 9) with both characters.

This was in the Allstar version

what about worlds A, B, C, and D?

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I think I'm going to turn this into a playthrough topic. After accidentally resetting instead of continuing, I'm back at 1-1 >_>

I just got done completing SMB, with very little excitement involved. It was just a great, nostalgia filled trip and the first video game I've beaten (or even had a serious playing session with) all year. Step 2 on my journey to beat all the "main" Mario games is The Lost Levels.

This will be fun. My hope is that I'll be able to complete the game with Mario and Luigi, as well as complete the secret worlds, but I might just settle for beating it once. Also, since you have to beat the game eight times to access Worlds A-D I'll definitely be using warps for six of those playthroughs.

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Back to World 3, as Mario. Pretty smooth sailing thus far.

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Any interest?

Tomorrow I'll continue my playthrough, starting with clearing World 3.

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Beat it on the All-Stars re-release for the Wii. Truly unforgiving.

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No chance to play since Saturday... that will change tonight!!

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Got through World 3 without any problems, didn't have to use a continue once :)

Now World 4 is going to be a royal pain. I honestly believe it might be the main obstacle between me and completion of this game. World 4-3 requires you to be PERFECT at using springs, which I kind of suck at doing right now.

Any tips on using springs (and getting the timing down) from those of you who have beaten the game before?

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Okay, so basically as far as I can tell World 4-4 is from the pits of hell.

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Beat the Wii All-Stars version last month without using warps.

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I beat it on All-Stars as a kid. It's been forever since I've played it, though. I'm sure I'd die immediately if I tried picking it back up.


*blastin' off, yo*

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WazzupGenius00 posted...
From: PrinceKaro | #014
Yes, all levels (including secret world 9) with both characters.

This was in the Allstar version
what about worlds A, B, C, and D?

Of course. I said all levels, didn't I?

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I know the GBC version had the difficulty toned down quite a bit, and not just because it saves.

I never really played the All-Stars version, does anyone know if that one preserves the Famicom difficulty? Because I'm playing the VC version and that thing is hard as balls.

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World 4

I can get through World 4-1 and 4-2 without a game over every time I play. However, I've had to use about a dozen continues on 4-3 because I suck at using those little springs! I finally got the timing down, and I almost beat 4-3 for the first time last night. Today I'm hoping to clear World 4, but after seeing a video of 4-4 I'm not counting on it.

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All-Stars version is still pretty hard yeah

The physics are just a little bit different, just like the All-Stars version of SMB1

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Does All-Stars have the long gaps that you need the wind to carry you across? That was one of the big differences with the GBC version, they removed the wind and shortened the gaps so you could jump them normally.

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Yes, it has the wind.

I played the GBC one too so I know what you're talking about. Additionally some of the levels in the GBC game were replaced by levels that were originally in worlds 9 and A-D. SNES version has all the levels as they originally were.

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After about 20 tries, I beat World 4. I was able to clear levels 1-3 without getting hit, but 4-4 proved to be quite tough! Also, there were some gaps I couldn't manage to clear unless I was regular Mario, forcing me to take on the second half of the level (and get past Bowser) without a safety net.

I've already gotten a game over about twenty times whilst attemping to complete World 5. This should be fun!

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This game is more about memorizing the levels and timing your jumps accordingly.

Once you do that, you'll fly by the levels in no time.

BTW, World 9 more like World lol.

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Yeah, I've heard World 9 is a joke. Can't wait until I get to experience it for myself!

Time to give World 5 another shot...

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I'm at 5-4 with six lives, and three coins away from another. I'm Fire Mario and clearing this level with allow me to progress to World 6 permanently.

Here we go...

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I died very quickly with my first life. It's hard to make a lot of those jumps as anything other than regular (small) Mario because you hit the ceiling earlier in your jump.

Life two, I did it! No problems whatsoever. I had to jump over quite a few of Bowser's flames while I stood at the beginning of the bridge and waited for him to get to a place where I could jump over him.

Now, onto World 6!

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From: wallmasterz | #035
I had to jump over quite a few of Bowser's flames while I stood at the beginning of the bridge and waited for him to get to a place where I could jump over him.

It's quite easier to run below him when he jumps.

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I'll have to try that, then. Normally I end up messing something up when I try to run underneath him!

Still in World 6, I've had no chance to play since Wednesday and won't have a chance to play again until Tuesday or Wednesday.

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I had a similar experience not too long ago with this game.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/417148-snakes-on-a-plane/59743633

Started Lost Levels at around the end of page 1, and most of page 2. It'll give you a little taste of what's to come.

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beat all worlds on all-stars

Is this the one where 7-1 or something is a ***** and it's just a bunch of springs? Hardest Mario level ever, even more so than Tubular.

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I found that level quite easy after like 2 deaths.

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Read the whole topic Pokalicious, it'd be awesome if you'd let me know when you pick up the Mario series again. That's basically what I'm trying to do now, but I'm not including the RPGs as part of the main series.

And Menji, this game does have the level you're thinking of! It's not 7-1 but I'm not sure exactly which it is, maybe one of the bonus worlds.

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I've only beaten it once.

as someone said before, the game is pretty cruel at times!

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I think there are two levels like that.

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Played for like one hour, got to level 5 and I don't feel like playing much more than that atm !

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Wow, I'm surprised this has gotten as much feedback as it has! It's nice knowing at least that this game is hardly unbeatable, and making it to World 6 has definitely boosted my confidence. I'm sure the worst is yet to come but I know for a fact that I can handle it. It'll be really rewarding to finish this one!

Then once I finish SMB2, I'll have beaten all of the main series NES Mario games! :) I'm definitely still going to replay SMB3 though.

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