Wrecking Crew
Wrecking Crew is the first original Mario game for the Famicom. In the game, the player controls Mario (Player 2 as Luigi) working on a demolition site. The goal is to break down all of the stone walls on each stage.
Each level has various enemies that will attempt to stop Mario:
- Gotcha Wrench - a dinosaur wrench that chases Mario around the stage.
- Eggplant Man - a masked eggplant that sprints around, getting in Mario's way.
- Foreman Spike - the bearded foreman of the construction site. He will constantly try to stop Mario from completing his job by hitting the hero off the beams.
- Fireball - Spend too long in a particular area and a fireball will appear.
Defeating enemies is not easy, as Mario's regular hammer deals them no damage (though it might make Foreman Spike fall down if Mario can hit him with it). If an enemy wanders underneath a drum, Mario can trap them by causing the drum to fall.
If Mario breaks down the walls in a particular order, he may find the letters M.A.R.I.O. (or L.U.I.G.I). Finding all of these will give Mario a 1-Up. In any level with 3 or more bombs, hitting 3 bombs in a specific order will make a Golden Hammer appear. Much more powerful than his regular hammer, the Golden Hammer allows Mario to knock down walls much faster, and, if he times it right, he can knock enemies down to the bottom floor.
As well as brick walls, there are also girder stands that can be knocked out, stone ladders that Mario can use until they're destroyed (Foreman Spike can also destroy these!) and bombs that will damage any bricks lined up with it (as well as knocking Mario off the platform if he doesn't move away fast enough).
