Super Mario Oddities

25 years of wackiness inspired by the legendary Nintendo game, from lost levels to breakfast food to pop art.

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Mario by Hand
Of all the weird Super Mario Bros. YouTube videos, this one is my favorite. Supposedly, someone in Japan programmed a version of Super Mario Bros. that he could control via hand gestures with a webcam. This video is the result. Watch as a large disembodied hand herds scores of tiny Marios, although many of the little guys don’t make it.

Outside of these 13 examples lies a whole world full of Super Mario oddities.  If you have others, please share them in comments.

More gaming nostalgia by Benj Edwards:

Game Boy Oddities

The Great Operating System Games

15 Classic Game Console Mistakes



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4 Comments For This Post

  1. lesinge32 Says:

    as a fellow love of old school video games you should check out the pac man video this swiss artist made! http://monkeybusiness1.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/a… also tetris, pong, space invaders

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  3. Guest Says:

    How about Communist Mario?

  4. GamesOgre Says:

    That's a fantastic collection of weird Mario stuff. I agree, that control-Mario-by-hand video is amazing!