Hardware · Nintendo · 1985

Nintendo Entertainment System

Double Dragon Super Mario Bros. 2 Rad Racer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ninja Gaiden Super Mario Bros. 3

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A Power Line counselor with an NES on top of his CRT.
A Power Line counselor with an NES on top of his CRT.
Another counselor's NES and monitor.
Another counselor's NES and monitor.

The Wizard (1989)

0:53:20

Jimmy gets help from the Nintendo Power Line, whose game counselors work with an NES sitting on top of each CRT monitor.

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The Super Mario Bros. 3 title screen on the Video Armageddon stage.
The Super Mario Bros. 3 title screen on the Video Armageddon stage.
The three finalists on the final stage.
The three finalists on the final stage.

The Wizard (1989)

1:24:30

The final round of Video Armageddon, held at Universal Studios Hollywood, gives the finalists ten minutes to score as many points as they can in Super Mario Bros. 3. The game was already out in Japan but hadn't been released in North America.

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Jimmy finds the Magic Flute in World 1's fortress and warps to World 4, but neither scores points in the real game, so the contest seems to use its own scoring. The announcer also gets several level names wrong.