Just one more crazy SMB video, and then I swear I’ll stop. For a while. Below, check out a video of Super Mario Brothers 3 with several hacks applied — effectively turning it into a mashup with Line Rider. In Line Rider, you indirectly control your character (the rider) by drawing lines in a world…the rider simply rides those lines to make it through the world. In this crazy video, a “rainbow riding” hack has been added to SMB 3, so that the user no longer controls Mario directly, but instead draws lines in his world to protect him from enemies, guide him over obstacles, and so on. (There is still one direct way to influence the character: click to jump.) The result is completely awesome — a brand new game with new mechanics, and further evidence that interesting work is still being done with a game that’s over 20 years old (the original SMB 3 was released October 23, 1988). Read more about the hack here.
(Via Waxy.org.)
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It definitely has a Kirby’s Canvas Curse feel to it
posted by Vanessa on 4-17-2009 at 1:17 pm
That has got to be the coolest hack i have ever seen
posted by Ben on 4-17-2009 at 2:29 pm
That looks insanely difficult.
posted by Ryan on 4-17-2009 at 3:19 pm
That is really cool. The lines act as a superweapon, destroying all enemies! Makes up for what I imagine would be difficult controls to get used to. (too bad he missed that 3rd star at the end of level 5)
posted by marc on 4-17-2009 at 9:04 pm
If they worked on the physics and slowed it down a bit, it seems like this might make a good game for the DS. Using the stylus to draw lines seems a lot easier than whatever they were using in the video.
posted by John on 4-19-2009 at 9:18 am
That is just a crappy version of Kirby’s canvas curse…
posted by sdfe on 4-19-2009 at 10:55 am