Chris Higgins
Ultimate Time-Waster: Super Mario Bros Online Games
by Chris Higgins - August 5, 2009 - 4:06 PM

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Need a way to waste your afternoon instead of working? Why not play Infinite Mario Bros, an online Java-based Mario game made by a fan. The game is randomized, so each level contains random bricks, enemies, and so on. This means literally infinite replayability! (Until you drive yourself nuts with the catchy soundtrack.) You’ll need a Java 5-enabled browser, then just go for it. (Press arrows to move, A to run, and S to jump…much like the A/B buttons on an old Nintendo controller.)

But wait, there’s more! If that’s not enough Mario action for you, check out SuperMarioBrothers.org, an online collection of Mario games, which includes pointers to various online Mario games written in Flash, Mario/Sonic mashups, all manner of awesome stuff. (I recommend Super Mario Flash for a simple, non-nutty starter game.)

(Infinite Mario Bros via Waxy.org.)

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Comments (9)

  1. Okay, I went to the page and, according to the directions, clicked on the game and pressed “s”. Nothing happened. I have the latest version of Java. Is it working for anyone else? I’m using Windows 7, so I don’t know if that would make a difference.

    posted by Jaclyn McKewan on 8-5-2009 at 5:00 pm

  2. Will this work for a Mac? If so, I’m so stoked/never being productive ever again.

    posted by Molly on 8-5-2009 at 5:47 pm

  3. Molly – this works on my Mac, using the latest Safari. I’m not sure about the situation with Windows, honestly.

    posted by Chris Higgins on 8-5-2009 at 5:49 pm

  4. It works for me only with Opera (using Windows XP), doesn’t work with either Firefox, Google Chrome or IE.

    posted by Marija on 8-5-2009 at 7:05 pm

  5. I love this!!!! Thanks for bringing back my childhood!

    posted by Cassie on 8-5-2009 at 7:39 pm

  6. Ugh. I wonder if ad blockers are blocking it, or if Java just doesn’t work all that well??

    posted by Chris Higgins on 8-5-2009 at 9:03 pm

  7. About the infinite mario: It wasn’t working for me either, so I went to supermariobrothers.org (second link) and went from there to the infinite game. It seems to be working fine now.

    posted by Matt on 8-6-2009 at 2:28 pm

  8. Hi,

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    Thanks,

    - Sibley

    posted by Kids games on 9-4-2009 at 2:31 am

  9. im in school so all websites are blocked, except this one. wow life is overrated.

    posted by jordan on 11-3-2009 at 2:30 pm

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