# Super Mario Bros. Deluxe: partial exact-match disassembly

> Reconstructs banks of the US version 1.1 Super Mario Bros. Deluxe ROM as WLA DX assembly. The author reports exact matches for the listed code and level-data banks and selected graphics banks, apart from the calculated checksum; other graphics banks and some pointer formats remain unresolved.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/KarisaAdvynia/smbdx-disasm>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/KarisaAdvynia/smbdx-disasm/blob/b073e07c8742883eea5f2c4dac0087d074fa9dcc/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/super-mario-bros-deluxe-disasm-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/super-mario-bros-deluxe-disasm-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/super-mario-bros-deluxe-disasm-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires WLA DX and a vanilla Super Mario Bros. Deluxe ROM from which to extract graphics and tilemap data.
- **Limits:** The listed banks match except for the calculated checksum; several graphics banks and music-data pointers remain unresolved.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/KarisaAdvynia/smbdx-disasm/blob/b073e07c8742883eea5f2c4dac0087d074fa9dcc/README.md>

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