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Super Mario Bros. contains a very secret debug menu which the developers used for testing the physics and behavior of the game, as well as add fun options while they were bored. One of these options includes an "acid trip" mode which is the first known example of procedural generation in video games and the first usage of the "portal gun", popularized later by Valve's Portal series, and served as the inspiration for the completely unrelated fangame Mari0 (of which this is definitely not a TAS of). The mode is a joke on Mario's famous powerup mushrooms.

Game objectives

  • Emulator used: libTAS 1.3.3 i mean uh FCEUX 2.2.2
  • Beats the game I think
  • Gets high
  • not for all audiences

Comments

isn't it crazy how this game predicted portals

Stage by stage comments

1-1

mario gets high

5-1

weeeeeee

3-1

this level is guranteed to be water but the procedural generation is manipulated to get the optimal level layout
also pipes don't work good

6-1

shoutouts to masterjun for the beginning movement strats, anyway mario builds up speed and them zooms through the randomised 1-1 which was manipulated to contain bowser for maximum entertainment

bullet land

cannons lack collision above the screen which can be used to fling over the entire level

2-1

toad

8-1

it's castle time!! except the game randomly decided that mario's a perv which is the bad(?) ending oops

Other comments

thanks for watching my lets play
sorry for ruining your game happy lee (because this is definitely not mari0)
thanks for figuring out 6-1 masterjun ily
suggested screenshot: 2130
april 2nd edit: i want to fix the name but i also don't want to

Masterjun: Hey you took my super important input without asking. Now prepare for the wrath of a judge!
Masterjun: What is this
I am thoroughly confused, feel bad, but I'm also entertained. That does sound like a reaction to doing drugs. Fortunately, this game teaches us important life lessons such as:
  • Pipes are not for smoking but for warping.
  • If you feel yourself getting high, don't worry, gravity still works so your jump will terminate at some point and you will get low again.
  • A mushroom person telling you to do drugs is generally a sign that it's already too late.
Rejecting due to including dangerous weaponry such as a gun.

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #6336: lexikiq's Linux Mari0 "acid trip" in 01:13.28
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Tripping out on TAS. That was totally psychedelic, dude!
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This made me laugh.
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This made me cry.
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om, nom, nom... sweet!
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I have no idea what happened with the video by the way. It was fine before I uploaded so YouTube must've done something: https://i.imgur.com/26CGm6C.png