super mario bros question about secret levels, haunting me from the past!

[creedog]

I was over at a friends house and they had the old Nintendo setup and we played a few of the old games. We got to talking am I brought up Super MArio Bros, and I was telling this person about the Negative worlds (as I called them) and I was wondering if I was the only person who had ever heard of them, even been to them, and if they were an special secreat of just a design flaw in the game.

ANyway, when you were going to the first warp in level 1-2 you had to up to the top of the wall from the elevatorand run over to get to the warp zone, or you could go ahead to 1-3 through the green pipe below. Well if you stood on top of the green pipe and broke the second brick over with your head, you could jump up in just a way (involved squatting and moving slightly to the right while inthe air)that your head went into this space and you would get your head caught and you would then be dragged to the right into the warp zone area. If you were able to enter the first pipe before it said (Welcom to the warb zone) you would be transposted to world -1, or dash 1, which I always thought was negative one.

It was a swimming board and you could never leave it, once you got to the end it started again, anyone know anything about this

 

[chipbgt]

I remember it, like you said once you were there there was nothing to really do, I dont think it was a planned level, some kind of flaw I believe...been so long its hard to tell.

 

[Rogue]

I know they exist, but it's been so long since I've played that I don't remember anymore. Guess I will have to try it on my color Gameboy since that is the only place I have the game readily available. Either that or I'm gonna have to download an emulator for it.

 

[ElKevbo]

Look around on some of the emulator sites. I found one a few years ago that had a "saved game" for each of the negative worlds.

 

[ltk007]

I just remember I could beat the game in less than 20 minutes using the warps. That was a great game. I could do the same with Mario 3, but the warps in two sucked. I am an expert in almost every mario game ever.

 

[CyberSax]

Super Mario Bros 2 kicked ass. Mario World on SNES was a classic too.

 

[Brooks]

Yeah I remember the negative world in first mario Bro. the second one sucked, i hated that game. The next one ruled

 

[skemlawn]

I remember the negitive worlds, never saw them or played them though.

And all you pansies that thought Mario 2 sucked, you all can just go to hell. 2 was the BEST. 3 sucked.

also anyone remember that movie, the wizard. Came out before mario 3? Had this kid who played in a supermario contest and won, blah blah blah. Sorry just a flash-bak.

 

[DeeK]

The negative worlds were an unintended glitch. You'll only find them on older SMB NES carts. Nobody's ever been able to get to the minus worlds on my cart, which was purchased in '88.

Brooks: Yeah, SMB2 was a putrid game. In Japan, it was actually called Doki Doki Panic, and had nothing to do with Mario. Totally different characters.

 

[creedog]

ok , im gonna do a little research, but if anyone else can find out the answer to this question I would appreciate it. Glitch or not, I want to know, years of wondering have resurfaced.