Super Mario War is one of the best games I’ve played in a long time. It’s essentially what you would have got, had Nintendo included a death match mode into Super Mario World.
The game has several modes, including your basic deathmatch, king of the hill, and chicken tag, where whoever stomps the chicken, becomes the chicken. The chicken moves slower than everyone else, but whoever stays chicken the longest wins.
You have access to the standard assortment of weapons, fire flowers, mushrooms, hammers, capes, etc.
The game is open-source, and works for Mac, Linux, & Windows, up to four players. I’ve found that the best way to play it with a controller pad. I’ve got a USB adapter for connecting SNES controllers to my Mac, and that’s probably the best way to play this thing. It looks, sounds, & acts just like a SNES, game, and using the controller completes the illusion.
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