To counterbalance my other Friday post’s grim tidings, I offer up a sunny little slice of super mario, courtesy of Super Maryo Chronicles. This is a well executed clone of the classic 2d side scrolling mario action first popularized in the arcades and on the original Nintendo. It’s available for windows and linux and possibly could be coaxed to run on mac since it’s using SDL and other libraries available on Apple’s OS, and there’s a strong community building content for the engine, providing you with an almost endless collection of levels to play through.