1.  The green-hatted plumber.

6.  Final boss in NES "Bionic Commando."

10. Ack Ack _____.

11. Less-than honest ending.

12. A game lacking its G.

14. Developers of Donkey Kong Country.

15. "Battle ____," old PC strategy game.

17. "Ready? Set.. __!"

18. Ridge Racer Sequel (acr.)

19. A plaything.

20. "Army ___," Prolific toy war series.

21. ____-Hakusho, Japanese anime game star.

23. Sony's Playstation campaign: "__ not E."

24. Weapons.

26. Silicon Valley lies within this st.

28. 8-bit Atari computer of the 80s.

30. Mussorgsky scores this Earthworm Jim level.

31. Giant robot, usually with lots of guns.

32. You need this many controllers for 2-player play.

33. "____ Track FX," 3D motorcycle game for SNES.

34. This controls enemy movement and reactions (pl.)

35. Sega Genesis game concerning a green blob.

38. "__ Squadron," Capcom shoot-em-up.

40. The blob, to the boy.

41. Playstation action game, released in 1997.

42. These guys were bad, but they rescued Ronald Reagan.

44. Mindless green-haired things.

45. To Jr., Donkey Kong.

1.  He rides a cloud in the Mushroom Kingdom.

2.  PC multiplayer FPS.

3.  Mario's nation of origin.

4.  "____ Over."

5.  NES classic, "___ Climber."

6.  Star of Intellivision's "Pitfall."

7.  Niche vertical shooter found on Gamecube and Dreamcast.

8.  Andy Bogard's brother in "Fatal Fury."

9.  "Snake, _____ and Roll."

13. Olympus ____. Martian Mountain.

16. Sega Genesis beat-em-up (acr.)

17. Next-___, as in PS3 and X-Box360.

20. Mario's favorite pizza topping (sing.)

22. Possible result of a frustrating game.

25. Possible result of a fun game.

27. "___raiser," early SNES adventure.

28. Game, to a German.

29. A demo gives you this.

31. Secret world found in Super Mario 1.

33. A not-so-great game.

34. Associated Press.

36. PS2 action game, from Rockstar.

37. Intergalactic ninja, of NES fame.

39. Album consisting of in-game music.

43. "__ Mario," NES puzzler.