Just because they could – Super Mario Bros plus Portal guns

Super Mario Bros looks just as good as it did in ’85.

Right you are – and Stabyourself thought so too which is why they painstakingly recreated the classic game – before throwing a Portal gun and game mechanics into the mix to make Mari0. 

Can it be true?

Oh yes. Watch as Mario bounces between levels and dodges his enemies by leaping through portals. And you can mash up the Mario scenery with your own Level Editor or play co-op with up to three friends. It’s also completely free.

Cancel all my meetings for the rest of the day, Siri.

Now we’re talking – you’ll need at least half an hour to try on the 33 available hats. Download Mari0 for Windows, Linux and OS X from the Stabyourself website. We suggest you do it right after you’ve watched the teaser trailer – in which the world becomes a happier place in one and a half minutes.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home