On the original Super Mario Brothers, did you used to pop the shell against the step to rack up 1ups?

Question

I always had to have someone do it for me. I would always kill myself.

Answer 1

Yeah, I did it.  You can actually get so many extra lives that your lives left is symbols instead of numbers, and believe it or not, you could have SO MANY that when you died once, it was game over.  It was like a killswitch inside the game that said, "Oh! You cheater! Game over for you!"

Answer 2

yeah!  and then i'd get like crown ocean lives. lol

I can't do it anymore.  I don't know if they "fixed the glitch" or what.

I am teh sadz.

Answer 3

Haha those were the days. Yes, I remember doing that.

I think I will go home and play Mario tonight. Thanks! lol

Answer 4

I did it every once in a while... just gotta have enough time and a good eye for when to jump... sometimes I would succeed, sometimes I would die, sometimes I would jump over the shell and loose it lol!

Answer 5

Yes.  It was a great way to get lots of extra lives.

Answer 6

Yes!

Amazingly I can't pull it off to save my life anymore...  But when I was four? All the time.

Answer 7

yeah i used to. it's all about timing it perfectly. i downloaded the game on my wii channel but i can't seem to get it anymore