Warlock
04-30-2008, 04:46 PM
I just stumbled on this today:
http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/index.php?page=hko_smw
Apparently it was a pirated version of the Super Famicom game made in Hong Kong for the original Famicom. Obviously it's very buggy and unfinished, but I'm actually very impressed with how well they managed to translate the game onto the obviously inferior medium (and I'm sure at a very cheap budget, given it was a pirated game). It looks very good for an 8-bit game:
http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/titile.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/map.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_2.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/casbos00.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_4.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_cas00.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_10.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_9.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/marioend.gif
There is also a Youtube video of someone fighting Bowser (who apparently was not finished and could only be accessed via a debug-type system) here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M73ReyCWsnI
The battle is actually remarkably faithful. Though I guess in the video he is using a cheat to not die (he gets hit several times and never loses the cape).
I kind of wonder if this rom is floating around somewhere - it would be a lot of fun to play I bet.
Also of interest from the same site:
http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/index.php?page=hko_sm3s
SMB3 for Gameboy Color! :D haha
http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/index.php?page=hko_smw
Apparently it was a pirated version of the Super Famicom game made in Hong Kong for the original Famicom. Obviously it's very buggy and unfinished, but I'm actually very impressed with how well they managed to translate the game onto the obviously inferior medium (and I'm sure at a very cheap budget, given it was a pirated game). It looks very good for an 8-bit game:
http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/titile.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/map.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_2.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/casbos00.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_4.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_cas00.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_10.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/unf_9.gif http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/hko/smw/img/marioend.gif
There is also a Youtube video of someone fighting Bowser (who apparently was not finished and could only be accessed via a debug-type system) here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M73ReyCWsnI
The battle is actually remarkably faithful. Though I guess in the video he is using a cheat to not die (he gets hit several times and never loses the cape).
I kind of wonder if this rom is floating around somewhere - it would be a lot of fun to play I bet.
Also of interest from the same site:
http://www.bripro.com/low/obscure/index.php?page=hko_sm3s
SMB3 for Gameboy Color! :D haha