You've Been Playing 'Super Mario Bros.' Wrong Your Whole Life
by Jake Peterson from Lifehacker on (#65CTT)

The original Super Mario Bros. is a game with stakes. You don't have the luxury of save states or level passwords. Once you lose all your lives, it's game over. If you want to play again, you need to start from scratch-on World 1-1, whether you lost your third life on the first level, or on World 8-4. Or so we thought.