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Right, so the Mario Bros. remake below the jump -- by former Joystiq writer Jared Rea -- might be just the slightest bit offensive (and not in a NSFW way). But, it's also very funny, which has always trumped offense in our book. He says it's the result of a Twitter joke gone too far, but in our book it's gone just far enough.

Mr. Rea does provide some additional explanation for the gag on his blog, but we hope you don't need it (you're not that removed from the outside world, are you?).

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]]>john-mccainmarionintendopoliticssuper-mario-brosJustin McElroy2008-08-27T16:50:00+00:00Working NES squeezed into ... an NES cartridgehttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/22/entire-nes-squeezed-into-nes-cartridge-case/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/22/entire-nes-squeezed-into-nes-cartridge-case/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/22/entire-nes-squeezed-into-nes-cartridge-case/#commentsFiled under: ,

All right, we'll admit that headline is a little inaccurate. The heavily modified Super Mario Bros. cart shown above actually plays Japanese Famicom carts (like the not-at-all-bootleg Super Bros. 5), not the slightly larger American NES carts. Semantics aside, we're sure you'll share our sense of awe at the accomplishment of fitting an entire video game system into what, at one point, was used to hold the data for a single game.

All the pieces are there, believe it or not, including A/V outputs, a svelte power switch, and two controller ports sticking out at the bottom of the cartridge. The machine seems like a one-of-a-kind hack, and doesn't look like it's going to be sold any time soon. It's a shame, too ... we' d love to get our hands on one of these, if only so we could plug in our Flash Memory PowerPak via an adapter to create the ultimate NES-cartridge-shaped hacking monstrosity.

[Via Engadget]

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]]>cartcartridgefamicomhackNESnintendonintendo-entertainment-systemSuper-Mario-BrosKyle Orland2008-04-22T19:30:00+00:00The best thing you'll see today: Mario theme played with RC car and bottleshttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/15/the-best-thing-youll-see-today-mario-theme-played-with-rc-car/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/15/the-best-thing-youll-see-today-mario-theme-played-with-rc-car/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/15/the-best-thing-youll-see-today-mario-theme-played-with-rc-car/#commentsFiled under: ,

We think the title pretty much speaks for itself, but in case it doesn't: It's the theme from Super Mario Bros., played with an RC car and what appear to be wine bottles. Also: It's an incredible, moving tribute to the power of being really, really bored.

We really don't have anything to add here that's in any way going to be approaching the coolness, the radical-osity of this video. So please, watch and enjoy.

[Thanks, Jonah]

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]]>super-mario-brosJustin McElroy2008-04-15T15:00:00+00:00Today in Joystiq: March 4, 2008http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/04/today-in-joystiq-march-4-2008/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/04/today-in-joystiq-march-4-2008/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/04/today-in-joystiq-march-4-2008/#commentsFiled under: , ,

A papercraft version of level 1-1 from Super Mario Bros. recreated inside an actual Game Boy brick (no worries it was already broken). We can't help but point out in Camera Wences' design, however, that the Game Boy was never in color and never has this version of Mario Bros. Oh well, we should've just called it a clever hack and made a Paper Mario joke. (Via Make) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
The best of WoW Insider: February 27-March 4, 2008
Counting Rupees: Royalty Screwed
Massively Week in Review: Feb 26 - Mar 3, 2008
Nega-review: God of War: Chains of Olympus
10 reasons the PlayStation 3 is relevant again
Today's most perspective-bending trailer: echochrome in real life

News
Japanese PSP brandishes bronze bundle, cradle
Plato to school kids with new learning games for PSP
Okami Wii-treats to April 15
Umbrella Chronicles ships a million units worldwide
Ubisoft details Assassin's Creed PC enhancements
Wii gets TV guide channel, Wiimote becomes universal in Japan
SCEA's Hight: PlayStation Store overhaul, Warhawk expansion coming in April
GameTap tells the tale of Grimm's gameplay
Infogrames attracted Harrison with giant magnet
School shooting "hero" confesses to Xbox theft
D&D creator Gary Gygax dead at 69
Virtual Jihadi mod causing tension at New York school
Ready at Dawn ready to move away from PSP
Skype finally comes to Japanese PSPs this month
Paramount 'very, very, excited' about games space

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Crysis shown on Xbox 360 to 'prospective publishers' at GDC

Culture & Community
Majority of women, men swap gender in MMOs
Return of Bully means more controversy
Hacker makes mini-sized Rock Band drums
Dreamcast demo stand now sitting on eBay
Which publisher gets the best review scores?

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]]>dailyrecapgame-boygameboymariopaperpapercraftsuper-mariosuper-mario-brosRoss Miller2008-03-04T23:59:00+00:00Super Mario 2 is better with drumminghttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/super-mario-2-is-better-with-drumming/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/super-mario-2-is-better-with-drumming/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/super-mario-2-is-better-with-drumming/#commentsFiled under: ,

Listen, we love the music to Super Mario Bros. as much as the next staff of gaming snobs, but if we're being honest we have an equally large spot in our hearts for some of the less heralded tunes from the series, like the beautiful (if occasionally shrill) soundtrack to Super Mario Bros. 2.

Italian drummer Andrea Vadrucci apparently shares our passion, evidenced by his totally rocking version of the game's theme performed on his awe-inspiring drum kit. Is there a game soundtrack that couldn't be enhanced by Vadrucci's skin stylings? If there is, we haven't heard it.

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