Super Mario Maker 64 exists, thanks to a new ROM hack
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6N00B)
Go ahead, put as many Goombas as you want here. | Screenshot: YouTube Nintendo's Super Mario Maker series of games lets you create your own sidescrolling platformer levels using sprites and 3D objects from several entries in the franchise. It's created a deeply devoted fan base, but it's only ever let you make sidescrolling levels. Now, a pair of fans have changed that with Mario Builder 64, a new way to make and play your own Super Mario 64 levels - and do so on Nintendo 64 hardware.
It's technically a ROM hack, but the term doesn't really capture what this is. The developers, Arthurtilly and rovertronic, describe it as a toolbox letting you fulfill all of your SM64 dreams." Just like the Super Mario Maker series, it lets you create your own levels using a special creator interface that borrows a lot...