Super Mario Bros on the 2600

[tssk]

Oh. My. God.

This might not look like much but if you know how the 2600 works this is an amazing piece of work.

Level 1.1 of Super Mario Bros on the 2600

http://youtu.be/3x5nbM8IroE

More info here http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/20 ... able-demo/

and here http://boingboing.net/2012/08/22/super- ... ri-26.html

[DPrinny]

Considering

[the_hawk]

I absolutely love projects like this. Cheers for the link, I'll have to investigate further.

[sscott]

Pretty good! and of course much better than the majority of the 2600 guff around at the time.

[ShadowNeku]

Finally, a version of Mario that Jagfest is willing to play!

[Antiriad2097]

Pretty neat. Wonder if it'd be possible to change the colour in the horizontal to give just a little more detail to the platforms by having the odd alternate line colour? Not quite a brick effect but might be workable within the limitation of the hardware.

[nakamura]

Very impressive. The sprite is really well done and it looks like it controls fairly well.

[The Laird]

Finally, a version of Mario that Jagfest is willing to play!

Nah, I hate platformers.

Saw this a couple of days ago, very impressive - especially the sprites and music.

[kiwimike]

That is very cool, brings a smile to the face

[skylarking]

There was actually an official port of the original Mario Bros on the 2600.

[theantmeister]

What is it about the sound on the VCS that makes certain sound effects sound so awesome?

Also, how do you jump and shoot fireballs with just one joystick button?

[sscott]

What is it about the sound on the VCS that makes certain sound effects sound so awesome?

Also, how do you jump and shoot fireballs with just one joystick button?

Surely jump is 'up' on the controller!?

[theantmeister]

What is it about the sound on the VCS that makes certain sound effects sound so awesome?

Also, how do you jump and shoot fireballs with just one joystick button?

Surely jump is 'up' on the controller!?

I checked the link and apparently:

Move left or right to move left or right.
Press the fire button to jump.
Press Up to run and to shoot fireballs if you are FireMario.
Press Down to duck or to go down an open pipe.

Now that's a bit weird.