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I was one of the first people to buy Princess Rescue before it was banned. I was just playing it the other day and thinking to myself, "whoever could program this so well like this including the music must be a genius". I've been through a lot the last few years and haven't had time to be in this hobby so I haven't had a chance to play as much as during simpler times. I finally took a look at who Chris Spry is because I unpacked my stuff so my kids could play with it. To them it's just another old version of Mario. They weren't around back then. Young kids can't see the significance of what's gone into something like this for the 2600 because they didn't live back in the early '80s when you were playing Space Invaders and stuff like that. To be able to program a game like that on an old system like this is quite amazing.

  Ironically, it's interesting that this game was even released because when I was a kid, all we had was the VCS, but some kids at school had a Nintendo. I specifically remember wishing that Atari would release their own version of this game for the 2600 so I could play Super Mario at home myself. I tried to imagine what it would look like. But you actually DID it!

^ Yeah,   That!

Hehe,  I also own Zippy the Porcupine which is (also) Amazing!   Seriously,   Great Job on those!

When I was a kid, I was hoping an Atari 2600 version of SMB would come out, but of course as a kid you don't understand how the business works.  I just wanted SMB for my system.  Always wanted to see what it might have looked like on the Atari 2600, which is what motivated me to give it a try after seeing a Mega Man demo.