Super Mario Bros - New infinite 1-up trick

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I don't think this has been posted yet so here we go.

Mario makes infinite extralives with his butt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSL3og5--uE#t=34
The preparations needed are a bit excessive though.

Apparently the bug is caused by Mario dying from the hammer after he starts climbing up automatically (which he does after you have climbed up to a certain height on the beanstalk).

[Ghegs]

I saw that a while back. Not something you're likely to do while playing normally, since you have to beat the game once completely and then play two-player mode so Luigi can take one for the team and provide Mario with the chance for butt-1ups.

Still pretty cool by itself.

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Yeah if you can beat the game you don't really need infinite extralives anymore. It's more of a show off.

Maybe if it could be exploited in SMB2j it would be useful. You don't need to be in two player mode to get the beanstalk bug to work, but you do need a hammer bro or something else that can kill you when climbing the beanstalk. Time up won't work because when Mario starts to climb automatically the time will temporarily freeze.

[Bluecowbowling]

WOW that is crazy i have never seen this done ever.. how the heck is it restarting him at level 1-2?? dont you restart at the same level you die on?? at least I do when I play so is he using a game genie??

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Look again, he is playing two player mode. Luigi dies at the beanstalk and then when it's Mario's turn the bug comes into effect.

[famiac]

haha i laughed my ass off, that's a really cool glitch

[Bluecowbowling]

Look again, he is playing two player mode. Luigi dies at the beanstalk and then when it's Mario's turn the bug comes into effect.

Ok gotcha I didnt even notice before.. Thanks cause I couldnt get it to work and I have been play non stop for the last past hour or so on one player mode so let me go give it a try on 2 player mode..

[Profeta Yoshitake]

I'm gonna try it with my friends.
It seems very cool!

[Jedi Master Baiter]

This was posted last month on NESDev.

I made a Nestopia save state for it. (.ns5)

I decided to see what effect this would have on the minus world (.ns3 / .ns4)

See for yourself!

SMB + Duck Hunt + Track

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The beanstalk appears to go behind backgrounds and I guess the water is background graphic. The same thing happens if you do it on an overworld stage, the beanstalk will go behind the castle, so it's invisible but climbable.