(E-games) Super Mario

Mario is a fictional character created and developed by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Till date, Mario has been re-released more than twenty times across more than a dozen of platforms. In game Mario seek to rescue Princess Toadstool of the Mushroom kingdom from Bowser, king of the Koopas. Luigi, is another only playable character by the second player in the game's multiplayer mode. The playing world has coins scattered around it for Mario to collect, and special bricks which when hit from below by Mario, may contain more coins or a special item. Other "secret" (often invisible) bricks may contain more coins or rare items. If the player gains a red and yellow mushroom, Mario grows to double his size and can take one extra hit from most enemies and obstacles, in addition to being able to break bricks above him. Players are given a certain number of lives (and may gain additional lives by picking up green and orange '1-Up' mushrooms, or collecting 100 coins), which are lost when Mario takes too much damage, falls in a pit, or runs out of time, the game ends when all lives are lost. Mario's primary attack is jumping on top of enemies though many enemies have differing responses to jump attack damage. There is another Fire Flower, item which when picked up, changes the color of Mario's outfits and allows him to shoot fireballs as projectile to take out his enemies wit out touching or jumping over them. A less common item is the Starman, which often appears from concealed invisible blocks. This makes Mario temporarily invincible to most hazards. The game consists of eight worlds with four sub-levels in each world. In addition there are bonus and secret areas in the game. Most secret areas contain more coins for Mario to collect, but others may contain "warp pipes" which allow Mario to advance to another worlds or level in the game, skipping over earlier levels.