Though known as the first NES game by Americans, Super Mario Bros. was created as a swan song to the Famicom in Japan. Miyamoto wanted to put everything that Nintendo had learned about creating games for the system into one ultimate game. This week on Gameography, we get into the nitty-gritty details of the NES hardware, how Super Mario Bros. was created despite extreme limitations, and its legendary status as one of the greatest and best selling games of all time.

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