• misk@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    48·
    2 years ago

    It’s impressive because after dropping all those coins into arcade machine he could still afford some smokes.

  • statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    38·
    2 years ago

    I was in my mid 30s when I found out that you could hold some button when continuing after game over in Super Mario Bros to continue in the world you died.

    We just got gud and abused the turtle shell stair 1up.

    • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 years ago

      I watched a video recently about tool assisted Speedruns which actually educated me on why this worked. An issue with the sound card and the way user input was handled allowed certain button combinations to cause Random Code Execution. It’s actually possible to beat one of the Mario games (can’t remember the name right this second) on the first frame using this method, but it requires a ridiculous amount of inputs

    • selokichtli@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Which button?! Tell me!

      Edit: ah, nevermind, someone just did. Sorry for the reaction.

    • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      After completing the game, when you’re sent back to the title screen, you can also press B to select which world to start on. The World 1-1 in the HUD changes, then you have to do the continue trick - hold A and press Start.

      I can finish the game on one life without warps, but I’ve never once been able to get the 1ups from a Koopa shell.

      Edit: Another fun one is to play a bit of Tennis, eject the cart and insert SMB without powering off the system, then reset and do the continue trick. Tennis changes the memory value that SMB uses to tell which world you are continuing on, so you can play “weird worlds” like 63-1 that are generated from non-level data. Reset doesn’t clear all RAM. 😅

  • psycho_driver@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    The tough ones, especially. OG NES TMNT conqueror here (as you can tell it’s still in my list of life achievements).