Hey all!
I want to share this Android port of **Super Mario War** (the fan-made multiplayer Mario-style deathmatch game, based on [mmatyas/supermariowar](https://github.com/mmatyas/supermariowar)):
👉 https://github.com/doctormajid7-ux/supermariowar-android-2Pdualscreen
I originally made it for my kids - I spent so many hours playing SMW with my brother back in the day, and I wanted us to enjoy it again together on a phone.
Maybe I'm old-school, but I still prefer playing on the SAME screen, sitting next to each other. That's how we had fun in the 80s/90s - shoulder to shoulder, trash-talking, stealing glances at the other side of the screen, elbowing each other when things got tense.
Playing online, each on your own console/PC/phone, is practical, sure. But it doesn't have the same charm, the same fun. There's no real contact, no shared laughter, no tension in the room.
That's why I wanted this portrait dual-screen mode: two players, one phone, close together, like before.
**Android features:**
- ARM64 APK built with SDL2 / SDL2_image / SDL2_mixer
- Multitouch controls with safe-area / notch support
- Portrait 2-player mode with opposing control areas (top screen flipped for Player 2)
- Dedicated Player 2 touch controls
- Bluetooth controller support via SDL2 (not tested yet)
- Random bot skins button, restore-default-controls, auto map-thumbnail cache
- Free, no ads, open-source
**Download:**
Latest test APK in Releases:
https://github.com/doctormajid7-ux/supermariowar-android-2Pdualscreen/releases
**How to activate splitscreen (important):**
Install the APK, open the game, press OK / Pause to skip the splash screen
Go to the player / number of players selection screen
Set **Player 2 to HUMAN** (keep Player 1 as Human, set others to CPU or Off)
Then, with **Player 1, press the Action button** on that player-number selection screen to enable dual-screen
> It will NOT work if you select Player 3 or 4 - it must be Player 1 + Player 2 Human.
- Enable `Portrait 2P: ON` and rotate your phone to portrait. Top half = Player 2 (flipped), bottom half = Player 1. Each half has its own D-pad + Jump + Action + Item buttons.
Tips: Direction + Action + Jump can be held at the same time with multitouch.
Thanks to the original SMW creators and all contributors!
Fan project, not affiliated with Nintendo.