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Author Topic: The Mario Level That Plays Itself  (Read 10250 times)

mouser

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The Mario Level That Plays Itself
« on: September 11, 2007, 07:41 PM »
It's things like this that keep me from losing faith in mankind.

It's an easter egg in a mario game from nintendo, which is designed in such a way that the environmental objects interact in such a way that the player's character will be moved through the entire level to completion, without the player actually ever performing any action with the controller, like a Rube Goldberg machine.  Think of it as a little humorous play on passivity.



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Re: The Mario Level That Plays Itself
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2007, 07:55 PM »
Some more videos, and a little explanation from guys in the romhacking scene (Yep, that "Lashiec" over there is me)

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Re: The Mario Level That Plays Itself
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2007, 03:29 AM »
WOW ! It's amazing :)

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Re: The Mario Level That Plays Itself
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2007, 04:58 AM »
Whoa :D
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Re: The Mario Level That Plays Itself
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2007, 05:26 AM »
I saw this on Digg.com a while ago. Indeed, it's really awesome :D