Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros. 3
Developer(s)	Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Super Mario Bros
Platform(s)	Virtual Console, NES
Release date(s)	NES JP October 23, 1988 NA February 12, 1990 EU August 29, 1991 Virtual Console NA November 5, 2007 EU November 9, 2007 JP December 11, 2007 KO May 26, 2008
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	Wii Remote, GameCube Controller, Classic Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	FCWP01, FCWE01, FCWJ01, FCWQ01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Super Mario Bros. 3 (スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī) is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and is the third game in the Super Mario series. The game was released in Japan in 1988, in the United States in 1989, and in Europe in 1991. Development was handled by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, led by Shigeru Miyamoto, who directed the game along with Takashi Tezuka.

NES Global Problems

Problems that may occur with any NES title on Dolphin are listed below.

DirectX with NES Games

Most NES games suffer strange graphical issues when using the DirectX backend with some graphics drivers; notably NVIDIA. This is a driver bug.

NVIDIA Title Corruption

As of 5.0-4869, the D3D driver bugs can be worked around by setting Ubershaders to Exclusive/Synchronous (Ubershaders). It's unknown what exactly is going on with the driver that's causing Exclusive Ubershaders/Synchronous (Ubershaders) to work properly.

This seems to have been rectified at some point, though it's unclear what resolved it.

Problems

This title does not have any additional game-specific problems.

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Super Mario Bros. 3 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

4.0-8445

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
4.0.2	Windows 7	AMD FX 4130 @ 3.80 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6670	Nothing visible.	skittyz321
4.0-1349	Windows 8	AMD FX 6300 @ 4.3 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6450	Black screen. Audio works, but no image is shown.	Faefdsedf
4.0-1796	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5450	Perfect. No sprite issues found, 60FPS all the time. Set Texture Cache to Safe to avoid stuttering.	Lukeee123
4.0-8445	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760	Works OK. Requires EFB2RAM.	JMC47