Super Mario Bros. (NES)

I decided to start the One Year of Games with the first video game I ever remember playing: Super Mario Bros. I've also never won the game, so I went into this with the goal of finishing it.

Of course, several hours and 30 attempts later, I feel like getting myself to 8-4 is enough of an accomplishment.

Props to Garrison, who offered up "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragonforce as an alternative to listening to that mind-numbing Mario music somewhere around attempt #15. You have not truly lived until you have speed-run world 4-1 (you know, the Lakitu one) to "Through the Fire and Flames."