Everything is not what it seems.Ĭontrolling Mario is a prime concern, as well. Stage elements, like pipes, blocks, bricks and enemies aren’t where you think they should be. The stage time also counts down considerably faster than the original game, forcing you to hustle. When he gets a fire flower, his clothes turn green which makes him look like Luigi. Like, what if all those mushrooms really did affect Mario’s sense of reality? That’s Super Mario Bros. The game also looks, plays, and feels like Super Mario Bros. It’s certainly the only Nintendo-approved SMB ROM hack to emerge outside of Nintendo themselves. Special might be the first ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. It can’t un-happen, so we may as well talk about it. These bizarre not-quite-Nintendo games happened. Still, to give a third-party developer access to some of your most popular titles and allow them to make whatever changes they want is just bizarre. Hudson was the first third-party developer for the Famicom, and many of their early games – Lode Runner, Raid on Bungeling Bay – sold incredibly well on the console. Obviously Nintendo and Hudson had a close relationship. (twice!), Donkey Kong 3 and Super Mario Bros. We have to speculate because, as far as we could tell, Nintendo has never provided an official reasoning for why they allowed Hudson Soft to have a go at Mario Bros. If this doesn’t entice you to buy a Famicom, nothing will!
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Perhaps, Nintendo reasoned, porting their Famicom games to select PCs would provide them access to a whole different audience and entice PC users to purchase Famicoms. The Famicom was selling extremely well in Japan, but the home console and computer markets were two separate entities. Their IPs – Mario and Donkey Kong particularly – weren’t as overwhelmingly successful as they are now. In the mid-80s, however, Nintendo was much smaller and had a lot less to lose. Nintendo was probably contractually obligated to let Philips release this, but… *sigh* Nintendo’s IPs are for Nintendo hardware only. But after several decades in the gaming market, Nintendo understands how important their character/franchise lineup is. Not only did they learn their lesson with the Philips CD-i in the mid-90s (RIP Hotel Mario and The Zelda Games We Shall Not Name).
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Today, of course, Nintendo would never ever allow a third-party software developer to make new games based on Nintendo’s properties and release them on competing or even non-competing hardware, like PCs. Before we get into the latter, let’s consider what this Hudson/Nintendo partnership actually meant. In this article, we’re only covering Super Mario Bros. Special are four unique Mario/Donkey Kong titles that only ever released on the PC-88 and Sharp X1 in Japan.īehold! The SMB Special title screen on the Sharp X1! Special, Punch Ball Mario Bros., Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū, and Super Mario Bros.
They also got permission to make their own Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. Not only was Hudson allowed to port over first-party Nintendo titles like Ice Climber, Balloon Fight, and Tennis to the NEC PC-88 and Sharp X1 computers.
#SUPER MARIO BROS ROM ARCHIVE#
In honor of Super Mario Bros.’ 35th anniversary, the Archive is playing every single release, re-release, port, and remake of the original Super Mario Bros.įrom 1984 to 1986, Nintendo allowed Hudson Soft the keys to their kingdom.
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