Strange death #2
In world 4-3, make your way over to the second instance of those wooden
blocks. There should be three brick blocks
above you, one containg a 1-Up. Walk over a little more and you'll see
a Spiny walking upside-down on some bricks,
and a Buzzy Beetle walking on top of the same bricks. When you see this,
don't get too close to the Spiny, or it'll
drop down. Instead, walk slowly over and stand under the first block of
that platform. When the Buzzy Beetle is above
you, jump so you kill him as you hit the block. The Spiny will also die,
and you didn't even touch it! (I'm not sure yet if
this only works when Mario is small.)
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Bowser's "secret" room
In World 8-Castle of Koopa, go in the highest door at the end of the Donut
Lift part. You should be in a room with
donut lifts, Bowser statues, and at the end Bowser starts shooting fireballs
at you even though he's in the next room.
Anyway, squat and fly (easiest with a P-Wing) and land on top of the last
Bowser statue's head. Stand up and Mario
will "moonwalk" through the wall to another room! It's not really a new
room, per se. It's just a duplicate of the room
you'll enter if you don't take the highest route during the donut lift
part of the Castle.
Gray Mario
As Tanooki Mario, press B as you go down a pipe. If your timing is perfect,
Mario will turn gray, but not into a statue.
Gray Hammer Mario
Enter World 7-8 with a Tanooki Suit. Go down the pipe that leads to the
secret room that contains a Hammer Brother
Suit. Hit the Giant ? Block to sprout the Hammer Brother Suit. Stand in
a place where you think it will bounce on
you, and press Down and B to turn into a statue. If you get the Hammer
Brother Suit while you're in statue form, you
will be Hammer Brother Mario, but gray! The bad thing about this cool bug
is that you can't go up the pipe at the end;
you're stuck in the secret room.
Suicide
In World 5-Fortress, jump up to wedge yourself between the exit (3rd) pipe
and the left wall. Jump a few more times
and you will get smashed and lose a life.
Change the color of stuff
This bug is really hard to explain.... Just uhhh mess around with kicking
a shell into an object just as you scroll that
object off the screen. Scroll back and sometimes it has changed color!
Usually the object turns green or something.
Find hidden Blocks
In stages with the starry background, you can tell where the hidden Blocks
are because the stars are a different
color.
Warp to BOOM-BOOM
In World 3-Fortress, go in the third door and press Up again fast, and
you'll go straight to BOOM-BOOM.
Invisible Mario
In World 3-9, squat on the white block for 5 seconds. When you drop down
behind the background, go down the pipe
at the end of the dry land. You won't be able to see Mario in the water.
Wall jump
If you jump at a wall just right, you'll "catch" the wall with your foot,
and you'll be able to jump off the wall! This has
many practical uses, such as in the beginning of World 6-9. Have small
Mario jump off the ice blocks into the wall of
ice. When Mario touches the wall, jump again and he should make it over
the top. Go right and you'll find the end of
the stage!
Note: This glitch requires a perfect jump, and perfect timing.
A strange death
In World 3-9 at the part with the Para-Goomba, have small Mario hit the
sixth Block on the left to sprout a Super
Mushroom. Let it go past that Block, then bump the Mushroom from underneath
again and the Para-Goomba will die.