Even if extracting NES game data is not your thing, the emulator concept [Matthew] uses might be still worth a read.

With Mario Maker, you can create and play your own levels in the original Super Mario Bros on Nintendo's newest game console, the Wii U. "It was fast and seamless.

You can create music levels that play songs, puzzle levels that switch up the traditional roles of Mario and his nemesis Bowser, homages to other games, and much, much more. There is one constant ...

In a nutshell, Mario Maker, in the vein of software like Game Maker and RPG Maker, lets you recreate or create Mario game maps, using official and legal assets from Nintendo, with with a simple ...

It lets Super Mario Maker 2 players combine courses into a more unified game, just like the originals. Each game can have 8 worlds and each world can have 5 levels for a total of 40 courses.

The final Mario Maker 2 update lets players create up to eight worlds with a total of 40 courses that can be combined into one mini Super Mario game that users can create and share with others.

This AI Model Can Create a Super Mario Game Using a Text-to-Video Generator The MarioVGG project uses generative AI, rather than traditional game code, to simulate the classic Nintendo title.