Facts about Mario

#24

Super Mario Bros. had a code for infinite lives all this time

Did you ever beat Super Mario Bros.? Okay, did you ever beat Super Mario Bros. without using the Warp Pipes? Don't worry, it's less common than you think. It's a hard game, made in a time when games were an hour long, but also as hard as a diamond Nokia phone. And of course, there was no saving of any kind -- if you lost all your lives, that was it. Game Over, start from the beginning.

Unless you held the A button and pressed Start. Then you would go back to the World you died on.

I know. I know. Most people have lived their lives without knowing that secret. But it was right there all along, in the Official Nintendo Player's Guide.