Online prowling for obscure bits of Mario trivia has led me to SykoGrafix, a pop culture site that includes two installments of a feature on rare, illegal NES hacks, FreakyNES. Both volumes one and two of FreakyNES showcase some great Mario hacks. Diehards probably already know of them, but I figured it couldn't hurt to post them here.
Somari
mario wears a tank top, apparently
Well-known among both Mario and Sonic enthusiasts, Somari is the Master System version of the original Sonic the Hedgehog title reworked to feature Mario as the hero. Mario seems to be a bit taller than he appears in his licensed games. Oddly, he also has the spin dash move, which Sonic did not pick up until Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The Wikipedia page on Somari claims that it's unknown exactly when the game came out, though the screens claim that the "Somari Team" released sometime in 1994, possibly in Hong Kong, South America and South Africa.
ROMs of it are available online, though many come with the warning that gameplay is a little woogy — it is, after all, a hack — and can freeze up without warning.
For more on Somari, check out the following sites:
This is a truncated version of this post. For the full post — which includes info on Mari Street Fighter III Turbo, Kart Fighter, Tiny Mario Adventures and other such nonsense, click here.
3 comment(s):
Aw, no sage words on World Heroes 2?
Great read, was wondering if you've seen these as well:
Mario & Luigi M.U.G.E.N. 1
Mario & Luigi M.U.G.E.N. 2
Mario & Luigi M.U.G.E.N. 3
Mario & Luigi M.U.G.E.N. 4
They were all found on youtube just searching with keywords: Mario Luigi Fighter
Hi there. SykoGrafix is my website. Just wanted to say thanks for the link and the nice write up on my FreakyNES articles. They were a lot of work, but fun to put together, and I'm glad that people like them. Keep up the work on this awesome blog, I'll be keeping my eye on it.
Sayonara.
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