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Mario Reduced To 8x8 With Open Source and Arduino

Posted by timothy on from the demand-2-by-2 dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "The open-source Arduino electronics platform has received a ton of attention from the hardware enthusiast community. And one more follower is joining the fray — Mario himself. The mustachioed plumber of console video game fame has been converted into an eight-by-eight LED matrix by Carnegie Mellon University student Chloe Fan. However, the game isn't quite the Mario you know from your legacy Nintendo Entertainment System. For starters, it's just lights. While one often sees the game's LED-backed grid used in devices like the open-source Monome, where it can function as a push-button toggle for music beats and effects, Fan's version of Mario uses the grid as a display only. Mario — or rather, a one-light representation of the game's hero — is controlled NES-style through the use of two buttons. One button makes Mario move forward; the other makes him leap into the air."

3 of 94 comments (clear)

  1. Live version by suso · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've always enjoyed this version of super mario

  2. Just lights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    For starters, it's just lights.

    So.. just like Nintendo's Mario game then.

  3. Re:Two classic games combined by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This 8x8 version almost looks like a combination of Super Mario and Tetris

    Hmmm... I wonder what that would be like . o O http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/522276

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