Mari0 For Linux

Mari0 is an open source, freely downloadable and cross-platform arcade/puzzle game created from scratch as a perfect replica of the award-winning Super Mario Bros game created by Nintendo in 1985.

The game offers a complete clone of the amazing, popular and attractive Super Mario Bros game, it adds various elements from the Portal game, supports up to 4-player simultaneous co-op, and a level editor that can be used to easily create fantastic game levels.

Mari0 also includes a portal gun that can shoot portals, 33 different hats, downloadable map packs, as well as various game modifiers for extended fun. It supports Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

For your convenience, the game is distributed as both a universal source package, as well as a pre-built binary that can be used directly, without having to install anything on your 32 or 64-bit computer. Of course, you will need to have the LOVE gaming engine installed to play Mari0.

To get started, download the latest release from either the game’s official homepage (see link at the end of the review) or via Softpedia using the dedicated download section above, save the ZIP archive somewhere on your computer, and unpack it.

Open the extracted folder and double click on the mari0_1.6.love file. Alternatively, you can open a Terminal app, navigate to the location where you have extracted the archive file (e.g. cd /home/softpedia/mari0-linux) and run the ‘love mari0_1.6.love’ command to start the game.

Please note that Mari0 has been designed for the LOVE version 0.8.0 or higher. The game will not work with previous versions of the LOVE 2D game engine.