Mario Forever (download included)
As this site is starting to come together, I thought I’d share this with you guys. Yoggy over at the BDPE Forums posted a Google Video link of the video that is currently making the rounds of a dude playing a romhack of Super Mario Bros. that is utterly FIENDISH. The Lost Levels don’t have shit on this heat.
Anyway, after watching 28 minutes of absolutely painful Mario torture, my first thought was “oh man, I want to play it.” Some rooting around at SomethingAwful scored me this link:
You’ll need an emulator to rock this out (on OS X there is none better than Nestopia) but I suggest playing with a paddle you won’t mind breaking in half. After a bit of playing I’ve gotten to 1-2, which is where the dude in the video gives up. It presumably goes up to 1-4…
Anyway, for a platforming game that does everything in its power to fuck with the player, it’s actually a lot of fun, as it requires absolutely premium SMB1-playing abilities. This game goes against every apparent “law” of game design that I’ve seen and I can’t stop fucking playing it. So if you’re like me and you’re sick of the hand-holding, grab that and give it a whirl.
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