Super Mario Bros. - All Cheats, Secrets, & Tricks

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you so much for watching! If you enjoyed, please consider liking and subscribing. I frequently upload videos looking at retro gaming technology, cheat codes, game translations, obscure oddities from the past, and much more! :)

[@carlosbautista1544]

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[@yvonnedelgado9661]

np now i know thx

[@Muttt13]

Do you have a video like this for super Mario 2?

[@TheGameDisplay]

@@Muttt13 You can find other Tips & Tricks videos that I have made here: kzbin.info/aero/PL-jlj9Ml5skMnGQrLyYlBWt_oj-u1YICb

[@derck7091]

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[@jefflancaster4423]

At 42 yrs of age my parents were cleaning out the attic at their house and found my old Nintendo! There goes my Sunday afternoon! I love it!

[@TheGameDisplay]

Hope you had a great day of retro gaming! It's always a good time for some SMB. :) Thank you for watching!

[@Wwesvr11bestprojects]

You live at your parents basement?

[@jupolan]

@@Wwesvr11bestprojects *at their house*

[@pr1smr]

my dad's the exact same age and found an old Nintendo at the store and got it 😅

[@BotchuLeeSim]

@@pr1smrbro same

[@MarsellusWallace2024]

Being old, I knew these. But there is also one I can’t remember how anymore, but there’s something you can do to make Mario slide through the level on his front foot. His legs don’t move but his rear foot is off the ground and it looks like he’s ice skating through the level.

[@Selfmxdetm]

You have to sprint then crouch

[@nickyjam770]

Its easier when coming out of a pipe

[@cloud9savagehenry]

Hold both A & B + right on the D pad when coming out of a pipe. Mario will jump. Release A in the air while still holding B and right and presto. One leg Run. Only perform while large Mario.

[@terabaap6574]

How much time are you playing from?

[@dandysalvino4269]

I am trying to learn this back again

[@dejongejohan]

This game is now 35 years old. I've played it since 1989. I've played it on my NES, my SNES (Allstars), my Wii (VC), Wii U (eshop) and my NES classic. I've seen multiple videos about the origin, the making the tips & tricks and the speedrunning of this game. AND TODAY, 2020, I STILL LEARN NEW THINGS ABOUT IT!!!!! Awesome!!!

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you so much for watching! I'm super happy to hear that my video introduced something new to you. I feel the same when I discover a new secret or trick in a game that I've been playing for ever! :)

[@tim65]

And I'm playing it on my Game and Watch today :)

[@dejongejohan]

@@tim65 Me too! And i love the Japanese SMB2 though it's friggin hard.

[@turbo8890]

"*mind blown* favorite one I've learned was the hold A and press start to return back to beginning of the world when you die. So many years of playing and I've just learned this now..Thanks for the vid!

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you so much for watching! I'm really happy that you learned some new things! :)

[@terribleaim2510]

@@TheGameDisplay it didnt work for me :c

[@Rumblefan]

@@terribleaim2510you have to hold A during the game over screen after you lose all your lives. Then just press start when it brings you back to the menu.

[@devanhaag3704]

Thank you! The holding A plus start so you can go back to the same world has helped me a lot

[@Rumblefan]

Yeah I was mind blown when I tried it and it actually worked. All these years I never knew about that. Would’ve saved time from going to warp zones to get back to the world I was in trying to beat the game.

[@Boxboi123]

DIDNT WORK FOR ME

[@formablesabb]

For the LIFE of us, my dad and I could never figure out the fireworks! Thank you so much!

[@mielivalta]

I was beginning to wonder if my memories from childhood were imaginary, for I remembered jumping over the flagpole and being small Mario who can shoot fireballs. But I know that those memories were real!

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad I could help confirm those memories were real. :)

[@TheTallRaver]

‘A’ button plus ‘START’ is a great tip! Now you can get more progress!👍😉

[@TheGameDisplay]

Glad to be able to help! Thank you so much for watching. :)

[@toffeenut1336]

Only other trick you left out is when Mario can ice skate across the screen. In the same vein of the last trick (in order to get small fire Mario), as soon as you beat Koopa, start the next stage off by immediately jumping and holding down the turbo button. It will look like a Mario is ice skating on one leg.

[@BrunoPortella]

Just finished the game and wanted a video with all the secrets I missed. This is amazing.

[@TheGameDisplay]

Congrats on beating SMB! I'm really happy that my video was able to show you some new things. Thank you for watching. :)

[@dementia316]

You forgot 4. One, if you touch Bowser as small Mario at the same time that you touch the axe, you will die, but not lose a life. Two, if you break blocks on the far left of the screen, you can, sometimes, jump in-between the blocks, and the screen, and hang there. Three, sonetimes, in World 4-2, if you try the previously stated trick,, you can slide through the bricks, and, even, run through them. Four, also in World 4-2,, if you're big Mario, and you crouch, and jump at the same time where you get that first coin block, you'll slide through the bricks. If you time it just right, and jump, you'll break the center block, but not the lower block, and make a "hole", so to speak.

[@LeslyErin]

That’s interesting, i just ran & crouched in order to slide under the small bricks or blocks when i was big Mario

[@futur_sunds]

I knew most of these because my dad knew of them and I watched him play a lot when I was little. But there were a handful of things in this that I had never heard of and am excited to try out!

[@mansursandole3084]

Awesome video. Thank you for the video. This video is like Back to the Future. It takes u back in the nostalgic era. Those were the days man.

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad that you enjoyed it. :)

[@susanfit47]

About 21 years ago in 2002, I went to my cousin's closet, and found my Nintendo and my games. There goes my Weekday afternoon/evening & Saturday evening/night! Still love it! This game is now 38 years old. I discovered this game in 1988, and played it ever since. I've played Super Mario Bros. on my NES, the Super NES (Allstars), the arcade (PlayChoice-10 & Nintendo Vs. System) and my Game Boy Color (Deluxe). and today, 2023. I still learn new things about!!

[@EtrianDinoval]

I love mini documentaries like this. :) Happy Mar10 day, Andrew!

[@TheGameDisplay]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and commenting! Happy Mar10 Day! :D

[@newcoolkido]

First time watching and now a big big big fan

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that. :)

[@OperaLover84]

Wow mind blown on some of this -- especially holding A to preserve your previous world! Thanks for the awesome vid ;)

[@Nightdare]

I could have used this tip 33 years ago 🤣🤣

[@Rumblefan]

@@Nightdarefor real 😂 faster than going to the warp zone every time to go back to the world I was in.

[@discontinuedchannel2185]

5:41 Fire small Mario 2!

[@JaronDavis]

Haha, I didn't know about Little Fire Mario! I'll have to try this now!

[@MR-nl8rg]

A+ as always, man! I was just watching SMB tips and tricks vids like a week ago haha.

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you! And haha, that's a funny coincidence! I hope that my video covered everything you saw. :)

[@thefightingplumber]

I bought a Game and Watch like i used to have 30+ yrs ago. This helped me remember it all! Great video, thanks!

[@IceKoldKilla]

I just finished the game for the first time. No guide obviously. I just played it on Switch. I LITERALLY was looping in that final level like a dumbass. I even got so good as running without ever slowing down and jumping perfectly. For what? For me to do it for an hour then Google it and find out I'm stupid. Anyways, I also noticed I accidentally got on top of a level and ran past it all lol. First time actually properly playing it. I've tried it for a couple mins at someone's house, on an emulator, stuff like that. But having a copy to play on my own and take my time with? Not until today. Had great fun. With the release of the GB, GBC and GBA emulators on Switch today, I decided to go back and finally start finishing some of these old games. Tick boxes off in my head (ocd)

[@strugglingdoctor7437]

I'm playing mario with my elder brother.... Right now he is no more.... I miss him too much 😭😭😭❤️❤️

[@kourtneywaters1059]

Huh?

[@aRandomClown_69]

did he pass away?

[@onceuponatimeproboy.]

Nice bro I have a 6$ console which I didn't cared about due to high graphics games . But now I will play this game😃

[@Jarod_Schultz]

I remember me and my brothers discovered the trick at 3-1 where you can get over 100 lives by repeatedly jumping on the turtle. For some reason I could only do that on the Super Nintendo version, but not the original NES game.

[@TheGameDisplay]

It really takes some precision to get it to work. Some people talk about it like it's super simple to pull off, but for me personally it's rare that I get it on my first try. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

I think with a little modification of code that can be fixed in the NES version. Although, getting 128 or more lives will mean an insta-Game Over the next time you die, since numbers 128-255 (80h-ffh) are read as negative numbers (signed bytes).

[@fuzzy5610]

I remember one where you fall through a gap and you don’t die or lose a life . Great video

[@Ninten70]

This happens to be the appropriate time to post this video cause it's Mar10 day.

[@Nanika285]

Thank youuu so much! This was awesome ❤

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you very much for watching! I'm super happy that you enjoyed it. :)

[@BananaFaceDude56]

Okay, there was something I didn’t know. How on earth was anyone supposed to figure out that hidden blocks only appear if you collect all the coins in level 3 of a previous world?! What?! Especially back then!

[@TheGameDisplay]

I don't even think Nintendo Power mentioned that one! As a kid, my mind was completely boggled every time I jumped where I thought a 1-up block should be and there was nothing there. At least now the mystery has finally been solved! :)

[@brandimichelleakin9940]

You’ve gotta be obsessed😂 I was 7 yrs old when I got my game and became ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED IMMEDIATELY. After I beat the entire game once, then beat it again in the harder mode…I would “challenge” myself to get EVERY SINGLE coin, beat every op and crush every brick. I had undiagnosed adhd. So to be able to keep playing it after beating I had to feel challenged. That’s what led to me finding out about the coin thing.

[@Holleausdd]

Holy Moly. Could not believe i didnt know this secret Continue function with a + start.. THX :-)

[@TheTallRaver]

Great video!👍 Thanks!

[@CasuallyShadow]

Trying to beat the game in its entirety in my school's arcade! The world continue trick will make it much less of a gauntlet!

[@TheGameDisplay]

Glad to be able to help! :)

[@marselinoluna5381]

Great stuff , I did not the the secret about jumping backwards to get to the secret levels.. thanks

[@Shivablade]

definitely learned some things. i never knew or even heard about -1, or small fire mario.

[@TheGameDisplay]

I'm very glad to hear that! Thank you for watching and commenting. :)

[@raymondoansler4580]

Oneinzinsidenofanninvisenbleblock 😂 🙌🏾love the vid though keep it up.

[@TheGameDisplay]

I really appreciate that! Thank you for watching. :)

[@Angeleyes0903]

Playing this game as a kid, there was actually a cheat code to give you 99 lives. I've been trying to find it and have been unsuccessful tracking it down. It is out there!!

[@ashiafouch6164]

That was awesome thank you so much I did know a few of those but a lot I did not so cool keep making videos two thumbs up

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you found the video helpful. :)

[@Tetsaiken]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Frame Rule and what it affects and how to manipulate it. In speedrunning, this is important as manipulating it will allow silly shenanigans like the 4-2 wrong warp (via backwards bumping), and it also affects many other things in the game that I can't remember off the top of my head.

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thanks for watching! That's a neat trick too! I didn't want to go down the rabbit hole that introducing speedrunning tricks could lead to. I also could have talked about things like bullet bill flagpole trick, but I thought I should probably just stick to fun, odd, and useful things for the average player!

[@justinweekly7935]

4-2 on the hidden blocks it only take you to level 6! Unless it matters if you’ve jumped levels before you get too 4-2?

[@R0XY_25]

Thanks for all these tricks ! But the trick to go to -1, I’ve tried but I doesn’t work … All the other work and mostly I already new

[@16-BITFPV]

I learned some stuff and I've been playing this since 1993

[@Angyali]

2:35 Man, if I could move that fast...! 😃

[@sahelebrahimal-wasti4829]

I didn't know about 1up and the coins! Thanx.

[@Babybudgie_1]

Hey hey! I learned 2 things, thanks!

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you for watching! I'm super happy it was informative. :)

[@jamesboom2930]

I love hearing stuff about this I love Mario I love hearing secrets about Mario 2

[@LeslyErin]

I’m 38 so haven’t played this game in over 20 years but I do remember a trick you didn’t show which is if you run at full speed & press & the down button, you can slide under the small blocks without having to be small Mario. You might have to hold down either or both if the buttons while you do it, can’t remember for sure, but i do know you can do it for sure in the original released one from NES

[@LeslyErin]

Also, you didn’t show any of the beanpoles or glitches but maybe that stuff just isn’t for this video?

[@DEEQTRIP-DUBSTEP]

Game and watch 2020 brought me here !

[@jean-francoisjutras]

If you wait long enough in front of the hammer brother in the last castle, then he will charge you - so you can stomp him

[@damin9913]

These tricks also works with the sega genesis version too!

[@jimleitch3593]

0:57 for the people who want to get to world -1.

[@borisnetwork]

It's easy to pull off once you get the hang of it

[@Flatearth69]

Love your vids man

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. :)

[@jakobrahn8555]

Good job on the videos as always my friend funny thing i never knew what the fireworks were for i also never knew about the hidden 1ups other than world 1s hidden 1up i learned something new today that made me happy by the way wasn't there supposed to be more minus world levels in the Japanese version of the game take care my friend

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you for watching, Jake! It always makes me happy to know that people learned new things by watching my videos. I'm glad that you liked the video! Take care. :)

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

There is one thing I am super curious about. As you know, the Life Counter shows glitched up symbols if it goes over 9. It's clear the developers never knew about the 1-up Staircase trick, even though they have embraced it since. So, this makes me wonder - WITHOUT ever using the 1-Up Staircase trick, what is the maximum number of lives you can have by the end of the game?

[@TheGameDisplay]

It's weird that they left such a glitch in the game, considering that even if you don't do the 1-up staircase trick it's very possible to get over 10 lives from 1-up mushrooms alone! But looking into that in addition to how many lives you could also pick up from coins and enemy combos would be interesting! Thank you for watching and commenting! :)

[@martinkunev9911]

I think you can get the lives to glitch by 3-3.

[@mrwhopper8303]

You missed the backwards walk through the wall toward the left in the bricks the first castle level. Also there is another jump the flag pole opportunity in level two and if you manage it right you play warped Mario. Not warp world more that the whole game is warped. Weird bad guys and things moving in wrong direction....I think. it has been 30 years since I last played.

[@davida6146]

This was the best video I found!

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you for watching! I'm super happy you liked it. :)

[@AdlaneBelhocine-ov4ib]

Nice 👌

[@newgameaaaa]

Wow! That was a lot. Thank you for sharing.

[@TheGameDisplay]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching. :)

[@khahlifboot38]

If you keep playing it it gets harder and harder every time you finish it

[@mixamario6495]

Thanks for the tips

[@TheGameDisplay]

I'm happy they helped! :)

[@oatmac]

"There will be at least one thing you will learn" *rewatches*

[@inqmusician2]

Another trick used by speedrunners. You can clip in to the wall at the beginning of 4-2 and it will push Mario to the right. That way, you can perform Wrong Warp glitch. Wrong Warp is basically when you take a warp pipe, instead going to the coin cache, it goes to the warp zone without the vine animation. Here's a simple variation. Run and backwards jump on the wall, then hit the Goomba in the middle, do the backwards jump on the coin block, and then, hit the vine block. If done correctly, you will achieve the same Wrong Warp glitch the same way if you did with the clipping way.

[@siennacoey4937]

thx for hints

[@Marchelthegreat]

Will these still work on the Nintendo Switch Online version?

[@TheGameDisplay]

They absolutely will! Thank you for watching. :)

[@richardespinoza2839]

Dream loves this video.

[@Siuuuuu0009]

nice work

[@Explosion-]

Fun thing is lots of people know some of this secrets before just by talk of mouth then try it or discovering it yourself.

[@shandeehermaans5730]

Thanks😊 I tried that by my game station v2

[@jeremyvandunk6213]

I actually discovered the small with shooting power,back in 1986 by jumping over bowser and landing on the ax at the same time and then I called the company and they gave me 5 free games because of this glitch

[@blessingarmspreschool]

Thank you for this video it will inspire me

[@blinkshadown]

I only didn't know the small fire Mario. Wish that was a thing for the newer games it be interesting to have the small hitbox with the pluses of the power up. But I'd also like it to work like the mini mario power up and kill after the first hit.

[@TheGameDisplay]

Combo powerups like that would be really cool! Instead of just adding a new animal-themed suit every game, it'd be cool to see them do something more creative like that. Kind of like Cappy was I suppose! I hope they keep interesting ideas like that coming. :)

[@ghostbusters7175]

Cool I just got a mini Nintendo with over 600 games In one console i now most of the cheats

[@warrenalston1977]

You are a Jenus. A + start 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 Yessss

[@biniget3734]

I didn't know about -1 level

[@cheese3015]

True

[@AntonioNaider]

If i not wrong theres a wine in 1-1 in a invisible block close to the invisible block of the live in the beggining of the level, so you climb in the invisible block of the live and jump to > but if i remember is for

[@curtisgordon7379]

does this work on nes mini

[@TheGameDisplay]

It does!

[@erichlf]

At 1-1 you can position yourself such that you can get the 1up and still go down the tunnel. It is difficult but it is doable.

[@LeslyErin]

I remember this one, have to wait for the mushroom & go down the pipe like as it’s hitting you if i remember correctly

[@jasonmarin8187]

Something strange happened to me while I was playing this game. During the screen when it shows the next level and how many lives are left, there was a crown right next to how many lives I had left.

[@macanshot]

This makes me want to buy an NES

[@jasonglennmusic]

I used to get the free lives on 3-1 all the time and not sure if it’s a different version or what but I have the one with 600 games and for some reason it just jumps on it once and doesn’t keep jumping. Any clue as to why that’s happening or am I just not doing it right?

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thank you for watching and commenting! It should work regardless of the version, the positioning is just really precise!

[@mattsuhr4228]

Does the A button plus start work on the regular worlds? Thank you for making this

[@TheGameDisplay]

Thanks for watching! It works on any of the worlds 1 through 8.

[@monkeyboss2321]

I thought this kid in elementary school was full of crap when he told me he jumped over the flag pole. I tried for years growing up to do it then just figured he was full of it. I can't believe he was actually telling the truth 30 plus years later😂

[@petrzeidler1201]

Awesome!

[@grovestreetmember2648]

beautiful

[@bencehorvath4009]

Hi! I bought a new console and unfortunately thw time goes twice as fast. Is there a solution for this?

[@TheGameDisplay]

It is normal for the timer to go down fairly quickly. Is the music or anything else also sped up?

[@bencehorvath4009]

Yes, the music and the time are faster from the beginning then on the old GLS 2002.

[@TheGameDisplay]

@@bencehorvath4009 Your cartridge is likely the PAL version from Europe. Fina a North American cartridge and it should play at normal speed.

[@cloud9savagehenry]

If you knock out bricks on the left of the screen and then slowly inch the screen forward so the bricks are half in the screen.. you can go back and jump up along the halfed off brick wall on the left to the top of the screen. Simple one. But it works.

[@ColonelHarry]

1:57 Does this 1-up in level 1-2 sometimes "jump" above the hole, or is it just me ?

[@TheGameDisplay]

You might want to try making the hole a little earlier. Thank you for watching! :)

[@cloud9savagehenry]

It does. There is a rare glitch with the jump that causes it to hop.

[@dvckyymc]

you forgot about the pipe in level 1-1 where it takes you to the room filled with coins

[@wsws3949]

Hello thank you for your videos. I want to find a game the old nintendo racing game do you know how can i find it?

[@rashidaabowath3386]

You deserve more subs

[@jywll]

Trying to show my kids the 1-2 pipe glitch to warp 5, through the wall, do you know if they fixed that on the Switch version. I cannot get it to work

[@TheGameDisplay]

The version on the Nintendo Switch Online NES app? It should still work there! You have to make sure you go into the middle pipe before it says Welcome To Warp Zone!

[@jywll]

Yes the NES app on switch, i can't make it to the warps, i'm not sure the "through the wall" tricks works on this NES app. I tried for a while and can't get it to work.@@TheGameDisplay

[@zerospacer]

FYI: You do *not* have to break any blocks to do the wall clip to the -1 world. But I didn't know, or forgot that the middle pipe will send you to World 5. Thanks!

[@Jpzboomer]

Holding A going back to world saved my controller from a lot of throw downs 😆

[@loganbrowning79]

U THE BEST IM FINALLY GOOD AT MARIO

[@lonely.summers]

had no idea about the coins!

[@DropDeadJacob]

Watching this on 3/31/21

[@EmpireofKunst]

Will it work on the wii port?

[@TheGameDisplay]

It will!

[@danielallison402]

I have not been able to do any of these tricks is it able to be done on my NES classic edition retro Nintendo

[@TheGameDisplay]

They should all be possible in any port of the NES Super Mario Bros.!

[@Maria-ko5me]

I’ve tried that second warp to try to climb the stalk in level 1-2 but I can’t get it to activate. Does anyone know if it works on the switch ?

[@davidbradford38]

What about landing on ax at triple zero gives u 999 at least it does on arcade version of game

[@razellemanlangit]

0:50 bro mario have 69 coins