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Happy 39th Anniversary to Super Mario Bros.!

"It's-a me, Mario!" Today is the 39th anniversary of one of the most influential video games of all time, being none other than Nintendo's 1985 platforming game, Super Mario Bros.! Originally released in Japan back on September 13, 1985, it was later brought over to the US in late 1985 (stated to be October by Nintendo, although a few testimonies state otherwise), and in Europe in 1987. It was a smash hit and became the NES/Famicom's "killer app". I mean, it's impressive how they were able to code a side-scrolling platformer for the Famicom, back when the system was full of one-screen games, and cram everything onto a 40-kilobyte ROM. Oh, and for that Mario jumping sprite, I used an amiibo of Classic Mario I have as a reference.