Immediately after watching that, I said to myself 'I know i can beat that if I practiced.' I couldn't believe there was someone better than I was at the game I knew inside and out. I remember the speedrun being around 5 minutes and 20 seconds long. I remember being amazed by the player, there were hardly any hesitations, there were no major mistakes I picked up on. Back when G4 was actually fun to watch, they showed a speedrun of Super Mario Bros. I was introduced to speedrunning through G4TV around 2004. How could you compete against others on a game like Mario? Back then, I decided that there really couldn't be any competition, afterall, Mario is primarily a one player game. I distinctly remember wanting to compete against people in Mario when I was younger. The main reason I play video games is for the challenge, the challenge of the game, or against others. Even though he doesn't play as often as he used to, I bet he could match if not outdo me on many titles if he tried. Whenever I beat my brother it was a real thrill because I usually lost to him in everything. I remember getting my butt kicked by my brother in the past, but I never got tired of it. I've always felt that I have been exceptionally good at video games. We spent more time playing Mario games than any other series, except maybe games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. I loved both competing against and watching my brother play these games. He'd show me some trick he found in Castlevania or a secret he found in Zelda, I watched him complete quite a few titles. I loved playing video games with my brother and sister especially, mainly because they were really good. I have many fond memories of playing Mario games on my old Nintendo (NES) and Super Nintendo (SNES) when I was younger.

The Super Mario video game series has been especially important to me. September 14 2006, 5:05, Scott Kessler (5:08 by Twin Galaxies)ĭecember 15 2011, 4:58, Andrew Gardikis (current)Īs most of you know, Super Mario Bros may be the most iconic game of all time.

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