What I like about this is how it boils down the game to its most basic components. It's a good look at the core mechanics of Super Mario Bros by replicating it with such a simple display and simple controls. It might have been even better if the game moved forward automatically without the move forward button. It reminds me of World's Smallest Pac-man [http://www.guimp.com/pacman_flash.html]. (As well as Asteroids [http://www.guimp.com/asteroids_flash.html], Break Out [http://www.guimp.com/breakout.html], pinball, [http://www.guimp.com/pinball.html] Space Invaders [http://www.guimp.com/space.html] and probably a few more games out there like Arena [http://www.guimp.com/arena_flash.html] which is an FPS without the S, apparently. A minor tweek could make it into a simple variant of Faceball, at least) Boils down the actual gameplay to its most basic components, strips away the fancy graphics and have to rely on just pure gameplay.
How many modern games would survive such treatment? I suspect very few. Therefore, I think they aren't really games at all but something else entirely.
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