manuel's weird Super Mario Bros. pirate cart

[UglyJoe]

The pads that you solder to choose the mirroring don't have to be necessarily soldered -- you just have to complete the circuit.  A switch is capable of that.

[nintendodork]

Ah, ok
Thank you Joe for explaining that 

[manuel]

Thanks for the info guys.
And no, I didn't know about Dream Mary. Why should I? I wasn't interested much in hacks and pirates until, well... some days ago.   

[nintendodork]

I just thought you might have read about it on the site

[manuel]

I didn't read all the pages on the site. 
Especially not those related with hacks and pirates.


I actually read the title Dream Mary sometimes, but this didn't wake my interest.
Well, now I know. And I know that I won't sell it as I intended to.

[nurd]

Heh.

Just did that mirror switch thing on my SMB famicom cart :]

[manuel]

So we played this Dream Mary a bit in the evening.

JC's friend Rob made it to 4-2, JC to 6-3 and I to 8-3. We all just tried once and couldn't beat it. 

Yes, dork, maybe you should take over Famicom World. Neither the admin, nor a mod can beat Dream Mary with 1 try. 

[nintendodork]

Yes, hm?  I always found Dream Mary fairly easy, because everything in front of you is exactly the same..you just can't ever look back...ever

[manuel]

There are times you just happen to look or walk back.

[133MHz]

I can beat SMB in about 5¾ minutes (yeah I pretty much know the game by heart now) but never had much interest in Dream Mary (after all, it's the technical equivalent of playing a broken game). But this whole challenge thing sparked my interest .

I have a spare SMB cart that I can mirror-switch, so I'll give it a try .

[nintendodork]

It's just so tempting to walk on air or jump through a wall sometimes
And yeah standard SMB just isn't a...well...a game...it's too simple

[133MHz]

Yeah it's simple now, but remember how hard it was the first time that you played it , and also because it was the first time that many people got exposed to this type of games.
I can beat it anytime now but that is thanks to years of practice. Trying to beat Dream Mary seems like a fresh and interesting challenge to me .

[ericj]

I have a mirror-switched Excite Bike, too, and it's way harder than the normal game, which I think is pretty easy, too. If you have a spare copy of it, give it a try. Mine's on a multicart, but I'd imagine you could do the same thing with the original game. If you try it, let me know if it works and what you think.

[manuel]

In my best days I also could beat SMB in under 8 minutes. (I am not so much a speedrunner)

But with this Dream Mary it's very nice to walk on air or watch dead piranha plants. That takes time. 

[nintendodork]

I never thought about switching the mirroring on an Excitebike, I'll have to try that sometime...