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浙江省杭州地区(含周边)重点中学2021届高三上学期期中试卷
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In 1985,a little Italian plumber(水管工)became the face of video games,and changed the way we play them. "Super Mario Bros" saw the main characters in the game, Mario and Luigi, jump around the Mushroom Kingdom, collect coins and rush to save a princess from a bad turtle. The content was different from the simple gameplay of Snake or Pac-Man,where the aim was to eat and stay alive.
Mario originated as a carpenter in the 1981 game "Donkey Kong",which was advanced for its time. with retro(复旧的)sound effects as Mario moved on challenging platforms. "At the time,video games were usually created by computer engineers, as opposed to today's artists,"said Shigeru Miyamoto,game designer and producer of the "Super Mario Bros" and "Donkey Kong". As to why he picked a 26-year-old Italian-American plumber from New York as the main character,Miyamoto said,"We wanted him to be someone who might live near