Jetée

Thanks for the info on release dates (I actually got my SMW copy in December of 1990, before obtaining SMB3 [UK] two months later.)

Pertaining to the 10 bonus levels found in the middle of "Star Road": I actually found those easy enough (except for stage 4: "Awesome", and Stage 2: "Tubular", which is known to be one of the hardest levels in the entire game, if not the absolute hardest.) The kicker is that in order to access it, you need to first complete and find the secret exit in Star World 5, which was without a doubt, one of my least favorite levels to accomplish without any power-ups or Yoshi at the start of it, because it was so hard, and winding (if Tubular was the hardest, then this level really gave it a run for its money). If you started out tiny without a cape, or without a Yoshi, I'd have a read hard time believing you completed this level, let alone actually found a way to get to the secret keyhole.

And once you beat all eight, this happened:


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Here's a nifty little background wallpaper I came across entitled "World 1-1, Mushroom Kingdom [3-D]".

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