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Way back in August of 1992, at about 6pm one fine summery evening, I finally completed Super Mario World for the good old SNES. I was thrilled as I saw the story end happily, and the good old "goodbye-till-the-next-game" music played with the credits.
When I completed it, I saw the number 96 by the file that I had saved it as, and was ecstatic about completing a game with 96 levels in it, after having read so much about these 96 levels (plus sub games) over the past year or so
.
Despite it ending, I still wanted to play, so I carried on, going over some levels, particularly those nasty ones in Star Road that lead to those such as Gnarly, and Tuber-something. They were some of the hardest levels I'd played in any game ever. Anyway, I plugged at them, again and again and carried on under the same saved file, till one day to my surprise I switched on my SNES for a go at Super Mario World, and found my file had renamed itself as 96*!!!
96 with a Gold Star next to it.
(My initial thought was "UG?........ Wicked!")
Other mates of mine had played SMW to death on their SNES's but none had managed to get a star by their 96. I have absolutely NO idea what I did to get that star by my filename, but it made me happy that I'd somehow apparently gone further on the game than they had. Unfortunately, I became cocky and thought I could do it all over again, and wiped the cartridge so I no longer have that file.
With the release of Mario Kart and other titles, I didn't play SMW as much anymore, and to this day, have yet to recreate that magical Star by the 96 levels in the filename as I complete it.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Does anyone else know what the Gold Star is meant for?
When I completed it, I saw the number 96 by the file that I had saved it as, and was ecstatic about completing a game with 96 levels in it, after having read so much about these 96 levels (plus sub games) over the past year or so
.
Despite it ending, I still wanted to play, so I carried on, going over some levels, particularly those nasty ones in Star Road that lead to those such as Gnarly, and Tuber-something. They were some of the hardest levels I'd played in any game ever. Anyway, I plugged at them, again and again and carried on under the same saved file, till one day to my surprise I switched on my SNES for a go at Super Mario World, and found my file had renamed itself as 96*!!!
96 with a Gold Star next to it.
(My initial thought was "UG?........ Wicked!")
Other mates of mine had played SMW to death on their SNES's but none had managed to get a star by their 96. I have absolutely NO idea what I did to get that star by my filename, but it made me happy that I'd somehow apparently gone further on the game than they had. Unfortunately, I became cocky and thought I could do it all over again, and wiped the cartridge so I no longer have that file.
With the release of Mario Kart and other titles, I didn't play SMW as much anymore, and to this day, have yet to recreate that magical Star by the 96 levels in the filename as I complete it.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Does anyone else know what the Gold Star is meant for?
Really??????
Whoa...
Whoa...
I've never known of anyone who completed the 96 levels WITHOUT getting a star after the 96.
I thought it was just illustrating that the game was completed. Has anyone else completed it without being presented with 96* on the file select screen?
I thought it was just illustrating that the game was completed. Has anyone else completed it without being presented with 96* on the file select screen?
Hi,I'm a big fan of Mario.I have million's of Mario games.When I'm older I think I'm gong to turn into Mario myself!!!
Way back in August of 1992, at about 6pm one fine summery evening, I finally completed Super Mario World for the good old SNES. I was thrilled as I saw the story end happily, and the good old "goodbye-till-the-next-game" music played with the credits.
When I completed it, I saw the number 96 by the file that I had saved it as, and was ecstatic about completing a game with 96 levels in it, after having read so much about these 96 levels (plus sub games) over the past year or so
.
Despite it ending, I still wanted to play, so I carried on, going over some levels, particularly those nasty ones in Star Road that lead to those such as Gnarly, and Tuber-something. They were some of the hardest levels I'd played in any game ever. Anyway, I plugged at them, again and again and carried on under the same saved file, till one day to my surprise I switched on my SNES for a go at Super Mario World, and found my file had renamed itself as 96*!!!
96 with a Gold Star next to it.
(My initial thought was "UG?........ Wicked!")
Other mates of mine had played SMW to death on their SNES's but none had managed to get a star by their 96. I have absolutely NO idea what I did to get that star by my filename, but it made me happy that I'd somehow apparently gone further on the game than they had. Unfortunately, I became cocky and thought I could do it all over again, and wiped the cartridge so I no longer have that file.
With the release of Mario Kart and other titles, I didn't play SMW as much anymore, and to this day, have yet to recreate that magical Star by the 96 levels in the filename as I complete it.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Does anyone else know what the Gold Star is meant for?
When I completed it, I saw the number 96 by the file that I had saved it as, and was ecstatic about completing a game with 96 levels in it, after having read so much about these 96 levels (plus sub games) over the past year or so
.
Despite it ending, I still wanted to play, so I carried on, going over some levels, particularly those nasty ones in Star Road that lead to those such as Gnarly, and Tuber-something. They were some of the hardest levels I'd played in any game ever. Anyway, I plugged at them, again and again and carried on under the same saved file, till one day to my surprise I switched on my SNES for a go at Super Mario World, and found my file had renamed itself as 96*!!!
96 with a Gold Star next to it.
(My initial thought was "UG?........ Wicked!")
Other mates of mine had played SMW to death on their SNES's but none had managed to get a star by their 96. I have absolutely NO idea what I did to get that star by my filename, but it made me happy that I'd somehow apparently gone further on the game than they had. Unfortunately, I became cocky and thought I could do it all over again, and wiped the cartridge so I no longer have that file.
With the release of Mario Kart and other titles, I didn't play SMW as much anymore, and to this day, have yet to recreate that magical Star by the 96 levels in the filename as I complete it.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Does anyone else know what the Gold Star is meant for?