Super Mario Party (NES)

[Tansut]

Hey guys,

I have a pirate NES game I bought in the late, late 90's off of eBay called "Super Mario Party".  I'm really new to actually knowing anything about this stuff that I'm buying, I just love the idea of playing these awesome hacks and what not, but I was really curious about this one.  Has anyone come across it before?

It's basically the NES version of Super Mario All-Stars.  It has Super Marios 1-3, Lost Levels, and if I remember correctly even the arcade Mario Bros. game.  They're all the NES versions that you pick from a simple menu, but I've never seen it before or since the copy I got.

Any info on it?  If you guys are really interested I can dig it out of my old room at my parents place and take a picture of it, but only if there's a legitimate interest because that would require some legitimate effort.  :-P

If this is the wrong subforum for this, I apologize.  I really don't know when it was made.  Thanks for reading!

[Awesome Panda]

I might be thinking of something else, but isn't this a 10-in-1 multicart that has a few other random games and a couple of hacks? Either way, you're one lucky bugger for owning this.

[KingPepe]

Huh, never heard of that one before. Like Cheetah said, you're pretty lucky.

Also moving this out of the subforum, next time if you're not sure of the timeline, you can just place it in the main forum.

[Tansut]

Ahh, okay.  I'll be sure to do that if I create another topic like this.  Thanks!

As for the game itself, I THINK it's only the Mario games, but it's probably been around a decade since I've played it so I could be forgetting things.

I'm visiting my parents this weekend though and if I get a chance and am able I'll try and dig it out for a picture.  If I kept my NES games in alphabetical order then it shouldn't be too hard to find, but if I didn't then it might take some digging to find.

[Awesome Panda]

Tansut

Aug 3 2011, 04:52:27 PM

I'm visiting my parents this weekend though and if I get a chance and am able I'll try and dig it out for a picture.  If I kept my NES games in alphabetical order then it shouldn't be too hard to find, but if I didn't then it might take some digging to find.[/quote]So it's a NES cartridge? Odd, the only NES pirates I'm aware of are multicarts by Supervision, Goldengame and NTDEC.

[Tansut]

Yup, I have that as well as Super Mario 4 (the Armadillo game) on NES carts.  I got that one around the same time, too, so I've had them since probably like...'99?

Edit: I'll grab a pic of both, because if I find one I'll find the other as well.

[taizou]

I have Super Mario Family in a NES cart, I think Super Mario Party is an earlier version of that. Family has SMB "4" (Armadillo hack), SMB3, SMB2J, SMB2US (those are actually named "American version" and "Japanese version" on the label too, whoever made that must have known their stuff. even though the menu just calls them something like Golden Mario and Wonderful Mario), SMB1, Mario Bros, "Baby Mario" (Bokutte Upa), Dr Mario and then for some reason, Dynamite Bowl and Mickey Mouse.

[Awesome Panda]

taizou

Aug 3 2011, 05:18:30 PM

even though the menu just calls them something like Golden Mario and Wonderful Mario), SMB1, Mario Bros, "Baby Mario" (Bokutte Upa), Dr Mario and then for some reason, Dynamite Bowl and Mickey Mouse.[/quote]I think the last two games were included because they had some spare room on the cartridge. Better that than those horrible edutainment "games" with the Mario branding.

[taizou]

Yeah true. i mean the absolute best case scenario would have been, I guess, the full version of Hummer's Super Mario World plus Somari. but neither of those had even been made when this cart was released.

[Awesome Panda]

taizou

Aug 3 2011, 05:48:00 PM

Yeah true. i mean the absolute best case scenario would have been, I guess, the full version of Hummer's Super Mario World plus Somari. but neither of those had even been made when this cart was released.[/quote]Meh, I personally think it's better off without Somari. Incidentally, I consider myself lucky not to own that game, mainly because the only enjoyment I'd get out of it is smashing the cartridge to pieces. :unsure:

Anyway, the multicart itself reminds me of the Rockman 6-in-1, which is a pretty rare cart itself. It's a pity not more pirates tried to make themed multis of various franchises.

BTW, if I wanted a Mario multicart it'd be something like this:
1. Super Mario Bros.
2. Super Mario Bros. 2 JP
3. Super Mario Bros. 2 USA
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Donkey Kong
6. Donkey Kong Jr.
7. Donkey Kong 3
8. Mario Bros.
9. Dr. Mario
10. Super Mario World
11. Mario & Yoshi
12. Yoshi's Cookie
13. Dian Shi Ma Li

[taizou]

Somari is alright I think. If you can use savestates anyway. i mean it's certainly not Hummer's best platformer, but it was their first one I guess.and i'd just want a multicart with like 100 weird Japanese SMB hacks on it.

[Ninja-Kun]

I can't get pass level 1 of Somari so I know what you're talking about, Cheetah D:
BTW, why would you put DK3 in a Mario multi? That game is starred by that pesky gardener called Stanley ¬_¬

[Awesome Panda]

Well I could probably beat Somari without save states, but it's such a bad port it's not even worth that quite frankly. If I wanted to play an 8-bit adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog, I'd play the Game Gear version. <_< Rant over.

Also, Donkey Kong 3 may not be as good as the first 2 and Mario isn't in it, but blame Nintendo for tying it to those games in the first place. Then again, Tennis has Mario in it.

[KingPepe]

Meh, it's not much of a problem for me without savestates. (but fuck you Labrynith Zone Act 3 >: )

But yeah, on topic now, I want to see pictures of those carts.

[taizou]

well heres Super Mario Family:

left is the now empty NES cart shell, right is the famicom cart i made using the case from a broken multicart (which i snapped trying to open it, note the red electrical tape. im a class act) because i couldn't get the damn thing to work in NES form.