Super Mario Land - Nintendo Gameboy

Review comments

Weather is a funny thing - ask Michael Fish. Storms, hurricanes, and heat waves occur with no real reasons. Yet it's a lot worse in Sarasaland, where the clouds brought the arrival of Tatanga, a monster who has taken over the place. He even wants to marry Princess Daisy - gasp!

Needless to say, Mario is none too chuffed at this prospect, and it's your job to guide him as he attempts to free the land and rescue the girlie.

If you've played any of the Mario games (and who hasn't), then this game will hold no surprises. The played guides the hero through the lands, collecting bonuses and mashing monsters as he goes. Super flowers, hearts, and coins are among the goodies to be had.

Staff comments

Playability to the nth degree! This game is guaranteed a semi-permanent place in my Game Boy, along with Tetris of course. They don't come much better than this, with great graphics and a tough challenge.

I agree - this is brilliant. It doesn't take long to finish the game, but there's loads of secret things to uncover if you do! A must

Retrospective comments

This alongside the excellent Tetris was one of the first games I got for my trusty GameBoy. It was a great game with catchy tunes and fun gameplay. I wouldn't say it ever felt like a true Mario game though. There was a bit of an alien theme which didn't seem to suit the series well.

It was also very easy and suffered from blur quite badly on the dot matrix screen. I don't know what I would say about the game now. A fun little title but in retrospect not really a classic and perhaps not worth the 90% it was awarded.