It’s a port of the original Super Mario Bros from the NES to the Game Boy Color. The physics feel very nice, and I like how the sprites are adapted.

The port also extends the game. After the 8 original worlds, Quest B adds 8 more with new enemies, mechanics, and even bosses! I had so much fun playing it.

Also, the game is FOSS: https://github.com/Mico27/SuperMarioBrosMini

  • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
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    15 days ago

    the game is FOSS

    How can this be FOSS, or for that matter even legal, if Super Mario Bros is a proprietary game?

    • Shatur@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      14 days ago

      It’s a reimplementation from scratch using GB studio.

      But since it uses Mario, it might violate Nintendo IP. It’s the case with many hacks. It doesn’t make it non-FOSS.

      • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
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        13 days ago

        It’s a reimplementation from scratch

        It can’t be both a port and a reimplementation from scratch, those two concepts are mutually exclusive.

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
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      14 days ago

      Huh, I assumed it would be one of the decompile projects where you bring your own ROM to get the assets, but it looks like there are just ready-made ROMs right there on GitHub. Don’t expect that to be around for long!

        • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
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          14 days ago

          Interesting, then I’d say calling it a port is doing it a disservice if it’s a full remake!

          • Shatur@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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            14 days ago

            Ah, your are right!

            The author calls it “demake”. I guess it’s fair due to GBC decreased resolution… But it adds so many features, I would call it “remake”.