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A creative youngster played a rendition of his favourite Super Mario game — on an improvised Game Boy he made out of cardboard and bottle tops.

Ruben cobbled together the console with whatever he could find in his house and was filmed moving Mario through the levels.

In the clip, which has had more than 800,000 views on social media, the boy scrolls through improvised buttons and uses the bottle caps as controls.

The titular character moves both laterally and vertically across the colourful background, akin to the original series.

Ruben, from Venezuela, even wrote "Mario Bros 1" onto his creation in marker pen.

(Image: CEN/@bigtrueno)

Social media users praised the boy for his invention.

"Crazy, such imagination," wrote one Facebook user.

Another added: "Impressive."

Others were simply jealous of Ruben.

(Image: CEN/@bigtrueno)

"Haha I want a go at that," one man posted.

Super Mario is a one of the best-selling video games series of all time.

First released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, the series follows mascot Mario's adventures in fictional fantasy kingdoms. He is often joined by his brother Luigi and other members of the Mario cast, and must achieve simple goals like rescuing the kidnapped Princess Peach from antagonists.

Since 1985, there have been numerous popular releases across 15 other Nintendo devices, including the Game Boy. The Game Boy was Nintendo's first handheld console and was released in the UK in 1990.