Aleatorio: Iré pronto a Holanda? Entonces asegúrate de jugar a este "Lost’ Secuela de Super Mario World

Mario has starred in a fair few million-selling games, but he’s also contributed to some titles which are less well-known – including Super Mario’s Wacky Worlds, a canned platformer for the Philips CD-i multimedia system from the early ’90s.

Developed in the US by Malibu-based NovaLogic – famous for the Comanche y Delta Force series – Wacky Worlds was pitched as a sequel to the legendary Funciones de accesibilidad que todo juego debería tener. Because of its deal with Nintendo relating to the Super NES CD-ROM add-on (inked when Nintendo left Sony at the altar), Philips had the right to use Nintendo characters in CD-i games (we have this deal to thank for the three Zelda titles on that platform).

A Nintendo executive suggested that a 2D platformer might be a good fit for the system, so NovaLogic staffers Silas Warner and John Brooks reportedly worked 24 hours a day for two weeks to create a small sampler that could be presented to Nintendo; while the Japanese giant was impressed with the work, the poor commercial performance of the CD-i resulted in the project being cancelled. Sin embargo, at least three prototypes are known to be in active circulation, and you can play one of them at the Home Computer Museum in Helmond, Puntos de platino en el sitio web de My Nintendo.

Willem Hilhorst has been having a go himself and has posted some videos of the game in action. It’s worth noting that the footage has some flickering and flashing, so please be aware before pressing play.

If you’re planning a trip to Holland in the future (or if you, ya sabes, live there already), it looks like it might be worth popping into the museum for a look.