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mcc Jun 27, 2023

Speedrunning is kinda cursed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQWT9rSkfM

Did you know this? Apparently if you bought a copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 in the US, depending on when you bought it the "bros" in the logo is either aligned left on the label or right.

*If the logo on your cart is aligned right, you can't get a world record under current strategies.*

And until *last year*, nobody realized this was a problem. It was believed the versions were functionally identical.

(image source reddit user stang189)

Mario 3 Version Difference Is Faster VS Slower!?

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Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 28, 2023

@mcc like that pilotwings demo bug, which most of the copies have.
hard mode: the ROMs for the broken and working versions are identical!

https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1126996260026605568

foone🏳️‍⚧️ on Twitter

“Today's weird discovery: Pilotwings (1991) has a set of demos that play if you don't press any keys, and one of them acts differently depending on when your cartridge was made, basically. Does the plane crash or not?”

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@foone @mcc bit of a hindsight gut punch towards the end of that thread. RIP Near. good info tho