Now you can watch him make gaming history in the video below (via Destructoid). If you’re wondering how Darbian did it (and don’t want to watch the video), he managed to warp to different worlds, meaning he only needed to complete a total of 8 levels to oust King Koopa and rescue The Princessĭarbian is a bit of a specialist in this area and was a former record holder at this game until regaining his crown.Īfter posting his successful attempt to YouTube, he wrote: “I have reached my potential in this category – I’m done! My quest is over.” See also: Best Wii U Virtual Console games Apparently such fine margins are common in this world. His time of 4:57:260 beat the previous record by just 433ms, which is a Formula 1 style fraction of time. If you’re not familiar with the competitive world of any% gaming, it simply requires the challenger to reach the end of the game in the fastest time possible without faffing about with power ups and bonuses. The gamer known as Darbian has broken the any% speedrun world record for the iconic platformer. Crescendo broke this record just days after Summer Games Done Quick 2021 wrapped up its charity efforts, in which it raised $2.8 million for Doctors Without Borders.We lost count of just how many hours we spent trying to complete the original Super Mario Bros., and this guy just did it in under five minutes. "SMB1 has time limits, a much more unforgiving play style, and basically no sound clues to go off of for navigation help outside of hitting a block or an enemy."Ĭrescendo says he is working on a tutorial video to teach would-be speedrunners (or those simply interested in the madness that is this incredible feat) how he broke the world record. "64 has the benefit of being 3D and Open world-ish allowing you to take your time in certain areas and has more sound clues to go off of to help navigate," AKitt圜at said. Players control Mario, or his brother Luigi in the multiplayer mode, as they traverse the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool from King Koopa (later named Bowser ). They specifically mention AKitt圜at's comment as they explain the difficulty in speedrunning Super Mario Bros. The NES version received a wide release in North America that year and in PAL regions in 1987. is to speedrun, let alone speedrunning it while blindfolded and breaking a world record in the process. Eurogamer cites the speedrun subreddit and how people there are discussing how particularly difficult Super Mario Bros.
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