World A-4

Level
World A-4
Level code	A-4
World	World A
Game	Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Time limit	300 seconds
Boss	Fake Bowser (Bowser's Fireball, Goomba)
Music track	Castle BGM
Music sample
Level progression ← Previous World A-3 Next → World B-1 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels levels

World A-4 is the fourth and final level of World A in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels and the eighth secret level overall in said game.

Layout

A Fire Bar at the beginning of the level

The player starts before a group of pillars with the first three having Fire Bars in them (the third Fire Bar being longer than the others), a Lava Bubble jumping up between the first two, and a ? Block with a power-up above the second pillar. Through a passage with a Fire Bar on the ceiling, the player will arrive at a large pit of lava with a Fire Bar before it and a Lava Bubble jumping up from the lava; to cross, the player has to time a jump off of the Fire Bar. After a narrow passage at the top of some stairs with a Koopa Troopa are narrow pillars the player has to jump between while avoiding Lava Bubbles (it is, however, possible to potentially defeat up to two of the Lava Bubbles, though otherwise invincible, by kicking the Koopa's shell at them, but they will immediately respawn soon afterwards). The player then has to pass through a narrow passage with Bill Blasters, two on the floor and one on the ceiling. By running and then jumping off of the third Bill Blaster, the player can cross the lava pit and reach the fake Bowser, who breathes fire or throws hammers (Super Mario All-Stars).

Enemies and obstacles

Sprite	Name	Count
	Fire-Bar	5
	Podoboo	7
	Red Koopa Troopa	1
	Turtle Cannon	3
	Bullet Bill	(infinitely spawned from Turtle Cannons)
	Fake Bowser (Goomba)	1 (FDS boss)
	Fake Bowser (Red Koopa Troopa)	1 (SNES boss)

Items

Sprite	Name	Count	Notes
	Mushroom/Fire Flower	1	-

Level map

File:NES LL World A-4 Map.png

Map of World A-4

File:Super-mario-all-stars-super-mario-bros-the-lost-levels-world-a-4-snes-map.webp

Map of World A-4 (Super Mario All-Stars version)

Gallery

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  Super Mario All-Stars version

Profiles

Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia

• Level description :
  • English:
    A complex course with treacherous footing and flying Bullet Bills.
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      細い足場ではバブルが、狭せまい通路ではキラーが襲おそいかかる。
      (Translation: Lava Bubbles attack on narrow platforms, and Bullet Bills attack in narrow passages.)
    • Italian:
      Bisogna schivare le Gocce di lava e i Pallottolo^[sic] Bill lungo i sentieri più stretti. (first edition)
      Livello complicato in cui volano i Pallottoli Bill. (second edition)