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The boulder jumps, like some people pointed out, are pretty rough. Some sections I also don't know how you're really meant to approach them without taking damage, and I ended up just tanking some hits and running through.

Otherwise, I had fun! The physics of SML are actually quite a bit tighter than I thought, stopping momentum can be done pretty accurately, and for the most part the level design makes good use of it.

This is a hack that is designed similarly to the original game, but more difficult and with some romhack quirks like hidden blocks or particularly challenging segments, but I wouldn't call it unfair. It's very fun to play through it and I enjoyed some segments in particular, such as the segments where rocks are dropped into the abyss in World 3 where you have to time your jumps right, or the segments heavy on the running Moai's in 3-3.

There are some oddities, like some bonus door entrances seemingly being blocked off by invisible barriers in the later levels and some spider enemies starting in the air, but aside from that, it's a very good hack and gets the Super Mario Land feel right. It is a bit odd to see cola vending machines in a Mario game though, but it's charming.

I have played Super Mario Land countless times since I was a kid. This ROM hack is top notch, lots of variety. I loved the custom graphics (related to fast food and cola). This was a labor of love. If you enjoy the original SML, give this one a try!!

SML hacks seem to be a rarity so it's always a treat when one crops up and this one didn't disappoint.

The level design for the vast majority of the hack is very solid and I enjoyed my time with it. Being Mario Land, the dev didn't have much to work with mechanically but I think did a very solid job with what they did have. It was neat seeing enemies/objects used in the sub/plane level that aren't normally seen in the vanilla game.

There's a few awkward jumps (boulders!!) but secret lives seem rather generously spread about and if you manage to hit that top exit the game gives you more lives too. The custom graphics look nice and not out of place too!

Really, asides the awkward jumps mentioned which there were very few of this hack is solid, short and sweet. Go give it a try!