Do you remember?

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-03-2011, 09:15 PM

When was the first time you played a Super Mario Bros. game? Where, and how did it occur?

I would've played Super Mario Bros. (the first one) sometime in 87ish, maybe 88? It was well before the release of SMB3, but I'm not sure if it was before or after the launch of SMB2. The neighbor kids wanted to show us their NES, which I'd never heard of before. We played SMB and Duck Hunt on a tiny black and white television in their bedroom. I was horrible at it, and died in the first pit over and over again. Apparently, no one had told me you could run faster by holding the B button.

That wasn't the first time I'd seen or played a video game, as there was actually a Pacman table machine at the local pizzeria that I'd tried once or twice. The idea of video games was interesting at the time, but Pacman was clearly not made for someone with my lack of a skillset or attention span in mind.

My memory of playing SMB for the first time always replays with me a bit older, since I remember it so well, but the date would've been when I was about 5? That's mind-boggling, since I've lived that length of time over 4 more times since.

**Valigarmander** · 03-03-2011, 09:27 PM

Incidentally, Super Mario Bros. was the first video game I ever played. I was four, I believe, and my uncle had pulled down the old NES from the closet at my grandmother's house. He set it up, popped in the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt cartridge, and I had a go at it.

I specifically remember the "running out of time" music scaring me, but I enjoyed playing nonetheless. Not long after I started playing other video games, and the rest is geek history.

***Marilink*** · 03-03-2011, 09:36 PM

I definitely don't remember my first time ever. I was probably 3 or 4 when I first played Super Mario World, which I've been told was my first Mario game. That doesn't surprise me because I've always felt more comfortable with an SNES than an NES.

My earliest memory is playing SMB/Duck Hunt in the room that's now our family room, painted green at the time. I'd hold the zapper right up to the screen and try and shoot the dog sometimes. Then I'd play SMB, but I remember being frustrated by the lack of save feature, so I'd always go back to SMW. My first memories vaguely involve Butter Bridge and my brother teaching me the 99 lives spot in Vanilla Secret 1, on top of the Vanilla Dome.

SMW is one of those games that I honestly cannot remember a time that I didn't know every single secret in the game. DKC is the same way. Those were the first games that I ever conquered, which is why I hold them so dear to my heart. Like I said, I was only 3 or 4 when I played these games for the first time, probably 5 by the time I beat them, so it's tough to think of a time before video games.

***Booyakasha*** · 03-03-2011, 11:42 PM

Depends---does 'Donkey Kong' count? Because we had that on cart for the Commodore 64, which I played from the age of three on up. (Liked 'Jumpman Junior' better, though.)

If 'Donkey Kong' doesn't count, then my first Mario experience would have been with SMB on my cousin's NES in 1987 or so.

Robotazy · 03-03-2011, 11:54 PM

Getting Super Mario World along with a few other games. I put it in the SNES started the game played to the Second Castle. Stopped....and I never played it again.

Then I played Taz-mania for the hundredth time, 'cause that was a horrible game that perfectly fit a horrible child like me with no good taste for games. :V

***CaptHayfever*** · 03-04-2011, 12:17 AM

At my cousin's house when I was like 5 or so. I was awful.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

**X-3** · 03-04-2011, 07:42 AM

I think the first time was playing World at an older neighbour's house.

**Loot** · 03-04-2011, 09:46 AM

Can't remember. All I know is I was really young and was surprisingly good for being as little as I was.

Jere · 03-04-2011, 12:57 PM

Must be back in 92 or 93, we are at my moms cousins house and play all kinds of games mario bros one of them/alternative we are in the same rivervally but in a village more close to where i live now, then we played Zelda II and Super Mario Bros.

Good times.

**NintendoNut** · 03-05-2011, 05:56 AM

Playing Super Mario World on the SNES at my grandparents' house. I must have been about 5 or 6.

Panfan · 03-05-2011, 11:11 AM

Super Mario Bros. 3 at my grandparents' house. I was like 4.

Though I was playing Sonic already when I was 3.

CuccoLady · 03-05-2011, 02:14 PM

Almost positive that Super Mario World was [or was close to] the first game I ever played. I was really little, so I usually just watched my sister play it.

When I actually got the controller, I pretty much just went to the place with the little yoshis and fawned over how cute they were. Then I would go to a level with yoshi and eat berries and then instantly get owned.

Good times.

--

If that wasn't my first game, it was definitely Super Mario All-Stars. My fondest memory of that game is that our neighbors, to whom we are STILL really close, had a SNES as well, but theirs was dying so that whatever game you put in it had a greenish purply dark color scheme. Now, me and my friend were really young little girls so we NEVER played as anyone except Peach. But calling her Peach when we played on their system and she had black hair and a purple dress seemed a little off, so we re-named this darker princess Blackberry. Princess Blackberry. Aw yeah.

Goood times. <33

Dizzy · 03-06-2011, 03:42 PM

I know I played the NES and Genesis at my grandma's house since I was 0 (just hitting buttons, I started to actually play when I was about 1 or 2).

There was SMB, SMB3, and Dr. Mario.

Gabriel · 03-07-2011, 12:39 PM

I believe the first Mario game I ever played was a Mario Bros. on a PC. I don't know how young I was, but I probably was under 6. I don't recall being very good. Several years later I got Super Mario Advance 2.

Ghost Princess · 03-07-2011, 02:53 PM

I first played Super Mario Bros on the SNES when I was five or six. I remember it was the Super Mario All Stars, the one without Super Mario World in it. Someone had already had a file on it and when I played it was World three level one!

I just ran and jumped over almost everything. Stomped on a few enemies. When my uncle was like, get the mushrooms! I had no idea what he was talking about. I didn't know anything about hitting those question marked boxes. O.O

03-03-2011, 09:15 PM	#1
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Do you remember? When was the first time you played a Super Mario Bros. game? Where, and how did it occur? I would've played Super Mario Bros. (the first one) sometime in 87ish, maybe 88? It was well before the release of SMB3, but I'm not sure if it was before or after the launch of SMB2. The neighbor kids wanted to show us their NES, which I'd never heard of before. We played SMB and Duck Hunt on a tiny black and white television in their bedroom. I was horrible at it, and died in the first pit over and over again. Apparently, no one had told me you could run faster by holding the B button. That wasn't the first time I'd seen or played a video game, as there was actually a Pacman table machine at the local pizzeria that I'd tried once or twice. The idea of video games was interesting at the time, but Pacman was clearly not made for someone with my lack of a skillset or attention span in mind. My memory of playing SMB for the first time always replays with me a bit older, since I remember it so well, but the date would've been when I was about 5? That's mind-boggling, since I've lived that length of time over 4 more times since.

03-03-2011, 09:27 PM	#2
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Incidentally, Super Mario Bros. was the first video game I ever played. I was four, I believe, and my uncle had pulled down the old NES from the closet at my grandmother's house. He set it up, popped in the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt cartridge, and I had a go at it. I specifically remember the "running out of time" music scaring me, but I enjoyed playing nonetheless. Not long after I started playing other video games, and the rest is geek history.

03-03-2011, 09:36 PM	#3
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	I definitely don't remember my first time ever. I was probably 3 or 4 when I first played Super Mario World, which I've been told was my first Mario game. That doesn't surprise me because I've always felt more comfortable with an SNES than an NES. My earliest memory is playing SMB/Duck Hunt in the room that's now our family room, painted green at the time. I'd hold the zapper right up to the screen and try and shoot the dog sometimes. Then I'd play SMB, but I remember being frustrated by the lack of save feature, so I'd always go back to SMW. My first memories vaguely involve Butter Bridge and my brother teaching me the 99 lives spot in Vanilla Secret 1, on top of the Vanilla Dome. SMW is one of those games that I honestly cannot remember a time that I didn't know every single secret in the game. DKC is the same way. Those were the first games that I ever conquered, which is why I hold them so dear to my heart. Like I said, I was only 3 or 4 when I played these games for the first time, probably 5 by the time I beat them, so it's tough to think of a time before video games.

03-03-2011, 11:42 PM	#4
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	Depends---does 'Donkey Kong' count? Because we had that on cart for the Commodore 64, which I played from the age of three on up. (Liked 'Jumpman Junior' better, though.) If 'Donkey Kong' doesn't count, then my first Mario experience would have been with SMB on my cousin's NES in 1987 or so.

03-03-2011, 11:54 PM	#5
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Getting Super Mario World along with a few other games. I put it in the SNES started the game played to the Second Castle. Stopped....and I never played it again. Then I played Taz-mania for the hundredth time, 'cause that was a horrible game that perfectly fit a horrible child like me with no good taste for games. :V

03-04-2011, 12:17 AM	#6
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	At my cousin's house when I was like 5 or so. I was awful. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

03-04-2011, 07:42 AM	#7
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	I think the first time was playing World at an older neighbour's house.

03-04-2011, 09:46 AM	#8
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	Can't remember. All I know is I was really young and was surprisingly good for being as little as I was.

03-04-2011, 12:57 PM	#9
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Must be back in 92 or 93, we are at my moms cousins house and play all kinds of games mario bros one of them/alternative we are in the same rivervally but in a village more close to where i live now, then we played Zelda II and Super Mario Bros. Good times.

03-05-2011, 05:56 AM	#10
NintendoNut PC Games and Tech Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hold on, I know this..... Gender: Posts: 8,655 Thanks: 108 Thanked 85 Times in 56 Posts	Playing Super Mario World on the SNES at my grandparents' house. I must have been about 5 or 6.

03-05-2011, 11:11 AM	#11
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,337 Posts Blog Entries: 15	Super Mario Bros. 3 at my grandparents' house. I was like 4. Though I was playing Sonic already when I was 3.

03-05-2011, 02:14 PM	#12
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	Almost positive that Super Mario World was [or was close to] the first game I ever played. I was really little, so I usually just watched my sister play it. When I actually got the controller, I pretty much just went to the place with the little yoshis and fawned over how cute they were. Then I would go to a level with yoshi and eat berries and then instantly get owned. Good times. -- If that wasn't my first game, it was definitely Super Mario All-Stars. My fondest memory of that game is that our neighbors, to whom we are STILL really close, had a SNES as well, but theirs was dying so that whatever game you put in it had a greenish purply dark color scheme. Now, me and my friend were really young little girls so we NEVER played as anyone except Peach. But calling her Peach when we played on their system and she had black hair and a purple dress seemed a little off, so we re-named this darker princess Blackberry. Princess Blackberry. Aw yeah. Goood times. <33

03-06-2011, 03:42 PM	#13
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	I know I played the NES and Genesis at my grandma's house since I was 0 (just hitting buttons, I started to actually play when I was about 1 or 2). There was SMB, SMB3, and Dr. Mario.

03-07-2011, 12:39 PM	#14
Gabriel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pesterchum~ Gender: Posts: 2,752 Thanks: 206 Thanked 139 Times in 115 Posts	I believe the first Mario game I ever played was a Mario Bros. on a PC. I don't know how young I was, but I probably was under 6. I don't recall being very good. Several years later I got Super Mario Advance 2.

03-07-2011, 02:53 PM	#15
Ghost Princess Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: In a house on a hill that is really EverQuest looking and weird. Gender: Posts: 41 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I first played Super Mario Bros on the SNES when I was five or six. I remember it was the Super Mario All Stars, the one without Super Mario World in it. Someone had already had a file on it and when I played it was World three level one! I just ran and jumped over almost everything. Stomped on a few enemies. When my uncle was like, get the mushrooms! I had no idea what he was talking about. I didn't know anything about hitting those question marked boxes. O.O