Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing Super Mario Land with cheats and unlockables.
Unlockables
Continue
After you score over 100000 points, you will unlock the option to continue your game. A “Continue” button will appear on the title screen.
Expert Mode
When you beat the game, press any button while you’re on the title screen. The cursor will change from a mushroom to Mario’s face. Press Start to play the new Expert Mode that features enemies that are more difficult, more numerous, and in different places.
Stage Select
Beat the game two times in a row, then keep pressing A. Pressing A after completing the game twice in a row activates a Stage Select. The more times you press A, the higher the stage you can go to.
Tips & Tricks
Secret Elevators in 1-3
If you go through Stage 1-3 normally there will be coins and pipes on the top of the stage that you can’t access. To access them you need to activate two secret elevators.
The first one is right at the start of the stage. Position Mario exactly three blocks away from the left side of the screen. Jump and lean against the wall and there’s your first elevator. Stand on top of the block and don’t move. You will go straight through the top blocks and Mario will be on the top of the screen where your stats are.
The second elevator is at the second lion. Kill the lion and dodge the two falling stones. There will be a row of five blocks that go in a pattern of coins and bricks. Break the second brick with Super or Superball Mario. Jump through the hole you just made and the second elevator will appear. There will be no coins this time, but it will lead you to a secret pipe. In expert mode a plant enemy will be there so watch out.
Secret Trail
In Level 2-2, when you see a tall line of vertical coins near a pipe and a Nokobon, get hit so you shrink (if you’re Super or Superball Mario). Ahead of you are two levels, but the lower one seems out of reach. There is an invisible floor that makes it accessible, but you must be Little Mario to walk across it.
Cheats
The game is fun by itself, but cheating makes it better. Always be sure to input codes with a GameShark. All the below codes are compatible with most emulators.
Note: before entering cheats, be aware that altering the game can cause random freezing and several other glitches.
| Effect | Code |
|---|---|
| Character Modifier (Airplane) | 010D03C2 |
| Character Modifier (Bug) | 012103C2 |
| Character Modifier (Cloud) | 012A03C2 |
| Character Modifier (Mario’s Hand) | 010F03C2 |
| Character Modifier (Submarine) | 010A03C2 |
| Enemies Disabled | 01FF00D1 |
| First Item Modifier (Extra Life) | 012A1FC9 |
| First Item Modifier (Fire Flower) | 012D1FC9 |
| First Item Modifier (Instant Extra Life) | 012B1FC9 |
| First Item Modifier (Instant Fire Flower) | 012E1FC9 |
| First Item Modifier (Mushroom) | 01281FC9 |
| First Item Modifier (Star) | 012C1FC9 |
| Infinite Continues | 010902C0 |
| Infinite Lives | 010315DA |
| Infinite Time | 019961DA |
| Invincibility | 01ECD3C0 or 01F5D3C0 |
| Multi Jump | 01070AC2 |
| Music Modifier | 01??E8DF |
| Pause Modifier | 01??B2FF (00-0F) |
| Play as Daisy | 012203C2 |
| Play Behind the Scenery | 018F04C2 |
| White Mario | 011004C2 |
Super Mario Land is a platform game developed by Nintendo and initially released in 1989 for Game Boy.
