I can beat SMB1 without warps and/or the Start+A continues, yet I can't perform the staircase infinite life trick to save my life. Am I disabled?

>>11894414 (OP)
These two things aren't comparable, the game isn't that hard except the last two worlds. But that staircase glitch is super difficult, plus unnecessary since you can already beat the game without it supposedly.

>>11894414 (OP)
just practice it with savestates
its a bit weird but when you learn it its not that bad
its cheating though so i never do anymore

>>11894415
>Staircase glich
>Super difficult

Look, I'm not trying to be a dick buy my parents showed me this when I was like 5 years old.

It matters what step you do it on. I think it's the fourth step IIRC

Did you guys ever have your parents help you with games? I would always get my mom to do the staircase trick for me when I was a kid.

>>11894414 (OP)
I did it when I was six or seven, on real hardware, no save states
you may be disabled, yes
sorry anon :(
though maybe your disability is not being a six year old with infinite time to play smb over and over and over (because you don't have any other games)

You can have to get it just right to get it to repeat for a while. Being even a little off means the shell will clip through you and escape.

Never mind, I finally got the trick to work with a small jump. I was only ever doing full jumps prior to that.
Crisis averted.

>>11894435
In what year were you 5 years old?

>>11894535
nta but 1985

>>11894426
You didn't beat the game.

>>11894535
2022

>>11894414 (OP)
I can see why you might struggle. I mean, it is pretty difficult.

Fuck off, frog posting retard.

>>11894598
https://voca.ro/16eJ8s8ftvs8

>>11894597
is this achievable natty?

>>11894414 (OP)
I've always wondered if that is really a glitch or if it was intended. I mean, there's no other way in game to stomp enough enemies in a row to get lives.

>>11895492
It was intentional.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120515193312/http://www.1up.com/news/super-mario-bros-25th-miyamoto

>>11895680
Also of note is that in VS. Super Mario Bros., one of the alterations to the levels was intentionally removing all locations you can (easily) do the trick in SMB1. In SMB2, many locations to do the trick were intentionally added early in the game to help mitigate that game's difficulty. Picrel is from the official Super Mario Collection guidebook.

>>11894597
zamn

>>11895680
>>11895693
Nice. I didn't know that. But still, why didn't they fix the lives counter when you get more than 9?