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![(Showing the tcrf.net page for EekoWorld.)
"EekoWorld was a Flash site from PBS Kids featuring two games about conservation and the environment:
• EekoHouse, a getting-ready-for-school simulator that teaches kids to make environmentally-conscious decisions (because, as we all know, schoolchildren are the largest contributors to climate change).
• EekoCreature, a zoology sim in which you create your own creature, choose its habitat, and watch it interact with other kids' creatures. Sadly, an [ecological disaster] (Linking to https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life-alternative.html#adobe-flash-player-eol-general-information) in 2017 caused a mass-extinction event."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreifijf6czr3yilzzxcf6eswhtiz7krfcmopdsr36unafoebbr2orsm)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for CrazyCattle3D.)
(Also known as: CrAzYcATtlE3D (title screen); Developer: Anna Mayberry[1]; Publisher: Anna Mayberry[1]; Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
"CrazyCattle3D is a game based around tipping over sheep to make them explode or forcing them to run into a fence where they'll also explode. It's also known for being "that one game you play when you're bored in history class.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreigyebtzutgbaqlzzsqubsougkbqcgc4mqgfgfwyla5byt6qm22lxa)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for Star Wars (DOS).)
(Developer: Vektor Grafix; Publishers: Brøderbund Software (US), Domark Software (UK); Platform: DOS)
"Star Wars, now in [in magical magenta] (MAGICAL MAGENTA) and [in crazy cyan] (CRAZY CYAN)!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreifrs6f4okbozibyv6khqf3rzhfalrykj6g2u36cmm4hms6d3dbd7q)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons.)
Regional Differences
Text Changes
[A table with four columns, labelled: Text Index (1), US (2), Europe (3) & Notes (4) respectively]
(1) 2c00
(2) "AHH! ! !
You startled me!
Winter sets in
all of a sudden,
then down my
chimney comes...
You're not
Santa!"
(3) "AHH! ! !
You startled me!
Winter sets in
all of a sudden,
then down my
chimney comes...
You're no
chimney sweep!"
(4) "Somebody evidently realized this reference to Santa implies the existence of Christmas and therefore Christianity, which stopped being a thing in the Zelda series after A Link to the Past, and took it upon themselves to correct this grievous continuity error. Apparently chimney sweeps throw themselves down the flue unannounced where they live."
(1) 2e0d
(2) "Santa Welcome!!!"
(3) "Hearth fires are
best on chilly
days! Chimney
sweep wanted."
(4) "Santa is apparently not welcome in Europe."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreig7r43xt3wcns3wzezgte2sjyldym2bqjkj3bqmrt4n7ukvliy63u)
&[Phil] (Linking to the Wikipedia article for Phil Spencer (business executive))" (how charming), this prototype provides a glimpse into the early development of the project before it moved over to the Nintendo 64."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreigy642dftz72kg55k43eetuovknd7plq7flvwjvhbdszq7e46mfge)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for [game].)
(Developer: [x]; Publisher: [y]; Platform: [z])
Unused Levels
Lost *Lost Levels* Levels
"Admit it, you laughed.
Worlds 9, A, B, C, and D of [in strikethrough] (Super Mario Bros. 2) [in strikethrough, again] (The Lost Levels) For Super Players are partially complete, but cannot be accessed by normal means. [...]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreigm55li6qmsranrrvgtoeuqe5emfqlze54abf2h76pm7qooct4xxq)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for Super Mario Bros..)
Revisional Differences
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
"• [...].
• On a similar note, due to the device's lack of a second controller or any link functionality (that's reserved for Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda, otherwise you wouldn't have anyone to play as there), Luigi in two-player mode is now controlled by player one's controls."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreibcrmmmjhzqxfm66ud6tj4alpybiv7g6rrz3eux4j3prnpt42xj2m)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for Ratatouille (Game Boy Advance).)
(Developer: Helixe[1]; Publisher: THQ[1]; Platform: Game Boy Advance)
""Welcome to *Hell.*""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreihv7rvaqcr2owxkrtomt6a4jiif5iheh32cqmj7sljxc6km7bxace)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for Mewgenics.)
(Developers: Edmund McMillen[1], Tyler Glaiel[1]; Publishers: Edmund McMillen[1], Tyler Glaiel[1]; Platform: Windows)
"Mewgenics is the latest game born from the twisted mind of Edmund McMillen. As his self-proclaimed magnum opus, it features copious amounts of rougelite action, cat humping, house decorating, feline mutilation, and feces."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreihyislu4pe72mt5svxiqxn5xt67qjmcyt6dcev4hbkcfabatamauq)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for EarthBound Beginnings.)
Virtual Console Changes
Text
(A table of two columns corresponding to the [1] Famicom and [2] Virtual Console versions of the text at hand:
[1] "• ドラクエの フォー やった?
おれ
まだスリーでくろうしてるんだ。"
[2] "• あのゲーム やった?
おれ
まだやってないんだ。"
Translations
[1] "• Have you played Dragon Quest IV?
Because I'm still having trouble playing III!"
[2] "• Have you played that game?
Because I still haven't played it!"
)
"In the Japanese version, a kid in Twinkle Elementary asks you if you've played Dragon Quest IV yet (which was notably not out yet by the time of Mother's release), and admits that he hasn't because he's still stuck on the third game. This text was rewritten to avoid any specific references by changing "Dragon Quest IV" to the much more vague "that game", as was the case in the Mother 1+2 version of the game.
(In case you're wondering, the Beginnings version of the line wasn't altered, as the games it mentioned were changed to "Super Mario Bros. 7" and Super Mario Bros. 3 respectively in the localization. [Hey, wait a second...] (Linking to the tcrf.net page for 7 Grand Dad.)"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreiblntqqz3zdrsdw5xw5hq5pehxvzmhnbfxntxoh72qsbhwzxlguxm)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for Super Fighters S.)
(Also known as: Super Fighters 99, The King of Fighters 2000, The King of Fighters 2002; Based on: The King of Fighters: Heat of Battle
Developer: Vast Fame; Publisher: Vast Fame; Platforms: Unlicensed Game Boy, Unlicensed Game Boy Color, Unlicensed Super Game Boy)
"Super Fighters S is a mod, [of a mod] (Linking to the tcrf.net article for The King of Fighters '97 (Game Boy)), [of an (official) mod] (Linking to the tcrf.net article for The King of Fighters: Heat of Battle), [of this game] (Linking to the tcrf.net article for The King of Fighters '95 (Game Boy)), which is a port of [this game's engine] (LInking to the tcrf.net article for Fatal Fury Special (Game Gear)) from another console, which was ported from [this game] (Linking to the tcrf.net article for Fatal Fury 2 (Genesis)), which to everyone's surprise, is also on *yet* another console.
Confused yet?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreictka2emj4sazpcipzqrsl6366zucx6b4lti6lamjfb64knk6fpbu)
![(Showing the tcrf.net page for Metroid II: Return of Samus.)
(Developer: Nintendo R&D1[1][2]; Publisher: Nintendo[2]; Platform: Game Boy)
"Metroid II: Return of Samus is best known as "that game between [the first one] (Linking to the tcrf.net page for Metroid) and [Super Metroid] (Take a wild guess as to where this one links to)"."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3mrjblg7toe5op6fnac2bivg/bafkreigt6rap2wrvl4okc2ithzoolm2mlevnsdsypyouskvodcl6rucrme)
