I Remade Super Mario Bros From Memory

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I Remade Super Mario Bros From Memory
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I remade Super Mario Bros from only my memory, challenging myself to recreate the art, gameplay, and levels without using the internet or any reference images!
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@PolyMarsLIVE Жыл бұрын

subscribe... or you will look like my goomba drawing

@ultra_9861 Жыл бұрын

fear

@lillibrl Жыл бұрын

@Ultra_ dude what are you talking about? that goomba drawing was based.

@dillpickles3879 Жыл бұрын

bro the goomba be goomba

@qnonsly. Жыл бұрын

bro goomba look like he saw something

@BruhManOnYoutube Жыл бұрын

unfortunately, I actually kinda dig the Goomba drawing

@LazyAlarm Жыл бұрын

Now you need to recreate your recreation from memory and then recreate that. See how distorted the game becomes after several iterations.

@victorius2975 Жыл бұрын

he'd still remember that it is based on super mario so not really useful

@tomnook5481 Жыл бұрын

And then he’ll make an AI to do the exact same

@CloudMan123 Жыл бұрын

A literal game of telephone

@Tomatech Жыл бұрын

The term for that is Generation Loss

@melvinpena1477 Жыл бұрын

You mean to recreate the recreation of the recreation of the recrearion of the recreation of the recreation of the recreation of super mario bros Edit:why you reply guys???

@Legocoder1234 Жыл бұрын

The “that is clean” towards the end of development while he was making the most janky bootleg super Mario just cracked me up

@MasonIsntChillOfficial 23 күн бұрын

No reply? I’ll fix that.

@theoneandonly-qs1uw 17 күн бұрын

1 reply? Please don't fix that.

@CodingWithLewis Жыл бұрын

Im actually impressed at how well the sprites were based off of pure memory lol

@allanaspe9110 Жыл бұрын

bro

@31coreadfull Жыл бұрын

Bruh

@GG-ow3ke Жыл бұрын

Really? The koopa troopa too?

@lolwtnick4362 Жыл бұрын

@@GG-ow3ke it actually isnt too bad. it's like when i give people a blank paper and tell them to draw a bicycle from memory.

@JoseMarquez-wz3fr Жыл бұрын

🤦‍♂️

@jeremyandrews3292 Жыл бұрын

I notice that the goombas you drew and the Mario colors actually resemble Super Mario World. So if you've played the SNES game, those memories could be interfering.

@amstrad00 Жыл бұрын

Or, if you mostly played the version of 'Super Mario Bros' included in 'Super Mario All-Stars' for the SNES with the revamped sprites.

@nickolasperazzo8254 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, those are a subspecies called galoomba

@LordVarkson Жыл бұрын

The bipedal koopas too.

@TheSyconerd Жыл бұрын

yea, I sort of noticed that too how it sort of accurate for other iterations/games but not accurate to the original Mario on the NES

@Shakooba Жыл бұрын

And the mushrooms with eyes! A lot of crossover from SMWorld

@rogercruz1547 Жыл бұрын

7:59 That mushroom just falling sideways killed me hahahah

@Balls987 Жыл бұрын

NO FUCKING SPOILERS!!!!!!!

@rglgra 5 ай бұрын

@@Balls987 chill

@citratune7830 Жыл бұрын

The mario maker 1-1 remakes from memory just got a new competitor for being incredibly innaccurate

@ashercd6487 Жыл бұрын

yeah, man's got at least 5 parts of levels which are all from different games

@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow Жыл бұрын

@@rmc3728 I hope your heart stops beating

@keepyourshoesathedoor Жыл бұрын

@@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow sheesh

@cakeandicecream1582 Жыл бұрын

@@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow sheesh thats rough man

@sollew7434 Жыл бұрын

@@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow what did he say?

@NaudVanDalen Жыл бұрын

9:04 At least your Mario has better colors. But that's only the fault of their limited technology, which was cutting edge at the time.

@nulcow Жыл бұрын

Their technology wasn't really "cutting edge." Super Mario Bros. came out in 1985, 2 years after the Famicom/NES released. The Master System came out around the same time and is much more impressive in my opinion.

@NaudVanDalen Жыл бұрын

@@nulcow You're right. What's true is that they tried to get the most out of limited consoles instead of limiting themselves. Just like AAA games now. Compared to 2D indie games, which could be played 20 years ago except maybe games with tens of thousands of blocks like Terraria.

@RRRR-jr1gp Жыл бұрын

@@NaudVanDalen The original gameboy could have had more colors - they explictly avoided that to stimulate designers. Also games like Hollow Knight or Hades couldn't be made 20 years ago - You're thinking of *pixel art* indie games (and even then, hi-res pixel art can look *beautiful*

@darrenmacqueen9884 Жыл бұрын

@@RRRR-jr1gp 20 years ago was the era of Gamecube and PS2. I'm pretty sure something like Hollow Knight could be made then.

@zanep.r.2514 Жыл бұрын

@@RRRR-jr1gp Hollow Knight could have been made 20 years ago for sure.

@danandtab7463 Жыл бұрын

that's a fun challenge, also a great way to learn Unity for those who haven't yet. you were probably thinking of some of the characters/NPCs looks in later games, especially Mario himself.

@sean7221 Жыл бұрын

Don't bother with Unity, go with Godot

@trianglemoebius Жыл бұрын

@@sean7221 I actually got Godot recently, but for some reason it keeps insisting I wait for it.

@Boltthe410 Жыл бұрын

@@sean7221 i want to get a coding website

@costelinha1867 Жыл бұрын

These blocks do not tile correctly. I like it, I think it adds character. I think I've found the pixel art equivalent to "It's not a bug, it's a feature".

@dip.918 Жыл бұрын

I can;t tell if you're a DotoDoya fan, or that's just a widely used phrase

@costelinha1867 Жыл бұрын

@@dip.918 You mean the "It's not a bug, it's a feature"? That one is just a widely used joke among programmers.

@trianglemoebius Жыл бұрын

@@costelinha1867 And was brought mainstream by Todd Howard. I hate when someone's favourite creator/athlete/etc says an already common phrase and they act like that person made it up. I'm agreeing with you, just to be clear.

@costelinha1867 Жыл бұрын

@@trianglemoebius Fair enough.

@eyesonthey Жыл бұрын

You made the sad bargain bin version my mom would have accidentally bought me back in the day. God love her.

@FlaccidFella Жыл бұрын

8:00 "such an accurate remake" As a mushroom falls and lands on it's side like it forgot what it was doing

@CoolModderJaydonX 10 ай бұрын

Go home, mushroom, you're drunk.

@willambirdcage 10 ай бұрын

yes

@brotherdaniel1524 Жыл бұрын

I loved watching you do this, but at the same time, the pixel artist in me was screaming during the art creation

@NaiveCat45446zeroSEVEN Жыл бұрын

i agree, since i remember the 3 color limit and the design of mario well

@simonw.1223 Жыл бұрын

what would you create if you need to do mario from mind?

@Boltthe410 Жыл бұрын

He literally forgot about the 3 color rule.

@Boltthe410 Жыл бұрын

@@NaiveCat45446zeroSEVEN ikr i remade mario a couple of times...

@aerth6946 Жыл бұрын

Same. Internal screams and all.

@djtpj8821 Жыл бұрын

wow, I didn't know that Nintendo used GIMP for all of their art assets when they made Super Mario Bros :O

@cirkulx Жыл бұрын

this better be a joke

@lutfensusshow5397 Жыл бұрын

nah they used paint 3d

@Enlightenment0172 Жыл бұрын

Actually they made them in a text editor of sorts, drawing them out on paper and then coding them in. Then we got ms paint, which has been used ever since, as recent as Mario Oddesy where you can clearly see the personality the pencil tool adds.

@kingof-kings408 Жыл бұрын

@@Enlightenment0172 r/wooosh

@RedstoneAceTheSecond Жыл бұрын

@@kingof-kings408 he literally made a joke

@Inveestigator Жыл бұрын

2:14 my dude made a galoomba instead of a goomba I'm dead

@theoneandonlydao3386 Жыл бұрын

😂

@lawrence9713 Жыл бұрын

The first level of mario is like the perfect tutorial. First trying stuff out, having one little thread coming towards you so you HAVE TO act. Then you are introduced to powerups. Next you learn you can jump higher by pressing longer. Every jump is getting more difficult

@midwestmind691 Жыл бұрын

That's how a lot of games were designed back day and how so many of us boomers rage about unskippable tutorial hand holding missions in modern games.

@redfireddragon8584 Жыл бұрын

@@midwestmind691 to be fair, some games have too many (or too complicated) mechanics to explain without saying anything

@iplayminecraft2248 Жыл бұрын

6:41 dad after detecting a distinct lack of milk

@Creeper_and_chikn Жыл бұрын

How about when Mario eats too much spaghetti

@2003lxp Жыл бұрын

"It doesn't work, let's goooo" ~ Every programmer ever

@CelestialPhoenix0023 Жыл бұрын

That koopa troopa from the thumbnail is like. 1000X better then mine when I remade the game in game maker garage

@Lord_of_commencement Жыл бұрын

2:31 the koopa behind the slaughter

@theoneandonlydao3386 Жыл бұрын

😂lmaaoooo

@gamer_gaming9589 Жыл бұрын

This game literally looks like a scratch game, but it's made in unity! This is like if mario bros had alzheimers

@orangenal Жыл бұрын

I could probably make 1-1 and then I'd forget all the levels after that

@S.F.Y.T.A.G Жыл бұрын

Yeah only ASCENDED LEGENDARY PLAYERS can do all levels

@coconutfredenjoyer2863 Жыл бұрын

I feel like I could recreate all levels up to 1-4.

@robiginal6458 Жыл бұрын

"Mushrooms have eyes" "Pipes don't have dither" bruh

@hzDelta Жыл бұрын

2:11 polymars accidentally creates a galoomba from super mario world

@asierx7047 Жыл бұрын

3:01 polymars accidentally makes a mega mushroom

@fangier0 Жыл бұрын

At least it looks happy

@SampelMSM Жыл бұрын

I can see the mixture of modern mario and old mario in your remake lol

@b3nj4m1nyt Жыл бұрын

This man deserves more especially for his art skills

@tapgod Жыл бұрын

10:36 bro forgot what a rectangle was 🤣😆

@rglgra 5 ай бұрын

Bro ym triangle

@darrenmacqueen9884 Жыл бұрын

lol The koopa troopa was the funniest part. I figured everyone knew the shells face upwards at least. Overall a much better job than I could have done though. My memory is awful.

@takanara7 Жыл бұрын

Yeah they need to face up so you can bounce on them.

@heinrichagrippa5681 Жыл бұрын

They got redesigned to be bipedal and have little hands starting with Super Mario World and have been that way ever since, so I can't really blame him for forgetting that SMB and SMB3 had them look more like actual turtles.

@darrenmacqueen9884 Жыл бұрын

@@heinrichagrippa5681 I often forget that Super Mario World had them like that. I always think it started with the 3D games.

@asierx7047 Жыл бұрын

I knew things would go wrong the moment you made the list and left out the star

@alve_n.s.f8953 Жыл бұрын

I laughed at 2:22 because of the “something is a little bit off about this” and the sus “Koopa Troopa” in the background🤣

@mikethompson1653 Жыл бұрын

0:52, You can actually create pretty amazing shit on MS paint, it's not the product that sucks

@sylviaafonso Жыл бұрын

2:00, it look like a galoomba...

@mepblep Жыл бұрын

he even made it so you can clip into pipes like in the og game 12:07

@HistoricalFanatics Жыл бұрын

9:50 That Goomba sprite you made actually looks better then the OG

@sometf2player752 Жыл бұрын

9:48 I think you were thinking of the smw goomba when you made this (also it’s actually fairly decent as a sprite compared to the rest)

@youraverageintrovert1990 Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna be a nerd here, I know, but I'm pretty sure the smw goombas are called Galoombas. Completely arbitrary difference and I cannot fault you for not caring about it lmao, might be wrong here too

@Icalasari Жыл бұрын

As a pixel artist Yeah, yeah, that Koopa is how a lot of pieces start out looking like

@Claugustus Жыл бұрын

"Without help from chat!" *Chat proceeds to assist in little details*

@f.u.m.o.5669 Жыл бұрын

This guy knows half as much as me about a game I played once

@f.u.m.o.5669 Жыл бұрын

Piranha plants do not have white lips. Koopas walk on all fours. Goomba have smaller eyes.

@pennylessz Жыл бұрын

For real though.

@f.u.m.o.5669 Жыл бұрын

This is in the original game, look it up before arguing with me

@acksawblack Жыл бұрын

@@f.u.m.o.5669 WHo are you talking to ? Weirdo.

@Vulpas Жыл бұрын

I can feel the floatiness of the physics so bad it's like I'm gonna float off myself lol

@RaffyTaffy14 Жыл бұрын

seeing what they've done to MS paint on windows 11 is enough to stop me from upgrading

@eldafint Жыл бұрын

Why?

@mellowgtag Жыл бұрын

1:20 captions: *never gonna gIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA-*

@ssupermarlo Жыл бұрын

why do the goomba, question block, ground block, mushrooms, and brick blocks look so good

@KLGB76 Жыл бұрын

I've remade SMB 1-1 so many times in Super Mario Maker 1 & 2 that I know it like the back of my hand. Whenever I play an inacurrate version of this level in SMM, I always get triggered but seeing you creating the level in this video has to be the most triggering thing I've had to endure in my life!

@ebo4522 Жыл бұрын

3:03 dude drew a mega mushroom

@justamicrowave5297 Жыл бұрын

Some of the sprites actually look pretty good (mainly the blocks, mushroom, goomba, and piranha plant.)

@potato9998 Жыл бұрын

9:53 but they really do

@YourBoyDonald Жыл бұрын

I like this video! The editing is great, and i like the idea. I could really see you being a populair KZfaqr in the future with videos like this! You just earned a new subscriber with the notifications on!

@Num1MarioFan Жыл бұрын

Guy forgot to make the Hard block lol.

@Pokeyyyyyy Жыл бұрын

tbh I like the question mark block way more than the original it looks super clean

@matthewmathis62 Жыл бұрын

10:22 It was Dithered!

@mayonnnnnaise Жыл бұрын

dude, for someone your age, i'm impressed. Like most of your differences come from exposure to the SNES and later games.

@numburger Жыл бұрын

This video made me appreciate how the actual game looks

@official6686 Жыл бұрын

0:41 top of the chat someone asked for morbius

@asierx7047 Жыл бұрын

Chat became an echo chamber and kept repeating Mario Morbin for like 5 minutes

@awefulchaos821 Жыл бұрын

2:21 the cut to the goomba killed me

@PlaceholderAlex Жыл бұрын

ngl watching this has made me want to take another shot a learning unity, this time to recreate mario. I've been subbed to polymars for years, so I'm happy I found this channel. great content :)

@SwagWizard555 Жыл бұрын

Lazy super Mario maker creators at 3:42 : I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you!

@sometf2player752 Жыл бұрын

10:00 he was once again confused by the modern design

@thepabli Жыл бұрын

Didn't know that Zac Efron had a games development channel. Well done!

@quarterzillion Жыл бұрын

I laughed at this

@albingrahn5576 Жыл бұрын

8:20 i have vague feeling those goombas to the right should be hammer bros, and maybe perhaps come a couple of worlds later

@greenchees Жыл бұрын

Thanks for including me in this video

@aman7525 Жыл бұрын

Dude this is really cool. I want to try this myself now. Props

@slimyslimer2642 Жыл бұрын

This dude made a game from memory I can't even make a game i already have images of how it will look like

@henriquestankescandelari908 Жыл бұрын

I became a subscriber thanks to 6:48 This is one of the most creative videos I`ve seen in quite a while - the idea and ingenuity of this really inspired me. Thanks so much for your work!

@mobius9119 Жыл бұрын

I grew up with games like SMB, this was fun to watch, and for a basic, quick, from-memory creation, you kinda nailed it haha! Excellent job!

@amosnimos Жыл бұрын

The mario bros we have at home, the good enaugh one.

@sylviaafonso Жыл бұрын

2:26 its 1-1 first game or super Mario ODYSSEY?

@SMB_Fan2010 Жыл бұрын

it's 1-1 from smb1

@Nightweaver1 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, that's really fun. Quite a solid effort there, especially for someone so young whose parents were probably the ones who played SMB when it was new.

@RaDappa Жыл бұрын

Earthbound music was perfect for this video, matches especially well with all the slightly off sprites.

@KingSmoothcheeksPig Жыл бұрын

The Goomba is literally a Goombrat

@gamepadstudios3097 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a galoomba to me

@Num1MarioFan Жыл бұрын

1:11 Bro I can make the Mario sprite just from memory XD

@pizzaaaaaa36 8 ай бұрын

"Moving from simple blocks to CREATURES" Mario is a simple block :0

@thurstonbisenio9550 Жыл бұрын

Polymars: no intenet, no refrence images, no chat Also polymars: google docs, livestreaming, chat

@DannyDaDino Жыл бұрын

Why is no one talking about some guy going to the sun and burning in chat 6:00

@LeftyPencil Жыл бұрын

It's ok, someone reminded them to bring sunscreen

@RednaxG Жыл бұрын

the entire time i was wondering when he was gonna make hard blocks, then i realized ive played way too much mario maker

@TaxeAndStuff Жыл бұрын

well why wouldn’t he they’re literally in the original

@pv8685 Жыл бұрын

awesome work! the departure from the original is totally normal when creating something just out of memory. and that is why artist use reference!

@Augoeides32 Жыл бұрын

13th of September, 1985 (in an alternate universe) *Mario* "Nintendo refused to document our life story!" *Luigi* "Brother, it's okay. I know a guy... He hasn't been born yet, though"

@naikrovek Жыл бұрын

"I do not know Mario Bros. as well as I thought." No one knows anything as well as they think they do. One of life's universal constants.

@bruhSaintJohn Жыл бұрын

Except speedrunners. Or developers. These guys know how and why it works.

@naikrovek Жыл бұрын

@@bruhSaintJohn well, I'm a developer and I'm constantly surprised.

@lucasgamer0001 Жыл бұрын

0:20 You are using the internet (Google Documents)

@Tethrarxitet 9 ай бұрын

You can use Google docs offline

@davidhinojoza262 6 ай бұрын

1:41 thats actually really good 👍👏

@Josh_isDonaldDuck Жыл бұрын

Now this is how you get Nintendo to give you a Cease and Desist.

@kingofbingus468 Жыл бұрын

2:42 *literally cheats*

@booklagecodwarrior Жыл бұрын

polymars staring into my soul through his webcam...

@tylers5thvictim Жыл бұрын

i find it funny how some guy in the chat says "did someone say dots? is this a unity sponsorship?" or smth like that and then around 5 mins later he gets to the sponsorship part

@yogxoth1959 Жыл бұрын

You got very close to everything except the Koopa (okay, and maybe the Goomba too 😂 ) Great job!

@Zejoant Жыл бұрын

I would use unity but it gives me 298 errors every time i create a project.

@zsombor_99 Жыл бұрын

What if you try to recreate Sonic "Green Hill zone" completely from memory? 😉

@AymenZero Жыл бұрын

nah man. nah. as someone who started programming in 2021 i don't think recreating sonic physics is easy. there's slopes and spinny things. mario bros has simple physics of walking in flat surface. physics are super simple with easy collision checks. to code in "slopes" you have to make like a million lines of code to make it work.

@cerealkeepsyougoingeveryda555 Жыл бұрын

@@AymenZero a good programmer likes a challenge or two even if it takes them several weeks and they regret their life decisions.

@AymenZero Жыл бұрын

@@cerealkeepsyougoingeveryda555 easy for you to say it. I don't see you programming anything.

@cerealkeepsyougoingeveryda555 Жыл бұрын

@@AymenZero bruh it was a joke and I do program just chill for once in ur life there's a thing called sarcasm

@SixtyJulianxD Жыл бұрын

The mushrooms in SMB2 (Lost Levels) had eyes!

@littlefirez2870 Жыл бұрын

the goomba actually looked really cute when you finished it

@Axolotl2630 Жыл бұрын

I can’t think of anything to comment so…. Luigi > Mario

@byrontheusurper6505 Жыл бұрын

I need to start coding again, this stuff's mad fun!

@FootballDudeMan Жыл бұрын

"Unity lets you have built in 2d physics!" *the mario floating away* "i dont think thats correct sire"

@KeyAndrew Жыл бұрын

There is a DOOM Mod/WAD that recreated all of DOOM from memory that is really cool.... And he did the entire game...

@NathanOnline Жыл бұрын

God does nothing wrong so I rate this recreation a *perfect* 10/10. Great job PolyMa- Jesus

@mgmgmg07 Жыл бұрын

How dare you steal my job as a professional ironic comment writer

@spyglassov8438 Жыл бұрын

3:51 you missed one legendary game (its tattletale)

@Itskaidaorangeguy2017 Жыл бұрын

what’s that

@hunner4760 Жыл бұрын

my left ear really loved that ad read

@gachastorys5129 Жыл бұрын

Lmao this looks like those really bad flash games that used to knock off mario

@4nevar Жыл бұрын

0:46, excuse me, but what did you just say???

@HuskiGames Жыл бұрын

FAKE, You 100% had a Reference image while drawing Koopa Troopa, it's identical.

@Isuspi Жыл бұрын

Your sprite work is actually really good

@leogio8093 Жыл бұрын

goomba is good - reminds me of a galoomba from Mario world though