Beating Super Mario Bros. in 8 minutes!

[Torgo]

With only 600 points!

www.gamebreakers.co/2011/07/lowest-scoring-super-mario-bros-game-recorded/

Seeing how Super Mario Bros. is my favorite video game, this article caught my attention. Someone did a speed run of of the game in 8 minutes with as little points as possible!

Well, technically it wasn't 8 minutes, seeing how he waited until the clock ran out on the flag levels to get as little points as he possibly could, but that part has been edited out of the video.

He didn't collect any power ups, 1ups, or coins, and only killed two enemies (a Goomba and Bowser). As someone who is intimately familiar with this game, I laughed at his cleverness and cheered on his successes. I kinda want to try it myself!

[Ratso]

As somebody else who grew up with this game and still has trouble with those psychotic hammer bros I can't freaking believe he got past them playing like that.

I'm also impressed that he was able to make some of those jumps without getting coins.

Crazy vid.

[Torgo]

Even though it was only a vid, I winced at the Hammer Bros., as well as some of the jumps. It's very calculated and impressive.

[Mod City]

Great game. Takes me back to the good old days faster than any other.

But you're right, what's crazy is he did it with so few points and while killing only two enemies. I miss having the time to dedicate to stuff like this

[mitchell33]

ya know i've been a gamer. not a heavy one. but one that just loves to play video game for about 23 years now. in fact it's actually more than than, but i got my 1st NES way back in (1988) for X-mas me & my brother got it. it was ours but it's really mine now cause he hasn't played it since like the early 90's!

anyways as for this game. sorry for going off topic a bit. i've NEVER have beaten this game! most people have but i haven't. nor have i beat the 2nd game. the US version. my brother hasn't beaten either game either. but he did get pretty far ahead in the 2nd game years ago. though i doubt

he can do that anymore cause he i don't think has played it since he was in his teens. he's now 37 years old. so that's why i say that.

[Afgncaap5]

I read something about this somewhere, might have been Game Informer. I think the guy playing once said he thought it might be "technically possible" to win with only 500 points, but I'd need to look around some more to see if I could find that again. (He also owns up to intentionally using a few glitches, although I can't blame him for doing so.)

[theroadtodeep13]

How on Earth is that possible? It SHOULD take eight weeks.