Super Mario Bros. on PCE

[SignOfZeta]

What is the origin of this port? Is it just a pirate release, or something more? I know its old, and not a recent fan hack or anything. Was it actually put onto a standard pirate HuCard, or something more homemade looking?

A friend of mine was asking the other day, and I seem to remember vague explanations from the Turbo List back in the day, but I can't remember any details.

[nat]

I've asked about this before but never gotten a definitive answer.

I've never actually seen a physical cart for this, only ROMs here and there.

[Odonadon]

I've only seen it in the 'NES Collection' ROM.  Guessing from that it's a pirate release.

OD

[Keranu]

I've only seen it in the 'NES Collection' ROM.  Guessing from that it's a pirate release.

OD

Same here.

I should also note that it looks and sounds (and plays too if I recall) like crap.

[Black Tiger]

The gameplay seems faithful, the problem is that its in fast forward. :arrow:

[Turbo D]

I'm pretty sure it is a pirate. It was made by Image in Sweden or something like that; it says in the rom.

[Keranu]

The gameplay seems faithful, the problem is that its in fast forward. :arrow:

Yes!

[nodtveidt]

If I remember correctly, it's simply a hacked NES ROM. According to some hackophiles, it is very possible to hack certain NES games and have them run on the PCE because of the similar CPU.

[Keranu]

If I remember correctly, it's simply a hacked NES ROM. According to some hackophiles, it is very possible to hack certain NES games and have them run on the PCE because of the similar CPU.

Like with what Bonknuts is doing?

[nodtveidt]

Like with what Bonknuts is doing?

Yessir. Then again, that's proof positive that some NES games can be hacked up to run on PCE hardware.

[nat]

Like with what Bonknuts is doing?

Yessir. Then again, that's proof positive that some NES games can be hacked up to run on PCE hardware.

... at 8x the speed they should be running.

[Keranu]

Like with what Bonknuts is doing?

Yessir. Then again, that's proof positive that some NES games can be hacked up to run on PCE hardware.

... at 8x the speed they should be running.

Nope, Mal's DW port for PCE that he's working on seems to run at the same speed as the original!

[ccovell]

I think it's pretty obvious that since Image were Finnish, they used the PAL ROM of Super Mario Bros. for their PCE conversion.  Hence the speed difference.

[Kitsunexus]

How did they work around the memory mappers!? 

[ccovell]

Simple memory mappers are very easy to convert.  The games on their 5/6-in-1 ROMs are even easier, since they didn't have any mapper!