"Ah...Sweet NEStalgia. Remember the countless hours spent mashing buttons until your fingers pounded trying to beat that last boss? This is a picture retrospective of the 21 most epic NES game endings."

Our beloved Nintendo mascot Mario has inspired plenty of fan creations throughout the years- ranging from "graffiti" , to some impressive cakes.

But for those of you who don't like having to wash chalk off your hands, or aren't that great at baking (or haven't baked anything since Home Ec) then here is one for you.

5 Awesome Quilts and patchwork done in honor of... who else but Mario!

Amazing. Only a true geek could look at a brick wall and see pixels.

Only a true gamer could envision turning those pixels into Mario characters.

Only a true gamer/geek would actually go through with it.

Check out even more images after the jump.

Another dedicated fan has taken it upon his/her own to create yet another impressive Super Mario cake. A little smaller than the ones we are used to seeing, but a lot more detail into Mario himself.

Check it out in the image after the jump.

Kotaku has recently started a very interesting contest for gamers. They're inviting you to make art themed in some way about video games.... out of coins!

That's right, all that change which you keep in your sock or piggy bank have suddenly found themselves a use.

Some gamers have already taken up the challenge as shown in the two pictures featured. The guy is from the Phoenix Wright game while the level is Super Mario Bros. level 1-1.

Given the chance and a large amount of coins, wh...

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