I Measured Mario's Gravity... and It Makes No Sense

How strong is gravity in Super Mario Bros.? I measured Mario's jumps frame by frame, calculated his acceleration using real physics, and then compared my results to reverse-engineered game code. The problem? Mario gave me different answers depending on whether he was moving up or down. So I dug into the code to figure out what was actually happening, and found that Mario's jump is much stranger than a simple constant value of gravity. By the end, we can even estimate how Mario's gravity compares to gravity here on Earth. If you enjoy physics explained through games, movies, and everyday situations, consider subscribing! --- Sources --- Assembly / Disassembly: https://github.com/pgattic/smb1-disasm Readable Assembly: https://6502disassembly.com/nes-smb/S... Translated to C: https://github.com/MitchellSternke/Su... Mario's Height: Game Theory:    • Game Theory: Super Mario's BIGGEST Secret....   Additional source: http://www.gamenews.ne.jp/archives/20... #Physics #SuperMarioBros #Mario