...n which video gaming itself was dying. Ataris home consoles were overpriced and not producing and the idea of arcade gaming was being segwayed in favor of these at home gaming attempts. Companies bankrupted and nothing was seen for almost 2 years as a result.

It was Nintendo itself that would successfully breach the barrier between the arcade and the living room again, single handedly reviving the dying industry and saving video gaming as we know it.

With the launch of the Famicom in Japan in 1983, Nintendo executives decided that they needed a killer piece of software to sell consoles. They turned back to Miyamoto and his goofy plumber for a new start and he delivered. Released in 1985, Super Mario Bros. was a revolution in home gaming. It redefined the technology in home gaming at the time and created the Mushroom Kingdom as we still know it. The goofy ideas that floated Donkey Kong and Mario Bros a few years before were released in earnest in Super Mario Bros and born was the mushroom chomping, pipe warping antics of Mario and his brother Luigi. The invention of the platforming genre as well as the lengthy at home, sit down gamin console made Super Mario Bros one of the top selling games of all time, sending Japan and the US into Mario madness, creating an atmosphere willing to accept and support Nintendo no matter what. The video gaming age was not dead, it was just born. And Mario led the way.

Super Mario Bros 2 was born as a direct sequel to the first game with an entire new batch of levels, poison mushrooms and wind gusts. The game never saw release in the US though as it was considered too hard for fickle US gamers. The game did eventually see release in 1993 in the SNES Mario All-Star Collection as lost Levels.

The game Americans know as Super Mario Bros 2 is in fact a completely different game that nintendo acquired the rights to and inserted Mario and friends into. The result is a game that didnt quite match up with any of the other Mario games. The game, while totally different from the actual Mario games was very popular in the US and introduced a variety of new features such as forward and backward scrolling on screen and greater freedom of movement. plus the really cool floating princess feature. Likewise, the game was released in Japan as Super Mario Bros. USA.

And then there was 3. Super Mario Bros 3 was the most anticipated game of 1990, with the prerelease buzz enhanced even more by events like The Wizard (a video game centric film) in which the game was highlighted in a gaming contest before it had even been released. The game itself eventually became the best selling game of all time that wasnt packaged with a console with 17 million copies sold. It introduced the map format, as well as the introduction of the suits that changed Marios powers to match certain conditions, and the epic boss battles throughout the game. The final world was huge and Bowser a step above and beyond the villains thus far.

In 1990, as nintendo was preparing to release the Super Famicom, they looked to Miyamoto one more time for an epic gaming experience that would sell consoles and show off the power of their new console. He gave to them Super Mario Wo...more

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...conquering the great deeps of the Kar'la'for'i'tan underwater Labrynth (nor are most guys, really... I've had some of my friends go on and on...) for the 23rd time. Maybe some are, and they are a rare and beautiful jewel to be treasured forever, but for the most part, girls (and/or guys, whomever you want to attract) just aren't really into chillin' with you while you dig through the deepest dungeon in Elfland.

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...veloped by Square, who are well known for their RPG Final Fantasy RPG games.

2. Super Metroid - The sequel to the original Metroid for nintendo. Super Metroid has more weapons, new areas to explore and a more difficult bosses. Consistently rated in the many top 100 lists, it was rated the best game of all time by Electronic Gaming Monthly. Its fantastic level design is often seen as a pinnacle in game development.

1. Super Mario World - The launch game for Super nintendo and the most popular game on the system in terms of sales. Super Mario World takes the Mario game ideas from Super Mario 3 and adds better graphics, better sound, and even more levels. Yoshi makes his first appearance this game too. Super Mario World has a 97% rating at gamerankings.com, one of the highest of any game ever made.

If any of these games aren't in your gaming collection you should try to buy them. All ten games of these games are great gaming experiences that every gamer will enjoy.

Copyright (c) 2007 JJ Hendricks

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...ne of the mushrooms in the Honey Comb galaxy, Mario puts on a bee suit which gives you the ability of limited flight. So after flying around the planetoid, spin hitting some enemies, and after going through some pipes which take you all the way through the planetoid and spit Mario out on the other side, I flew around a waterfall where I found the giant star which warped me to the next world.

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