I have lived all over the place, had all sorts of jobs, I have been to lots of cool countries. You know what I never did? I never beat Super Mario Brothers 3. It might not seem like a big deal, but it has bothered me for years. Decades actually.

So a few weeks ago I bought me a Super Nintendo on Craigslist, and I started my quest. It quickly became obvious that the years had not been good to my hand-eye coordination. I was certainly not the same Mario player I was back in 1990…when I was 11.

After a few weeks of intense practice I am back in action and kicking some koopa ass. I have made it all the way to world 7, and even to the second Fortress after 7-9.

Anyway wish me luck…I only need to beat world 8 and I will have accomplished my goal! Sure many people might think this is not a worthy goal for a 30 year old. But you guys can go to hell, let’s see you try and beat this shit. It’s hard!

While I was searching for some SMB3 graphics for this I came across this fun fact!

When you see a birds-eye view of all of the mazes from Zelda put together, they actually spell Zelda!

Freakin’ Cool.

Greyscale Goodness

Now here is your chance to relive your old days of greyscale global domination…except now in color on your iPhone. The game is Lux by SillySoft, and it is already poplular for the Mac and PC. They now have a free version for the iPhone, and I can’t get enough of it. 

This version Lux Touch is what they are calling the free version for the iPhone. The company says that they will be coming out with Lux Dlx (deluxe) in the near future which will have more levels and better AI. I can’t even imagine Risk on any other playing field besides the continents, but it is on its way to the iPhone. 

For more, take a look at the video review below:

 

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