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Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Super Mario Bros. - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A very popular platform game where Mario and Luigi must travel through eight worlds defeating goombas, koopas, and then Bowser.

Super Mario Bros. was produced by Nintendo in 1985.

Nintendo released 106 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1970. Nintendo was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Nintendo during the time period Super Mario Bros. was produced include: Balloon Fight, Baseball, Duck Hunt, Excitebike (PlayChoice), Excitebike, Arm Wrestling, Nintendo Vs. System, Vs. Clu Clu Land, Vs. Ladies Golf, and Super Punch-Out!!

Specs

Name Super Mario Bros.
Developer Nintendo (Japan)
Year 1985
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9913
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Nintendo PlayChoice
Dipswitch Settings

Super Mario Bros. Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Either
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 - JumpRun/Fireball
Sound Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Super Mario Bros. KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.37 (4 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.26

Overall Like 3.50
Fun (Social) 2.00
Fun (Solo) 3.50
Collector Desire 3.00

Technical Rating: 3.48

Gameplay 3.75
Graphics 3.33
Originality 4.00
Sound/Music 2.25

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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ULLII2600 Bros.I Changes the graphics to make them look more like Atari 2600 games.LIIAcid CityI Changes the characters and graphics to make them look more slick looking.LIIAutobot Bros.I Changes the graphics and characters to make them look more like the Transformers.LIIBarney BrothersI Changes Mario into Barney.LIIBloody Ax Bros.I Changes Mario into an ax.LIIBud Bros.I Mario smokes Budweiser.LIICarnageI Changes Mario into Carnage.LIIChicken Bros.I Play as a chicken.LIICrazy Coons In Cloud LandI Every level is a cloud level.LIICyber MarioI Mario is in a computer world.LIIGoombas RevengeI Play as a Goomba.LIIHungry Mario.I Changes the graphics and enemies to make them look more like food.LIIKoopa MarioI Play as a Koopa.LIILuigi The Christmas QuestI Has a Christmas theme and you play as Luigi. It also changes the levels.LIILuigis First Quest The Search For MarioI Lets you play as Luigi. It also edits the levels.LIIMario ProI Makes the game harder by having all the enemies throw hammers at you.LIIMarios Moon AdventureI Takes place on the moon.LIIMillenium Mario Bros.I Updates the graphics and changes the levels.LIIMushroom DreamsI Control a Goomba that can collect the magic turtle shells to transform into a Koopa Troopa.LIIPeachs NightmareI Has eerie colors.LIISnipe Dash Hammer Bros.I Changes the main characters into the Hammer Bros.LIISnowboard Bros.I Lets Mario ride on a snowboard.LIIStrange Mario Bros.I Edits the levels.LIISuper Almish Bros.I Changes the main character into Abe.LIISuper Ascii Bros.I Changes the graphics to make them look more like old black and white Ascii games.LIISuper Bovine BattleI Changes the characters to make them look more like barnyard animals.LIISuper CarrotsI Changes Mario into a carrot. It also changes the Hammer Brothers into rabbits.LIISuper Death Bros.I Changes Mario into a skeleton.LIISuper Vector Bros.I Uses vector graphics.LIITie FighterI Changes the characters to make them look more like those from Star Wars.LIIUPS BrothersI Lets you drive a UPS van through eight worlds fighting against Fedex.LIIYY Snipe Dash Hammer Bros.I Lets you play as a hammer brother. It also edits all the levels.LIIYY Super Mario Bros.I Edits all the levels.LIIYoshis QuestI Lets you play as Yoshi. It also edits the levels.LISuper Pikachu Bros.LI Changes Mario into Pikachu. It also edits all enemies into Pokemon.UL

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Super Mario Bros. Census

There are 15,186 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,634 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,417 machines (6,977 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 156 known instances of this machine owned by Super Mario Bros. collectors who are active members. Of these, 67 of them are original dedicated machines. 26 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 63 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 8 active VAPS members with a Super Mario Bros. machines for sale. There are 3 active VAPS members with a Super Mario Bros. circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 8 active VAPS members currently looking for Super Mario Bros..

This game ranks a 35 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Year Count Median $ Average $
2016 2 920.00 920.00
2018 1 1,062.00 1,062.00
All Years 3 1,035.00 967.33

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