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Re: Show HN: Super Dario

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Post by salahadawi » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:16 PM UTC

  New Gemini model! Nobody cares.

With the Gemini power-up falling off the screen got a chuckle out of me

Re: Show HN: Super Dario

#42

Post by disillusioned » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:16 PM UTC

input_sh wrote: post #31

goldenarm wrote: post #22

Funny idea but wow the gameplay is terrible and full of bugs. Bad hitboxes, shells that bounce in front of holes, bad physics. AI still cannot oneshot 2D platformers, the most documented videogame genre with so much source code available.

On the "bright side", it's impossible to die!

That's the power of venture capital!

Re: Show HN: Super Dario

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:19 PM UTC

goldenarm wrote: post #22

Funny idea but wow the gameplay is terrible and full of bugs. Bad hitboxes, shells that bounce in front of holes, bad physics. AI still cannot oneshot 2D platformers, the most documented videogame genre with so much source code available.

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Re: Show HN: Super Dario

#44

Post by kaeruct » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:27 PM UTC

Why do the coins spin faster when I move?

Re: Show HN: Super Dario

#45

Post by parl_match » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC

Cider9986 wrote: post #33

No mobile support.

Thanks for your contribution.

Re: Show HN: Super Dario

#46

Post by miyoji » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC

input_sh wrote: post #31

goldenarm wrote: post #22

Funny idea but wow the gameplay is terrible and full of bugs. Bad hitboxes, shells that bounce in front of holes, bad physics. AI still cannot oneshot 2D platformers, the most documented videogame genre with so much source code available.

On the "bright side", it's impossible to die!

This was my favorite bit of meta-commentary: it doesn't matter how poorly you play, you never lose!

Re: Show HN: Super Dario

#47

Post by sajithdilshan » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:34 PM UTC

The game is really cool, but I'm a bit dissapoint by the music. I want the original them song. Also the fact that the game is never ending bothers my OCD

Re: Show HN: Super Dario

#48

Post by thepasch » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC

Cider9986 wrote: post #33

No mobile support.

On-screen controls are live!

Re: Show HN: Super Dario

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Post by dancemethis » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC

I mean, Sam should be more of a ghoul with those creepy sunken eyes. And Dario that guy with hair on the sides.

Re: Show HN: Super Dario

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Post by Wowfunhappy » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 7:37 PM UTC

reactordev wrote: post #36

nsxwolf wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just amazing how right a few people at Nintendo got this in 1985, and its still so easy to get it absolutely wrong.

Nintendo wasn’t even trying, it was all their old sprite characters from Japan market that didn’t do well smashed together in a rushed title for an NA launch. It surprised them.

Huh? This is very much not my understanding of SMB1’s development. Are you maybe thinking of Donkey Kong (made to replace a failed arcade game) and/or the US version of SMB2 (a re-skinned non-Mario Japanese game)?