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Wrecking Crew (NES)
NES / Famicom1985Puzzle / Platformer1-2 PlayersNES Launch TitleGunpei YokoiSpike Origin Wrecking Crew A 1985 puzzle-platformer where Mario swaps the plumbing for a sledgehammer. Released as a North American NES launch title alongside Super Mario Bros. on 18 October 1985, this 100-phase demolition game introduced Foreman Spike — a moustachioed antagonist who would resurface 38 years … Read more
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) game information, videos, enemies, items and trivia
NES / Famicom1988-1992PlatformerSingle PlayerDoki Doki Panic OriginNintendo R&D4Tanabe / Miyamoto Super Mario Bros. 2 The Western Super Mario Bros. 2 — a reskin of the Japan-only Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic — introduced Princess Peach, Toad, Birdo, Shy Guys, Bob-ombs and the iconic pluck-and-throw vegetable mechanic. The brothers' subconscious dream journey through the land of … Read more
Super Mario Bros. (NES) saviour of videogames & Nintendo’s breaker of America
NES / Famicom1985-1987Platformer1-2 PlayersIndustry-Saving ClassicNintendo EADMiyamoto & Tezuka Super Mario Bros. The game that single-handedly revived the post-crash North American video games industry, sold over 40 million copies, defined the side-scrolling platformer genre, and made an Italian-American plumber into the world's most recognisable fictional character. Composer Koji Kondo's overworld theme is arguably the most-recognised piece … Read more
Punch-Out! (Cameo) game information, videos, and the legendary appearance of Mario as referee
NES / Famicom1987BoxingSingle PlayerMario CameoNintendo R&D3Genyo Takeda Punch-Out!! (NES, Cameo) Nintendo R&D3's sports-meets-puzzle classic puts a young, glasses-wearing boxer called Little Mac through 14 wildly stereotyped opponents on the way to a championship bout with Mike Tyson himself. But the reason this game lives on our site is the tiny pixelated referee in the centre … Read more