Super Mario Bros. No-Hit Playthrough (Actual NES Capture)

This is a capture of me playing through all of Super Mario Bros. on the NES without using any Warp Zones. This is not an emulator. This footage was captured directly from my front-loading NES using a real Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt cartridge.

I couldn't redo Super Mario Land in 60 fps without also redoing Super Mario Bros., so here it is: Super Mario Bros. running at 60 fps on the original hardware. Not only is this a no-death run, but this time, it's also a no-hit run.

My mother bought our family an NES Action Set (gray Zapper version) back around 1988 or 1989, so the NES was my first console and Super Mario Bros. was probably the first game I played. I remember playing this game with my mother quite a bit (she loved all the Super Mario Bros. games on the NES). Super Mario Bros. is a wonderful game and one of the ultimate classics.

I could sometimes get to World 8 as a kid (using Warp Zones), but I couldn't beat the game until I was around 12 years old. During that time I started acquiring the skills to beat NES games aside from the Zelda titles, so I had a lot of fun going back and beating games that I couldn't finish before, including this one.

This is certainly one of the easier no-death runs that I've done, but even so, this game is still quite challenging, especially when you're trying not to get hit even once. Enjoy the new footage.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and a composite connection at 60 frames per second. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the NES's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using a standard NES controller.