davely@mcrware.UUCP (Dave Lyons) (11/22/89)
A friend of mine who has an Apple IIe but is not otherwise computationaly inclined asked me if I could track down a version of Super Mario Brothers (like the one on Nintendo I think) for his machine. I looked through the ads in an Apple II magazine but didn't see anything. Any information anyone might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot, Dave -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Lyons - ...!sun!mcrware!davely | On Second though let's not go to My employer laughs at my opinions. | Camelot... 'Tis a silly place -------------------------------------------------------------------------
11HLAYTON@GALLUA.BITNET (CYBERPUNK) (11/23/89)
No, I havent seen a version of SMB for the Apple II, but I have
played a version of SMB on the C-64. It was originally an European game
(not SMB) that played alot like SMB. Some hackers cracked it and changed it
to look like SMB. It's alot of fun!!! (Maybe the same could be done if u could
find a game that played like SMB.) By thje way the name of the European game
was Siena Sisters, I think. Good luck!
P.S. What is the Nintendo CPU? and could a board be made that would
have a cable running from it to a slot that u could put carts in it and u
could play your nintendo carts on a II, or any other computer?
Cyberpunk
11hlayton@gallua.bitnet
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<Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein>jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") (11/23/89)
Dave Lyons <mcrware!davely@uunet.uu.net> writes: > A friend of mine who has an Apple IIe but is not otherwise > computationaly inclined asked me if I could track down a version > of Super Mario Brothers (like the one on Nintendo I think) for > his machine. I looked through the ads in an Apple II magazine > but didn't see anything. Any information anyone might have would > be greatly appreciated. Honestly, I haven't seen Nintendo games on ANY computer system!! I believe Nintendo intends for people to bu y their machine whether they have a home computer already or not. I would LOVE to be wrong about this one. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |Jeremy Mereness | Support | Disclaimer: | |jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (internet) | Free | The above represent my| |r746jm7e@cmccvb (Vax... bitnet) | Software | opinions, alone. | |a student at Carnegie Mellon U. | | Void where prohibited.| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
jabernathy@pro-houston.cts.com (Joe Abernathy) (11/23/89)
In-Reply-To: message from jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu Jeremy Mereness writes: > Honestly, I haven't seen Nintendo games on ANY computer system!! I know one guy (who writes game software for a living) who has designed his own IIGS board to run a Nintendo. And I believe that sanctioned Nintendo development is done using an IBM cross-compiler. The Nintendo itself uses a 65xx logic chip ... So their stuff can and does run on real computers, although it may not be real easy to make it happen. Or real worth it. Real worth it? Is that a sentence? UUCP: crash!pro-houston!jabernathy ARPA: crash!pro-houston!jabernathy@nosc.mil INET: jabernathy@pro-houston.cts.com America Online: JOEA17, First Word Direct: Pro-Houston, (713) 526-9607, 3-2400 bps
TSEAL@ALASKA.BITNET ("The Spanish Inquisition") (11/24/89)
Is there a Super Mario Brothers for the Apple II? If so, this is the first
that I have heard of it. Please tell me if you do find one; I would be
interested in getting my own....
Also, I see you are a Monty Python fan! I just love sending letters of
to intelligent, cultured people such as yourself.
"What do you mean? An African or European swallow?"
-Ericcyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) (11/26/89)
Surprisely (but not for those who knows) that the CPU in the Nitendo is the very famous 6502! However, I believe that they included some sound chip and graphic chips so they seems to have batter graphic and sound. The size of the board should not be really that large as the case as I used to play on the japanese' original Nitendo home video games. The size of the case is less then 1/4 of the American version. (After all, I was surprised when I saw that the American Nitendo is a HUGE box.) BTW, I've seen some "Nitendo clones" which are made in Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan, there size are even smaller then the original Japanese one; so I believe that it is "possible" to make a card to play Nitendo games on an Apple II family.
ericmcg@pro-generic.cts.COM (Eric Mcgillicuddy) (11/26/89)
In-Reply-To: message from 11HLAYTON%GALLUA.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu I seem to recall the nintedo using Z80 CPU's. Wish I could remember where I read the article, Compute! maybe, Incider? Nintedo also encrypts its cartridges so that they can not be copied and so developers must sell they products to big N in order to be published. Epyx (?) has apparently cracked the code and intends to publish indepently. I can't see a Nintendo board being particularly useful to a // user, we can already play 5000+ games of better quality and for GS users superior G and superior S!!! BTW have you seen the prices of cartridges, CAN$50 regardless of title (even Wheel of Misfortune). Four software packages and you've exceeded the price of the hardware. "Never talk about anything you are entirely certain of, everyone needs opinions"