TIL Goombas (mushroom enemies) were added to Super Mario Bros. only after playtesters felt Koopa Troopas (turtles) were too tricky as an enemy. There was very little space left in the game, so the developers used a single sprite flipping itself back-and-forth to convery the notion of walking Goombas

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