A fun game in 1990, and a still fun game now. Have been in love with the sprite work in this game since I was like 12 and am glad to report it hasn’t aged a day. Possibly the console's prettiest game, and only potentially outdone by it's sequel. So many great levels in this one, albeit a few which are complete shit. Though, compared to the cohort of its time, it has a shockingly good ratio of good to makes me want to die. Easily would've rocked my world had I been born a couple of decades earlier.

Most NES games have aged like milk. This aged like milk but if you put a bunch of preservatives in it. If I played this in 1985 I would've cummed my little pants off. But I did not. I played it 39 years after the fact: when every single merit of this game has been triumphed tenfold. Thus, my pants remain firmly un-cummed in.

Ultimately, it was pretty fun to see where it all began. It was not fun to see how bullshit the hammer bros are, or how annoying the bloopers are, or how level 7-4 is the dumbest thing ever made by the hands of man.