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Super Mario Bros. (1985)

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This is the first part of my Retron 5 playtesting series covering each system Retron 5 supports. Part one is covering the NES. I will be doing other videos on Super Nintendo, Game Boy & Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System & Famicom.

In this video we test over 50 random NES games including Licensed, Unlicensed, Imports, Multi-carts, Homebrews, Reproductions & Pirate carts.

In each part, I will be keeping an ever updating list of working and non-working titles in the descriptions.

If you have any requests for NES titles you would like to know the working status of, or would want to see played. Leave your request in the comments below and I'll try to get to those games first.

Here is the results from the games tested in this video.

(H) -- Homebrew
(L) -- Licensed
(P) -- Pirate
(R) -- Reproduction
(U) -- Unlicensed

Working
Aladdin (L)(PAL)
Asterix (L)(PAL)
Banana Prince (L)(PAL)
Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril (H)(NTSC)
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (L)(NTSC)
Contra (L)(NTSC)
Death Race (U)(NTSC)
Die Schlumpfe "Smurfs" (L)(PAL)
Die Schone und das Biest "Beauty & Beast" (L)(PAL)
Drac's Night Out (R)(NTSC)
Funblaster Pak (U)(PAL)(HES)(Piggy)
Golf (L)(NTSC-J)(FamicomBox)
Hammerin' Harry (L)(PAL)
Impossible Mission II (U)(NTSC)(SEI) -- "Unknown cartridge" -- Plays fine
Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade (U)(NTSC)(Aladdin Deck Enhancer)
Little Red Hood (U)(PAL)(HES)
Little Samson (L)(NTSC)
Mega Man 4 (L)(NTSC)
Micro Machines (U)(NTSC)
Mighty Bomb Jack (P)(NTSC-J)
New Ghostbusters II (L)(PAL)
Ninja Ryukenden II (P)(Unknown) -- "Unknown cartridge" -- Plays fine
Pac-Man (U)(PAL)(HES)(Piggy)
Pesterminator (U)(NTSC)(Blue)
Rodland (L)(PAL)
Rush'n Attack (P)(Brazil)
Shinobi (U)(NTSC)
Sunman (R)(NTSC)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (L)(NTSC)
The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy (U)(PAL)(Plug-Thru)
The Simpsons: Bart vs the World (P)(Brazil)
The Trolls in Crazyland (L)(PAL)

Loaded with problems/errors
Action 52 (U)(NTSC) -- Boots up fine, loads intros to games but crashes when you try to start each game
Lode Runner (P)(Brazil) -- "Unknown cartridge" -- Plays music only, screen is white
Trolls in Treasure Island (U)(NTSC) -- Intro plays fine. World map is garbled and cannot proceed

Did not work
Battletoads (P)(Brazil) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Caltron 6 in 1 (U)(PAL)(Brazilian version) -- "ERROR - Failed to Dump ROM"
Cosmic Spacehead (U)(PAL)(Black Cart) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Dragon Feet (H)(NTSC) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Jurassic Boy (U)(NTSC) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Kung Fu (P)(Brazil) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Maxi 15 (U)(NTSC) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Mega Rockman II (P)(Brazil) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Mr. Gimmick (L)(PAL) -- "ERROR - Cartridge Power Fault"
Quattro Arcade 4 in 1 (U)(NTSC) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Study Hall (H)(NTSC) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Super Mario Bros. Special (R)(NTSC) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Super Mario Bros/Tetris/Nintendo World Cup (L)(PAL) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Super Mario Brothers (L)(Asian) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Virus Cleaner (H)(NTSC) -- "No Cart Inserted"
VS. Excitebike (R)(NTSC) -- "No Cart Inserted"
War in the Gulf (U)(Brazil) -- "No Cart Inserted" CCE games will not fit in the system so I had to use a 60-72pin adaptor.

Tested on 6-1-14
(32 - homebrew &reproductions)

Did not work
2 in 1 Geminim/Siamond (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
8-Bit Xmas 2011 (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
8-Bit Xmas 2012 (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
8-Bit Xmas 2013 (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Action 53 (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Airball (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Assimilate (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Battle Kid 2: Mountain of Torment (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Chuck Yeager's Fighter Combat (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Chunkout 2 (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Donkey Kong Pie Foundry (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Dragon Leap (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Free Fall (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Gemventure (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Happy Camper (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Homebrew World Championships 2012 (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Mike Ditka's Big Play Football (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Mystic Pillars (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Nomolos: Storming the Castle (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Pirate Booty (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Sara Parker's Pool Challenge (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Sneak 'n Peek (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Super Maruo (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Super NeSnake 2 (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Tecmo Super Bowl 2014 (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
The Grind (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
Ultimate Frogger Championship (H) -- "No Cart Inserted"
VS. Castlevania (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
VS. Duck Hunt (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
VS. Hogan's Alley (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
VS. Super Mario Bros. (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"
War on Wheels (R) -- "No Cart Inserted"

Tested since..

Working
Battletoads (L)(NTSC)
Kung Fu (L)(NTSC)
Gremlins 2 (L)(NTSC)
10 Yard Fight (L)(NTSC)
1942 (L)(NTSC)
1943 (L)(NTSC)
3-D World Runner (L)(NTSC)
720 degrees (L)(NTSC)

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