Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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If Super Mario World had been ported to MS-DOS shortly after release, what would it have looked and sounded like limited to the traditional CGA palette on a computer with an AdLib soundcard? This is my attempt to answer that question..

Download the MIDIs here: mediafire.com/file/h58qgchhe455j6i/smw-mid-clean.zip/file
Download the MP3s here: mediafire.com/file/t6c6kum0lgyaj9g/smw-mp3-opl2.zip/file

These songs are all directly converted from a clean SMW rom. I had to select the instruments for each track, so I always chose the closest GM standard equivalent. Sometimes finding an equivalent wasn't easy since SMW uses some pretty unique samples, but I'm content with it now (as would developers doing a rush-job port back in 1991)

..Some nerds out there will probably point out that this is only 99% faithful to a soundcard of the era, and that DOS games are stretched vertically to fit a 4:3 monitor, so this image would look stretched, and they'd be right.

Enjoy!

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Nintendo Logo
00:00:08 Title Screen
00:01:22 Yoshi's Island
00:02:05 Wandering the Plains
00:02:33 Vanilla Dome
00:03:13 Forest of Illusion
00:03:45 Bowser's Castle Emerges
00:03:53 Valley of Bowser
00:04:27 Star Road
00:04:52 Special World
00:06:18 Overworld
00:07:41 Athletic
00:08:57 Underground
00:09:43 Swimming
00:10:33 Haunted House
00:11:54 Fortress
00:14:29 P-Switch
00:14:46 Invincible
00:14:58 Bonus Game
00:15:38 Boss Battle
00:16:52 Egg is Rescued / World Clear
00:17:12 Course Clear
00:17:25 Secret Exit!
00:17:30 Fortress Clear
00:17:40 Player Down
00:17:45 Game Over
00:17:52 The Evil King Bowser
00:20:17 Bowser Zoom
00:20:25 Peach's Item
00:20:27 Bowser Defeated
00:20:36 Princess Peach is Rescued
00:20:54 Staff Roll
00:22:30 The Yoshis are Home
00:22:43 Cast List
00:25:02 Yoshi