Last week, Sega announced a cool new concept that it would be premiering on Steam: Sega Mega Drive Classic Hub. This free update to any of the available Mega Drive games lets players have a virtual bedroom that mirrors what your typical Sega fan's room would've looked like back in the 90's. All of your games sit on a shelf against the wall, and can be played on a digital CRT that emulates the original look of these games. It's a pretty cool idea, but Sega also announced alongside this that it would be implementing Steam Workshop support for Mega Drive games.
Of course, it was only a matter of time before some modders would figure out how to use the system in ways it perhaps wasn't initially intended, and it seems that has already arrived. Michael McWhertor – Polygon's Managing Editor – found a mod today that allows users to play "Super Mario World" on the Mega Drive. Interestingly enough, this mod is actually based off of an official, but unlicensed Korean Mega Drive game which makes some interesting tweaks to the Mario formula. Check it out below:
What do you think? Will you be installing this mod? What do you think of the virtual bedroom idea? Drop us a comment in the section below.
[source twitter.com, via youtube.com]
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I used to play this Mario World game on my modded Xbox. It was cool. I did beat it
Don't think it will be there long
" the Steam Workshop will be moderated to avoid anything obscene, you know, like Mario appearing in a Sonic game… oh hang on, has that ship sailed?”
Source: http://www.pcgamer.com/sega-hopes-mega-drive-classics-modding-on-steam-will-keep-their-legacy-alive/?utm_content=buffercf224&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamer
This game seems to be using sprites from a bootleg Mario game I once saw SpaceHamster review. I think it was a double bootleg as it is based on Rescue Rangers bootleg.
Looks like it plays like Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers for NES/Famicom. This brings back some nostalgia.
@eboreg I was thinking the same thing!
Looks like an okay bootleg. I feel slightly nervous about it.
Chip n' Dale Super Mario Ranger?
@GoldenGamer88 That might be it. As I mentioned above, this is based on some Korean game, so you might've played it before.
lol...I remember seeing this in Jeff's video, heh. xp
I deleted my browser stuff... cookies, history and the like... and I forgot about the quirky "Hold on there, you need to log in to comment!" thing XD
On topic, the music in that game is terrible... It might be because I've never personally liked the Sega style sound (It reminds me of annoying bagpipes), or it could be because it's repetitive, or because the opening bit is waaay off key. Or all three at once that's probably it.
It looks half decent, but I wonder how well it plays. Well, S.K. has always had the best pirated/counterfeit software, so maybe they got the control right? I would play this.
Why do all pirated games from that era look, sound, and play exactly the same?
@Gauchorino Pirates stick together
I play that bootleg on the Fusion emulator and it sucks so much. The fact that you can't stomp enemies is a big letdown and the Chip N Dales: Rescue Ranger gameplay mechanics isn't doing the game any justice. Now if anything the guy could had just mod this game instead, it's Super Mario Bros. but on Sega Genesis. There may even be a repro cartridge of this game too so you could play it on an actual Sega Genesis, GameReproductions.com may have one for sale.
Apparently it's based off of "Squirrel King," which was a Taiwanese knock-off of Rescue Rangers. It's not Korean, but Korea was probably one of the few places you could find it.
Really a terrible choice for this hack. There are MegaDrive games with much more Mario-compatible mechanics.
This definitely looks like it abuses IPS patching.
All an IPS patch does is describe the difference between a file to be patched, and what the file will be when it's patched.
You can abuse this to run any games you want on Retron, which supports IPS patching for games running from cartridge.
Sweet, and only possible because of the steps Sega has taken to allow gamers to even do such a thing here. I'm sure it will get removed soon enough though; one would expect.
Super did come. Out on Sega but. Was pulled off the shelves. Really fast,there are copies floating around very rare and very very pricey.I still have my copy from when I was a kid.i have it in a glass box in my collection. Room
Super Mario bros.lol was speed. Typing
It's better than how I thought a bootlegged Mario game on the Mega Drive/Genesis could be.
Am I watching a different video to the rest of you? It looks rubbish
@retro_player_22 There IS a bootleg SMB port to the Genesis: Super Mario Bros "2", and a bootleg of that bootleg, Sonic Jam 6.
Yeah looks like chip n dale
"official, but unlicensed"
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
iirc didn't they play this on PB&Jeff?
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