Nearly twenty years ago, in Nintendo Power – Volume 52 (September 1993), I was issued the following challenge:

Bah! In my day, we didn't use Warp Zones! We just gritted our teeth and played all the way through to the end, dammit! 😛
I decided to answer that challenge – with a rental copy, no less – and, true to their word, this was my reward:
And, just in case anyone’s wondering about whether or not this is the real deal, I present you with the following letter of authentication: