World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. (1985))

World 1-1 is the first level of Super Mario Bros., Nintendo's 1985 platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The level was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto to be a tutorial for new players, orienting them to platform jumping and to the rest of the game. It is one of the most iconic video game levels and has been widely imitated and parodied.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It is one of the most memorable levels in the entire history of platforming and in gaming history.
 * 2) The level serves as a tutorial for new players to learn platforming in gaming because of this simplistic level design. It even serves also as a tutorial for anyone who's new to videogames no matter the genre.
 * 3) The music known as "Overworld Theme" it is one of the most memorable and catchy songs not only in the entire gaming history but in the entire music history even for today's standards.
 * 4) It introduces secrets for the first time in the gaming history in order to know for new players such as a warp pipe located in the fourth pipe that leads to a bonus room filled with coins which can also used as a shortcut and the 1-Up hidden blocks most notably in this level which is located between the enterable pipe and the bottomless pit. The 1-Up mushrooms can be obtained by reaching a certain amount of coins in each third stage of the world and in some hidden bricks like the ceiling beneath the 2x6 bricks with 6 coins in World 1-2.
 * 5) This level is home to the iconic powerups such as Super Mushrooms which makes Mario get bigger and dealing two hits to kill Mario/Luigi, the Fire Flower to launch fireballs to kill enemies and the Starman which can make Mario/Luigi invincible for a short period of time except by falling onto bottomless pits.
 * 6) This level is so popular that some later Mario games (including ROM hacks) made a remake of this level such as Super Mario Bros. 3 Mix ROM hack from Super Mario Bros. 3, the e-Reader version of this level in the GBA version from Super Mario Bros. 3, New Super Mario Bros Origins from New Super Mario Bros, Super Mario All Stars HD from New Super Mario Bros. Wii and the Gold Classics from New Super Mario Bros 2.

The Only Bad Quality

 * 1) The most infamous part of this level is dying in the very fist Goomba which can cause many players to rage. It even had internet memes because of this.