Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. is a platforming video game within the Mario franchise and the first installment of the Super Mario series. The game was originally released in 1985 for the Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System, for which it was both developed and published by Nintendo. Super Mario Bros. is a launch title for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and some bundles included it as a pack-in title. Since its release, Super Mario Bros. has become one of the most well known video games of all time.

Story
According to the instruction booklet, one day, the Mushroom Kingdom was invaded by the Koopas, a tribe of turtles capable of using dark magic. They transformed the Mushroom People into various objects including rocks, bricks, and horsehair plants. Princess Toadstool is the only one capable of reverting the Mushroom People to normal, but she has been kidnapped by Bowser, the leader of the Koopas. The protagonist, Mario, hears of this and begins a quest to defeat Bowser and save the kingdom.

Gameplay
The game consists of 8 worlds, each with 4 levels. To get through levels, Mario (or the second player Luigi, if in 2 player mode) must use his jumping ability to jump over gaps, avoid obstacles and enemies, and make use of platforms and jumping boards that allow him to jump higher. Mario can find power-ups contained in ? blocks, and occasionally in bricks throughout levels. The power-ups can be released from the ? block or brick for Mario to collect by jumping into them from under them. The power-ups are as follows: the Magic Mushroom, which makes Mario larger and allows him to break bricks by jumping into their underside, the Fire Flower, which gives him the ability to throw fireballs to defeat enemies (though collecting a Fire Flower while in small form will have the same effect as a Magic Mushroom), and the Starman, which makes Mario immune to damage and allows him to defeat every enemy he touches for a short amount of time. Mario can jump on enemies such as Little Goombas to defeat them, however if Mario touches an enemy in any other way, he will either lose a life, or revert to his small form if he has collected a Magic Mushroom. However, enemies like Piranha Plants cannot be defeated by jumping on them, and underwater enemies also cannot be defeated by being jumped on. These enemies can only be defeated by using a Fire Flower or Starman. If Mario falls into a pit, or touches an enemy in his small form, he will lose a life, and can restart the current level from the last invisible checkpoint he reached, or from the start of the level if he has not touched any checkpoints. If he loses all his lives, he will get a game over and will be returned to the title screen, though it is possible to restart from the beginning of the world Mario was in prior to getting a game over by holding the A button on the controller and pressing the start button. Mario can gain an extra life either by collecting 100 of the coins scattered around every level, collecting a 1-up mushroom inside brick blocks or ? blocks, by jumping on multiple enemies consecutively without touching the ground, or by touching the top of the flagpole. The flagpole is found at the end of each level (except for castles, where the flagpole is instead an axe), and must be touched to complete the level. Mario will be given points depending on how high the part of the flagpole he touched is, unless he touched the highest part of it, in which case he will be given an extra life instead.