Before Super Mario Maker, there were still plenty ways to create custom Mario levels, from Super Mario Bros. X to Lunar Magic. Today, we'll explore some of the Mario level editors that came before Mario Maker!
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Remember Flash Games?
01:25 - Super Mario Flash 1
04:37 - Super Mario Flash 2
06:04 - Super Mario Bros. X
11:26 - The World of Modding
11:59 - Reggie! Level Editor
14:34 - Mario vs Donkey Kong series
16:11 - Lunar Magic
20:11 - Outro
Links to the games/editors:
Super Mario Flash 1: https://archive.org/details/super-mario-flash
Super Mario Flash 2: https://archive.org/details/super-mario-flash-2
Newgrounds Player: https://www.newgrounds.com/flash/player
Super Mario Bros. X v1.3.0.1: https://archive.org/details/SuperMarioBrosX
Super Mario Bros. X2: https://codehaus.moe
SMBX v1.3 ports (TheXTech): https://wohlsoft.ru/projects/TheXTech/
Reggie! Updated: https://github.com/NSMBW-Community/Reggie-Updated/releases
Lunar Magic: https://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lm/program.html
(Reggie v3 and Mario vs DK games not included for obvious reasons)
Credits:
SMBX history: https://wohlsoft.ru/pgewiki/History_of_SMBX
Kaizo Mario World history: https://glitchcat7.com/the-complete-history-of-kaizo-mario/
Mario Render at
07:04 by Dillonquador
Mario vs DK series footage from Howller, JustJasen, aWiibo and World of Longplays (longplays.org) played by NPI.
Kaizo Mario World footage played by R. Kiba from sibladeko.