{"id":21912,"date":"2024-03-31T13:50:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T18:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamingalexandria.com\/wp\/?p=21912"},"modified":"2024-11-05T12:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T17:09:54","slug":"mario-in-china-dr-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamingalexandria.com\/wp\/2024\/03\/mario-in-china-dr-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario in China (Dr. D)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title – <\/strong>Mario in China
\nSystem – <\/strong>Nintendo Family BASIC
\nAuthor – <\/strong>Dr. D
\nPublication – <\/strong>Micom Basic (\u7e5d\u69ed\u3046\u7e67\uff73\u7e5d\uff73BASIC) June 1985
\nPage Scans –<\/strong> 1<\/a>
\nPreserved By – <\/strong>ximwix<\/a>
\nRecommended Emulator – <\/strong>Mesen<\/a><\/p>\n

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Download ROM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Files:<\/strong><\/p>\n

notes.txt – The file you’re reading now (wow!)
\nMario in China (Dr. D).nes – Game converted to standalone NES rom
\nmario-in-china-prg.txt – The typed-up program listing
\nmario-in-china-prg.wav – WAVE file of the program listing, for playback to hardware
\nmario-in-china-bg.wav – WAVE file of the BG data, for playback to hardware
\nmario-in-china-prg.vtp – Virtuanes tape file of the program listing
\nmario-in-china-bg.vtp – Virtuanes tape file of the BG data
\nmario-inchina-prg.fbt – Mesen tape file of the program listing
\nmario-inchina-bg.fbt – Mesen tape file of the BG data
\nscan.jpg – A scan of the program listing from Micom Basic
\nscreenshot1.png – Gameplay screenshot
\nscreenshot2.png – Gameplay screenshot<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

There was no type-in for the background, just a small screenshot of the
\nbackground editor. I believe I have the tiles right, but the colors could
\nbe wrong. I am hypothesizing that multiple palettes were used, given that
\nthe tiles in the screenshot are layed out along 2×2 attribute blocks in
\nsuch a way as to color the water (?) sections and the status area differently
\nthan the main background.<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

I would consider lines 370 and 380 to be bugs. The scoring in the game makes
\nit very possible for your score to skip over 150 and 300, such that you’d
\nnever encounter the additiona enemies. These should use the >= comparator,
\nnot the = comparator.<\/p>\n

Game Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use the d-pad to move Mario around. Jump by pressing the ‘A’ button and use
\nleft\/right to control the jump a bit.<\/p>\n

The objective is to time your jumps so that you collide with the enemies as you
\nland. You will have to do this while avoiding being touched by enemies in any
\nother way. Jumping costs “power”, but power can easily be restored by walking
\naround.<\/p>\n

If your power is over 100 and you defeat an enemy, you will gain super-speed
\nfor the rest of the game. If your score ever reaches 150 or 300 exactly, then
\nthe number of enemies will go from 3 enemies to 4 or 5 enemies.<\/p>\n

Cheats:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Line 40 initializes the game’s starting state, so changing the initial values
\nof its variable will affect how the game starts. Below is a short list of
\nwhat some of the variables represent. Change their values on line 40 to
\nbegin with more lives, more enemies, etc.<\/p>\n

M Number of lives
\nE Number of enemies
\nSC Score
\nR Mario’s speed
\nP Power<\/p>\n

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