Super Mario World (SNES)

This page details development materials of Super Mario World (SNES).

SpritesGoombas and Koopas and Super Leaves, oh my!

Background Graphics and TilemapsThe old mushroom overworld is in here, alongside plenty of other early maps and backgrounds.

Missing Files#

The file "NEWS\テープリストア\NEWS_11\hino\z-mario-4\aaa" is "ls -l" output which contains the names of every file in the SMW source code, their size in bytes, and their last modified date (mtime). Because this listing was made during development, it includes a few files which were later deleted:

Name	Size	Modification date	Notes
mario-TEST.COL	1024 bytes	March 14, 1989	This is possibly the colour palette for mario1-A.CGX.
michi.SCR	8960 bytes	June 8, 1989
mario1-test.COL	1024 bytes	June 22, 1989	It's also possible that this is the colour palette for mario1-A.CGX.
chika-saka.CGX	34048 bytes	June 28, 1989	Likely the graphics file for chika-saka.SCR
I-P-kinoko-master.CGX	34048 bytes	July 7, 1989	Likely the master graphics for the July 1989 Mushroom Island overworld.
I-P-kinoko.CGX	34048 bytes	July 7, 1989	Likely the graphics for the July 1989 Mushroom Island overworld.
title.CGX	17664 bytes	July 14, 1989	Likely the graphics for title-obj or title.SCR
taki.COL	1024 bytes	August 10, 1989
naka.SCR	8960 bytes	August 11, 1989
check.COL	1024 bytes	August 16, 1989	Likely the color file for check.SCR
TEST.COL	1024 bytes	August 17, 1989
mario1.COL	1024 bytes	August 22, 1989	This might also be the correct color file for mario1-A.CGX.
taki-saka.CGX	34048 bytes	August 23, 1989
BG-Shiro.COL	1024 bytes	August 23, 1989	Likely an early color palette for an early castle background.
name.SCR	8960 bytes	September 6, 1989