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A trailer recently dropped online for a new Super Mario World ROM hack that aims to imagine what a Super Mario Bros. game might have looked like had it been released on a fictional CD-based version of the NES / Nintendo Famicom.
Super Mario Bros. CD, as the project is called, is the work of the ROM hacker King Mayro and a team of other musicians, artists, and graphic designers.
It takes advantage of MSU-1 enhanced audio to feature CD-quality music and also uses SNES's Mode 0 background mode extensively throughout its levels to feature an additional layer of detail that is not possible with the more commonly used Mode 1.
The trailer for the hack is exactly 1 minute 30 seconds long and gives a look at some of the environments players will be able to visit including gem-filled caverns, colourful coastlines, dark forests, and Egypt-themed stages. It will apparently feature 40 unique levels and themes in total, packed with unique enemies and gimmicks, as well as new and returning power-ups.
The release date is set for October 10th, 2025, so there's evidently still a lot of work left to do on the project. But hopefully, we'll be able to see more of it before then.
[source smwcentral.net]
Comments 11
Well that looks completely wonderful. Captures the aesthetic perfectly.
Super excited for this. Looks really impressive.
it looks so cool! sadly fan games take sooo long to finish development (if they even finish) and I know I won't remember about this in 2025 😅
Very nice. Looking forward to seeing more.
Oh Nintendo is going to have a field day with this title.🤦🏻♂️😂
I can't imagine why adding a CD ROM drive to the NES would produce graphics like that. Maybe some kind of additional processor that allows for more sprites and complex graphics, but it is still limited for some reason to the NES color palette?
Anyway, this looks cool as heck. It actually looks like a game for some kind of console that could have existed late 80s but doesn't. I love when developers capture the true feel of the classic era. It's so weird to have nostalgia for something new. Few developers get this right. Danilo Dias is another dude who constantly hits the mark in this area. Odallus was not a game that could have been released for any console of the era, but it totally looks and feels like something that was on a real lost console from the time.
It doesn't really look like an NES/FC title at all though.
This looks wonderful but there’s no way this’ll survive the inevitable cease and desist unless they’ve got a reskin ready and waiting!
Oh wow, looks and sounds impressive. I would play this in a heartbeat.
@ROBLOGNICK Nintendo doesn't usually go after ROM hacks, if it doesn't include the ROM of the game in question. It's a case of "This is a patch, so find your own ROM wink wink"
@DestructoDisk Sounds a lot like how the Sega/Mega CD worked with the Genesis/Mega Drive
This looks and sounds very nice. The past is alive and constantly developing. I don’t think Nintendo is going to go after a rom hack. Though of course you never know.
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