Weird Super Mario Bros Iceberg

In this video we take a look at an iceberg about Super Mario Bros for the NES. There's lots of cool and obscure things to talk about with this one, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, so I hope you enjoy.
LINKS: Original Iceberg Post: / super_mario_bros_icebe...
Lakitu Bug: • Super Mario Bros - Int...
Sky Corridor: • Super Mario Bros (NES)...
Glitch Level 50: • Super Mario Bros (NES)...
Music Used: Away, By Patrick Patrikios
Faultlines, By Asher Fulero
Glimpsing Infinity, By Asher Fulero
Whole Tone Limbo, By Godmode
Shadowing, By Corbyn Kites

[@astralantonio2020]

I just noticed an editing mistake in the video, at around 7:57 to 8:13 there is a section with no voice over. I'm so sorry I didn't notice this while I was editing. For updates on my new videos and projects, check out my KZbin Community page. :)

[@claudevandog]

9:15 in an interview for Super Mario Bros 25th anniversary, Miyamoto claimed in the original concept for the game Mario would shoot bullets straight forward, but this was changed to the fire flower because they wanted an emphasis on platforming rather than shoot-em-up gameplay. There's no art or prototypes known to exist of this tho.

[@godfist314]

Well maybe that's connected to the shooter levels in the GB Mario Land version? Miyamoto may have gotten (some) of what he wanted there :D

[@Nintendogs08]

There was an early diagram listing the controls for the game that did have a shooting button on it

[@ringo8410]

Good video. This is not a criticism of Astral Antonio: many of the entries got dumber the farther down the "iceberg" went. I have played Super Mario Bros for over 30 years, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that there never was any "secret" simultaneous multiplayer. Ever. The NES just did not have that capability, at least when SMB was released.

[@astralantonio2020]

Thank you for watching! Some of the entries did get a bit ridiculous. 😅

[@anon20]

I don't think most of the entries were serious. Most icebergs are just memes anyways

[@ringo8410]

@Ajay R Nah, icebergs are fun but you just have to know going in that the deeper you go, the less likely that the entries are much more than dumb urban legend stuff.

[@noveltyman6723]

A two player mode would be possible only if there were no enemies in the levels, or just much less of them, because it would be a flickery mess.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

​@@noveltyman6723 That or no scrolling environment and no background graphics and now you're playing Arcade Mario Bros.

[@RyantheEpic1st]

These videos are really good and underrated. Keep doing these videos, your the perfect KZbinr to be doing iceberg videos

[@---Dr._Eggman---]

10:33 Sometimes when playing Super Mario Bros. in an emulator, when pressing start, the game loads World 0-1 by default (Pressing A + Start in the title can make the player go to World 1-1). World 0-1 is an underwater version of World 4-4 (without enemies, and you can get trapped). I remember World 0-0 being the same thing as World 0-1.

[@astralantonio2020]

Oh, I didn't know that. Thank you for sharing! :)

[@---Dr._Eggman---]

@@astralantonio2020 I also remember an old hack named Mario W-256, where you can choose 256 worlds (depending of these, they are fully playable or unplayable, or somewhat unplayable, the Minus World appeared to be World 36) My favorite world was World 9, which is similar to the World 9 of Super Mario Bros. 2 Japan (Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels): an underwater world. World 9-1 is World 6-2. And World 9-2 is World 1-4.

[@---Dr._Eggman---]

The source of this was about a glitch by switching Tennis and Super Mario Bros. (in a real NES, emulator will not work) I don't remember this but you can research it.

[@astralantonio2020]

That sounds really interesting! Thanks for the recommendation, it sounds really cool, and I'll definitely be checking it out. :)

[@gawkers12]

Just discovered your channel a couple of days ago but I really like your content, keep up the good work!

[@astralantonio2020]

The fact that anybody has enjoyed my content means the world to me. I promise that there is more to come, and my content will only improve from here. Thank you so so much! :)

[@orincook9752]

llettttssss goooooooooo ....you unlocking memories from when i was younger is crazy to me!! these are very well put together regardless how much u skip. keep up the good work and dont stop the grind!!!

[@astralantonio2020]

I'm glad you liked it! :)

[@chrisduffy6490]

'Toad is flipping you off' should've been on here

[@DumbBunny5328]

Regarding toads being bricks, later on in the manual it explains that when you hit a brick block, you free the toad inside it and get rewarded 100 points, coins, or power ups.

[@davinkelley5377]

I believe that the Toad people were turned into unsmashable bricks, such as the ones you walk along. Nintendo wouldn't let Mario destroy innocent lives, just my opinion.

[@astralantonio2020]

That's the same stance I take on it too.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

IIRC someone said that only the bricks that have items in them are Toads.

[@vwo4life706]

I must be down a deep hole if I’m your 367th subscriber. Good stuff, keep it up.

[@astralantonio2020]

Thank you for subscribing! I really appreciate it, and I'm glad you liked the video. :)

[@Skawo]

FYI, NES games are not made of "files". The ROMs are pretty much contiguous blobs of data. At best you could separate the code from the graphics. As such there can be no 'lost files'. There are some unused graphics, though, and some unused code, but nothing really all that notable. Famicom Disk System games are made of files, to be fair, but SMB does not have any unused ones.

[@astralantonio2020]

Oh, I was unaware of that. I just said files since that's what it said on the iceberg picture that I was using. Thank you for letting me know that though. I always enjoy learning new things I didn't know about retro games. :)

[@michelleanguiano4970]

I always leave your videos feeling so informed. Thank you for another interesting and well made video.

[@astralantonio2020]

I appreciate that! :)

[@---Dr._Eggman---]

The Beyond The Finish Line glitched graphics can only be seen if the player gets infinite time, which is normally impossible. Cheat/Game Genie codes must be used for this.

[@michaeldebidart]

The 1-up trick isn't infinite, the hexadecimal only allows for 255 lives. If you get more than that the number rolls over into a negative integer and will trigger a game over after 1 death.

[@astralantonio2020]

Interesting, I never knew that before. Thanks for sharing, I always enjoy learning new things about Mario games. :)

[@oshkeet]

@@astralantonio2020 IIRC, there's even been later games poking fun at this: either encouraging the trick or tweaking the physics so the shelljump strat doesn't work.

[@Sm64wii]

Great video! Deserve more subs. Iceberg videos are my favorite, definitely going to add some of your videos to watch later to watch on my lunchbreak at work 😂

[@jacoblipkestudios7621]

“I tried to pick an iceberg that I hadn’t seen any other KZbinr cover” I literally made the original super Mario bros iceberg years ago…

[@Toad64_1]

Yeah, but did you use this iceberg?

[@kaanalpkaratas6091]

9:16 I think this entry is refering to that Mario could take bullet bill shooters and use them as guns due to lack of power ups in the game.

[@andre-le-bone-aparte]

Just found your channel. This was like ASMR but for retro video games. Cool way to combine memes, reddit, retro games. Well done, Another sub for you sir!

[@astralantonio2020]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words. :)

[@TheSlashTraxNetwork]

I think they meant mario 64 takes place BEFORE super Mario brothers. Fun video

[@btr9969]

I once saw a vhs tape of my dad's playthrough on smb. After saving the princess, he was the send to this unknow water level that was black background, & clouds as the floor. Only a few seconds in, he swimed until there was nothing, all pitched black as the star music continued to play. There was nothing he could do so he called it quit. To this day I still don't know what that was & tape was never seen again along with other recordings.

[@astralantonio2020]

You should write a creepypasta about that. Thanks for sharing, and thank you for watching! :)

[@btr9969]

Just an hour, I found the level that I described & turns out there are more hidden levels. I tried to find more footage but this is the closest I'll ever get. You can find it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2fUg5Whaqimmdk on 24:25

[@astralantonio2020]

@@btr9969 Huh, that level looks really interesting. Thanks for bringing that video to my attention. :)

[@TheRealMr.Nostalgic]

Very good video!! Loved it

[@melo-7904]

small note: the time:000 is a unused parameter originally used for the underground/under water level entrances but the final game just had it so that the timer is completely unused and the "mario with guns" is believed to be from the same piece of concept art as the cloud or a similar piece highlighting planned controls for the game with up on the d-pad being used to jump and the A button used for a "item" with brackets naming a rifle and a beam gun i got these from the cutting room floor which also gives a development timeline which goes a little something like this (which i copy-pasted from the cutting room floor just the source links removed) 1984 Fall - Development started at the same time as The Legend of Zelda, after Devil World and Excitebike were finished. December - Miyamoto requests programmers at SRD to form an experiment with a controllable rectangle. 1985 Unknown Date - Specifications for Mario riding around in a cloud and rocket are drawn up. February 5th - An early control scheme is designed. February 20th - Specification describing the mechanics of how becoming big would work is written. February 28th - Planning sheet is drawn up containing Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. assets such a red girder and a vine. March 8th - Another planning sheet is created, possibly made for level planning. June 27th - A draft of an early green title screen is drawn up. July 19th - World 1-1 is finished around this time. July - Although the initial release date was intended to be during summer break, development time was furthered by 3-4 weeks to finish the game. August 12th - Game was likely finished around this time according to the SMAS partial source code leak. September 13th - Game released for the Famicom. October - Game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the USA. The exact date for the release is unknown. 1986 February 21st - Game released for the Famicom Disk System. 1987 May 15th - Game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe.

[@astralantonio2020]

Thank you for clarifying. I love learning new stuff about Mario games. :)

[@ellisp276]

Wow

[@astralantonio2020]

Thank you for watching!

[@ennxui]

can’t believe i got jumpscared by a mario iceberg video lmao

[@jefferybarnett]

I may be late to say this, but Sky Corridor in the game is buggy and inaccessible by normal means. Also a great video. Please make more.

[@hypnovertigo7200]

These never get old. Wish my narration was as well done as yours

[@astralantonio2020]

Thank you for your kind words! :)

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Weird Super Mario Bros Iceberg momentum 100

[@popskull42]

I wonder if the secret multiplayer is talking about how the second controller can pause the game while player 1 is playing and that can drop them into a pit? Also, in case you didn't come across it, the infinite lives "glitch" was added intentionally. No one knows if the rest were as well. I'm surprised the small fire Mario glitch wasn't on the iceberg, actually, that's a cool one.

[@---Dr._Eggman---]

10:12 There's a hack that makes this possible.

[@astralantonio2020]

That's pretty cool.

[@greenkoopa]

Hello I would like to weigh in on this. In 1983 Mario killed my father in a Chicago arcade, I was there 🐢 In 1990 I was the first Green Koopa in 1-3 but I just kinda hung out, until... I got a starring spot in Super Mario Kart! I entered so I had a chance to avenge my father, but I lost. After that I moved to Southeast Asia and started working with Hummer Team and got some light plastic surgery (See profile pic) and worked with some actors in the fighting game Kart Fighter. My cousins have been in all the games since. Nintendo won't hire me back looking like this 🐢😆

[@joycondrift]

What is that horrifying picture at the end

[@sideoffries3203]

1-1 should be in the space section

[@TheRealL64yt]

I am actually pretty sure Mario did use a weapon of some kind in the early concept art that I found here. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKvYpKKuiayajas

[@astralantonio2020]

Yeah, I completely misinterpreted the cloud concept art in this video. I thought it was like in later games where Mario could ride in Lakitu's cloud. Thank you for clarifying, and thank you for watching. :)

[@nelsongander]

was there a jump at the end of this? i left before taking chances

[@astralantonio2020]

Like a jump scare? No, there isn't a jump scare at the end of the video.

[@GabeioIDK]

mario kart wii icebug?

[@astralantonio2020]

It's on the list. :)

[@zonellobster2509]

Honestly kinda a mediocre video. Not much effort was put into researching items on the iceberg.

[@mustafa-up8ug]

I really don't like this video

[@RetroGamingBoards]

This is a poor video, with not a lot of interesting facts, this could be so much better, what a shame

[@MoonwalkerWorshiper]

What "iceberg"? You just review the game.

[@MoonwalkerWorshiper]

@Kyles Isler How am I a jerk? I did watch the video and he reviewed the game, but there is no so called iceberg. Click bait.