currently watching: Seinfeld Season 8 
currently listening to: Nirvana-Nevermind 
everyone has a list of things they want to get done before they die. some are high reaching, some are just for fun, some define and change lives. then there is what I accomplished today at 12:15am whilst playing Super Mario Bros. Those under 25 may not understand, but there is an unlimited lives trick that involves repeatedly stomping on a turtle shell as it goes down the final stairs on level 3-1. it requires special timing and some luck to pull it off and i’ve never done it before. But that all changed and i have the cell pics to prove it, along with Will Gordon as my witness.
the 2nd pic i took later to show that i did indeed have over 125 lives. This moment will truely go down as one of the greatest of my life, as it would anyone who accomplishes such a feat. Your jealousy is understood.
OMG cuz, that is sofa king awesome! This brings back amazing memories. You still have a functional original NES?!?!?! That’s a feat in and of itself! That was my favorite thing in SMB… the 1-up trick. Not to brag or anything, but I had mastered that turtle shell trick…although it took awhile to get the timing down on a consistent basis. I always let the turtle get down to the 2nd to last step before I did it. You were halfway up the staircase… impressive! There’s no better sound then the Super Mario Brothers “1UP” jingle in an infinite loop
Comment by Mike U (Cuz) — Saturday, January 24, 2009 @ 8:07 pm
not to burst your bubble but Ryan says he completed that as well. But good job anyways. I am sure I would never be able to do such a thing.
Comment by Joanna — Saturday, January 24, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
actually mike i dont have an original NES anymore. i have a thing that lets me play nes games on my super nes. but for this if u look closely in the screen shots you’ll see that i was playing the mario all-stars version of mario one (on snes). i dont even own the original mario 1/duck hunt game anymore unfortunately.
and i do remember u were an expert at that move, i was quite jealous lol.
jo-i’m sure a lot of people have done it. i just hadn’t and it was a void in my gaming career. i think next in my list would be beating mike tyson’s punch out.
Comment by Andy — Sunday, January 25, 2009 @ 7:05 pm