This is a fun puzzle hack where you have to jump on the koopas matching Mario's color in order to get combos and increase the timer. It can be a bit confusing, so I'll explain the mechanics below the video.
Game Mechanics
• Once Mario leaves the ground and bounces on a koopa, his color will change to that of the koopa. • If Mario successfully bounces on a chain of 3 koopas, the timer will increase, and continue increasing for each additional koopa he bounces on in that chain. • If Mario takes damage, time will be reduced, rather than killing Mario. • Mario's color can be cycled mid-air by collecting a coin. • If a chain is in progress and Mario bounces on a koopa mismatched from his own color, the game will act as if he took damage and decrease the timer. • At certain areas, the screen will stop scrolling, and will not resume until all enemies are destroyed.
Strategies Used
• Acceleration is altered in this hack, in order to allow Mario to quickly turn around mid-air. I was able to abuse this mechanic to almost instantly get Mario to maximum speed with a specific set of left and right inputs. • Damage is strategically taken at certain points, in order to both clear the screen of enemies quicker and to lower the timer as much as possible by the end of the first level. This allows the timer countdown after the flagpole to finish sooner.
I unfortunately do not have a download link for this hack, as it was given to me in private.