Play Master Mario Bros. Online

Master Mario Bros. on SNES is the kind of game where you start playing "just for five minutes" and suddenly realize an hour’s gone by. You know the drill—dodge the goombas, smash the blocks, grab the coins—but everything just feels better here. The colors pop, the controls are stupidly precise (that mid-air twirl when you jump? chef’s kiss), and the music’s somehow still stuck in my head decades later.

What surprised me was how much the little SNES upgrades matter. The fireballs look crisper, the underwater levels have this weirdly soothing ripple effect, and those secret warp pipes? Still as satisfying to find as when I was 10. Yeah, Peach gets kidnapped again, but honestly, I’m here for the way the level design teaches you without words—throw a tricky jump early on, and by the end, you’re nailing it without thinking. Classic for a reason.