MUSHROOM NIGHTMARE (V1.5)
By Shadic

INSTRUCTIONS:
Use your favorite patcher to patch the version 1.5 IPS over the Japan/US version of the game. If you're feeling oddly tasteless, you can try out the 1.2 version as well!


ABOUT:
Mushroom Nightmare is a hack of the classic game, Super Mario Bros. It features completely revamped graphics, along with major level editing throughout the game. It also features a new storyline, as the brothers aren’t trying to save the Princess anymore, it’s the Mushroom King they’re after.

Bowser has taken the Mushroom Chancellor hostage, and is using his power to warp the landscape to his wicked desire. His forces are all over the land, and the Brothers must come to the rescue again, before the King of the Koopa forces the Chancellor to forfeit his powers to him. This game takes place right after the original SMB.

The brothers now have different abilities! Mario, being the one that previously rescued the princess, is more experienced of the two. He is able to jump higher than his brother. However, due to his larger mass, it takes a longer amount of time and distance for him to stop, after a sprint. Luigi plays exactly like Mario, or Luigi from the original SMB.

This hack has been revisited a decade and a half later! The new version 1.5 contains countless modifications to make the game more entertaining to play. A much-improved difficulty curve, overall more thoughtful level design, glitch fixes, etc. are found in this newest version. A few clunky/iconic bits were left to assure myself that I didn't George Lucas the heck out of this thing. (Also included is the original 1.2 patch, untouched from 2005!)

THANKS TO:
ALXR - For The GreatEd SMB level editor
Dustminion - For being around for both the 2005 and 2021 versions. We're getting old.
KP9001 - For getting graphics working on the old 2005 hack.
Googie - For making me think about this hack again. It's all your fault, man.
Sails - For playing through this game far too many times, helping me stamp out bugs for the newest version.
Sirius - For the music modification patch.
sjk-e351 - For their Lives counter fix.
studsX - For assistance with a few bugfixes

Run into any more issues? Shoot me a message on the romhacking.net forum. My profile is here:
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=18425