Welcome to the third in a series of updates celebrating 25 years of Super Mario Bros DX! Yes, really. The first well-known version was v1.1, released on Zophar's Domain in 1999. But earlier versions were distributed via message boards and IRC in 1997! Between now and 2024 (the 25th anniversary of 1.1 releasing on ZD) I'll be adding many more extras to celebrate. In this update we are going to use the tiles that were freed up in 4.2 to make things just a bit more varied and lush.

Brand new in this update are three secondary Style patches to further customize the look of the game. Each style patch has its own flavor and purpose. All of them require the main Super Mario Bros DX patch to be applied first!


# What This Is:

This IPS patch is a graphics enhancement for Super Mario Bros for the NES and Famicom. The graphics are a mix of original work and art adapted from Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Bros 3. For reliable results, you should apply this patch to a clean and verified ROM dump of the standalone NTSC version of Super Mario Bros. The ROM should be headered, but it shouldn't matter whether the header is in iNES or NES2 format. 

The patch may also work when applied over other ROM hacks or on a few bootleg variants of Super Mario Bros, but your results with these may vary.



# Files: 

    Super Mario Bros DX 4_4.ips     -   The main patch file. Apply this to your ROM.
    Readme SMBDX 4_4.pdf            -   The readme file. You are reading it.
    <DIR> Style Patches             -   Contains the addendum Style Patches.
        FP Style 1_0.ips            -   Flamepanther Style patch. Apply after the main patch if desired.
        Simple Style 1_0.ips        -   Simple Style patch. Apply after the main patch if desired.
        Vapor Style 1_0.ips         -   A vaporwave-inspired patch. Apply after the main patch if desired.
    <DIR> Historical Archive        -   Past versions of the main patch, with fixes. See "files.txt" inside.

    More to come...