Mario Brothers (1983) - Why Don't People Like It as Much as "Super Mario Brothers"?

[ColecoFan1981]

How many of you are actually fanatics of Mario and Luigi's first game together -- you know, the self explanatory Mario Brothers (1983)?

I can see this doesn't really have any fan credibility as its ultimate successor, 1985's "Super Mario Brothers," and part of the reason the '83 title was not successful was due to it being released on the verge of the video game crash.

The original console and computer ports were:
Atari 2600
Atari 5200
Atari 800XL and compatibles (400, 800, 600XL, 65XE, 130XE)
Apple II (unfinished and unreleased)
Commodore 64 (finished but not released)
Nintendo FamiCom (1983) / NES (1986)

It was released by Nintendo for its NES system in June 1986 (in Japan, for the FamiCom, 9/9/83). Its sole (audio) weakness was its title theme, which sounds like a reverse-engineered (or "Jimmy Hart version" or "Ice Ice Baby") version of Petula Clark's 1964 hit "Downtown." I'm fine with that Mozart "A Little Night Music" piece.

~Ben