Falling Mario / マリ堕ち

Description

Published February 2001.

　"Everything seemed so calculated. It was so unnatural. No, the lack of concealment rather counteracted the unnaturalness of it all..."
-Mario

Known in the hacking community as the first "unreasonably difficult" glitchfest hack that presents itself as the start of this genre! Requires heavy abuse of save states and emulation slowdown, it also debuts itself as the first to present its music in a minor tone that has been re-used by others over the years.

Author's notes. The full story can be found reuploaded on IPS Redistribution for the time being:
"in short, this is a full-fledged action-based romance game in which Mario, a corrupted human who has discovered Princess Peach's madness, tries to escape from under her watchful eye. Mario, despite his corruption, manages to get a Broken Heart at each level, and when he gets the eighth Broken Heart, I will be free from her hands... That's what he believes. Do not say why or that there is no pulse. That is not something you should touch. It is not good for Mario's spirit and, above all, it drives him away. On the way to getting all the Broken Hearts, there are various assassins sent by Peach... Will Mario be able to escape from Peach's hands? (And Luigi too?)"