Mario Madness

[Robocop2]

Insert frigid bitch joke here....

[Ro-J]

Mario Madness.....Marble Madness....Mall Madness......March Madness.....

I heart alliteration.

All the above are from the 80's.....it was a mad cool decade.

[Enigmus]

Mario Madness is when a bunch of hippies play NES and use magic mushrooms, and think they're playing Mario 2 when they're pulling a Randy Newman and laying on the floor muttering random things. True story.

[rbudrick]

The Mario Madness money was something that some of the lower level (quarter or semi finalists?) won in the 1990 NWC, possibly, and likely, for other crap they did too, though I can't prove that, but I'm somewhat sure.

Also, I do recall seeing a Mario Madness patch. I think I have one somewhere, but can't find the pic I took of it. Rumors are this was also given out, but at the Powerfest '94 competition, though for what I don't know. Maybe just freebies. However, I have not substantiated this, it only a rumor, so don't quote me. However, here is this link that a poster explains how Nintendo Power gave them away for some Lost Levels contest, since he received one:

http://www.snk-capcom.com/forums/arc...hp?t-4903.html

I would love more info on this contest if someone could fill me in. Honestly, the patches were probably given out at all kinds of places for all sorts of bullshit. They turn up on ebay often, but they can be had for cheap because no one but me has even a tenth of a clue about them, as that about all I've got (but now you do, so kickass).

As for "Mario Madness" in general, it can not be overstated how incredibly huge the NES was at the time. It made people seriously lose their fucking minds. Mario Madness was kind of a strain of Nintendomania, not to be confused with Segaholicism.

In all seriousness, though, it seems to have been a slogan of some sort, but not a really big campaign. Just an alliterative thing they threw on items sometimes.

Thanks for pointing out the SMB2 cart, though! I never made the connection between the three items until you mentioned it. Other posters, post other Mario Madness items or places you saw it written!

-Rob