"Mario 3" game for C64

[davidbrit2]

I recall playing a C64 game entitled "Mario 3" many years ago. This wasn't the (in)famous Giana Sisters sprite hack, this was an entirely different game. It was a flick scroller, and fairly free-roaming, similar to the Dizzy or Monty Mole series. I'm assuming this was also a sprite hack of some other game, but I can't find any info about it. Anybody know what I'm talking about?

[Superman]

Never heard of this game, but is Mario the character? Or is it just called Mario 3?

[davidbrit2]

Yeah, it was actually Mario. The graphics seemed rather heavy on blue and black hues. As I vaguely recall, there wasn't any background music. Either that, or it was very subtle. I spent a good while digging around YouTube and haven't found anything so far.

As for the controls, I think up was jump, and the fire button would shoot or throw a fireball or something like that.

[Wraith Storm]

Wow! This sounds intriguing.

I have the Giana Sisters Mario hack saved on disk and play it every now and then on the ol' C64. I haven't heard of this Mario game though until now. I'm gonna have to try to dig up some info.

[davidbrit2]

I suspect it's just a sprite hack of an existing game, so if you find a 4-way scrolling platformer (flick-scroller) with a black background, and lots of blue shades, that's a good candidate. As I recall, you start out the first stage by going right for a few screens, and pass by some kind of futuristic platforms/pipes/etc, then you eventually head downward. Can't remember what the enemies looked like.

[davidbrit2]

Okay, pretty sure this was it!
Game Over II (http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/details.php%3FID%3D1016)

I'll see if I can find a disk image and give it a quick play to confirm...