Super Mario All-Stars X is basically the SNES love letter to Mario’s NES days—remastered versions of the first four games with smoother controls, better colors, and that sweet 16-bit glow-up. You start off with the original Super Mario Bros., but everything just feels tighter—jumping’s more responsive, the music’s punchier, and those goombas pop in a way that makes you realize how janky the NES sprites were.

Lost Levels (aka the real Mario 2) is still brutal, but at least now you can save. And Mario 3? Oh man, the overworld map animations alone make it worth it. The only weird thing is how they kept the floaty physics from the Japanese version of Mario 2—takes a minute to adjust if you grew up with the NES one.

It’s not just a lazy port, though—they actually redrew everything, added Luigi as a playable character in all four games (finally), and threw in some fun little extras like a sound test mode. Still holds up if you’re into retro platformers.