{"id":15,"date":"2011-08-15T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T15:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2011-08-17T19:43:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T19:43:07","slug":"super-mario-bros-deluxe-gbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (GBC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This will undoubtedly be a two-part entry, mostly due to the fact that it pertains to arguably the most celebrated game of all time.\u00a0 That’s right, it’s Super Mario Bros<\/em>.\u00a0 Instead of doing the predictable, however, let’s start with the 1999 remake for the Game Boy Color – Super Mario Bros. Deluxe<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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1999 - Game Boy Color (Nintendo)<\/p><\/div>\n

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I played the heck out of that old brick with the lime green and blue screen, but I never quite got that satisfaction like I did while playing on the NES.\u00a0 Maybe it was just the size of the screen…\u00a0 maybe I needed my games to be bigger.\u00a0\u00a0When the Game Boy Color rolled around, I was only vaguely interested.<\/div>\n
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A fellow student at my high school named Antoine happened to own one not long after it came out in ’99.\u00a0 Antoine had gone to my school for a few years, moved away, and in Grade 10, he was back.\u00a0 He wasn’t exactly a friend, per se, but we had a lot of common friends between us.\u00a0 The ladies just loved him, for some reason.\u00a0 One of those ladies just so happened to be a lady I was interested in, so naturally, I kinda held it against him.\u00a0 That bastard!<\/div>\n
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When he brought that\u00a0tiny purple\u00a0GBC to school, though, I was intrigued.\u00a0 All of a sudden, this guy\u00a0was\u00a0alright enough to hang out with before class in the mornings.\u00a0 As it turns out,\u00a0Antoine was actually a pretty nice guy, and a pretty big geek, to boot!\u00a0 He let me play his copy\u00a0The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX<\/em>, as well as\u00a0Super Mario Bros. Deluxe<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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Aside from being a remake of the original classic, Deluxe <\/em>included Super Mario Bros. 2<\/em> (the difficult Japanese version) as an unlockable bonus, a Challenge Mode, as well as some multi-player content.\u00a0 When playing the game, it’s more “zoomed in” than the NES version, meaning there are times when you have to duck, or press up to see parts of the screen.<\/div>\n
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Aside from that, however, it’s your standard Mario adventure!\u00a0 Nothing wrong with that!<\/div>\n
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