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How to install the original super Mario (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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I know, stupid AF that I can’t get it to work. For the life of me, I’m not able to play the game on the pc. Of course I can just play in the browser, but I wanted to install it on my Linux machine and fire it up whenever I wanted to. I haven’t tried for a while, but I remember trying a couple of months earlier and there was an app that installed and launched but my controller wouldn’t work with it. I know about super tux, but I wanted Mario. There is only snapcraft app to install called mari0, but I don’t use snaps. Could someone please help me get it installed without going through the whole retro arch thing? Thank you

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[–] popcornpizza@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm a bit "old school" and couldn't get into RetroArch. In the old days you just needed an emulator for a specific console, and the game's ROM file. This involves piracy, so check out !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com for more resources and help.

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the link. I already have the ROM.

[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

That community is blocked on my instance. lol. Time to create a new account I guess.

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can still just use individual emulators

[–] popcornpizza@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Maybe I wasn't clear, but that's what I meant by being "old school". I prefer having individual emulators.