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MARIO MEMORIES

Mario is arguably one of the most recognisable videogame stars on the planet and has appeared in some of the greatest platformers of all time. With the recent release of Super Mario Wonder, the team felt like paying tribute to gaming’s most famous plumber.

DARRAN

What’s your earliest memory of a Mario game?

TIM

Playing Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros in Jeffers toy shop in Portadown on one of those demo stations. And then crying because my mum wouldn’t let me spend money on a really cool Battle Of The Planets toy. Gutted!

“Super Mario Land was the defining Mario game for me as a kid”
NICK THORPE

NICK

for the Atari 2600 was one of the very game back then?

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