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Super Mario Bros. 3

Console:	NES
Region:	U
Year:	1990
RFG ID #:	U-027-S-06330-A
Part #:	NES-UM-USA
Publisher:	Nintendo
Developer:	Nintendo
Genre:	Action/Adventure
Players:	1-2
Controller:	Standard Controller
Media Format:	Cartridge

Game Page Address: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-027-S-06330-A

Ok.  Who has never played this game?  If you said "I've never played it!", go to a pawn shop, Ebay, or something and get it now.  It's a must play for everyone.  This is one of the staple games that should be in everyone's collection.  What did you enjoy about it?  What frustrated you?  Also, got any tips or tricks (whistle locations, secret power-ups, etc) that you know about?  Add them in the game page!  Discuss!

Awesome game.

Nuff' said.

Was playing this on my sisters GBA on the way home from Canada.

I've still got mah skillz.

Never played it. However, I just bought a collection from a friend from work (including this game and a NES). I'm having trouble getting it to work on my TV though. :P

Are you using the A/V cords, or the RF adapter?

Is the NES blinking?

OMG leave this website now.

If you own a NES this is a MUST. There are several games that you must own/play:
SMB 3
Contra
Zelda

There are several others, But these are the top three in my opinion.

BLASPHEMY! Put down the Halo and go play it NOW!   :P

RF.

Yes, it's blinking. When I unplugged it and tried turning it on again I got nuthin'! den advised it may just need cleaning or I've got a bad A/C adapter. He also suggested using A/V cables.

Advice?

Blow in the cartridge. Make it a juicy one too. ;)

There's also a series of taps that seem to work on occasion.

This game is awesome.

Phoenix we must revoke your gamer card until you have played SMB 3 and some other NES games. Please post a list of the NES games you have played so we can make sure you have played the correct games to get your gamer card back.

I always use the A/V connectors. Try an new AC adapter, but it sounds like you may have a bad 72 PIN connector on your hands. (fairly easy to replace and get)

 New connector on EBAY (http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-GOLD-72-PIN-Connector-FIX-NES-NINTENDO-SYSTEM-72PIN_W0QQitemZ160154350393QQihZ006QQcategoryZ41045QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)

(that's just one auction, there are many on ebay)

This was the first game I bought for the NES. I bought it about six months before I got the console. It was also the American version which I didn't realise, so the game would get to the menu screen then reset. A quick snip of the lockout chip sorted that.

Good game. I rate this game Thumbs Up on the scale of of Thumbs.

I played the Super Mario All Stars version a lot as a kid.

best mario game ever

i have two; one from when i was a kid. The other is still sealed. :D

The only Mario game on the NES that I haven't beaten yet.  It is just to long w/o a battery backup, even with the warp whistles.  The only complaint that I have about the game however is the generous one-ups and powerups the game awards.  I enjoyed the difficulty of the first two much more and this seemed to start the trend of being able to build up 30 lives.

Mario 3 is pure gaming bliss.  I was lucky enough to be about 10 years old around the time it came.  I remember driving down my street on the way home from getting it.  Some of my friends were standing in the street and I took the Mario 3 box and pushed it up against the car window as we drove by LOL..  Thanks mom! :P  I played Mario 3 all freaking summer for many summers.  Atleast 2 or 3 anyway.  Mario 3 is my fav Mario.  If I had to list my fav Mario games it'd be like this:

Mario 3
Mario 1
Mario 2
Yoshi's Island
Mario 64
Mario World
Mario Sunshine

Although I love every game on this list, so it's hard to make from fav to least fav cus they are all my fav.