Super Mario Bros. Item Abuse 3. Are They Trying To Make People Break Their TV From Frustration?

[R.O. Double]

nikka spent 3 years trying to beat one level.

Since Super Mario World came out for the Super Nintendo on November 21, 1990, war and famine have taken untold millions of lives, nations have risen and fallen, and some dudes in an obscure corner of the Internet have dedicated countless hours to making insane obstacle courses for Mario and then beating them. As we all know, every single conceivable thing in all possible worlds has its own Internet subculture dedicated to it, almost invariably complete with a 1999-era forum to bring enthusiasts together. No exception, Super Mario Worldhacking has a new hero in YouTube user PangaeaPanga, who spent three yearsassembling and now beating “Item Abuse 3,” a custom creation touted as “the hardestSuper Mario World level in existence.” The results are oddly hypnotic:



PangaeaPanga accomplished the feat using a Super Nintendo emulator that allows for tool-assisted speedruns—video game playthroughs that let a user advance through a level frame by frame, recording only successful advancement (and omitting every character death). PangaeaPanga says it took him 78,160 total recordings to get all the way through the absurdly punishing level, all the while thrusting Mario into a hellish nightmare of eternal death, rebirth, and incremental progression. When he finally escapes the samsara of his existence, Mario does not achieve nirvana, but he does get a “Course clear!” message, so congrats for that, little buddy. This being the Internet, there is naturally also a sub-sub-sub-culture that contends that tool assistance is cheating and says some other guy’s tool-freeplaythrough of a similarly grueling custom level is more impressive.

LINK:
http://www.avclub.com/article/watch-someone-beat-worlds-hardest-super-mario-worl-215661


WTF are these nikkas trying to do to people?

I remember back in the days before game saves. I'd sometimes come across a hard ass level on a game that had me wanting to slam my controller.

shyt would be so tough that you'd just pause the game and walk away for a lil bit to regain your composure.

Them level where when you finally pass it, you feel like the muthafukkin man.


I can't do it.

 

[newarkhiphop]

In

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

that's too much.

 

[Heretic]

I used to try and beat super Mario bros 3 without using warp zones and talk about wanting to tear up tv's

 

[llt23]

this shyt is amazing though. Even though its a bot doing that work, im impressed.

 

[mvp_status]

those koopa baseballs were going right thru Mario though

 

[R.O. Double]

this shyt is amazing though. Even though its a bot doing that work, im impressed.

That ain't no bot. It's a dude actually playing that.

 

[R.O. Double]

nikka just merk Yoshi like it ain't nothing, tho.

 

[GoldenGlove]

 

[You Win Perfect]

That ain't no bot. It's a dude actually playing that.

he used emulator assistance if you ummm read the article

 

[Heretic]

nikka just merk Yoshi like it ain't nothing, tho.

Them sprite based characters were abusive as hell. Breh used to tear the back of Yoshi's head UP!

 

[R.O. Double]

he used emulator assistance if you ummm read the article

I thought that said it was a recorder that only recorded when he was successful and omitted all the times he died.

 

[You Win Perfect]

I thought that said it was a recorder that only recorded when he was successful and omitted all the times he died.

READ the ARTICLE

"PangaeaPanga accomplished the feat using a Super Nintendo emulator that allows for tool-assisted speedruns—video game playthroughs that let a user advance through a level frame by frame...."

 

[notPsychosiz]

I thought that said it was a recorder that only recorded when he was successful and omitted all the times he died.

Yeah, levels like that are constructed to be timing based, not really skill based. You need to know whats ahead of you in advance. Once you do, its just pattern memorization, like people that can play rockband songs perfectly without the tv being on. Its button timing, non-reactionary. The level is 100% possible to do... but the precesion it would take to learn is high level. There are lots of vids online of people beating nes games blindfolded, cause many early games are simply long patterns.

Super impressive nonetheless.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

This wasn't a single play through with a controller. Read the article.