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And here's a bonus one
mailmann006
Also, if you use an emulator you can see that items are indeed random, but are not calculated when you enter. It's when you open a chest.
bicyclesamurai
That first time a chain chomp got loose on me. I was like WTFFFFF
TorSverre
Wow, I'm kinda glad I never experienced that.
hetnkik
#6 Yeah, I learned this one real quick as a kid when the Nintendo Power strategy guide worked fuck all for chest items.
lampwork
I LOVE THIS. i have been playing this on my LG G3, i need to go try all of this right now. please tag me if you do kirby's adventure (1/2)
lampwork
or any other marios, super mario bros, or super mario bros 2. :D!!! thx!!!
GeeEm
There's a hidden block in World 2-1 of the first Super Mario Bros. that's only present if you warp to it.
CapeCodCaity
this is awesome! Do Sonic! (literally the only games I play are Sonic and Mario)
rct3fan24
Why? Try something else, man! There are so many greater things out there in the world of gaming.
CapeCodCaity
The newer games are far too complicated for me. And I don't have a lot of time to learn. My kids try to teach me but I'm a lost cause.
imredheaded
Only one I knew was #10
meisjames
Isn't #2 from Super Mario World?
ScapulaRemix
I love old games for this reason. Not only are there secrets that were spread by word of mouth only, but even after 30 years...
smashpro1
Also, the tune the warp whistle plays is the same one from Legend of Zelda.
spudman
was sad to see that wasn't one of the interesting facts. +1 to you
Jordanc71428
#justmariothings
mibesa
It is Ludwig Van Beethoven. Not Von
joelwinsagain
I wonder if he accidentally combined his name with that of Ludwig von Mises.
catpr0m
YAS thank you, was gonna say this.
Raleigh33
Im happy to say that I actually knew about the warp world and the whistle thing, but all these other ones blew my mind.
parkway
To be fair. Even if you wait and warp from map two, you can get to map eight. You skip a stage or two total from map one basically.
davehaze
Didn't they reveal what two warp whistles could do in 'The Wizard'
IamSmutty
Where were you 20 years ago?
ZombieHugsAreBestHugs
Loved this game so much! Didn't know a lot of these, thanks OP!
CyberAkuma
"The item you receive is randomly calculated as soon as you enter the mushroom house" MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE!
brookers
If you do one on Metroid or Super Metroid I will come to your house and blow you. As one consenting adult blows another, of course.
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brookers
Holy crap I didn't even see it! Thank you, wayward soul.
IAmYourGodNow
After seeing this post I wanted one on SMW (my fav game in the series), but now... Super Metroid yes fucking please!
SMB3
This game is my favorite ever, followed by Zelda and Skyshark, have had a lot of fun playing those three.
shadowex3
Save state shenanigans in emulators prove you can change which item you get.
ClouSIN
Confirmed.
jalenp69
What say you @ThatGameDude
ThatGameDude
It still doesn't matter which chest you pick. It randomly generates it when you choose; left/middle/right has nothing to do with it.
whoisandrewj
Neat
Sextravaganza
Do Roblox!!!! Jk
itrv
Youre wrong about the mushroom house thing. The players guide listed each spot and was right every time.
ThatGuyWhoDownvotesFrontPageEditsAndDickbuttAndRepostStatistics
Ludwig VON Beethoven? EXCUSE ME???
TheComicBookDude
LONG LIVE KING BIDOOF
RandAIFlagg
What's a Bidoof, I still don't get that one
LinkWieldsTheTriforceOfCourage
It's the shitty Gen 3 or 4 Rattata. Raticate is still the king of all two stage normal type, land-based Pokemon. Bitches love his SuperFang.
Camelotterduck
Moody bidoof > all
tachikaze316
I dunno about that. Bidoof was so OP they had to ban it from competitive battles.
Harmonex
My bidoof is in the top percentage of bidooves.
MauricioGuaura
But Raticate and Super/Hyper Fang suck after you get to, like, the level 20s.
LinkWieldsTheTriforceOfCourage
Super Fang always cuts HP in half, it never stops being useful.
MauricioGuaura
...I guess. But why keep that when you can keep a pokémon with a OHKO, super effective move?
TheUltimateChimera
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つLONG LIVE KING BIDOOF༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
I miss this game. Is there somewhere I can still play it?
mercury85
http://coolrom.com/roms/snes/ - Super Mario Allstars has SMB3
buzzboy
Bowser's air force is the hardest damn level in the game
joelwinsagain
That one's actually surprisingly easy for me, but despite decades of playing, I still can't beat every level in world 7.
buzzboy
World 7 took me some time to master. Loooong time.
SMB3
I hate that damn level
dniMdesreveR
Just tested the one about the chest, and it's bullshit. The item is not calculated when you enter the house, but when you open the chest.
FluxedUp
And how did you figure this out??
dniMdesreveR
Emulator with save-state after entering the house.
Accolade83
How did you test it?
curambar
Using an emulator. You can save a game state just before picking a chest and experiment.
ISignedUpJustToSayThisOneThingIAmSureIWillLaterRegretThisChoice
This would be tested by playing the game in an emulator. Play until you get to a mushroom house, go inside, make a save state. Then (1/?)
ISignedUpJustToSayThisOneThingIAmSureIWillLaterRegretThisChoice
open a chest. Record its contents. Reload from your save state. Open another chest. If the contents are different, OP is a liar. (2/?)
ISignedUpJustToSayThisOneThingIAmSureIWillLaterRegretThisChoice
Note that this does NOT confirm that the chest you open matters. It's quite possible that opening a chest 100 frames after entering (3/?)
ISignedUpJustToSayThisOneThingIAmSureIWillLaterRegretThisChoice
, for example, would yield the same contents regardless of which chest is opened. This would require more stringent testing to be (4/?)
Katrin931
If you open the one you opened first again is it the same?
ISignedUpJustToSayThisOneThingIAmSureIWillLaterRegretThisChoice
I didn't actually perform these steps, I was just describing the process.
Katrin931
We're fighting.
Raleigh33
wait. ...you still have a super Nintendo thats working?!?
GoogleFucker
Those things are just as much bricks as N64s! Well, at least mine is. My SNES is the same age as me and still runs beautifully
HelloToe
Some of us played SMB3 on an NES, you know.
Neilski
My guess is he ran it on an emulator, save-stated as he entered the mushroom house, selected a chest, then reloaded and selected another.
dniMdesreveR
Correct, also I tested a European, North American and a Japanese ROM, all with the same result.
oceanskysforever
Have you thought it didn't matter for the original game but the emulator had different programming for it?
dniMdesreveR
That implies a shitty emulator and/or a hacked ROM.
jdavis1186
Emulators run the original game. Roms are literally the data from the cartridge's chips dumped to a file.
DishonoredUser
Interesting. You made an account just to prove OP wrong. Welcome. :)
CHC1908
The Warp World is the same music as the opening theme in Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Also, World 3 is same music as the Fairy Fountain.
TheHudsonHawk
TIL: Morton Downey Jr. was a singer.
RobertCoulter
I had to look it up, seems odd.
Harmonex
Today I learned that "Downey Jr" is a whole surname.
IsaacAsimov
He wasn't, his dad Morton Downey was. They needed to leave the junior off.
jmfs
He was a singer, just not a successful one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKZ8NnslctE
iKnowMostlyRandomFacts
It bugs me the Koopa Kids fact weren't in the same order in the description as they were in the picture.
Dispari
They're in a different order in every game anyway.
MrSinyster
and Morton Downey Jr wasn't a musician
jmfs
he was a muck-raking talk show host who faked getting beat-up at an airport but he did record a number of albums....
NotAgainRichard
I only knew Beethoven and Iggy Pop. The others were a mystery, but then it was the 80s.
ThatGameDude
I'll do other games if you like it.
brewmeister
Does Brewmeister like this post? HE DOOOO!
Droppnloadz
This was my favorite game when I was a kid
NoDiceDoomguy
Castlevania and/or Metroid
KurtUrgent
I do indeed like it
albinomexican
sonic please
SchrodingersCatfish
Love it! But keep it old skool!
mra858
All the games!
aggressivecuddles
do super mario world!
flyingpillowfilledwithseethinghatred
super metroid please
TheHashSlingingJagermanJensen
Pls
ThisIsTheLastTimeIChangeUsernamesIPromise
I like it. Apart from being mildly annoyed that in
the names and images are not in the same order
NQMT
I'm just happy that Larry Mullen Jr. is finally relevant.
ThatGameDude
I noticed that too. Forgot to go back and fix it after moving the pictures around.
RandAIFlagg
http://img.pandawhale.com/80196-do-you-want-my-head-to-explode-OX53.gif
aturtlesdreaminouterspace
ocarina of time
larryface
Yes I would like.
leprechaun007
Crash Bandicoot!
1999eclipse
I haven't played video games in probably 20 years. I really enjoyed this. :)
OneMoreCanadian
I like it.
GoogleFucker
Yes please! I've been playing NES and SNES games my entire life and I always think I know all the Easter eggs, so I love learning new ones!
Frisbeetime420
Yes please! How do you favorite a person, not a post?
TheyCallMeMrPigeonCuzImJustSoCoo
Yes, please :)
drifterbg
DO IT RIGHT MEOW!
KaBaKi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WMSQNVhMqA
adamopal
Do EET!!
cron
I want to see this for Sonic the Hedgehog, step it up
omenofstorms
id kill for digimon world 1 from ps1
nation543
after all these years i never ever ever ever knew how to force the mushroom house or coin ships to appear :o
SquirrelBones
Goldeneye!
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Twisted Metal Black, please. :'3
kutku
Didyouknowgaming.com
res20stupid
Jak and Daxter?
pathspeculiar
YES
MostDefinitelyNotaCat
Do it, to the front page with nerd knowledge!
Thundergoboom
yes plz. you're amazing and made us very happy. my face was lit up smilling ear to ear reading this post
gester737
MOAR!!!
vauhtihirmu
Yes please!
Efreeti
2-3 of these are not true.
HamaLamaSimaLamaHamaLamaSomeoneHadToCutMyBabySisterOutMyMama
Pls
kurtov
We like it.
ILikeToBowl
We like. Do more
TheEvilHasLanded
Great post. Do zelda(s)
roqueofspades
Please do all the Zelda games you can!
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roqueofspades
+1! thank you for letting me know :)
kurtov
How about some Final Fantasy 7?
TheEmperorOfSanFrancisco
Smash bros1-4 , pokemon (all of them!!)
TheLeastofThese
Goldeneye!
azerhjk
Rock'n Roll Racing!
aturtlesdreaminouterspace
damn fool. bringing me all types of nostalgia holmes...
MelfsAcidArrow
Yes please!
SometimesAUserNameIsRelevantButInThisCaseItIsNot
I am on board for this.
Winecellar
Yes, yes do it :D
Rypley
Can you do Sonic?? :D
KingDarthrog
I love me some well designed facts. Keep it up OP
UncleBuster
this has been my favorite post on imgur so far. more plz
seventyyearoldharrisonfordinjuredonset
Any Final Fantasy but XIII
ThatGameDude
Was thinking of doing I or VII
RolandLovecraft
Well then ur gonna have to do Dragon Warrior I and III as well. Good luck with this.
seventyyearoldharrisonfordinjuredonset
Either would be great. I would be a nice starting point I guess.
Sorrymycommentisnotwittyandthislongusernameaintclevereither
Yes or 5-6 please!
YouWantMeKnobInYehBum
Classic Doom.
ThatGameDude
oooh, I like this one.
AmazingLarry
Someone down voted you to zero, have a boost back to +1 for a good idea. Here ya go, buddy.
YouWantMeKnobInYehBum
Wow, Larry; you really are amazing.
MyOxenDiedFordingTheRiver
Yes!! My childhood thanks you!
UH60Mechanic
Upvote, yes. As much trivia as possible. I never knew these things about SMW3, now I am about to get so many fuckin money ships...
ChadMMart2
I'd love it.
RandAIFlagg
Do you have Battletoads?
littleasianninja
Do Megaman !!
RIPSlurmsMckenzie
Please!
iliketopostrandomgifs
Chrono Trigger!
EverybodyLives
Please, this! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE... Thank you in advance.
Amargana
Yes pls.
mathman
Goldeneye and Symphony of the Night
fantaboobs
That'd be great! Maybe Zelda or Battletoads?
FuhrerScatman
"Gold & Silver."
ThatGameDude
Zelda sounds like fun!
Catumi
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease Link to the Past!
DarKEspeon
How about some Metroid games? Super Metroid, Zero Mission and Fusion perhaps?
WindrunnerTheMovie
This is my kind of OC.
CoupestarTM
Yes!!!
OtherErinFromTheOffice
How about Pokemon? Although there are a lot of those. Megaman?
GabrielFlood
They don't have Battletoads. I called and asked.
Blasmus
But what about Far Cry 6??
hopeabandoner
Did you call Pawn Stars for a copy?
BeeR411
ZELDA!!!
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BeeR411
http://imgur.com/cDCBEun
pastathundersauce
October 21st 2014 was a good day for Imgur.
evastria
Snes Super Mario World?
randomchimi
Yes yes yes!!!
glitzville
YAS PLS
MrSinyster
Morton Downey Jr wasn't a musician, just a loudmouthed talkshow host.