10 Most Important Video Games Ever Made

8. Super Mario Bros

The player takes on the role of Mario and his younger brother Luigi, however Luigi can only be accessed by a second player in multiplayer mode. The objective of the game is to race through the Mushroom Kingdom, surviving the wrath of the main antagonist Bowser and going on to save princess Toadstool. The game consists of eight worlds with four sub-levels called "stages" in each world. The final stage of each world takes place in a castle where Bowser or one of his decoys are fought.

Super Mario Bros. was critically acclaimed, and popularized the side-scrolling genre of video games. Altogether, excluding Game Boy Advance and Virtual Console sales, the game has sold 40.24 million copies, making it the best-selling video game in the Mario series and the second best-selling game in the world. Almost all of the game's aspects have been praised at one time or another, from its large cast of characters to a diverse set of levels. One of the most-praised aspects of the game is the precise controls, the player is able to control how high and far Mario or Luigi jumps, and how fast he can run.