I've never been a huge fan of the original Super Mario Bros. Is that a hot take? Like don't get me wrong, it's not like the impact it did for gaming was a bad thing or anything as it would bring many more amazing games for the series and genre. But the original has just never been for me personally. This Arcade version is even worse if you ask me.

This is basically the NES/Famicom version but some levels are changed up to be a little different. Oddly enough it seems some of it is similar to Japan's sequel Super Mario Bros. 2. I can't remember if it's true but I heard this helped inspired the team to make that game but comment if that's wrong because my memory is bad.

I'm not really sure if making some of these levels harder was the right choice. The game also pulls some cruel tricks on you like removing the method to do the 1-up trick, changing the route on the 7-4 maze slightly, and there was even one point I got softlocked on one of the castle levels by being on the ceiling. It still is Super Mario Bros. at the end but I can't say it's worth your time outside of a curiosity. It only had one official release outside of the Arcade which was the Switch's Arcade Archives release so you'll have to get it there.