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[smisk]

Pretty fucking insane. I had to build something like that back in college and even on a breadboard with ICs its not easy. Really impressed with how he was able to use the different Mario Maker elements to represent bits, gates etc. Must have taken a TON of planning.

 

[theWB27]

I don't get it.

Me neither

 

[nded]

People seem kinda pissed that someone on the internet decided to take a comment at face value.

 

[Xeteh]

I don't get it.

What is there to get?

 

[?oe?oe]

What kind of calculator doesn't have an 8 or 9? Not impressed.

 

[Ryaaan14]

That's cool and all but it's a lil quicker just to use a regular calculator yea?

 

[Quadraphonic]

What kind of calculator doesn't have an 8 or 9? Not impressed.

Well, your computer deals in bytes, which are bits in sets of 8.

 

[DoubleYou]

How can he possibly alter the first screen when he leaves through the pipe? Doesn't it just reset when he returns?

Amazing stuff though.

 

[smisk]

What kind of calculator doesn't have an 8 or 9? Not impressed.

This can only handle 3 bits, pretty sure it wouldn't be able to do any more based on item and space limitations. 111 would be the max value, which is equal to 7.

 

[Bulbasaur]

No comprende

 

[Shmeagatory94]

Watching that video blew my mind. I still dont know what the heck is going on but your friend has talent!

 

[Okamid3n]

This reminds me of the domino calculator that took 10,000 dominos to add up to 30.

But a domino calculator is much easier to design than this.

 

[Fishlake]

People creating programs or electronic devices in level creators never fail to amaze me. I'm really surprised this was possible in Super Mario Maker. Tell your friend they did a great job.

 

[Forkball]

My Mario levels have a lot of Bob-ombs.

They go boom.

 

[bootski]

Why is this person not off finding the cancer cure or something?

you stole this right off the youtube comments as some some sort of social experiment right? after you saw the nonsense that followed that exact question?

 

[Regiruler]

Once you have an algorithm worked out (which can be derived from those for normal calculators I suppose), it's really just a lot of trial and error in terms of building the level itself.

The input portion was clever use of warp reset, but I couldn't keep track after that.

 

[Hackworth]

that's some cool tech

 

[Feichaw]

I don't even know what happened in the video. I just saw "12" and then my mind exploded.

 

[fernoca]

Meanwhile I recreated 1-1.... and put Sonic on it!!!!

 

[Icelandic_Jazz]

But can you reprogram the game using garbage data to recreate the original Super Mario Bros?

 

[Sayter]

If I can't spell parts of the female antimony with the set turned upside down why bother?

 

[shaowebb]

That was pretty amazing.

The fun stuff people come up with in this always makes me smile

 

[Trigonometrize.]

"We make you do the math by hand because in the real world you're not always going to have your Wii U with you."

 

[Ivan 3414]

I don't get it.

Me neither

Neither do I

Edit: Just rewatched it, some numbers appear in the beginning of the video and towards the end when the player controls Mario that I didn't notice

People seem kinda pissed that someone on the internet decided to take a comment at face value.

I wouldn't say pissed, just having an unhealthy need to be snarky at any opportunity

 

[TheSeks]

This is turning into Little Big Planet in a lot of random ways, very cool.

And LBP did a calculator as well. Even Minecraft has done it apparently.

This sort of thing actually is really interesting in showing the possibilities of the game engine off.

 

[dragonzdogma]

Op, does your friend use Game stop preorder credit instead of having a bank account?

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Welp.

That's crazy.

 

[Already Torn]

Only if you have the cancer amiibo.

amiibo X Giant Microbes. Preorder now and get the Zika amiibo.

Also, it's worth pointing out that you can get a calculator for less than the price of Super Mario Maker and a Wii U that solves problems quicker than this level.

 

[PreyingShark]

Tell him to modify it to do 3 through -3 or he's a fraud.

Spoiler

JK, it's amazing.