The firm made an effort to gain a contract with Nintendo with this demo.
A demo was created in 1990 by ID Software to persuade Nintendo. It was because the studio wanted Nintendo to release a PC version of Super Mario Bros. 3. John Romero uploaded this video in 2015. Nintendo ultimately rejected the studio’s presentation. But John Mark’s built-in code allowed the game to seamlessly scroll on PC.
And this eventually played a key part in future Commander Keen titles. The Strong National Museum of Play now houses this piece of gaming history. A developer, who had nothing to do with the original project, sent the demo on a floppy disk. And according to Ars Technica, the museum collected the demo as part of a bigger donation.
Curator Andrew Borman said, “For being such an early demo, it is a lot of fun to play, especially 1-1, which recreates that iconic first level from Super Mario Bros 3”. Andrew used DOSBox and Romero’s movie to verify what the museum had on its hands. He also imagined the disk to preserve it as a physical relic. Borman stated that there would be “plenty more possibilities to come in the future”. However, the Museum of Play currently has no plans to show the demonstration to the public.
Researchers can request to examine the unique piece of gaming history in the interim.
