Was Super Mario Bros. ever ported to any home computers?

[MaximRecoil]

I have a friend that is claiming that she played Super Mario Bros. on a home computer (she doesn't know what kind) before she ever played it on a NES. She is giving '89 or '90 as the time frame. Given the time frame, I have ruled out emulators as a possibility which only leaves the possibility of a port. I have never heard of any home computer ports of SMB and it doesn't seem like something that Nintendo would have approved of. Does anyone know anything about this?

[Inky]

There was a SMB rip-off of sorts called The Great Giana Sisters for various platforms. most notable the Atari ST

[MegaManFan]

I always thought it was most notable for being on C-64 myself.

[Inky]

Never knew it was on the c-64...

[MegaManFan]

http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=1091

[bjk7382]

There is a very crappy ripoff for the A8 called "bros"

 

I will post the .atr if anyone wants it, or you could probably find it on vjetnam

[doubledown]

I had a version of it for the C64 that looks a lot like "The Great Giana Sisters", but mine actually had a character that looked a lot like Mario.

[Dr. Morbis]

Super Mario Bros. Special was released for the PC88. It was very similar to SMB, but it was a flick screen game instead of a scroller. I think it was Hudson who licensed it from Nintendo, but I could be wrong.

[rockman_x_2002]

Also, I recall having an old shareware game for the IBM PC (I think made in the early 90s) simply called "Mario." Supposed to be a remake of the original Super Mario Bros. with elements from SMB3 thrown in. Graphics were "borrowed" from the "Super Mario All-Stars" edition.

 

Not sure if you can download it from the 'net or not though. I'm betting not, since it was a blatant ripoff of Nintendo's trademark.

[Rockin' Kat]

I know someone was working on a port of it for the Apple IIgs. I don't think it was ever finished though there was a playable demo of it... I know I have a copy of it somewhere on my IIgs' hard drive.

[rockman_x_2002]

I've found the link to the game to which I was referring. Here you go

[Rockin' Kat]

Found it! if you have an Apple IIgs or emulator you can check it out.

 

http://iigs.dreamhost.com/smb/smb.html

[MaximRecoil]

There is a very crappy ripoff for the A8 called "bros"

 

I will post the .atr if anyone wants it, or you could probably find it on vjetnam

I think that is the one. Before I posted the question here she had already stated this:

 

When I was at my friend Marissa's house. Her parents had a computer and it was one of a few games they had on it. It didn't look as 'refined' as the NES version on the Nintendo, though, at least in my opinion. That was many years ago, too.

 

She also compained about a tiny screen (more on that in a minute).

 

I first showed her a screenshot of "The Great Giana Sisters" and she said this:

 

no, that's not it. There wasn't a girl. It was a guy wearing something that looked like overalls.

 

Then I showed her the screenshot of "Bros" from the site you linked to and these were some of her responses:

 

...that's him! wearing pants!

 

...wow. maybe it wasn't the size of the screen that was the problem - he's a really tiny guy.

 

...oh well. It played similarly to Mario Bros. so you aren't missing out on much. But I definitely remember that little guy.

 

...wheee! now I don't look like I'm delusional!  I feel vindicated, almost.

 

...well now you can believe me about the game.

 

...oh sure, it looks similar, has a guy who looks like a deformed version of Mario, and the name, but other than that, it wasn't a Super Mario Game for home computers.

 

...and you expected me to know the difference?

 

...Look, I was pretty accurate.

 

...and the Bros game matches up to my description and sorta to what SMB looks like.  

 

LOL, well, you can probably fill in the blanks of that conversation to see that it kind of turned into an argument over whether or not "Bros" counts as a port of Super Mario Brothers on a home computer.

 

BTW, I downloaded the .ATR and that game is ridiculously bad; funny though.

[Stingray]

There was a fairly accurate ripoff of SMB for the early color Macintosh computers. I probably still have it somewhere, but I can't recall what it's called.

 

-S

[AncillaryDrone]

I had a version of it for the C64 that looks a lot like "The Great Giana Sisters", but mine actually had a character that looked a lot like Mario.

 

That version IS Gianna Sisters with a few sprite changes. Changing the sisters into the Mario Bros. being the most notable changes. There were two other Super Mario hacks but the one you remember is the most popular one.

[birdie3]

What about the SMB3 game analmux has been posting about in the 8 bit forum for the past year and a half? What is the status of that?