Classic Mario (SMB hack): BETA TESTING!!!

Hey guys,

I am nearing completion of a Super Mario Bros hack that I've been working on for quite awhile.

Having played Mario for 19yrs now, to put together my own Mario experience has been a lifelong dream for me. Featuring new levels with great graphics and design, I hope Classic Mario offers a fresh, fun, and rewarding Mario experience.

I would appreciate feedback on this hack. It certainly isn't perfect, and your input is welcome! The download link is below.

Enjoy!




UPDATE: VER: 0.994
a) Worlds 1-1 & 3-3 (6-3) were given much needed aesthetic upgrades at the cost of 7-3's blocks.

The IPS file, VER: 0.994: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57756225/Classic%20Mario.zip

SIDE NOTE: I'm sure you will notice that the reverse red piranha plants do not come out of reverse pipes; I discovered how to insert reverse pipes only after I committed to using the climbing ropes in the game. However, they occur relatively seldom, and they always come out of very distinctive 2x2 to 2x8 standard blocks from SMB3 in order to, hopefully, make their appearance interesting and not gimmicky.

cool.. i played till 4-2.. in 3-2 (i think) you can jump over the flag pole

cool.. i played till 4-2.. in 3-2 (i think) you can jump over the flag pole

Thanks, Frantik! I'll tinker with that area tomorrow.

And I do wanna say, if you didn't catch it in the manual, a big thank you for producing SMB Workshop. It made Classic Mario possible. I certainly admire your mad skills! 

I didn't see it until now.. glad u found it useful

This looks awesome!  I'm a fan of SMB1 hacks

I'm looking forward to its release

^ there's a link in the first post..

Hmmm.. I should probably make that clearer.

Er well, I redownloaded "Super Mario Bros: Unlimited" about 7 times before I actually got a chance to play it, what with all the bug-fixes.  By the way, that is really awesome!! 

lol well usually the betas are pretty good testaments to what the games are about, so don't think you're being robbed by playing it. It helps us know what to work on.

Speaking of which, I had some buddies in my dorm give it a run, and they got their butts whooped in world 6 and world 8, so I might consider toning down the difficulty. No mario game was ever insanely difficult, and I don't see a point in doing it now. That and I reorganized the graphics to fix the hit block glitch.

Now, these are just gorgeous screens. They're so vibrant in their color choice, and so efficient, that they seem to surpass your average NES game I love it.

Now, these are just gorgeous screens. They're so vibrant in their color choice, and so efficient, that they seem to surpass your average NES game I love it.

  Thanks so much! One of my biggest goals was to make the game believable; Very glad you enjoy it. I definitely encourage everybody to use these graphics in their own hacks (in a while I'll produce a graphics-only patch)! And a good chunk of credit belongs to Flamepanther for nearly all of the enemy sprites and palettes.