List of unofficial Mario media

Several unofficial, and unlicensed, Mario games and game mods have been released for various video game consoles.

• Super Mario World, an unlicensed Nintendo NES/Famicom demake of Super Mario World, developed by Hummer Team and published by J.Y. Company (both defunct Taiwanese companies based in Taipei) in 1995.[2]
• Kaizo Mario World, also known as Asshole Mario, is a series of three ROM hacks of the 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game Super Mario World, notable for deliberately breaking normal rules of "accepted" level design and featuring extreme difficulty.[3][4] It became the namesake for Kaizo, a genre of Mario games modified for intense difficulty.[5]
• Super Dram World is series of two Super Mario World ROM hacks created by PangaeaPanga and named after speedrunner Dram55, designed for high difficulty.[4]
• Super Panga World is a ROM hack of Super Mario World created by Linkdeadx2 and dedicated to PangaeaPanga.[6]
• Dian Shi Ma Li (Chinese: 電視瑪琍; pinyin: diànshì mǎlì), released in English as Big TV Mary Bar and also known as Mario Lottery, TV Mario, is an unlicensed video game for the Family Computer made by Bit Corporation and released by Fiver Firm (五合企業有限公司), under their first name "Namco Corporation".[7][8] It is based on the Taiwanese slot machine game Xiǎo Mǎ Lì,[9] where features a character resembling Mario with an F on his cap, which has become known as "Fortran" based on hidden text discovered in the ROM. The game is a roulette wheel/slot machine – different buttons control the betting, and each button produces a musical note. Landing on the coin produces a message in Chinglish: "PUSH START TO RICH". It became an internet meme when users created fad videos on YouTube.[10][11]
• 7 Grand Dad, also known as Primitive Mario VII, is a bootleg ROM hack of The Flintstones: Rescue of Dino and Hoppy in which Fred Flintstone's head is replaced with that of Mario. The bootleg is notorious for its nonsensical title, as well as its lack of effort in removing Flintstones elements such as the characters and theme song. The game has become an internet meme due to Twitch streamer Joel "Vargskelethor" Johannson's shocked reaction to it and YouTuber SiIvaGunner's remixes of the game's soundtrack.
• Kart Fighter is a 2D fighting game produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game features unauthorized appearances by Nintendo's mascot Mario and the rest of the cast of Super Mario Kart in a port of Street Fighter II.
• Somari is a port of Sega's flagship video game Sonic the Hedgehog, produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System and sold primarily in Asia, Russia, and other regions where pirate Famicom cartridges were distributed, in 1994. The game features a character named "Somari" – Mario wearing Tails' shoes.
• Super Mario Bros. 2 is a pirated port of Super Mario Bros. for the Mega Drive, made by Gametec in 1998. The game uses sprites from Super Mario All-Stars and uses the engine of another pirated game from another console, called "Chip & Dale", and it's about thowing boxes to the enemies.
• Project M is a modification of the 2008 fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii, created by the community to retool Brawl to play more like its two predecessors, Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
• Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii is a modification of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which adds new, custom elements to the original game. It later received a follow-up on the Nintendo DS, a modification of New Super Mario Bros., Newer Super Mario Bros. DS, and a follow-up mod for New Super Mario Bros. U called Newer Super Mario Bros. U was started but later cancelled.[12][13] There is an updated version of Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii in the works, titled Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii Plus.
• Kaizo Mario 64 is a ROM hack of Super Mario 64 where each level is redesigned to be extremely difficult.[14]
• Modder Kaze Emanuar[15] has produced multiple ROM hacks of Super Mario 64:
  • Super Mario Run 64, converting the game into a 2.5D running game in the spirit of Super Mario Run;[16][17]
  • Super Mario 64 Online, enabling online multiplayer;[18][19][20][21][22]
  • Super Mario 64 Maker, a Mario Maker-like level editor;[23]
  • Super Mario 64 Odyssey, featuring levels based on Super Mario Odyssey while also adding its mechanic of possessing enemies by throwing Mario's hat;[24]
  • Super Donkey Kong 64, featuring all levels from Donkey Kong 64;
  • Super Mario 64: Last Impact, an original game with new levels made using Super Mario 64's engine;[25][26][27][28]
  • Super Mario 64: Ocarina of Time, in which The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time world is recreated in Super Mario 64's engine, with new gameplay elements, puzzles and story;[29][30][31]
  • Open World Mario 64, a battle royale-style mod set on a huge map made up of all Super Mario 64 levels, in the style of Fortnite Battle Royale and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.[32]
• Smash Remix is a ROM hack of the 1999 Nintendo 64 fighting game Super Smash Bros. It retains the gameplay style of the original release while adding new gameplay modes, stages, and characters; these include characters from later Super Smash Bros. games such as Ganondorf[33] Bowser,[34] and Sonic the Hedgehog,[35] and new characters such as Conker the Squirrel[36] and the Mad Piano from Super Mario 64.[37]

There exist several unofficial level editors created to allow users with no programming skills to easily make their own levels or ROM hacks.

• Super Mario Bros. X is a fangame blending elements from Super Mario Bros, 2, 3 and World, and includes both a level editor, as well simultaneous split-screen multiplayer.[38][39][40]
• Lunar Magic is a level editor for Super Mario World.
• NSMB Editor is a level editor for New Super Mario Bros.[41][42]
• Reggie! Level Editor is a level editor for New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
• Miyamoto! Level Editor is a level editor for New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U, similar to Reggie!.
• CoinKiller is a level editor for New Super Mario Bros. 2.[43][44]
• Super Mario ReMaker is a Windows-based level editor designed to replicate the Wii U title Super Mario Maker on computers.[45][46]
• Toad's Tool 64 is a level editor for Super Mario 64 developed by Qubed Studios.[47]

Unofficial Mario games playable on computers have consisted mostly of browser-based games. Such games either can be parodies or fangames that feature the franchise's characters or settings reimagined within the style of other media, or vice-versa.

• Syobon Action, also referred to as Cat Mario, a Mario parody known for its difficulty and troll levels.
• Ennuigi is a browser game designed by Josh Millard that centers on Luigi's inability to come to terms with the lack of narrative in Super Mario Bros.[48][49][50]
• Super Obama World is a Flash game based on Super Mario World, featuring former United States president Barack Obama as the protagonist against enemies such as lobbyists, Sarah Palin, and pigs wearing lipstick.[51][52][53][54]
• Tuper Tario Tros. is a sidescrolling platformer mashup of Super Mario Bros. and Tetris. As the visible screen automatically scrolls to the right, the player moves to the right while avoiding obstacles. The player can switch between moving the player-character Mario and dropping tetrominos that Mario can use as platforms. The game has traditional Mario enemies. The Flash game is freely available via Newgrounds.[55] Chris Donlan of Edge wrote that the game showed signs of hasty development. Its gameplay was occasionally inelegant as a result.[56] Jenni Lada of TechnologyTell particularly appreciated how she could build a staircase to the flagpole at the end of the level.[56]
• Super Mario War is fan-made battle-based Mario platformer. The game has been ported to a number of platforms, including an unofficial port to the Nintendo Wii.[57]
• Mario Royale, a 2019 browser game in which dozens of players simultaneously attempt to outrun each other in battle royale-style gameplay.[58][59] After receiving a takedown notice, its creator InfernoPlus edited the game to use non-Nintendo assets as DMCA Royale.[60] Later on, after a second takedown, there have been several instances of the game being rehosted by different people, as there currently are two available versions of the game: MRoyale and Mario Royale Deluxe, which are independent of each other.
• Mari0 is a fan game that combines elements of Portal and Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. Crossover is a flash game that puts various video game characters into Super Mario Bros. levels.
• Super Smash Bros. Crusade is a Super Smash Bros. fan game featuring over 60 characters and 24 stages.[61][62]
• Super Smash Flash is a series of non-profit, fighting, crossover, fan-made Flash games based on the Super Smash Bros. series.[63]
• Secret Maryo Chronicles is a free, open source two-dimensional platform game.[64]
• Super Smash Land is a demake of Super Smash Bros. featuring six playable characters and eleven stages.[65][66] The game visual design resembles the graphics from the Nintendo Game Boy.[67]
• No Mario's Sky is an indie game that crosses over between the gameplay of No Man's Sky and Super Mario Bros. Due to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice filed by Nintendo, the game was re-released as DMCA's Sky with all in-game references to Super Mario Bros. removed.
• Mario Kart: Source was a planned total conversion mod in development using the Source game engine developed by Valve.[68] It was first announced in 2006 with development suspending in November 2012 due to difficulties in making a fun racing game with the engine.[69] It is based on the Mario Kart series.
• Kill the Plumber is a platform game parody of Super Mario Bros. Players control the inhabitants of a kingdom invaded by a plumber and must stop him before he can reach a princess.
• Trumptendo is a website created by artist Jeff Hong, featuring hacked versions of various Nintendo Entertainment System games (including Super Mario Bros.) that replace characters with Donald Trump and other United States political figures.
• Super Mario 64 HD is an unofficial remake of the first level of Super Mario 64 using the Unity game engine.
• Super Mario 63 is a 2D Flash game, mostly inspired by Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS but also taking inspiration from other Mario games like Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy.[70][71][72]
• Super Mario Flash is an unofficial 2-dimensional Adobe Flash-based game based on Super Mario Bros. that was developed by Pouetpu and was originally released in 2007. In this single-player platform game, one can play as either Mario or Luigi, and in the game one must embark on a journey to save Princess Peach from Bowser. The game also has a built-in level editor.[73][74] Gameranx praised Super Mario Flash as #4 in its "Top Five Retro Arcade Games Freely Available" article, stating that "the creator of this game has put a lot of effort into making this game as close to the original as possible."[75] MegaLab, an Italian review website, however, gave a more negative response to Super Mario Flash, criticizing the game's controls and visual quality.[76] In 2011, Pouetpu released a sequel called Super Mario Flash 2, which is based on Super Mario World.[73]
• Full Screen Mario is a browser game containing all 32 Super Mario Bros. levels, a level editor, and a level generator.[77]
• Super Chick Sisters is a 2007 PETA satirical browser game that spoofs New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Galaxy.[78]
• New Super Chick Sisters is a 2009 PETA satirical browser game that spoofs New Super Mario Bros. Wii.[78]
• Mario Kills Tanooki is a 2011 PETA satirical browser game that spoofs Super Mario 3D Land.[79][80][81]
• The Super 1–1 Challenge is a 2020 fan-made remake of the first level of Super Mario Bros. recreated as a first person shooter.[82][83]