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The Random Thread of Random Randomness

Scalenex said:
Also, I too am nostalgic for old video games. I once beat Bowser with fire power on a no warp zone play through. Never came close to doing that again. I've been beaten the advanced version where they turn all the goombas into beetles but always by the skin of my teeth, never with panache.
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If you ever want to put it into perspective, check out the world record speed run for the game. I've seen guys breeze through games like Battletoads as if it were absolutely nothing.

This YouTube channel does a great job chronicling the progression of world records for some of the biggest games...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtUbO6rBht0daVIOGML3c8w/videos
 
NIGHTBRINGER said:
If you ever want to put it into perspective, check out the world record speed run for the game. I've seen guys breeze through games like Battletoads as if it were absolutely nothing.
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One of the best metaphors I heard of for Super Mario Brothers is that's it's like a playground (back before the Karens made them all super safe). First you got the swings and the slide. Then when you get bigger and older you can play on the monkey bars and other equipment.

SMB1 has depth in. You can play as a young child. When I first played, we considered it winning to just beat the Bowser lookalike in level 1. Bonus points if you can shoot him. Then winning was actually winning. Then winning for me became winning without warp zone. Then winning for me became finding all the secret stuff.

I'm more of a completionist than a speed runner. In pretty much every game I ever play.
 
Tk'ya'pyk said:
I feel so old. Most of those games came out when I was in High School or College.
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Consider that i was there when this hit the world… :p

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