Super Mario Bros.: The Hunt For The Magical Key - Hack Showcase

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DarkBowser64

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Published on May 1, 2018 9:30:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58pASNxLVQs

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Super Mario Bros. (1985)

Duration: 12:56

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This hack is made by Alex No, and while it is a tad less quality than the others, here's why I think it's worth taking a quick look at to see if this hack is for you:

If you like fairly challenging hacks that aren't so hard that you would feel like you are 100% forced to use save states/rewind, and you like having some great game music to go along with it, I think you could do a lot worse than this one.

It's got some nice sprites and visuals that somehow seem to work together, even if they may vary from level to level. This hack has charm, at any rate--if you push through, I think you will enjoy it even with the later-mentioned downsides.

Someone who is adept at precision platforming and dodging enemy hazards would have a fun time with some of the levels from this hack, as they are not by any means unreasonable, though in some cases the placement feels not all that well thought-out.

The game automatically saves every time you move your character on the overworld map, so you will never lose progress from a game over, which is great--you will always be able to start from the level you left off on, so your only real barrier to completion is a lack of persistence (and checkpoints).

Here are some downsides, though...

The game seems to really hate having middle checkpoints in levels. You'll basically never see them, especially at the beginning of the game, and some of the levels in this game go on for AGES without a checkpoint to break it up into something more approachable for the average player.

You will see some examples of this in this very video. Heck, even in the first level I play. It takes around 5 minutes just to finish that one level, and that's with me being a bit careful. That's insane, and you don't get a break during it. You can't die on the way to the goal or you MUST start ALL over.

The difficulty can also be somewhat haphazard, as you might end up finding one of the levels in a world fairly easy, yet see a much more difficult one right after that could take many more tries to beat.

It's good to have a breezer level sometimes, but usually it is a good idea to at least introduce or use a fun gimmick to go along with it to make it feel less boring. This hack doesn't really accomplish that enough.

At any rate, I think this hack is something worth looking at. Despite the flaws, there is a game in there that I think you could enjoy if you're at least a somewhat skilled Super Mario World player already, and want something more, but don't want something as easy from the get-go as the last two I've recommended.

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