There IS a Mario Forever game named “Mario Forever Remake” that is basically the remake of the original game, but it thankfully doesn’t give you malware. I think there needs to be a PSA for people who want to play Mario Forever, by telling people to avoid the original game and instead download the remade version.
@@Pherioxus Look up TheMarioVariable Mario Forever Remake and it should be the first result, that being the creator's blog. And yes, I can myself confirm, too, that it has no viruses. I also want to say it's based off the 4.0 version of the game, before stuff hit the fan with versions 5.0+.
Dont forget how Mario Forever Remake has like a lot more content, such as from what i heard, Worlds 9 through 13, Letter Worlds from A-Z, (which are supposed to be downloaded on its own), and a lot other secrets
I'm Polish and Mario Forever was... basically my first interaction with Mario series. We liked to play it just for funsies when I was a kid, even though I was bad at this type of games back then. Plus, to this day, I've NEVER finished it to the end. What happened to PC version is unfortunate, but I still hope this game will be supported as much as possible, be it even fans. Mario, trurly forever! Also, Bowser's battle theme SLAPS
Same here! The masterpiece made gby Softendo a.k.a Buziol Games a.k.a Michał Gdaniec was one of the first Mario games I played. So many memories! POLSKA GUROM!!!
Heya, former Buziol Games forum mod here (went by "Mr. E" back then). Softendo *is* Buziol - they rebranded back in 2006. After the success of Mario Forever, the developer started releasing games with installers that explicitly said things like "this also installs such-and-such toolbar, you can't install/play the game without it." First one I remember of that sort is Urbagility 2, where the player character was that Poppy Bros.-looking guy in yellow you can see in Softendo's logo. If he did this to Mario Forever itself, it must have been after I left, but given the precedent while I was there, the "no-life loser" you mention here who put malware into the game was likely Buziol himself.
That's really sad, now nobody will want to play his game because of the malware he put in there. Which is a shame because if that wasn't the case, I'd say this game would be more popular.
@@thegoodmudkip3652 If the comments on this vid are anything to go by, he's realized the error of his ways since then, at least. It seems he's re-released MF sans malware - I plan to stream it in future as thanks.
@@thegoodmudkip3652 Did my own digging just now - there *is* a clean version, but it's a remake by TheMarioVariable and a bunch of other names I don't recognize, not by Buziol.
I haven’t played the original, but I did play the even more bizarre “New Super Mario Forever”. I got pretty far too. It’d be interesting to see a sort of follow up, but considering the software itself.. yeah
@@Demeech oh yea i forgot 1 thing that is Mario Forever Advance Edition it's just a classic mario forever but much harder it is released in 2009 as an alternative choice for advanced or players with good mario skills and it is based off v4.4 but world passages in world 1-4 to world 3 & world 4 passage in 1-2 has been removed and world 8 passage in 3-1 has been removed
I actually had that one too, on my old Windows XP notebook. All I can remember is that most of the music was ripped from other unrelated games and that you literally had to use the task manager to close the thing as clicking on the X didn't do anything lmao. Vinesauce Joel downloaded a similar version from a sketchy website in one of his Windows destruction streams. Miraculously, that notebook still boots to this day.
Duuude I remember Softendo, I don't remember if I played Mario Forever but I do remember downloading a crappy Zelda game from there that was basically just a sidescrolling puzzle game where you can't jump and push blocks. I vividly remember the opening explaining the story being so strange, because it for some reason called Link "Linkus" and explicitly called the planet the game takes place on "Zelda Planet". lmao
isn't it posable to just, remake the game in a different PC engine? that way there would be a safe version of this fangame that doesn't have the limitations of the SNES, doing that would also make it possible to get the level editor to return
@@Xen0Heaven It already exists, it's called Mario Forever remake by TheMarioVariable, it's based on the original 4.0 version that doesn't have malware, and it's way superior than the snes version. idk why the snes game even exist XD
I remember back in 2010 I saw one of those shady ads for this game and I'm like dad can I please download this and he's like "idk it kinda looks like a virus" and I said "don't be silly dad trust me it's from nintendo I'm sure they wouldn't put viruses in it" and then sure enough, I came home from school one day and he was panicking because the screen was flooded with pop-ups. Luckily I think I was forgiven because I knew how to fix it by using system restore
@@elite.gaming-l4p you'd think your dad would read the company logo as "Softendo" and say; "I'm pretty sure this isn't made by Nintendo, i shouldn't take this child's word that is official" but who reads WORDS nowadays am i right?
This fangame is the first contact i had with Mario, but knowing that it has malware made me feel sad, but Mario Forever Remake is my salvation. Such memories...
I feel like you never explained what the malware actually was and what effects it could have on your computer. It's not that I don't believe you, but you should always show some video proof or screenshots of whatever the main subject of your video is. Especially when the term "retrospective" is used in the title instead of just "review" which this basically is because I'm still in the dark about a lot of the history behind this game which should never be the case with a proper retrospective.
Thanks for the advice! I implied it stating it includes toolbars and adware with the Bonzi Buddy skit at the beginning. But I do agree I could've elaborated more. Definitely will keep that in mind for future videos.
@@HaydenTheHistorian Agreed. It wouldv've been nice to actually see what the malware did, but that would just require Demeech to break his computer so not very likely to happen I guess
@@superdude11235 Pretty sure there are people who try out viruses in virtualbox or some other computer sandbox software that doesn't harm your machine. Otherwise I'm sure there are forum posts out there of people talking about their experiences.
I remember having the no virus version of the game but sadly i no longer had it, i had it on an older phone thats now broken to shreds basically Tho sadly i couldnt really get far due to me being a dum dum on the first world
They have malware? Damn I believe I still have my original installers without virus. The site even says that he removed them I can make a link if you want
Speaking of Weird Mushrooms, Joel from Vinesauce played that Weird Mushroom Mario rom hack, & I must say, it is very weird, it's not Mario, but literally this Mushroom dude. Oh, & the music can get stuck as a long beeping tone.
Mario Forever is still existing until now, many fans (including me) are creating it's own game using their own engine. :) But TheMarioVariable created the best MF game ever and a remake of the original game along with his team called "The Forever Team". It's called Mario Forever Remake with the latest version 4.0. It contains the original MF levels (v4.0 or v4.4 i think) and lots of levels under the category named "The Forever Team Zone". It can be found just in the pipe below after you enter the save game room. The following are: 1. The Minus Worlds: Worlds -1 to -12 - can be played after finding its secret passages each world. (It will give you a signal that a minus world passage is near.) 2. Worlds 9 to 13 3. The Letter Worlds: Worlds A to Z (sadly it's removed because the developer wants to make this series in a standalone game named Mario Worker: The Letter Worlds Series) 4. World of Tanks 5. Mario Forever: The Lost Map 2 (two versions) 6. The Underground Zone, levels include: a. World U b. The Underland c. The Underworld d. The Underearth e. The Underhell f. The Undermine g. The Underzone 7. The Power-up Laboratory Zone, power-ups include: a. Ice Flower b. Cloud Flower c. Boo Mushroom d. Hammer Suit e. Super Flower f. Propeller Mushroom g. Red Lui h. Goomba's Shoe 8. Remake of SMB World 1 9. More Secret Levels, it includes: a. World 9 (MF 6.0 Version) - can be found in World 9-1 b. Lakitu Party - can be found in The Underland - 2 c. World -7-A - can be found in World -7-2 d. Human Lab Tower - can be found in Human Laboratory World - 3 10. Hardcore World 3 - can be played after beating HW 1 and 2 11. The Forest Level
I never thought I'd hear of a Mario fangame that causes malware. Yikes. Granted, most of it is probably outdated and at most would be benign considering how updated Windows Defender gets frequently but it's important to exercise caution and you're definitely a real one for looking out for us. Also, I'll definitely give the SNES version a whirl since ROM hacks are more my thing anyway but since we're on the subject of fan games, you should definitely check out Mushroom Kingdom Fusion. The game is near complete to the point where it actually feels like a full game, and you can crossover with other franchises like Sonic, Zelda, Castlevania and Mega Man. That's not even the best part, the best part is that it won't give you malware! lol Still, good video as always Meech!
Does Mushroom Kingdom Fusion have Birdo as a playable character? Birdo is my favorite character and it would be cool to see her as a playable character.
You should take a look at super mario 63, a 2d mario game with elements from 64, sunshine, and galaxy! It was a flash game, so I don't know if its still available.
This game is dangerous not because it contains malware, it's dangerous because it damages your mental health. You'll see what I mean when you get to the map 8 levels
Mario Forever was my favorite game, and I played this game in 2009. It's a cool game, I never knew it was supposed to be a malware. Like the game looked harmless and fun. I would love to play this game again some day.
I used to play this and other free Mario games in my browser all the time. I’m shocked I never got malware. Well, I haven’t learned my lesson, so I might as well go back!
Oh yeah, I think a lot of polish people played this game at one point and deemed it the most frustrating Mario fangame ever made. Most causes of pc destructions were by the users themselves.
Fun fact: This game was available on a CD with some magazine in Poland, I am surprised why Mario Forever was sold, and the creators of the magazine didn't know that the game had viruses
reccomendation:play super mario crossover,its a fan remake of the first smb but with various characters from nes games being playable,it has a lot of care put into it and I want to see what you think about it
Mario Forever may hack your computer and get into your personal account, but at least it doesn't hack into your brain and set fire to it due to how monotonous and dull it is like Nintendo Switch Sports does. Can't wait for next video, dude!
This thing destroyed my family PC as a kid, and my first laptop. Despite, I really want to play it again, is there a safe port or mod of it? I really hope you are able to cover the Mario space shooter and survival minigame that are seemingly made by the same guys too.
@Morgan Paul Ree But is the Android verison safe? My phone when downloading the apk indicated warning "Its not allowed to download unknown apk because of safety measures".. though I can turn the option off and let it download
@@somerobloxdude3699 you can also play a smbx2 remake if you don't know what I sent bx2 is Nas other Mario fan game that was made by the fans of the first one which was the first one made by the maker of Terraria
Ah, this game... I remember playing it even back in 2005/2006, when the first(?) version (2.16) was still relatively new. It's funny how this fangame is older than a few of my online friends, haha. I hold memories for this fangame like not many other games, since it was one of the first games I've played in my life, alongside the original Sonic trilogy and other Genesis games, as well as the Chicken Invaders games. I miss being a kid sometimes with memories like those flowing through my head... I ran upon this video randomly, and it's really cool to see someone with a large following shine a spotlight on this old but gold gem! Shame that most versions are malware now... When it comes to versions, I still remember downloading version 4.4 a long time ago. It wasn't associated with Softendo, and it works perfectly fine. I haven't seen any later version (5.0, 5.1 or 6.0, if I remember correctly) that wasn't either from Softendo (seriously, every time a level loaded from entering it or dying, it opened a link to their site on your browser, like, piss off), or just straight up malware. However I forgot when I downloaded 4.4, so the download may be lost to time, who knows, let alone remembering where I got it from... I didn't care much though, since 4.4 has all the extra content the last version has. All the newer versions add is some eye candy. I did not know there was an SNES ROM hack remake though, I'll see if I can check that out. (Again, despite still having the safe 4.4...) Maybe then I'll actually beat Hardcore World 2, even if it takes me savestates and rewinding... It looks like some physics stuff was slightly changed, for example, the jumps on the Rare Jumping Lui look _a lot_ higher. You talk about how funny the massive amount of Toads at the beginning is, or how out-of-place it is for Bowser to ravage a village with tanks, but the funniest(?) part is when you beat the game, Mario and Peach return and go inside the castle, and then it fades to black... Then it fades back in and it says "Nine Months Later..." ...yeah you can guess what happened. Except not really, it's still ridiculous... I have to agree on the Beetroot being almost useless. Even as a kid I much preferred the Fire Flower, although I still liked the concept. I agree on the stage design, it's pretty interesting while not feeling too bland. Hardcore World 2 though? Nah, that can go screw itself... One thing that wasn't mentioned is that Mario can't crouch jump, at least in the PC version. Maybe that was changed in the ROM hack, but it's not a big deal, it's not like there was anything in the game designed around it. Although my kid self couldn't get past 6-4 for years, lol. It was one of those levels where you have to pick the correct path, otherwise you run forever. I managed to find the path myself, though! I also couldn't get past 1-4 before I found out about running. This was actually my first Mario game, so it's what got me accustomed to holding the Run button at almost all times in Mario games. Also I'm definitely not the only one who, as a kid, thought it was weird that World 2 had 5 levels, but World 5 only had 3, without a castle, even. On a tangential note, one time I was watching PangaeaPanga's 1000 Expert Level Challenge for Mario Maker 2, and someone had actually recreated this game's 8-3 in it! It was really nice to see! The original music was also really good. The one in 5-2 can be found on modarchive(dot)org under the name sirens.mod, I was pointed that out by someone on Discord. It was apparently a track made all the way in the 90s. I don't know where to find the rest though. The Bowser theme I always found weird (especially when I was a kid), but eh. When it comes to the actual Mario music, it was always funny having to double take and go "oh this is the source of that music" when I saw videos of Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island. Visual presentation is also really neat as you said, the backgrounds are really pretty, heck, I also really liked the world maps Mario walked on to get to the next level. Added a little charm. Some of the secrets were the coolest stuff when I first found them out. Especially the human lab. Yeah, it's weird, but picture me when I was around 6-8 years old, on the first version of the game, without any other content except for that world, and I thought there was only the power-up life shop next to the save file select. And imagine my surprise when I manage to get over what I thought was a wall and discover this new freaky world that I had never heard of before, it felt like I discovered something that not even the game developer knew of. It's a feeling I... haven't felt for almost any other game, since I just resort to the internet for guides on secrets nowadays. There's also secrets like Funny Tanks, Koopa Troopa Liberation, Starman Running and the secret "Koppa the Devastator" [sic] fight, which was shown but not mentioned. As well as warps to World 4 in 1-2, to World 3 in 1-4, and to World 8 in 3-1. Once again, thanks for covering this game (and again, shame that the PC version is mostly malware nowadays...), even though this is the first time I've heard of your channel. Awesome review, and I love having memories of when I was a kid playing this game flow through my head again. Have a good one!
The first videogame I ever played! I still remember playing it with my big sister and getting blown away by world 5-2's soundtrack. Not to mention how scared I was of Bowser's portrait in the final world 😅
I think this game looks fine. For some reason it reminds me that Super Mario Wacky World suppose to exist. I wish someone completes that game so we can all enjoy it. The thing that could have saved the CD-I should happen.
One of the most nostalgic games for me, that's exactly how I imagined the franchise so the original ones were kinda disappointing to me once and still play this game to this day, that aside I've finished majority of Mario games anyways
Judging by how many people's first exposure to Mario and Nintendo in general this game was, me included, it's absolutely baffling to me how Nintendo themselves haven't done at least one Mario platforming game for PC.
Ngl, it's really sad to hear this game became malware. This was one of my most memorable introductions to the Mario series, it literally tricked me up till this point that it was an official Mario game made for the SNES. I don't feel too disheartened tho, because it was an amazing experience to say the least.
Back in 2009 when I was on a CD buying spree in Ukraine, I got my hands on quite a number of compilation discs. You know, the kind where you have tens of games bundled in one disc, wether it's legal or not. No one even cared to fix/patch the "cd required to launch game" checks in half the games on them. One of these discs had Mario Forever 4.0 on it (I uploaded the background music of the disc's installer, as well an image of the installer on my channel a while back) Which is a bit weird considering I paid for this...but wanna know what's even worse? The title of this video, something I learned just now after 13 years...ouch. The title of the disc basically translates to "kids play (revision 3) 36 in 1". The company behind these discs was Stargame but they have disappeared since then.
This was the game of my childhood.... i used to play on my dads old pc on 2006 and i have fond memories of it.... i remember loving this game and the human laboratory creeping me out.... i never beat the game but it didnt matter, i still liked it. also i remember getting spanked because i downloaded it a second time and the pc got a virus where our explorer and toolbars were super mario forever themed and there was "weird" notifications on the pc 😅.... great times
I remember when i was younger i asked my dad to install super mario bros x on laptop, but he instead downloaded mario forever from the most random russian website, but surprisingly there was just some suspicious installer and we haven't found any virus
I remember very well playing the Buziol era mario forever at 3, without my father having any concerns of malware (he was the tech genius back then) the game's colorful graphics made me love the game, i still have the hard drive of that computer plugged in via usb with those cases for the hard drives to be portable, and considering i dont carry the hard drive anywhere, its staying on my main computer as a shortcut.
This took me back in time, when I played this amazing game on my PC.(keeping aside the malware of course lol) It was very popular in 2000's. Then Daniel's game vault, mungo, mariovariable formed an amazing community of this game and brought back it's craze in 2010's. Glad to see that people still give attention to this game. It has been a long time since I have played it or last time I have seen or heard about it
Even without the malware controversy, I'd still recommend the SNES romhack over the PC version. The SMW engine simply makes it much easier and smoother to control. Plus, save states and rewind features.😜
I fail to see why this video is called a retrospective, when all you did was just review the game (not even the original, not even the fan-made remake of the original, but an SMW port, which feels DRASTICALLY different from the original). You've also provided no proofs about the "malware" in the game. It's important to know, that the installers themselves were the only questionable units, where you'd have to agree or disagree with the installation of a toolbar and that's it. What baffles me is that you haven't even tried to play the fan remake of Mario Forever which you can 100% consider safe if you're still overly scared of downloading original versions. Sadly, this video doesn't bring any retrospective to the game, only skimms through what it has to offer and then calls it the most dangerous game.
Have you played "Super Mario Bros X" games? SMBX is basically Mario Maker before Mario Maker and there is A LOT of games made with that program that are extremely good and fun, there's also very bad ones but those were made by me.
I remember playing this game with my cousin in India. When I found the plant powerup I was so hyped lol. I think I found the super jump once and never learned what it does because I lost it instantly. I also saw the human world thing, although I never thought of it as strange as a kid idk. Everything seems like a fever dream now.
No, it does not have any malware The Softendo site used to have adware but now it's removed (still wouldn't recommend playing their games because they are full of bugs, spelling mistakes and every time you close the game it opens the developer's webpage) Mario Forever Remake is a good way to play the game
I actually installed version "7.03" from Softendo about a month ago after I remembered the game existed (the last time I played was a decade ago) and while I didn't get a virus, I wouldn't really encourage others to risk it. There were some extra things in that version not mentioned in this video, however, most of which I figure are since Mario Forever Remake lacks many of these. - Mario Minix: You have 2 lives and have to kill as many enemies as possible in a small space to get a highscore - Starman run: You just run fast with the star and kill enemies - Hardcore world 2: Absolute hell but it had some cool stuff, such as a level where spikes fall down everywhere and you have to get to a safe place - World 9: A fanmade world which is very buggy, and also extremely difficult. I haven't gotten past level 2 yet. - A few other fan-made worlds that were implemented into the actual game and could be accessed via a pipe next to the hardcore worlds (including world 9) - The Lost Map: A weird and fairly difficult world with alternative music - Extra Tank level: I forgot the exact name but it's like 8-4 but longer and harder (not 100% certain though since I haven't beaten it) - Koopa Troopa liberation: Koopas. EVERYWHERE. You have to platform over a huge pit using just flying Koopas. - World of Stupidity: It's exactly what it sounds like, and it's difficult as well. My favorite character is the stupid cloud, which is just a cloud that blows a raspberry and *kills you instantly regardless of power*. Oh, and bullet bills are replaced with trees because why not. - Koopa the destructor: Not the exact name, but in the part that you showed the bouncing ball power thing, getting into that pipe would lead you into a boss fight with bowser where he has an large amount of health and he himself has the high jump power - Music is different for Bowser in the version I have than in what you showed in the video This is all that immediately comes to mind.
i remember there was this mario flash website which i went there for this funny game called "mario cart" which was basically just mario kart but everyone rides in a shopping cart, and later after i exited the website, i started getting a bunch of notifications/adware and a lot of them had... questionable things
Try checking out Super Mario Bros. X2 It's one of the most expansive fan editors, rivaling the capabilities of Lunar Magic while being relatively user-friendly. (granted, not as much as Mario Maker 2)
The funniest thing is that is this the only Polish Mario game to exists (not counting translation romhacks). The PC version had both Polish and English to choose from. Although the later (and dangerous) versions did remove Polish language. At least the Mario Forever Remake (PC one and not the SNES SMW hack) kept the Polish version. Also... The romhack doesn't include the original ending (thank god). You see... after rescuing Peach, Mario goes into the castle and... gets laid (yup...). Then it skips one year after the events and the castle explodes with Baby Marios...
So from whta I've gathered over the past few days, Mario Forever's name is quite strange depending of what you find: -There's the original *Mario Forever* which apparently used to not have any sort of malicious software from its first versions -The latest official "Mario Forever" which is 7.02, had read somewhere that it had some pop-ups or something, but honestly it is difficult to really find reliable information about the original game itself probably not just because of the age of the game, but also because of how unclear is if stuff might be filled with malware from the download site or just from the last versions themselves. -There's a weird ass one called "New Super Mario Forever" or "Super Mario Forever 2015" which is that weird ass one with cutout renders and looks incredibly strange. This one is is seemingly THE clearly malware-filled one with admin privileges required, the game looking super shady, and using up a lot of memory for no reason. Notably played by SomeOrdinaryGames and Joel in Vinesauce because of the horror tales coming from this game. -Mario Forever SMW Edition, which is the one that you mentioned that is a recreation of the original game in Super Mario World as a romhack (which is mighty impressive, I have to admit) -And Mario Forever Remake, which is done by a fan of the original called TheMarioVariable, is seemingly based in Version 4.0 (don't ask me about the differences between versions) and seems to be free of any malware due to its nature as well as the last update for it being released just a year ago in 2021. ...yeah this is pretty confusing lol
I played Mario Forever as a kid it worked fine but it has malware? I didn't know of that is it possible it was pre-malware? Or did it always have malware?
Mario forever was my FIRST mario game ever played and introduced me to the mario franchise Good fan game tbh Never completed it though But i still loved it
I always found funny than Mario Forever was a malware, cause when i was little i had this game but we never found any problem or virus, maybe cause my father was an expert with computers at the time... Also i remember Mario Forever Galaxy, basically Mario's Galaga (or Touhou) that game rocks
When I read the title, i thought it was going to be the "super Mario forever" game that Joel played in one of his videos destroying a windows virtual machine.
I have memories of a Mario game on my Grandparents laptop, it was a super hard Mario game, I thought it was a legitimate Mario Game, I think it was called Super Mario, or something like that, but I had it for a few years, and I didn't use the laptop often, and as far as I know, no malware or anything, they got a new laptop though, so unfortunately, I cannot play it again. So I can't tell you what the actual name is, but it used the New Super Mario World graphics/sprites
I remember playing all the Softendo stuff back in 2010 like Mario Forever. It was interesting but the lack of quality control was evident. It's not something I wish to go back to.
There IS a Mario Forever game named “Mario Forever Remake” that is basically the remake of the original game, but it thankfully doesn’t give you malware. I think there needs to be a PSA for people who want to play Mario Forever, by telling people to avoid the original game and instead download the remade version.
Do you happen to know where to find it? I wouldn't want to run in one that gives malware
@@Pherioxus Look up TheMarioVariable Mario Forever Remake and it should be the first result, that being the creator's blog. And yes, I can myself confirm, too, that it has no viruses. I also want to say it's based off the 4.0 version of the game, before stuff hit the fan with versions 5.0+.
@@QuakedoomNukem Thanks man, much appreciated!
Dont forget how Mario Forever Remake has like a lot more content, such as from what i heard, Worlds 9 through 13, Letter Worlds from A-Z, (which are supposed to be downloaded on its own), and a lot other secrets
or just use a VM lmao
I'm Polish and Mario Forever was... basically my first interaction with Mario series. We liked to play it just for funsies when I was a kid, even though I was bad at this type of games back then. Plus, to this day, I've NEVER finished it to the end. What happened to PC version is unfortunate, but I still hope this game will be supported as much as possible, be it even fans. Mario, trurly forever!
Also, Bowser's battle theme SLAPS
Same here! The masterpiece made gby Softendo a.k.a Buziol Games a.k.a Michał Gdaniec was one of the first Mario games I played. So many memories! POLSKA GUROM!!!
Same
Heya, former Buziol Games forum mod here (went by "Mr. E" back then). Softendo *is* Buziol - they rebranded back in 2006. After the success of Mario Forever, the developer started releasing games with installers that explicitly said things like "this also installs such-and-such toolbar, you can't install/play the game without it." First one I remember of that sort is Urbagility 2, where the player character was that Poppy Bros.-looking guy in yellow you can see in Softendo's logo.
If he did this to Mario Forever itself, it must have been after I left, but given the precedent while I was there, the "no-life loser" you mention here who put malware into the game was likely Buziol himself.
That's really sad, now nobody will want to play his game because of the malware he put in there. Which is a shame because if that wasn't the case, I'd say this game would be more popular.
@@thegoodmudkip3652 If the comments on this vid are anything to go by, he's realized the error of his ways since then, at least. It seems he's re-released MF sans malware - I plan to stream it in future as thanks.
@@BillNyeTheRussianSpy that's cool. Stay legendary
@@thegoodmudkip3652 Did my own digging just now - there *is* a clean version, but it's a remake by TheMarioVariable and a bunch of other names I don't recognize, not by Buziol.
@@BillNyeTheRussianSpy damn that is sad
at least SMBX's fate is much better lol (or more precisely, SMBX2's)
I haven’t played the original, but I did play the even more bizarre “New Super Mario Forever”. I got pretty far too.
It’d be interesting to see a sort of follow up, but considering the software itself.. yeah
I'll definitely consider it
I think Joel Vinesauce played it and he couldn't close it
@@Demeech oh yea i forgot 1 thing
that is Mario Forever Advance Edition
it's just a classic mario forever but much harder
it is released in 2009 as an alternative choice for advanced or players with good mario skills and it is based off v4.4 but world passages in world 1-4 to world 3 & world 4 passage in 1-2 has been removed
and world 8 passage in 3-1 has been removed
I actually had that one too, on my old Windows XP notebook. All I can remember is that most of the music was ripped from other unrelated games and that you literally had to use the task manager to close the thing as clicking on the X didn't do anything lmao. Vinesauce Joel downloaded a similar version from a sketchy website in one of his Windows destruction streams. Miraculously, that notebook still boots to this day.
@@rxb204 you can use F3 to get back to the save game room and F4 to the main menu
F2 to reset the game
Duuude I remember Softendo, I don't remember if I played Mario Forever but I do remember downloading a crappy Zelda game from there that was basically just a sidescrolling puzzle game where you can't jump and push blocks. I vividly remember the opening explaining the story being so strange, because it for some reason called Link "Linkus" and explicitly called the planet the game takes place on "Zelda Planet". lmao
That Zelda game is a cheap hack of Buziol Game's original title "Bod Blob", which was NOT a fangame! :P
Buziol is softendo tho, you are wrong.@@Icelink256
Years ago Mario Forever was like one of the games every old school computer had.
True
Mario Forever used to be great, sad to see it turning into malware.
Well, atleast you can play the SMW version, that is basically the same thing but with a lower resolution
my guy that thing happened 13 years ago and got fixed 6 years ago
isn't it posable to just,
remake the game in a different PC engine?
that way there would be a safe version of this fangame that doesn't have the limitations of the SNES,
doing that would also make it possible to get the level editor to return
@@Xen0Heaven It already exists, it's called Mario Forever remake by TheMarioVariable, it's based on the original 4.0 version that doesn't have malware, and it's way superior than the snes version.
idk why the snes game even exist XD
@@Fatih_M177fr I wish that mario forever had more mechanics like grabbing and throwing and a bit more levels it's enjoyable
I remember back in 2010 I saw one of those shady ads for this game and I'm like dad can I please download this and he's like "idk it kinda looks like a virus" and I said "don't be silly dad trust me it's from nintendo I'm sure they wouldn't put viruses in it" and then sure enough, I came home from school one day and he was panicking because the screen was flooded with pop-ups. Luckily I think I was forgiven because I knew how to fix it by using system restore
Actually this virus name is ask toolbar in your browser.
@@elite.gaming-l4p you'd think your dad would read the company logo as "Softendo" and say; "I'm pretty sure this isn't made by Nintendo, i shouldn't take this child's word that is official" but who reads WORDS nowadays am i right?
@@Xen0Heaven
yes true but i am not european
@@elite.gaming-l4p that's a good thing for all Windows structures
This fangame is the first contact i had with Mario, but knowing that it has malware made me feel sad, but Mario Forever Remake is my salvation. Such memories...
Me too i met mario with mario forever
I feel like you never explained what the malware actually was and what effects it could have on your computer. It's not that I don't believe you, but you should always show some video proof or screenshots of whatever the main subject of your video is. Especially when the term "retrospective" is used in the title instead of just "review" which this basically is because I'm still in the dark about a lot of the history behind this game which should never be the case with a proper retrospective.
Thanks for the advice! I implied it stating it includes toolbars and adware with the Bonzi Buddy skit at the beginning. But I do agree I could've elaborated more. Definitely will keep that in mind for future videos.
Good luck!
@@HaydenTheHistorian Agreed. It wouldv've been nice to actually see what the malware did, but that would just require Demeech to break his computer so not very likely to happen I guess
@@superdude11235 Pretty sure there are people who try out viruses in virtualbox or some other computer sandbox software that doesn't harm your machine. Otherwise I'm sure there are forum posts out there of people talking about their experiences.
@@HaydenTheHistorian Oh interesting, maybe I'll check it out
This is the kind of virus Dr. Mario can’t even cure
Dr. Mario can't cure them, but Programmer Mario can!
@@fan0 Like from that Super Gameboy commercial?
@@SoshiTheYoshi I never seen it
"You have cancer."
I think i was lucky enough to get a version without malware. Definitely worth it cuz this game kicks ass.
Do you have a link? Or the site where you downloaded it?
@@retroblue9558 I downloaded it like 15 years ago. Ha i don't even remember where did i get it.
I remember having the no virus version of the game but sadly i no longer had it, i had it on an older phone thats now broken to shreds basically
Tho sadly i couldnt really get far due to me being a dum dum on the first world
They have malware? Damn I believe I still have my original installers without virus. The site even says that he removed them I can make a link if you want
@@arcaderdude the game has nintendo ripped assets and mechanics so it's illegal to share it anyway
Wait... Bowser in a tank?? I remember this!! Thank you for reminding me one piece of my childhood.
5:31 You could argue the Weird Mushroom from Mario Maker 1 is pretty close to this. Damn shame it didn't return in 2.
I wish it did
I agree
Same thing with the Mystery Mushrooms, imo they were a very cool feature
Speaking of Weird Mushrooms, Joel from Vinesauce played that Weird Mushroom Mario rom hack, & I must say, it is very weird, it's not Mario, but literally this Mushroom dude. Oh, & the music can get stuck as a long beeping tone.
Mario Forever is still existing until now, many fans (including me) are creating it's own game using their own engine. :)
But TheMarioVariable created the best MF game ever and a remake of the original game along with his team called "The Forever Team". It's called Mario Forever Remake with the latest version 4.0.
It contains the original MF levels (v4.0 or v4.4 i think) and lots of levels under the category named "The Forever Team Zone". It can be found just in the pipe below after you enter the save game room. The following are:
1. The Minus Worlds: Worlds -1 to -12 - can be played after finding its secret passages each world. (It will give you a signal that a minus world passage is near.)
2. Worlds 9 to 13
3. The Letter Worlds: Worlds A to Z (sadly it's removed because the developer wants to make this series in a standalone game named Mario Worker: The Letter Worlds Series)
4. World of Tanks
5. Mario Forever: The Lost Map 2 (two versions)
6. The Underground Zone, levels include:
a. World U
b. The Underland
c. The Underworld
d. The Underearth
e. The Underhell
f. The Undermine
g. The Underzone
7. The Power-up Laboratory Zone, power-ups include:
a. Ice Flower
b. Cloud Flower
c. Boo Mushroom
d. Hammer Suit
e. Super Flower
f. Propeller Mushroom
g. Red Lui
h. Goomba's Shoe
8. Remake of SMB World 1
9. More Secret Levels, it includes:
a. World 9 (MF 6.0 Version) - can be found in World 9-1
b. Lakitu Party - can be found in The Underland - 2
c. World -7-A - can be found in World -7-2
d. Human Lab Tower - can be found in Human Laboratory World - 3
10. Hardcore World 3 - can be played after beating HW 1 and 2
11. The Forest Level
I never thought I'd hear of a Mario fangame that causes malware. Yikes. Granted, most of it is probably outdated and at most would be benign considering how updated Windows Defender gets frequently but it's important to exercise caution and you're definitely a real one for looking out for us.
Also, I'll definitely give the SNES version a whirl since ROM hacks are more my thing anyway but since we're on the subject of fan games, you should definitely check out Mushroom Kingdom Fusion. The game is near complete to the point where it actually feels like a full game, and you can crossover with other franchises like Sonic, Zelda, Castlevania and Mega Man. That's not even the best part, the best part is that it won't give you malware! lol
Still, good video as always Meech!
Thanks! Will consider it.
Does Mushroom Kingdom Fusion have Birdo as a playable character? Birdo is my favorite character and it would be cool to see her as a playable character.
@@MatthewCenance Afaik, no. Going from start to finish in the player selection screen, not once does Birdo appear.
Mushroom kingdom fusion was recently resurrected. I wonder how it will be and how close to its full potential it will be
You should take a look at super mario 63, a 2d mario game with elements from 64, sunshine, and galaxy! It was a flash game, so I don't know if its still available.
Will consider it!
Well theres always Flashpoint
You can download it from the creator's website too.
Very strong thumbs up to Super Mario 63. Probably one of the best mario fangames imo.
Dude, SM63 was my introduction to the Mario universe! Hearing it mentioned here is like a trip back in time!
This game is dangerous not because it contains malware, it's dangerous because it damages your mental health. You'll see what I mean when you get to the map 8 levels
This game was fucking amazing until buziol became softendo. Then it all went to hell.
Mario Forever was my favorite game, and I played this game in 2009. It's a cool game, I never knew it was supposed to be a malware. Like the game looked harmless and fun. I would love to play this game again some day.
It was not supposed to be a malware. The game was made just for fun, but în 2012 Softendo buy It and transforme the game into a malware
mario forever was my childhood, no joke
I used to play this and other free Mario games in my browser all the time. I’m shocked I never got malware. Well, I haven’t learned my lesson, so I might as well go back!
Go back with the fangame
"Well, I haven't learned my lesson, so I might as well go back!" Famous last words
Oh yeah, I think a lot of polish people played this game at one point and deemed it the most frustrating Mario fangame ever made. Most causes of pc destructions were by the users themselves.
Fun fact: This game was available on a CD with some magazine in Poland, I am surprised why Mario Forever was sold, and the creators of the magazine didn't know that the game had viruses
Dr Mario, but mario utterly destroys your computer
Did you know more than half the Doctor Mario games are not officially playable? Because. Nintendo....
reccomendation:play super mario crossover,its a fan remake of the first smb but with various characters from nes games being playable,it has a lot of care put into it and I want to see what you think about it
And while Demeech’s at it, you should definitely try out Sonic Boll which is just that but with Sonic characters.
@@Bigtimersh5 Oh yeah, I saw some footage from antdude and it looked amazing
This was the first mario game I ever played, but I don't remember it having viruses. Perhaps because it was an old version?
Mario Forever may hack your computer and get into your personal account, but at least it doesn't hack into your brain and set fire to it due to how monotonous and dull it is like Nintendo Switch Sports does. Can't wait for next video, dude!
12:15 - 12:18
Super Mario Bros X: *laughs hysterically*
I can't belive this game is already 20 years old.
This thing destroyed my family PC as a kid, and my first laptop. Despite, I really want to play it again, is there a safe port or mod of it? I really hope you are able to cover the Mario space shooter and survival minigame that are seemingly made by the same guys too.
Theres Mario Forever Remake, and like he said, the snes rom hack
Mario forever by the mario variable. There is even a discord server for you
@Morgan Paul Ree But is the Android verison safe? My phone when downloading the apk indicated warning "Its not allowed to download unknown apk because of safety measures".. though I can turn the option off and let it download
@@somerobloxdude3699 you can also play a smbx2 remake if you don't know what I sent bx2 is Nas other Mario fan game that was made by the fans of the first one which was the first one made by the maker of Terraria
These new power ups are nice. I'd like to see them implemented in other games.
Ah, this game... I remember playing it even back in 2005/2006, when the first(?) version (2.16) was still relatively new. It's funny how this fangame is older than a few of my online friends, haha. I hold memories for this fangame like not many other games, since it was one of the first games I've played in my life, alongside the original Sonic trilogy and other Genesis games, as well as the Chicken Invaders games. I miss being a kid sometimes with memories like those flowing through my head...
I ran upon this video randomly, and it's really cool to see someone with a large following shine a spotlight on this old but gold gem! Shame that most versions are malware now...
When it comes to versions, I still remember downloading version 4.4 a long time ago. It wasn't associated with Softendo, and it works perfectly fine. I haven't seen any later version (5.0, 5.1 or 6.0, if I remember correctly) that wasn't either from Softendo (seriously, every time a level loaded from entering it or dying, it opened a link to their site on your browser, like, piss off), or just straight up malware. However I forgot when I downloaded 4.4, so the download may be lost to time, who knows, let alone remembering where I got it from...
I didn't care much though, since 4.4 has all the extra content the last version has. All the newer versions add is some eye candy.
I did not know there was an SNES ROM hack remake though, I'll see if I can check that out. (Again, despite still having the safe 4.4...) Maybe then I'll actually beat Hardcore World 2, even if it takes me savestates and rewinding...
It looks like some physics stuff was slightly changed, for example, the jumps on the Rare Jumping Lui look _a lot_ higher.
You talk about how funny the massive amount of Toads at the beginning is, or how out-of-place it is for Bowser to ravage a village with tanks, but the funniest(?) part is when you beat the game, Mario and Peach return and go inside the castle, and then it fades to black... Then it fades back in and it says "Nine Months Later..."
...yeah you can guess what happened. Except not really, it's still ridiculous...
I have to agree on the Beetroot being almost useless. Even as a kid I much preferred the Fire Flower, although I still liked the concept.
I agree on the stage design, it's pretty interesting while not feeling too bland. Hardcore World 2 though? Nah, that can go screw itself...
One thing that wasn't mentioned is that Mario can't crouch jump, at least in the PC version. Maybe that was changed in the ROM hack, but it's not a big deal, it's not like there was anything in the game designed around it.
Although my kid self couldn't get past 6-4 for years, lol. It was one of those levels where you have to pick the correct path, otherwise you run forever. I managed to find the path myself, though! I also couldn't get past 1-4 before I found out about running. This was actually my first Mario game, so it's what got me accustomed to holding the Run button at almost all times in Mario games.
Also I'm definitely not the only one who, as a kid, thought it was weird that World 2 had 5 levels, but World 5 only had 3, without a castle, even.
On a tangential note, one time I was watching PangaeaPanga's 1000 Expert Level Challenge for Mario Maker 2, and someone had actually recreated this game's 8-3 in it! It was really nice to see!
The original music was also really good. The one in 5-2 can be found on modarchive(dot)org under the name sirens.mod, I was pointed that out by someone on Discord. It was apparently a track made all the way in the 90s. I don't know where to find the rest though.
The Bowser theme I always found weird (especially when I was a kid), but eh.
When it comes to the actual Mario music, it was always funny having to double take and go "oh this is the source of that music" when I saw videos of Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island.
Visual presentation is also really neat as you said, the backgrounds are really pretty, heck, I also really liked the world maps Mario walked on to get to the next level. Added a little charm.
Some of the secrets were the coolest stuff when I first found them out. Especially the human lab. Yeah, it's weird, but picture me when I was around 6-8 years old, on the first version of the game, without any other content except for that world, and I thought there was only the power-up life shop next to the save file select. And imagine my surprise when I manage to get over what I thought was a wall and discover this new freaky world that I had never heard of before, it felt like I discovered something that not even the game developer knew of. It's a feeling I... haven't felt for almost any other game, since I just resort to the internet for guides on secrets nowadays.
There's also secrets like Funny Tanks, Koopa Troopa Liberation, Starman Running and the secret "Koppa the Devastator" [sic] fight, which was shown but not mentioned. As well as warps to World 4 in 1-2, to World 3 in 1-4, and to World 8 in 3-1.
Once again, thanks for covering this game (and again, shame that the PC version is mostly malware nowadays...), even though this is the first time I've heard of your channel. Awesome review, and I love having memories of when I was a kid playing this game flow through my head again. Have a good one!
The first videogame I ever played!
I still remember playing it with my big sister and getting blown away by world 5-2's soundtrack. Not to mention how scared I was of Bowser's portrait in the final world 😅
Thank you for this video! I'm from Poland and I loved to play this game when I was a kid on dad's PC with Windows XP. Brings so much memories!
I think this game looks fine. For some reason it reminds me that Super Mario Wacky World suppose to exist. I wish someone completes that game so we can all enjoy it. The thing that could have saved the CD-I should happen.
Not quite. That game had locals based on the real world. This is more Mario esque.
One of the most nostalgic games for me, that's exactly how I imagined the franchise so the original ones were kinda disappointing to me once and still play this game to this day, that aside I've finished majority of Mario games anyways
The first time I ever heard of super mario forever was during one of Vargskeletor Joel's windows destruction streams.
Hell, I played Mario Forever Flash as a kid. Tons of Softendo Flash games, in fact. Never had any problems!
Judging by how many people's first exposure to Mario and Nintendo in general this game was, me included, it's absolutely baffling to me how Nintendo themselves haven't done at least one Mario platforming game for PC.
Your provide no citations for any of your claims. I've played Mario Forever several times and never had any problems.
Ngl, it's really sad to hear this game became malware. This was one of my most memorable introductions to the Mario series, it literally tricked me up till this point that it was an official Mario game made for the SNES. I don't feel too disheartened tho, because it was an amazing experience to say the least.
1:14 lmao it’s so true
Also I remember having this game on my laptop as a kid, no wonder the fucking thing had to be left on overnight to open google
I remember playing a Mario forever game that looked like Mario bros wii, I now know why my computer stopped working 😭
Back in 2009 when I was on a CD buying spree in Ukraine, I got my hands on quite a number of compilation discs. You know, the kind where you have tens of games bundled in one disc, wether it's legal or not. No one even cared to fix/patch the "cd required to launch game" checks in half the games on them.
One of these discs had Mario Forever 4.0 on it (I uploaded the background music of the disc's installer, as well an image of the installer on my channel a while back)
Which is a bit weird considering I paid for this...but wanna know what's even worse? The title of this video, something I learned just now after 13 years...ouch.
The title of the disc basically translates to "kids play (revision 3) 36 in 1". The company behind these discs was Stargame but they have disappeared since then.
This was the game of my childhood.... i used to play on my dads old pc on 2006 and i have fond memories of it.... i remember loving this game and the human laboratory creeping me out.... i never beat the game but it didnt matter, i still liked it. also i remember getting spanked because i downloaded it a second time and the pc got a virus where our explorer and toolbars were super mario forever themed and there was "weird" notifications on the pc 😅.... great times
I remember when i was younger i asked my dad to install super mario bros x on laptop, but he instead downloaded mario forever from the most random russian website, but surprisingly there was just some suspicious installer and we haven't found any virus
I remember very well playing the Buziol era mario forever at 3, without my father having any concerns of malware (he was the tech genius back then) the game's colorful graphics made me love the game, i still have the hard drive of that computer plugged in via usb with those cases for the hard drives to be portable, and considering i dont carry the hard drive anywhere, its staying on my main computer as a shortcut.
This took me back in time, when I played this amazing game on my PC.(keeping aside the malware of course lol) It was very popular in 2000's. Then Daniel's game vault, mungo, mariovariable formed an amazing community of this game and brought back it's craze in 2010's. Glad to see that people still give attention to this game. It has been a long time since I have played it or last time I have seen or heard about it
Even without the malware controversy, I'd still recommend the SNES romhack over the PC version.
The SMW engine simply makes it much easier and smoother to control.
Plus, save states and rewind features.😜
Not even kidding with this: I saw "Super Mario Forever" being sold on a DVD at Micro Center in 2017 when I was buying my laptop
I fail to see why this video is called a retrospective, when all you did was just review the game (not even the original, not even the fan-made remake of the original, but an SMW port, which feels DRASTICALLY different from the original). You've also provided no proofs about the "malware" in the game. It's important to know, that the installers themselves were the only questionable units, where you'd have to agree or disagree with the installation of a toolbar and that's it. What baffles me is that you haven't even tried to play the fan remake of Mario Forever which you can 100% consider safe if you're still overly scared of downloading original versions. Sadly, this video doesn't bring any retrospective to the game, only skimms through what it has to offer and then calls it the most dangerous game.
So, if the PC version is unsafe, but the SNES version is. What would happen if you emulate the SNES version of it?
The newer installers don't contain malware. Also, I'm scared of what your Switch Sports video will have in it.
You should be
12:15 If Mario Multiverse ever gets released then, judging from the gameplay and what people have said, it will be better than Mario Maker 2
Im gonna disagree..the themes multiverse shares with smm2 are kinda janky looking in multiverse
Huh, that might have explained why my first desktop ran like ass after playing that the first time
for a second i thought this video was about "new super mario forever" which is another fangame packaged with malware, and is of similar quality
New Mario Forever is legit awful.
@@Demeech i am so sorry, my memory mustve failed me
My favorite Mario Editor/Fangame is Super Mario Bros X 2, and I think that will be a fun one to check out!
Have you played "Super Mario Bros X" games? SMBX is basically Mario Maker before Mario Maker and there is A LOT of games made with that program that are extremely good and fun, there's also very bad ones but those were made by me.
I remember playing this game with my cousin in India. When I found the plant powerup I was so hyped lol. I think I found the super jump once and never learned what it does because I lost it instantly. I also saw the human world thing, although I never thought of it as strange as a kid idk. Everything seems like a fever dream now.
I honestly think this was the game that I downloaded as a 9 yr old that broke my mom’s computer
No, it does not have any malware
The Softendo site used to have adware but now it's removed (still wouldn't recommend playing their games because they are full of bugs, spelling mistakes and every time you close the game it opens the developer's webpage)
Mario Forever Remake is a good way to play the game
I actually installed version "7.03" from Softendo about a month ago after I remembered the game existed (the last time I played was a decade ago) and while I didn't get a virus, I wouldn't really encourage others to risk it.
There were some extra things in that version not mentioned in this video, however, most of which I figure are since Mario Forever Remake lacks many of these.
- Mario Minix: You have 2 lives and have to kill as many enemies as possible in a small space to get a highscore
- Starman run: You just run fast with the star and kill enemies
- Hardcore world 2: Absolute hell but it had some cool stuff, such as a level where spikes fall down everywhere and you have to get to a safe place
- World 9: A fanmade world which is very buggy, and also extremely difficult. I haven't gotten past level 2 yet.
- A few other fan-made worlds that were implemented into the actual game and could be accessed via a pipe next to the hardcore worlds (including world 9)
- The Lost Map: A weird and fairly difficult world with alternative music
- Extra Tank level: I forgot the exact name but it's like 8-4 but longer and harder (not 100% certain though since I haven't beaten it)
- Koopa Troopa liberation: Koopas. EVERYWHERE. You have to platform over a huge pit using just flying Koopas.
- World of Stupidity: It's exactly what it sounds like, and it's difficult as well. My favorite character is the stupid cloud, which is just a cloud that blows a raspberry and *kills you instantly regardless of power*. Oh, and bullet bills are replaced with trees because why not.
- Koopa the destructor: Not the exact name, but in the part that you showed the bouncing ball power thing, getting into that pipe would lead you into a boss fight with bowser where he has an large amount of health and he himself has the high jump power
- Music is different for Bowser in the version I have than in what you showed in the video
This is all that immediately comes to mind.
Thank you for talking about the weird human clone levels
4:06 why do i hear penguinz0 screaming "WOOOOO" in the background
5:30 Propeller Mushroom is the closest to that.
I bet Mario Forever is only available on Windows so it probably can't harm me, even via WINE.
Not sure if I've suggested to you before but if your looking for a fan game to review, give Super Mario Brothers X a spin
10:16 Super Mario Lost Levels also had extra levels (World 9, World A, World B, World C, World D), and the fact that you only get one life on World 9.
Good video lmao loved the Bonzi Buddy cameo
i remember there was this mario flash website which i went there for this funny game called "mario cart" which was basically just mario kart but everyone rides in a shopping cart, and later after i exited the website, i started getting a bunch of notifications/adware and a lot of them had... questionable things
I've heard of Mario Forever, but I don't know that this game have malware. But, the level and power-ups look interesting.
Try checking out Super Mario Bros. X2
It's one of the most expansive fan editors, rivaling the capabilities of Lunar Magic while being relatively user-friendly. (granted, not as much as Mario Maker 2)
*Dude. My sister installed one for me when I was little and nothing bad happened to my PC. I must say, I like it.*
Wait Mario forever is dangerous? I remember playing this and screwing around with the level editor. I don’t remember any toolbars or anything.
Later versions as of 5.0 actually added toolbars and had malware
The funniest thing is that is this the only Polish Mario game to exists (not counting translation romhacks). The PC version had both Polish and English to choose from. Although the later (and dangerous) versions did remove Polish language. At least the Mario Forever Remake (PC one and not the SNES SMW hack) kept the Polish version.
Also... The romhack doesn't include the original ending (thank god). You see... after rescuing Peach, Mario goes into the castle and... gets laid (yup...). Then it skips one year after the events and the castle explodes with Baby Marios...
dude i still have mario forever since years
So from whta I've gathered over the past few days, Mario Forever's name is quite strange depending of what you find:
-There's the original *Mario Forever* which apparently used to not have any sort of malicious software from its first versions
-The latest official "Mario Forever" which is 7.02, had read somewhere that it had some pop-ups or something, but honestly it is difficult to really find reliable information about the original game itself probably not just because of the age of the game, but also because of how unclear is if stuff might be filled with malware from the download site or just from the last versions themselves.
-There's a weird ass one called "New Super Mario Forever" or "Super Mario Forever 2015" which is that weird ass one with cutout renders and looks incredibly strange. This one is is seemingly THE clearly malware-filled one with admin privileges required, the game looking super shady, and using up a lot of memory for no reason. Notably played by SomeOrdinaryGames and Joel in Vinesauce because of the horror tales coming from this game.
-Mario Forever SMW Edition, which is the one that you mentioned that is a recreation of the original game in Super Mario World as a romhack (which is mighty impressive, I have to admit)
-And Mario Forever Remake, which is done by a fan of the original called TheMarioVariable, is seemingly based in Version 4.0 (don't ask me about the differences between versions) and seems to be free of any malware due to its nature as well as the last update for it being released just a year ago in 2021.
...yeah this is pretty confusing lol
I recreated this fangame in Super Mario Maker 2. The super world code with the 32 main levels is: SXH-DL7-4WG
I played Mario Forever as a kid it worked fine but it has malware? I didn't know of that is it possible it was pre-malware? Or did it always have malware?
Bruh I never forget those free mario games ads in the 2010's
man, this game was the reason i started eating mushrooms. sad to see this...
I really want to play this fangame now but I don't want to have a virus, is there any way to play it safely?
Me: downloads Mario forever unkowingly
Malware: thats a nice computer you got there... can i have it?
Fun fact: the PC version uses the same engine as games like Freedom Planet and Five Nights at Freddy's, Clickteam Fusion.
I used to play this for like a two year span between 8th and 9th grade in 05-06
Mario forever was my FIRST mario game ever played and introduced me to the mario franchise
Good fan game tbh
Never completed it though
But i still loved it
Thanks for the new vids. Always on time when nobody else posts vids
Could you explain what happened to the game? How did it become malware?
Oh no! My computer crashed! I lost all my deeta!
"it really is forever huh"
-uncle jobel
Request: Do a video on Syobon Action, or "Cat Mario" as it's usually known. It's played similar to a mario game, but trollier, and you're a cat.
4:50 it isn’t even that much of a lie, it began as a Mario game, Doki Doki Panic wasn’t the intent from start to finish
I didn't know up until now that the game contained viruses. I used to play it a lot back in the day on my dad's pc at his workplace. Fun times.
I remember playing this game when it first came out before the viruses
I always found funny than Mario Forever was a malware, cause when i was little i had this game but we never found any problem or virus, maybe cause my father was an expert with computers at the time...
Also i remember Mario Forever Galaxy, basically Mario's Galaga (or Touhou) that game rocks
When I read the title, i thought it was going to be the "super Mario forever" game that Joel played in one of his videos destroying a windows virtual machine.
New Super Mario Forever?
This video is so underrated, your editing style reminds me of some of the reviews I've done before. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! Subbed to you
@@Demeech oh, wow! Thank you!!
I have memories of a Mario game on my Grandparents laptop, it was a super hard Mario game, I thought it was a legitimate Mario Game, I think it was called Super Mario, or something like that, but I had it for a few years, and I didn't use the laptop often, and as far as I know, no malware or anything, they got a new laptop though, so unfortunately, I cannot play it again. So I can't tell you what the actual name is, but it used the New Super Mario World graphics/sprites
Malwario, my favorite Mario Character
I remember playing all the Softendo stuff back in 2010 like Mario Forever. It was interesting but the lack of quality control was evident. It's not something I wish to go back to.