Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros Special Edition  (Game & Watch)

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Mario must go through eight auto-scrolling levels without falling and losing a life. When the levels are cleared, Mario must repeat them in the next loop. The second loops and onward have enemies. Further, Lakitus throwhammers as opposed to Spinies. There are a total of nine loops of increasing difficulty. There are two types of levels; scroll screen levels and timer screen levels. In the scroll screen levels, Mario must travel a given distance displayed on the screen. In the timer screen levels, Mario has to go through the world within a given time.

The Game & Watch series are a total of 60 handheld video games that were released between 1980 and 1991. While not Nintendo's initial entry into the video game market, it was one of their most successful products in the early 80's.

The special edition version of the game was given away to winners of Famicons F-1 Grand Prix tournament Nintendo held in 1987. A total of 10,000 copies were given away. The game came in a nice looking Famicom mascot case, and the actual unit was yellow.