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How Mario Paint Inspired a Little Kid

Mario Paint was sort of a suite of creative programs for the SNES.
Mario Paint was sort of a suite of creative programs for the SNES.

People get introduced into the world of video game design, music and art in different ways. But I’ve been surprised to discover how many people got into it the same way I did; through a little Super Nintendo cart called Mario Paint, released back in 1992. This was my first introduction into the world of tracker programs for making synthesized music as well as learning how the pixel artwork of early video game systems was created.

 

It turns out, I’m not alone. Lots of well-known flash animators – including the Chapman brothers of Homestar Runner fame – got their start making little derpy animations in Mario Paint. The program features a pixel-level editor, tiling system, basic animation functions and most importantly, a tracker-like song creation program that let you put together a basic piece of music using provided samples. It came with a mouse, which was just a weird thing to have with a console game at that time. Continue Reading…

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Epic Video Game Medley (On Mario Paint)

There have been a lot of video game tunes re-done through Mario Paint since the release of Mario Paint Composer, but none quite as note-worthy as this one. It is a truly epic use of the platform… if you can even call it that.