Super Mario Bros. 3 - Screen Issues

[pi1475369]

Just downloaded SMB3. for a slice of classic gaming only to discover that when i run it the image jerks up and down constantly, so it's basically unplayable!! I've tried changing the display settings but no change. Any suggestions??

[Shortay]

There's already a thread discussing the matter here: http://www.vc-forums.com/showthread.php?t=3462

[coire]

Good work Shortay.

And there does seem to be some sort of 'bordering' but I'm on World 3 (with both Warp whictles, I just wanna see the levels I can), So I don't find it unplayable.

[pi1475369]

Cheers for the link but having read that page this is definitely a different matter. On that thread it's the borders at each side of the screen that are jerking when you move, i've heard of this sort of thing.
However, my problem is that constantly, i.e even on the title screen when i'm not touching anything, the whole screen is basically jumping up and down a couple of times a second. It's moving by at least a centimetre so as i said before it's not exactly playable.

[SegaFan]

Are you PAL or NTSC, and what kind of TV have you got?

[The shoemaker]

Does this mean all Smb3 games have problems?

[pi1475369]

PAL, Philips LCD. Just using the cable that came with the wii, putting it through scart doesn't make any difference. It's really strange. Wii works brilliantly, image is fine. Click on Mario Bros. 3 and once it comes up the screen goes mental?!

[DEMON212]

Well I've been having problems with Bros. 3.

Not just the screen, but these are some of the things that have happened to me very recentally.

I hit a block, a FF came out, shot into the air, the block dissapeared, it then came back down but was now Blue, and kept bouncing where the block should've been.

And because I was on a ship, by the time it came back down, I'd have died had I stayed to get it.

I've just been killed by the big fish on world 3, because the vine that takes you upto a music block containing a mushroom/FF, stopped growing half way towards the block, and I got swallowed because of it.

I've hit blocks where the FF has came out and it's dissapeared. So that I couldn't collect them.

And I'm sure there was something else, but it's gone. Nope, totally forgot it. If I remember...

[ICEknight]

Originally Posted by DEMON212

Well I've been having problems with Bros. 3.

Not just the screen, but these are some of the things that have happened to me very recentally.

I hit a block, a FF came out, shot into the air, the block dissapeared, it then came back down but was now Blue, and kept bouncing where the block should've been.

And because I was on a ship, by the time it came back down, I'd have died had I stayed to get it.

I've just been killed by the big fish on world 3, because the vine that takes you upto a music block containing a mushroom/FF, stopped growing half way towards the block, and I got swallowed because of it.

I've hit blocks where the FF has came out and it's dissapeared. So that I couldn't collect them.

And I'm sure there was something else, but it's gone. Nope, totally forgot it. If I remember...

I guess you've contacted Nintendo about all this already?


I remember somebody else talking about the screen going up and down constantly in Super Mario Bros The Lost Levels, by the way... But I can't remember who it was or how did he fix the problem.

Have you tried turning interlace mode on?

[pi1475369]

I've tried all the different possible tv settings if that's what you mean?