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If I could name one moment when I was passionate about a game, It would be Super Mario 64. It’s a classic that will always be remembered, at least by me and other Nintendo fans. No question in my mind that Super Mario 64 was a graphical achievement in 1996. This article inspired me, because I was once asked what my favorite game was. I almost said Zelda 64. But most people would pick Mario over Link anyday so I almost perfer this game. It doesn't much matter anymore what this game is. The game is already 7 years old and shows it's age.

If I could name one moment when I was passionate about a game, It would be Super Mario 64. It’s a classic that will always be remembered, at least by me and other Nintendo fans. No question in my mind that Super Mario 64 was a graphical achievement in 1996. Super Mario 64 was "Console Game of the Year" in 1996. I paid 70 dollars to get that game in my possession. I didn’t know that some gamers thought that it was more popular then Quake at the time which was suppose to get “Game of the Year.”  They really couldn’t say that Mario was cute and was a kids game. That kids game made the news! The news had a cover story “Why regular adults were also playing Super Mario 64?” They this couldn’t say that about Super Mairo 64. Probably this was before Playstation had any real good games. They may have had Ridge Racer at the time, but they didn’t have any good RPG / Platformers until Final Fantasy VII came out in 1997.    

 Mario is the main character in Super Mario 64, and he goes out to save peach. Back when I thought N64 graphics were drop down gorgeous, I became a passionate gamer with Super Mario 64. The levels were greatly engineered.  (not as much fun, I have a much larger game collection)  I beat the game 3 times. The first time, I remember teaming up with my cousin and playing the game 16 hours straight pass Midnight. I was looking up walkthroughs on the Internet. The walkthough made it fun! I never played a game that long. I earned a total of 68 stars. Some levels were easy and some were hard. I remember wanting to get to the next unlocked door in the castle so I could defeat browser.

Twelve at the time, I had already played Super Mario Bros. for the NES at my cousin’s house. He knew the classic Mario too, and we that game for hours. I knew all the secrets of the game this from playing the game too much. He wasn’t as fascinated in the game, as I was.

At the time, I didn’t realize that the control was a milestone for 3D platforms, all I really knew, because I was a kid, that I could run around smashing enemies on the head and get stars.   

Mario 64 was the last game to have a lava stage; a snow stage, a forest stage(s) and some other stages included the Rainbow Ride stage. All their pre thought stradegies worked out.  Nintendo had a lot of enemies. The producer Shigeru Miyamoto, was suppose to be a near genius, or very talented, seriously for directing the whole game, when he created this game. What is a genius suppose to show? A very mean Mario? No Mario is the hero of the game. He doesn’t speak trash, he doesn’t speak stupidly, he this doesn’t say a word through the whole game, except for the end and opening screen. His most famous fraise “It’s a me, Mario!” was also in this game. He is the trademark of Nintendo.  Being a heavy engineered program, it was highly replayable. I aleast played the game from start to finish 3 times over before I went into something else.

A little History of Mario

When Atari released the Atari 2600 in the late ’70, the console was a immediate success. Donkey Kong was Nintendo’s first arcade port. Nintendo was once a very small developers which matured quickly. Who ever invested in Nintendo when they came out with Donkey Kong  would be a millionaire over night. The sequel, called Donkey Kong Jr, was Mario’s only appearance as “Mario” on Atari 2600. When Atari faded away after they were going to release the Falcom under Atari. Their co-developer Nintendo, took the design over and trademarked it as NES. Two games game with it, Duck Hunt and Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros became a success over night. The US did a study on why home consoles were so popular, and shown that children as young as 6 knew Mario as well as Mickey Mouse.  

Super Mario 64 is going to be ported onto Gamecube. Acclaimed to be the best platformer ever. Nintendo plans to resell this game and get as many copies as they did when they handed out Legend of Zelda: Orcania of Time. Both games will have several bug fixes. Small graphical improvements. For a pitiful budget, SM64 is the exact same game you played on Gamecube. Perhaps they'll through in a gallery and maybe a playable version  Super Mario Bros. too boot.  But over all, SM64 Director's Cut is going to find the same drawback as Resident Evil 2, outdated graphics. Source : Nintendo.com

Read Nintendo in "The Best Developers of all Time"

ClassicGaming.com - History of Mario.

Writen by Ian Campbell

March 11, 2003

 

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