Glitch City Laboratories Archives

Glitch City Laboratories closed on 1 September 2020 (announcement). This is an archived copy of a thread from Glitch City Laboratories Forums.

You can join Glitch City Research Institute to ask questions or discuss current developments.

You may also download the archive of this forum in .tar.gz, .sql.gz, or .sqlite.gz formats.

General Discussion

Well, I finally did it - Page 1

Well, I finally did it

Posted by: Bert
Date: 2012-08-11 21:44:55
I beat Super Mario Bros.

It only took me 14 years (I started playing when I was 5), but I finally did it.

I thought this would take some time, so to prevent the dreaded Nintendo Thumb from kicking in, I took the shortest route I could: Take the Warp Zone in level 1-2 to level 4, then taking the Warp Zone in level 4-2 to level 8.

I grabbed a Fire Flower early on and blazed through world 8 (fucking Hammer Bros.) before I died for the first time in the castle. There were no Super Mushrooms in the castle, so I was stuck as regular Mario for the last stretch.

After clearing that goforsaken pipe puzzle (figure out which warp pipe takes you where) and going through that bizarre, short swimming segment, I was finally face to face with King Bowser himself, standing on a bridge over a pit of lava. There, at the other end of the bridge, was an axe that would cut the bridge and send Bowser plummeting to his death

There was no easy way to get to that axe; Bowser was jumping around, spitting fire and throwing hammers at me with reckless abandon. I only had one life left by this point, so I had to make this count. I charged for the axe, but Bowser threw a myriad of hammers and nearly hit me, so I backed off towards the edge of the bridge. He jumped again and I made another mad dash, but Bowser wasn't a fool, no, no. Just before I ran under him, he let loose a stream of fire that would have ended me, so I, again, retreated to my end of the battlefield.

"Surely, there must be some way I can get to that axe," I thought to myself. But alas, there was only one way: To make a mad dash for it and hope I don't get killed.

With no other choice, I raced for the weapon and, through some stroke of luck, timed it just right, so I jumped over Bowser and landed on the axe, cutting the bridge and sending Bowser plummeting to his fiery death.

The quest over, Mario finally rescued the Princess and got laid, I guess. I dunno.

Tl;dr: I beat Super Mario Bros.

Re: Well, I finally did it

Posted by: camper
Date: 2012-08-12 10:57:30
Good. Now try to beat World -1.

Re: Well, I finally did it

Posted by: Bert
Date: 2012-08-12 15:46:14
I have. T'was quite easy.

Re: Well, I finally did it

Posted by: camper
Date: 2012-08-12 22:14:05
You've found the exit?!  :o

Re: Well, I finally did it

Posted by: Bert
Date: 2012-08-13 16:59:09

You've found the exit?!  :o


Yeah. You have to kill 14 Bloopers and then when you get to the warp pipe, it'll take you to a room with eight Bowser's in it. In the centre of the room will be a gold ? Block; hit the block and you get the Super Fire Flower, which makes you invulnerable and makes it easier to defeat the Bowsers. Then you wind up outside and jump on the flagpole like normal.

My uncle works at Nintendo and he told me this but I can't show you because my camera broke.

Re: Well, I finally did it

Posted by: tachi
Date: 2012-08-22 09:51:08


You've found the exit?!  :o


Yeah. You have to kill 14 Bloopers and then when you get to the warp pipe, it'll take you to a room with eight Bowser's in it. In the centre of the room will be a gold ? Block; hit the block and you get the Super Fire Flower, which makes you invulnerable and makes it easier to defeat the Bowsers. Then you wind up outside and jump on the flagpole like normal.

My uncle works at Nintendo and he told me this but I can't show you because my camera broke.

seems legit