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SMB: how do you jump to the top of the flag pole?

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ahofle:

Good steps there...I'm betting that the OP is not holding down the jump button.

mamenewb100:

It's hard not to laugh at this post but I remember having troubles timing the run and jump when I first played SMB.


Gray_Area:


--- Quote from: mamenewb100 on January 13, 2013, 10:35:05 pm ---It's hard not to laugh at this post but I remember having troubles timing the run and jump when I first played SMB.


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I'm betting my timing is fine. Sounds like it has solely to do with using both buttons. Of course I have the jump button held down, but if the other one (the 'fire' button) is required, that might explain it. Now that I've gotten more into and have studied the game a little, I have the buttons set up Black Tiger-style: jump button under thumb, fire button under middle finger. (I'm playing on a control panel, with six-button layout.) Of course, if I don't have Red Mario, then I've had to train myself to remember jump is thumb.

That's one reason I *love* MAME: I'm not stuck with the lame duck controls configurations and such on many original cabs.

Gray_Area:

Okay, that didn't work. Gay.

ChrisK:

Are you sure your controller is working right?  I mean, this isn't that hard.  You should at LEAST be getting 1000+ every time.

If you run and jump in other parts of the stage, does your horizontal movement slow down when you jump?

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