Super Mario as Unreal Tournament level

The fun-loving gamers at the Unreal Tournament forum have recreated Super Mario Bros as a rockin' UT2D level. Link

1. [jennfrank]

   Derek Yu — maybe known best among game designers for last year’s Aquaria — recently wrote about SMB hacks and simplified iconography:

   Last but not least, The Pixel Kingdom changes every sprite in the game into a single-colored rectangle. This, and Silhouette Mario, I think, really show off how iconic and well-understood the graphics in Mario are.

   In conclusion: hacks can be delightful, and Super Mario Bros. 1 remains one of the most interesting conceptual playgrounds in video games (and probably elsewhere).

2. [VickiLynne]

   i want this!

3. [Lone]

   Nice mod, but the motion in ‘flat 3D’ makes my head hurt.

4. [kataztrophy]

   Hope someone creates a Bowser skin so I can blod his head off with a rocket launcher.

5. [jennfrank]

   Re: my above post – I just realized I didn’t clarify before, but in quoting Derek I meant to underscore how familiar and archetypal SMB is. Its iconography is instantly recognizable, and the environments are a shortest shorthand onto which almost any visual vocabulary can be projected. Even Unreal Tournament.

6. [JavaJunkie]

   Wow.. Bruce Cockburn had it right… I wish I had a rocket launcher… now I have one. Watch out Lugi!