It's also amusing that it's not even a racing game. It's SMB1, but that is like The Game and everyone knows it. It's video game history.

Yeah, figured it out after a while... that'll teach me to read youtube's comments. :(

Also on the TAS run, that one's been obsolueted by another one who keeps FireMario from about 4-1 untill the rest of the game.

Both types of Run are aweseom in thier own ways, Ligit runs for thier pure speed and TAS for the wierd crap you can pull off at 1/3 speed.

Damm If I could do that i wouldent need to play

Most excitement I've had all day. I was like, "Ohhh!" and so forth right along with the crowd.

Wow, that was some intense mario. I couldn't tell who even tell who won. They were like doing identical jumps and moves throughout the whole game.

impressive move....
never know that mario can be played like that

For the first few minutes... it wasnt funny, I wasnt excited about it at all. But toward the end, I realized these guys are FUCKING INCREDIBLE at this game! lol and when people started saying "OH MY GOD!!" and then they were dressed as mario and luigi, that just pushed me over the edge. This was hilarious.

Remember Super Mario Bros Deluxe? The Game Boy Color Port of SMB1? It also had a simultaneous 2 player racing to see who would finish first. And of course added were blocks that could affect the other player, so it wasn't just memorization.

This video is awesome. I wish I had gone to see this. If only there was something in America that gave things like this a chance against other sports like basketball or racing. I know all the gamers would love to see something like this become a regular thing for television.

They do. When I visited Korea to see my relatives there were like two channels: I think one had starcraft and the other had something else (warcraft?).

It's entertaining to watch, though it makes you want to play.


As for the video, that was amazing. I had to say that it got very exciting as time went by.

Like others, I loved the crowd reaction and choice of music (oddly enough, whenever I hear "Danger Zone" I think back to its use in the old Mario Bros cartoon, so it seemed even more freaky to hear it here...).

Oh man I love speed runs. If anyone doesn't know, go to http://speeddemosarchive.com/ for heaps of speed runs (although not with an audience). If my mum hadn't given away my nes so many years ago, I'd totally be playing it now

I always had a hard time playing Super Mario... To tell the trut I have never even beaten the original game... but Ive beaten allth new ones.... I just always sucked at 2d games!

That was a good race. I was watching the screen on the right for a bit and then switched to the left. I was impressed at how close they each got to the enemies when jumping over tubes.

That video was pretty intense. I found it a little challenging, keeping track of both screens at once to see how both players were doing. Nonetheless still very cool to see that people are finding new limits for older video games.