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| Super Mario Bros. for the IIgs |
Posted by: Dog Cow on 2009-01-20 14:45:46
Oh yes, it is true! Have you ever played Super Mario Bros. on the NES? If so, then you're in for a treat, because now you can play it on your Apple IIgs as well.
http://iigs.dreamhost.com/smb/smb.html#screens
It is a pretty good emulation of the NES game. Game physics and sound differ, and only the first few levels are playable, but it's still quite impressive. I believe it is one of the only full-screen scrollers for the Apple II or GS.
Note: this really needs to be played on a real IIgs for best performance. I've tested it on a ROM 01 and ROM 3 machine. It will fit on an 800KB disk and you need about 200KB of free RAM.
Screenshots:
http://macgui.com/gallery/showphoto.php?pic_id=1142
http://macgui.com/gallery/showphoto.php?pic_id=1141
http://macgui.com/gallery/showphoto.php?pic_id=1140
http://macgui.com/gallery/showphoto.php?pic_id=1139
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Posted by: II2II on 2009-01-20 14:54:34
I think I played that one almost a decade ago. }🙂
It was a nice port from what I recall.
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Posted by: Dog Cow on 2009-01-20 14:56:51
It was a nice port from what I recall. Yes, and I hope he updates it sometime.
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Posted by: foody on 2009-01-21 10:18:20
I managed to transfer ALL THE files to my Apple IIgs but when I double click it on System 6.0.1 it doesn't work, it says it cannot find the Application to execute it and when i try it from prodos it says " Mismatch" or something that. I tried running it as:
BLOAD not work
BRUN not work
LOAD not work
RUN not work
Double clicking the icon on System 6.0.1 not working.
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Posted by: MacMan on 2009-01-21 10:28:31
Note: this really needs to be played on a real IIgs for best performance. I've tested it on a ROM 01 and ROM 3 machine. It will fit on an 800KB disk and you need about 200KB of free RAM.
Excellent! 😀
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Posted by: foody on 2009-01-21 10:55:30
MacMan how do I run Super Mario for Apple IIgs?
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2009-01-21 11:35:36
I will have to play that game, uses the IIgs joystick for control?
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Posted by: foody on 2009-01-21 11:42:00
I actually got it working, DUDE IT IS THE BEST GAME EVER!! FOR SOME REASON ON APPLE IIGS MODE IT KICKS NINTENDO MODE ON THE BUTT SO BADLY IT IS NOT EVEN FUNNY!! * sigh * I wish we rebirth Apple II gs game development and make ALL AWESOME cool APPLE II GS games, ESPECIALLY RPG!!!!
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Posted by: Dog Cow on 2009-01-21 12:02:05
I will have to play that game, uses the IIgs joystick for control? No, you use Command key for jumping, option for run (and fireballs if you have it), and the numeric keypad for going left, right and down.
I managed to transfer ALL THE files to my Apple IIgs but when I double click it on System 6.0.1 it doesn't work, How did you transfer the files? You should have the ShrinkIt .shk file sent to your IIgs, then use the GSHK program to un-shrink it. Otherwise, if you try to send the files "out in the open", the file types will get messed-up.
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Posted by: foody on 2009-01-21 12:26:43
That is exactly what happened, the file types getting all screwed up. But I resolved it. :I
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Posted by: barana on 2009-01-21 12:59:15
I actually got it working, DUDE IT IS THE BEST GAME EVER!! FOR SOME REASON ON APPLE IIGS MODE IT KICKS NINTENDO MODE ON THE BUTT SO BADLY IT IS NOT EVEN FUNNY!! * sigh * I wish we rebirth Apple II gs game development and make ALL AWESOME cool APPLE II GS games, ESPECIALLY RPG!!!! foody, the apple 2 community isn't quite like the amiga community but, the centre of modern day development is at a2central.com c u there! |
Posted by: barana on 2009-01-21 13:02:50
It was a nice port from what I recall. Yes, and I hope he updates it sometime.
read the readme , he says he hit a wall and couldn't go any further. and released it in the hope someone could do something with it. |
Posted by: magnusfalkirk on 2009-01-21 17:35:07
It was a nice port from what I recall. Yes, and I hope he updates it sometime.
read the readme , he says he hit a wall and couldn't go any further. and released it in the hope someone could do something with it.
You might be interested in checking this out:
http://www.iigs.dreamhost.com/bitbybit/
He's gone on to trying to turn the SMB stuff into a toolset for the GS that people can use to write their own games.
Dean
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Posted by: Dog Cow on 2009-01-22 08:09:46
It was a nice port from what I recall. Yes, and I hope he updates it sometime.
read the readme , he says he hit a wall and couldn't go any further. and released it in the hope someone could do something with it.
I don't recall him saying those exact words! What I do remember him saying was that you could press the i key to get interlace mode, and I tried that but it did not work.
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Posted by: foody on 2009-01-22 08:12:25
It was a nice port from what I recall. Yes, and I hope he updates it sometime.
read the readme , he says he hit a wall and couldn't go any further. and released it in the hope someone could do something with it.
You might be interested in checking this out:
http://www.iigs.dreamhost.com/bitbybit/
He's gone on to trying to turn the SMB stuff into a toolset for the GS that people can use to write their own games.
Dean
I clicked your link there but I did not find anything in the website mentioning a Super Mario Editor for the Apple II gs!
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Posted by: Dog Cow on 2009-01-22 08:13:16
That's GTE (not General Telephone and Electric)
http://www.iigs.dreamhost.com/gte/gte.html
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Posted by: barana on 2009-01-23 03:09:01
It was a nice port from what I recall. Yes, and I hope he updates it sometime.
read the readme , he says he hit a wall and couldn't go any further. and released it in the hope someone could do something with it.
I don't recall him saying those exact words! What I do remember him saying was that you could press the i key to get interlace mode, and I tried that but it did not work.
no they aren't his exact words, i had this same conversation four years ago on comp.sys.apple2 then, i was asking th e very same question. |
Posted by: barana on 2009-01-23 03:12:33
dogcow, did u know ur picture looks like the ftype.xxx icons in GS/OS?
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Posted by: Dog Cow on 2009-01-23 09:47:19
Yes. It's quite a common sight in the old Apple/Mac world. Moof! Rainbow dogcow comes from one of the color Stylewriter page setup dialog boxes.
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