Super Mario: Blue Twilight DX

Problems & Questions

Problem: I've pushed a Springboard in Level 3 into a corner and I can't get it back out again!

Solution: Walk far enough away from it so it's a good distance off screen. Doing so will reset the spring to it's original location.

Problem: I can't switch to full screen mode!

Solution: Your videocard might not support the resolution Super Mario: Blue Twilight DX uses (320x200). As newer video cards come out, sometimes designers will get lazy and stop supporting lower videocard modes for their cheaper cards. All I can suggest is to play the game in windowed mode or buy a new videocard.

Problem: The game won't auto-detect my gamepad!

Solution: Press CTRL + Y in the game and choose "JOYSTICK 1" under the Player 1 column. If that still doesn't work, switch to Keyboard control and download a utility called Joy2Key - Joy2Key allows you to control keyboard button presses via your gamepad.

Problem: The game crashed!

Solution: It happens. I'm not the most efficient person in the world, and the program I used to make the game has a habit of arbitrarily corrupting certain data files with no explanation as to why - as a result, the game can sometimes "trip over it's own feet", so to speak, and end up crashing. However, since the game also auto-saves after every level, this shouldn't be too much of a problem; simply re-open the game and try again; it's very rare that the game should crash from something like this, so chances are it won't happen again any time soon.

Problem: The didn't crash, but something really weird happened!

Solution: It happens. Close the game and re-open it again. Chances are, starting the game fresh like this will fix it. Since the game also auto-saves after every level, this shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Problem: The game says I'm cheating, and I'm not!

Solution: The method I use is not perfect. Sometimes, resetting the game without closing out of it first will trigger the anti-cheat mechanism. If this happens, quit out of the game entirely, and reload it. This will clear the game's memory, and, in turn, should verify your save as okay to use.

Problem: The menu bar lists keyboard shortcuts for the various resolutions, but they don't work!

Solution: I am unsure why this happens. Keyboard shortcuts work for every other option except those three.

Problem: Your game sucks and is amateur!

Solution: My apologies. This game wasn't originally designed to be quite as encompassing as it is now, and due to the arbitrary nature of the way it was designed, it is virtually impossible to go back and improve certain aspects how the game works. You must remember; this game started in 2002. I made a lot of stupid choices for how certain things should work, and now that I want to change them, I can't - unless I restart the entire game from square one, and nobody wants that. Plus, you also need to realize - the entirety of the game was designed and built by me. I coded all the movement, all the bosses, designed every level and implemented all the secrets. Besides using my friends as beta testers, this game was designed entirely by just one person - me. Ryan Bloom. If you don't like it? Don't play it.

Problem: How can I get in contact with you?

Solution: That's easy. My current (at the time of writing this) email address is Blazehgehg@msn.com - failing that, google "BlazeHedgehog" and/or "Ryan Bloom" - I try to keep similar email addresses over the years just for this purpose alone, so it shouldn't be that difficult to find me.

Problem: Isn't this game illegal?

Solution: Sort of. It falls into that unfortunate legal "gray area". Let's put it this way: Drawing fan art of Mario is just as illegal as making a fan game about him. And considering there are millions of fans who draw fan art of Mario (even send it to Nintendo themselves), and are never prosecuted, I consider myself safe. What I have made here is a homage, not a commercial product. As a result, this game should not be for sale under any circumstances.

Problem: There's some sort of building on the map screen I can't access, what is it?

Solution: That is the Chao Laboratory. It is for Chao Online. Right now, Chao Online is not complete (and may never be complete), but I was asked to add Chao Online support to my game in case it ever did get up and running. Right now, Chao Online is disabled. The code is there, but you cannot access it. If Chao Online ever goes live, it will be enabled for you to play.

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