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Flash games based on the original Super Mario Bros. are a dime a dozen, but Super Mario Summary does something totally unique – cutting the game’s 32 stages down into single screens.

The game was created by Swede Johan Peitz as part of Ludum Dare, a 48 hour game creation challenge event.

Each level has a number of challenges, with up to three stars to be obtained through collecting every coin, squashing every enemy and reaching the top of the flag pole when completing a level. Completing all three tasks gives you a time.

You can play the game here.

I’m sure you’ve all heard of Super Mario Crossover, a Flash game that brings various NES era characters into Super Mario Bros. for various shenanigans.

Well, the fun doesn’t stop there. The team behind the game announced some time ago that they were working on a second version of the game. Now they’ve released a trailer for it.

Super Mario Crossover 2.0 is expected to be available for play on Exploding Rabbit sometime this quarter.

Alternative rock band Incubus has posted an 8-bit inspired Flash game on their website entitled Incubattle: Stop the Album Leak, in conjunction with Kill Screen magazine. The game revolves around beating up (literal) pirates, who have stolen the band’s latest album. The game has been released to promote the band’s new album If Not Now, When?

The game features some nice pixel art and chiptune renditions of the band’s music (or so I believe, I haven’t followed them in 10 years), but the gameplay is pretty straightforward. Still, it’s a pretty cool promotional effort.

Source: Incubus, via GameSetWatch