
Mario Paint Game

Mario Paint on SNES is this weird little creative sandbox that somehow feels both limited and totally charming. You boot it up and suddenly you're doodling with this chunky mouse cursor, making pixel art that looks like it was drawn with crayons. There's a music composer where you drop little sound icons onto a grid—it's janky, but I've lost hours making dumb chip-tune tracks.
Don't go in expecting Photoshop or a proper music DAW though. The fun's in how awkwardly tactile everything feels—stamping butterflies, swatting flies with the mouse, that bizarre gnat game where you whack bugs to the beat. It's more of a toy than a tool, but there's something weirdly satisfying about its clunky simplicity. The fly-swatting minigame alone is stupidly addictive.
If you ever had a SNES as a kid, this thing probably either frustrated you or became your weird creative outlet when you were bored of platformers. Still holds up as a nostalgia trip.
Must-play games
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Super Mario World (snes) (snes)
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Super Mario Rpg (snes) (snes)
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Super Mario World 2 Yoshis Island (snes) (snes)
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Super Mario Kart (snes) (snes)
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Mario Kart R (snes) (snes)
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Mario's Amazing Adventure (snes) (snes)
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Brutal Mario (snes)
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Super Mario All-stars + Super Mario World (snes)
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Super Mario Bros 3x (snes)
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Automatic Mario - Kumikyoku (snes)
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Hack 2 (super Mario World) (snes)
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Super Mario 2d Land (snes)