More than thirty years after its original release on the Philips CD-i, one of Nintendo's strangest games has found a new home on Sega's Dreamcast, complete with two-player support, VMU saving and the original hotel's many, many doors.

Of all the games I expected to see ported to the Dreamcast in 2026, Hotel Mario just wasn’t one of them! I’ve written a little article about developer MoneyShift64’s kinda unusual project, which brings the infamous 1994 Philips CD-i game to Sega’s final console, complete with the original campaign, two-player support, VMU saving and, of course, those weird, weird animated cutscenes.

Hotel Mario has a reputation, and not the best one, but I find it really interesting that people are still finding new ways to preserve and revisit these corners of gaming history. There’s something really funny to me about seeing Mario and Luigi running around on a Dreamcast, especially considering Nintendo and Sega’s old rivalry. I’ve included some screenshots and links to the developer’s project for anyone curious enough to give it a try!

  • mycodesucksEnglish
    271·
    22 hours ago

    Thus preserving it on a future-proof platform for generations to come.

    • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      17 hours ago

      I see it from the perspective of emulation, that more people are able to play this game. Dreamcast emulators are more common than CD-i emulators.