Nintendo squashes Super Mario Commodore 64 port which took seven years to make

Last week, after seven years of work, Nintendo fan ZeroPaige finally released a working port of Super Mario Bros. for the Commodore 64.

The achievement - and hard graft behind it - caught the eye of C64 fans, who praised the effort of recreating one of gaming's greatest masterpieces for the much loved home computer.

But then - of course - Nintendo swung into action. Four days after its release, Nintendo began taking it down.

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