Super Mario Bros. Guide
Original NES World 1-1 gameplay screenshot.
NES · 1985 · 9 guides & references
Cheats, locations & unlocks
Key characters
Mario
Mario uses momentum and jumping to cross the courses. A Super Mushroom lets him survive an ordinary hit and break brick blocks; a Fire Flower adds a ranged attack.
Original Super Mario Bros. illustration of Mario with a mushroom.
Princess Toadstool
Known as Princess Peach in later games, Toadstool is imprisoned by Bowser. Mario reaches her at the end of World 8-4 after the earlier castles reveal rescued retainers.
Princess Toadstool calling for help in original Super Mario Bros. artwork.
Mushroom retainers
The retainers rescued in the first seven worlds tell Mario that the princess is elsewhere. These encounters mark completed worlds, rather than providing a new playable companion.
Mushroom-retainer artwork from the original game.
Bowser
Bowser blocks the last bridge with fire and hammers. Reaching the axe behind him drops the bridge; Fire Mario can instead damage him from a distance.
Original Super Mario Bros. Bowser artwork.
Artwork & pictures
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