Published 16:38 IST, June 22nd 2021

Super Mario World can now be played in widescreen; Read details

A ROM hacker and developer has created the Super Mario World widescreen ROM, which enables a widescreen view of the game supporting 16:9 & 16:10 aspect ratios.

Reported by: Shikhar Mehrotra
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Super Mario World is one of most famous games in world. very first version of game was launched in 1990, making it 30 years old. It was developed for Super Nintendo Entertainment System. As a part of its design, game was created to run on square displays as it was standard aspect ratio of screens back n. However, with vancements in technology, most modern-day displays have a wider aspect ratio, making it difficult for someone to run an old game. Providing a solution to this, a ROM hacker and developer has created Super Mario World widescreen ROM, which enables a widescreen view of game. 

Super Mario World Rom tweaked to support widescreen output

Vitor Vilela, creator of a new Super Mario World ROM shares news through his Twitter handle. According to Vitor, games can now be played on modern screens. He also ds that game delivers a "true 2021 gaming experience mixed with wonderful 1990 gaming golden age". patch developed henceforth supports modern aspect ratios such as 16:9 and 16:10. ditionally, a 21:9 (widescreen) version of game is under development and might launch soon. 

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Super Mario World widescreen version comes as a fix to several issues that gamers h to face. When playing game on a modern screen, re is an issue of black vertical bars or stretched elements in game (stretched to fit screen). However, players who wish to play widescreen version of game must know a t about emulators and manual ROM patching. Using a bsnes_hd Emulator, original resolution of game can be increase to 352 x 224 for perfectly fitting a 16:9 aspect ratio screen. 

For those who enjoy playing retro games, this is great news. Starting here, more and more retro games might be optimised to play on modern widescreen displays. While Super Mario World is available on Nintendo Switch to users who are subscribed to Nintendo's Switch Online Services, someone who wants to play game in widescreen needs to reinstall custom ROM. Super Mario 3D world, anor game from franchise was also me available to Nintendo Switch earlier this year. 

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16:38 IST, June 22nd 2021