The first time I saw a Gameboy were at friends and as everyone who had a Gameboy they had Super Mario Land.
I could play for like 10 minutes before he wanted to play again.
But those 10 minutes were the start of my gaming career.
I saved all the money I got for birthday and christmas till I could buy my own Gameboy and Super Mario Land.
But nevertheless this game was incredible fun.
It consists of 12 levels and I remember lvl 6 you were in a submarin and lvl 12 you were flying.
The story is not really worth talking about. You save a princess...that is it!
The endboss was a random cat and not Bowser and the princess is Daisy and not Princess Peach.
By far this is not my favorite Mario but this game took my "Marioginity" and started a live long hobby.
Mario was afaik the first gaming personality who got turned into a movie. The movie is one awful piece of shit but still...the crossover was made.
A now rather silly tv show was made as well and as you probably know a ton of games till this day.
Some are among the best games made for the console they got released including spin offs like Mario Kart.