The Mario you've never heard of...with ROM download!

[Big Booger]

To get the new-look WoS off to an especially tremendous start, we've got something a little special for you. This week, your intrepid reporter discovered a piece of gaming history whose existence has until now escaped even the most supposedly definitive of books and web archives - a lost Super Mario Brothers game. Called "Super Mario Brothers Special", the game ran on the obscure Japanese PC-8001 computer, and was created in 1986 by veteran developers Hudson Soft. Looking and sounding very much like the arcade/NES original, SMB Special has two major differences to its parent.

http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/smbs1.jpg

:download: Download: http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/smbspecial.zip

[rik]

Very cool

[Big Booger]

For those that are unsure about this. It runs from the folder on your PC, launch the executable, load the ROM and play the game. I haven't played this extensively but in my brief test it seemed to perform as well as on a Nintendo. However, the time was rather speedy. :)