Four magnificent games packed together and given a facelift? Pinch me.

User Rating: 10 | Super Mario Collection SNES
Back in 1993, in a world basically devoid of compilation sets (let alone a compilation catridge for a console) Super Mario All-Stars was released, packed with the original set of NES Mario games, including the 'real' sequel to Mario Bros. with The Lost Levels. Not content with just porting the titles over, Nintendo redid every game with a new 16-bit coat of paint, from the sprites to the backgrounds and everything else in-between. Each game in the collection looks significantly better than the original, and could even be called the definitive version of each. Who could forget the first time they played each of the Mario games? Finding the warp pipes in Mario Bros., throwing vegetables around in the love-it-or-hate-it Mario 2, or enjoying the many suits Mario 3 provided you, as well as the world map. The Lost Levels addition that was never released in North America is essentially a Mario Bros. expansion with different levels (much harder levels, in some cases). No other Mario compilation has ever been made, and with the recent porting of Mario games to the GBA platform individually - not to mention fully priced - it's unlikely we'll see another one for a while. It's a shame, as Super Mario All-Stars contains a group of some of the best games ever, looking as good as you'll ever see them.