For years and years we've seen new world records in Super Mario Bros, and other highly skilled mega reflex players trying to outdo record holders by a matter of seconds, or even fragments of seconds and it looks like its gone as far as it can now with the game being beaten in less than five minutes, 4 minutes 57 seconds I believe is the best current time by a guy called akyeren, the video of his run is below, it is supposedly an unassisted, clean run (not hacked).
But things have taken a little twist today, with a YouTuber called NotEntirelySure setting a new world record, but this time for completing the game with the LOWEST score, Yep, he is officially the worst Super Mario Bros player ever!
He managed to play all the way through the classic platformer without collecting a single coin, killing a single enemy or collecting a single powerup and he almost made it all the way through without deaths aside from one mistake on the horrible jump in World 8-1 but personally I don't blame him for not going back and redoing it every time he missed that - nobody likes strait jackets. Check out the 500 Point Run of Super Mario Bros video below.
Quoting from NotEntirelySure's video description:-
Well, I did it. This is THE lowest possible score you can finish the game with (without continuing). And surprisingly, it didn't take very long at all. Sadly, it's not deathless, as I miss my first attempt at the 8-1 wall jump. Getting 500 points without dying would have been nice, but that jump is so brutally precise I'd rather not restart every time I missed it (though I would have to restart anyway if I accidentally picked up a coin).
How tough is that jump in 8-1? Well, the timing of the liftoff, the duration of holding the jump button, and the timing of the wall jump are all frame perfect. NES games run at 60 frames per second, which means all the necessary inputs need to be timed within 1/60 of a second. In addition, the starting position before running I used not only has to be on the right pixel, but also the x sub-pixel has to fall within a certain range (technical stuff blah blah blah). In short, it's a pretty annoying jump.
Amazingly enough, I managed to accomplish my objective after my first successful 8-1 wall jump in a run. I was extremely cautious for the remainder of the run, not risking jumping over any of the hammer bros. I also had a few panicky moments since I was fairly jittery, but luckily nothing that cost me the run. By the end I felt like my heart was going to explode.
The other couple tricks I used I explain in the 600 point video. I leave in the death to evidence my humanity, and to showcase how precise you need to be to pull off that wall jump. There is literally no room for error.
No save states or slowdown was used. I did however fast-forward at flagpoles for obvious reasons. (also, I didn't look at the RAM during the run to make sure the sub-pixel was within the right range)
So all that remains to say is congratulations to NotEntirelySure on your new world record, you are the worst bro. the worst. ever. Good job on burning Bowser alive though.
