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In Donkey Kong 64, if an orange is thrown inside the Troff ‘n’ Scoff room in such a way that it…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

In Donkey Kong 64, if an orange is thrown inside the Troff ‘n’ Scoff room in such a way that it rebounds off a wall and hits the playable Kong so that the Kong both dies and is placed onto the banana feeding platform upon death, a glitch will o …
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A Brief History Of Game Mods

Retromash about 2 months ago

‘Modding’ is a slang term for modifying game data. Since the launch of arcade games, modding has been common practice. It’s had an interesting history, pivoting from something that was largely discouraged to something that many developers now nurture …
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In Donkey Kong Country, the Kongs are able to balance on a moving steel keg after throwing it if…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

In Donkey Kong Country, the Kongs are able to balance on a moving steel keg after throwing it if they manage to jump on top of it. Doing it near the exit of a level results in a glitch where the playable Kong (Donkey Kong in the footage) will become detach …
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Heretic II for AmigaOS 4 from Hyperion Entertainment – Now Available!

Old School Game Blog about 2 months ago

Hi everyone, Some of you might remember that I did an interview with Steffen Häuser, a.k.a. TheMagicSN, a few months ago in relation to the game he has ported for Hyperion Entertainment to AmigaOS 4, namely Heretic II. It turns out that the boxed version …
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Concept art for Daisy’s dress in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie.

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Concept art for Daisy’s dress in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: twitter.com user “smbmovie” …
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Left: original model used to render Mario’s sprites for the SNES version of Super Mario RPG, found…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Left: original model used to render Mario’s sprites for the SNES version of Super Mario RPG, found in a 2024 Japanese guide for the Nintendo Switch version of the game. Note that this is the first time this model has ever been shown to the public.Rig …
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Donkey Kong 64 has a very large amount of collectibles. One particular collectible remained hidden…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Donkey Kong 64 has a very large amount of collectibles. One particular collectible remained hidden for 18 years after the game’s release, only being discovered in 2017, despite being able to be collected completely legitimately without the use of tri …
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Top: officially licensed 1985 Super Mario Bros. Goomba figurine from Japan.

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Top: officially licensed 1985 Super Mario Bros. Goomba figurine from Japan.Bottom: viewing the figurine from behind reveals that the Goomba has arms, which are folded behind its back. Whether this was merely a visual gag by the designers of the figurine, o …
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Guide: Best Street Fighter Games, Ranked By You

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Capcom's million-selling series, ranked.Capcom's Street Fighter is now over 35 years old, and following the launch of the most recent entry, Street Fighter 6, it felt as good a time as any to ask the most important of questions: no, not "What's the meaning …
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Design from an officially licensed 1990 Super Mario World desk mat from Japan.

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Design from an officially licensed 1990 Super Mario World desk mat from Japan.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: twitter.com user “kikaim” …
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3D scan turnaround of the Mario mascot head used in the late 1980s and early 1990s for promotional…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

3D scan turnaround of the Mario mascot head used in the late 1980s and early 1990s for promotional images in Nintendo Power.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: twitter.com user “superfamicom” …
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Behind-the-scenes photo of Lou Albano and Danny Wells from the production of the live-action…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Behind-the-scenes photo of Lou Albano and Danny Wells from the production of the live-action segments of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, wearing less detailed (likely early) versions of their Mario and Luigi outfits. It is possible that test or pilot rec …
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Defender, Robotron, Joust And More Now Playable On Analogue Pocket

Time Extension about 2 months ago

11 new titles in total.FPGA developer obsidian-dot-dev has released two new cores which cover 11 different arcade titles.The first core is based on the early titles released on Williams' 6809 arcade board.Read the full article on timeextension.com …
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In Super Mario Bros., there is one spot where dying from a time-out will actually act as progress…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

In Super Mario Bros., there is one spot where dying from a time-out will actually act as progress through the level, causing Mario to respawn further along than where he was when he died.In World 6-2, if Mario enters the first pipe and then dies from runni …
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In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the Wonder Effect used by Bowser Jr. during his boss fight in the…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the Wonder Effect used by Bowser Jr. during his boss fight in the Pipe-Rock Plateau Palace makes the player character bigger and then smaller. However, internally, a trick is used to merely give the impression of the player bec …
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In most 3D games, “out of bounds” is implemented in two main ways: -some games, like Super Mario 64,…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

In most 3D games, “out of bounds” is implemented in two main ways:-some games, like Super Mario 64, simply let the game automatically define out of bounds without human input, as any area that is not above a floor or death barrier polygon,-othe …
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Celebrate MAR10 Day In Australia & NZ

Australian Retro Gamer about 2 months ago

Wahoo, Happy MAR10 Day! Celebrate MAR10 Day in Australia and New Zealand with exclusive rewards on a range of Mario titles, including 10% back in Gold Points on Nintendo eShop, and collect an assortment of user icons parts from Super Mario games. But wait, …
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In Super Mario Maker 2, Bowser can still shoot fire while dead, as long as he dies off-screen. The…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

In Super Mario Maker 2, Bowser can still shoot fire while dead, as long as he dies off-screen. The footage shows three Bowsers set up to fall off tracks, as well as a “defeat three Bowsers” clear condition that lights up shortly after gameplay …
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Original cel of a Disney-style Mario design, from the production of a 1989 World of Nintendo…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Original cel of a Disney-style Mario design, from the production of a 1989 World of Nintendo merchandise commercial.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: twitter.com user “MarioDS64” …
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Top: as I previously pointed out in a 2022 post on the Supper Mario Broth twitter.com account, there…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Top: as I previously pointed out in a 2022 post on the Supper Mario Broth twitter.com account, there are extremely few characters with their birthdays explicitly given in official Mario media. One of them is 5-Volt, whose birthday (March 13) was stated onc …
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Luigi’s Mansion contains unused code for a fully implemented ghost radar. Note how the yellow part…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Luigi’s Mansion contains unused code for a fully implemented ghost radar. Note how the yellow part of the ring on the Game Boy Horror in the bottom right of the screen in the footage always points towards the nearest ghost to Luigi.This was only ever …
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Cover artwork for the officially licensed 1992 gamebook “Unjust Desserts” in the Nintendo Adventure…

Supper Mario Broth about 2 months ago

Cover artwork for the officially licensed 1992 gamebook “Unjust Desserts” in the Nintendo Adventure Books series. Note Bowser in the window.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: twitter.com user “gamescanner” …

Official Addon Boards • Looking for Help With My MT32 Pi

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

I have tried 2 pi hats 3 cables 2 sd cards and I cannot get this thing to work. I have a pi 3a+. I got the pi hat from ultimate mister, complete with a ready to go sd card. I copied the mt32 roms to it. When I plug it in the pi itself lights up but the …
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Stunt doubles of John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis, Dennis Hopper and Bob Hoskins at the set of the…

Supper Mario Broth about 3 months ago

Stunt doubles of John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis, Dennis Hopper and Bob Hoskins at the set of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie.Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: twitter.com user “smbmovie” …
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Kickstarter launches for Ambitious Multi-Platform RPG “Breath of Thunder” - includes Dreamcast stretch goal!

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 3 months ago

Update (11/03/2024): Due to online feedback, the creator of this Kickstarter has pulled all the stretch goals for retro systems, including Dreamcast.It must be Dreamcast Kickstarter launch fever recently, as another new Kickstarter campaign was brought to …