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Annualesque Platformer Speedruns

by jerryarr

One thing I do is have an annual speedrun of the Super Mario Bros. games, as well as Super Mario World. I've posted a review on Super Mario World, and the others are pretty good as well. So here's what I do. Get some music. Tradition dictates Billy Joel and Elton John. Pop in a Mario platformer. Before this year, it was Super Mario All-Stars for pre-SMW games. Time myself in playing the game. P...

One thing I do is have an annual speedrun of the Super Mario Bros. games, as well as Super Mario World.  I've posted a review on Super Mario World, and the others are pretty good as well.  So here's what I do.
 

  1. Get some music.  Tradition dictates Billy Joel and Elton John.
  2. Pop in a Mario platformer.  Before this year, it was Super Mario All-Stars for pre-SMW games.
  3. Time myself in playing the game.
  4. Play another game.
So far I've done Super Mario Bros. (warps, 6'39.33") and Super Mario Bros. 2 (warps, 18'46.95"), and I'm working on no warps SMB2.  Very tough, even compared to the All-Stars version of SMB2.