I get a lot more enjoyment from this one than I do the original.
Of the four NES Marios, I've probably spent more time playing and completing this than the other three. Throughout my life I've completed the game fully so many times over so many years I've lost count. Bought the All-Stars for the Wii and beat them there. Beat the game on the VC (my Wii game has twenty stars on the title screen of "Lost Levels", with each star representing a completion). Then I Played through them on Super Mario Bros. Got the game back in the mid 1990s with the All-Stars cart and played them excessively. Side Note:"If anyone is looking for another Crazy Mario game challenge.then I highly recommend '#10 Impossible Pack' in 'Coin Rush Mode' from 'New Super Mario Bros 2' for the 3DS! I'm still having problems beating just the 1st stage! XD There R no power-ups of ANY KIND and the placement of enemies is so NOT fair!" XD XD Stage 8-3 is REALLY MEAN!!! XD And.those letters worlds."WOW!! SO MEAN!!" XD Particularly world D-1 was CRAZY DIFFICULT from the get-go! I like the game overall but man! It's really is hard! "Heed the warning in the article because Philip is SPOT on with EVERYTHING he said. XD I love how secretly stage 8-2 set up was with the exit which links to you 8-3. you think it's to world 4, 5 or 6 but it's a Wapr to 1-1!! XD XD I love how in 1-2, the WARPs are scattered through out the stage vs having them in one place. It's SO hard and unforgiving! It's funny how they trick you in this game.like one of my favorite "tricks" is when u get to World 3 and you find that Warp. Lost Levels is one of the meanest Mario games EVER!!! But it's FUNNY how many times I 'died, how I died, and the deception in several of the stages!!! XD I have this game on the "Super Mario AllStars + Super Mario World" from the 90s.