This is one of those programs you just happen to stumble upon but you know you have to at least give it a shot. Mario Paint Composer allows you to create your own Nintendo inspired tune using the old SNES Mario Paint-ish layout. Even if you don’t have a musical skill in your entire body, it is fun just to drag and drop things onto the board and then hit play.
It is both Mac and Windows friendly too. Just download, unzip and you’ll be off on your own music creating adventure. Here is an example video I found via the ‘ol YouTube:
I still have a little more room on my Wii for games, but I am coming close to having to ditch some previously downloaded titles for some new ones. Give me a couple more months, then I’ll join the chorus of people asking more disk space on the Wii (either via the SD card or by adding an external hard drive).
Here is my WiiWare and Virtual Console Collection so far…
Super Mario 64 - Childhood memory, spend many an hour on this game.
Sonic the Hedgehog - Never had a Sega, so thought I’d give it a shot.
Sim City - Seems to be slower than I remembered.
Contra III: The Alien Wars - Awesome fun, but really hard without a friend.
Super Castlevania IV - One of the best Castlevania games to this day.
Super Mario Bros. - Who doesn’t have this one downloaded?
Internet Browser - Handy to check Gmail and Google Reader on.
Mario Kart 64 - Fun, might might not make the cut if I need the room.
Kid Icarus - Another (never played it the first time) game but happy I have it now.
Everybody Votes Channel - Removed it since I only checked it out once or twice.
Splatterhouse - Gory fun, but still lacks something…
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream - Fun boxing fun, where did Mike Tyson go?
Castlevania - Maybe it’s just me, but this is really hard!
Super Metroid - Could play this one forever, over and over again.
Super Mario Bros. 3 - Best multi-player Mario game to date.
Check Mii Out Channel - Removed it too, due to never using it for anything.
River City Ransom - Reminds me of a bad 80’s movie in a good way.
Defend your Castle - Well worth the $5 spent on it, and highly addictive.
Dr. Mario Online Rx - I needed a puzzle game, and Dr. Mario delivers flawlessly.
Seeking out some new desktop decorations, I ran across a couple of crazy plumbers on the Web. Perhaps one would be good for the laptop while the other on the desktop PC? Here are a couple of awesome Super Mario Bros wallpapers…
From time to time, I’ll go to the video game review sites like Gamespot and others to see what is new in the world of video games. Unlike the other areas of tech I seem to be involved in, video games are purely for pleasure and nothing else.
The problem comes in when you want to just get some reviews. You have to battle through popup ads, pretty graphics and ten page articles. If you don’t have much time, and you just want to know how good a game it try No Fuss Reviews.
This site will deliver you what you want, need and love most about video game review sites the easy to read thumbs up or thumbs down. Type in any game title and then the console that it is on and you can get a simple one through ten review of the game.
Another neat feature is, let’s say you don’t know what the title is exactly but you know it is for the Wii and it has "Mario" in the title. just type in Mario, select Wii on the side and it will give you all the Wii games with Mario in the title.
This is one of those programs you just happen to stumble upon but you know you have to at least give it a shot. Mario Paint Composer allows you to create your own Nintendo inspired tune using the old SNES Mario Paint-ish layout. Even if you don’t have a musical skill in your entire body, it is fun just to drag and drop things onto the board and then hit play.
I still have a little more room on my Wii for games, but I am coming close to having to ditch some previously downloaded titles for some new ones. Give me a couple more months, then I’ll join the chorus of people asking more disk space on the Wii (either via the SD card or by adding an external hard drive).
From time to time, I’ll go to the video game review sites like 