Instant Alert: Here's how to unlock hundreds of secret 'Super Mario Bros.' levels hidden on the cartridge

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Here's how to unlock hundreds of secret 'Super Mario Bros.' levels hidden on the cartridge by Ben Gilbert on Jan 29, 2017, 1:35 PM Advertisement The original "Super Mario Bros." is more than just the 32 or so levels you've played. The original "Super Mario Bros." actually has hundreds more levels. Hundreds! Those levels, however, are messed up. They're broken, contain enemies that have no place within them (a Goomba underwater?!), and look completely bananas. They're the forgotten children of Nintendo's most revered game, hidden away in the annals of each cartridge's aging chips. These are levels Nintendo never intended anyone to see, and the company's never really spoken about them as a result. But guess what? Intrepid Nintendo enthusiasts have cracked a crazy secret process for unlocking these hidden levels. Here's how to do it. SEE ALSO: Nintendo just revealed the real reason to buy its new game console DON'T MISS: This is why Nintendo believes its next console won't fail like its last one did There's one well-known secret world in the original 'Super Mario Bros.' — it's called the 'Negative World.' It's just one of many of the hidden levels contained in "Super Mario Bros.," and it's perhaps the most widely known. You can reach it by performing an awkward backwards jump in the game's second level, 1-2, like so: RAW Embed It's so-named because of the '-1' seen in the 'World' area of the screen: The level itself is just a standard underwater level, though it's impossible to progress beyond it. Exiting the level results in a loop. RAW Embed See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011