Nefarious Dreams (2022)

Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Genres: Platform
Main story: about 12 hours
Completionist: about 2.1 hours
Where to get it: Website

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Mario explores 25 semi-linear levels with fresh graphics and enemy behavior in this polished NES romhack.

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About

Nefarious Dreams is a game that has Mario navigating a brand-new semi-linear set of 25 levels, boasting new graphics, enemy behaviour and environments plus some minor audio changes. It’s sure to keep both inexperienced and well-versed Mario players engaged as they try to puzzle out the path to the ending and find every secret level. Oh yeah… and Mario goes to space. That is pretty cool.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.