Super Mario Bros. 3: White Mushroom Houses spawn explained - RGME [Not OC] (cohost.org)
from Crul@lemm.ee to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 08:44
https://lemm.ee/post/9646947

TL;DR:

You need to collect a certain number of coins in certain levels to make one appear (…), but there are a couple fun things about it

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violetraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 28 Sep 2023 10:18 next collapse

Wow, I never knew. That was so fascinating. Thank you for sharing!

FiddlersViridian@sh.itjust.works on 28 Sep 2023 11:13 collapse

Ditto! I’ve been playing with 8-bit assembly programming and it’s fascinating how this mechanic was implemented in just a couple bytes of level data.

argentcorvid@midwest.social on 28 Sep 2023 11:35 collapse

So is the mechanic for the coin ship implemented the same way?

fernandofig@reddthat.com on 28 Sep 2023 14:36 collapse

I think there’s more to the coin ship, that unfortunately isn’t covered in the article. I know for a fact that the hammer bro on the World 1 map turns into a coin ship if you finish 1-1 with 55 coins AND end the level with time remaining being an odd number.