Super Mario Bros BETA

that this level, architecturally, comes pretty close to recreating the first Mario level from the game. I could also tell you that it uses original NES graphics. But then I might remind you that it uses the Quake engine, which might clue you in to how 8-bit graphics look on one of today's engines. I can't really say much positive about this map. The graphics are crude, and while they're supposed to be, many of them are even cruder than they should be, due to resizing. The tell-tale question blocks are so stretched that you can hardly tell it's a question mark, and while most (if not all, I couldn't get some of them to work) of the normal 'blocks' are breakable, the question blocks are completely non-interactive, which kind of ruined it for me. I'm more into all or nothing. My second gripe is the skybox, which unfortunately doesn't exist. I really would have preferred a skybox with funny 8-bit looking clouds, rather than walls with clouds painted on them. It works fine for a side scroller, but looks funny in a 360 degree engine. The pits were a little too narrow, and not deep enough. Falling 8 feet and dying really kind of ruins it for me. My third grip is the pipes. Pipes in Mario did [i]not[/i] look like that. They were just... ugh. If you're going to do it, you've got to get it right. Also, the pipes were like flat circular planes. The pipes should have some thickness to them. For the final, I'd fix both that and the texturing. What next? Oh yes, the castle. The entire interior of the castle is destructible, just by standing on it. Scared the bejeezus out of me, I'll tell ya. About the only thing I [i]did[/i] like about this map was the music, and I've been listening to that song for years. It's a great song. Fits the map and everything. The map itself just needs a major overhaul. There's a point where you should use original textures, and a point where you should recreate them. Some of the textures work, and some of them don't. Use your best judement and do as good as you can with what you have. I'm telling you right now though, you can do better than this. Get advice from the community. They'll know their Mario if they're true gamers. New Textures: Yes New Models: No New Music: Yes Bot Support: No ~Inyri
Just like any other child of the 80's, I played the good old Mario for the Nintendo when I was just a wee kiddie. I remember it quite well, as Mario never really went out of style. Now I may tell you