'Super Mario Bros.' can now be played in your browser

Joe Kelley is the morning news host for radio station News 96.5 in Orlando

If you long to play the classic Super Mario Bros., but you don't have immediate access to a gaming system, you'll jump-over-mushrooms for joy at news that you can play it online now in your web browser.

A site created by Josh Goldberg lets you play through original levels using your keyboard's arrows.

Try Full Screen Mario here.

Mario made his first appearance as “Jumpman” in the Donkey Kong arcade game in 1981.

It wasn’t until 1983 that Mario was featured in his own game,  joined by his younger brother Luigi, in the arcade game Mario Bros.

The Mario franchise is the best-selling video game franchise of all time, selling more than 210 million units as a whole.

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