![]() ![]() It was what it was, and of course you loved it, how couldn't you? It was Mario.Īll this happened just four years after Nintendo had re-invented the home videogame with Super Mario Bros. 3 was also a major cultural event attended by none of the posturing, misunderstanding and self-conscious debate that has recently swirled around the releases of Grand Theft Auto IV or Modern Warfare 2. It may have been kids' stuff, but the launch of Super Mario Bros. ![]() The game was presented accurately and honestly, discussed in gamers' terms, and the sight of it caused waves of excitement in the audience. 20 years ago, the money shot in a major feature film was footage of a game. It's full of implausibilities, it's badly acted and it's an embarrassingly naked advertisement for Nintendo. It's a silly scene in a bad, exploitative movie. For over five minutes of screen time, footage of the game looms large over a screaming audience while Jimmy's brother - suddenly possessed by the spirit of the back of the box - shouts tips and game features from the sidelines. In the final, he has to play a game he's never played before: Super Mario Bros. In the climactic scene of the 1989 film The Wizard, a withdrawn kid called Jimmy who's a preternaturally gifted videogame player is competing at a tournament. "If he finds a warp, he can jump worlds!" games was originally published on 15th November 2009. Every Sunday we haul an exciting article out of the Eurogamer archive so you can read it again or enjoy it for the first time if you missed it. ![]()
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