Dian Shi Ma Li

Dian Shi Ma Li
Also known as: TV Mario, Mario Lottery, Big TV Mary Bar Developers: Bit Corporation (presumed) Publishers: Fiver Firm (as "Namco Corporation") Platform: Unlicensed NES Released in TW: 1989 This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material.

Dian Shi Ma Li is an unlicensed NES game well-known on the internet for its star, Fortran, and his ideal picture of making money: "PUSH START TO RICH".

Unused Fortran Logo

A "Fortran" logo - which may refer to the game's developers, but has been popularly taken as the name for the game's Mario wannabe with an "F" on his cap instead of an "M" - is present among the game's graphics.

Diagnostic Screens

Although the title screen has a "FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY" disclaimer, there are some unused maintenance screens which are usually used in real coin-op machines to adjust statistics and parameters of luck, strongly suggesting that this game was initially designed for gambling.

Statistic Screen

At the title screen, set RAM address $0493 to any non-zero value and wait for the demonstration mode. This screen will appear instead of it. There are no controls here; you can press Start on Controller 2 to immediately exit it, or press Left, Left, Right to do the same.

Dipswitch Screen

At the title screen, set RAM address $04A2 to any non-zero value and wait for the demonstration mode. This screen will appear instead of it. On Controller 2, press Start to exit this screen or any other button to change the SW3 flags.