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Secret Maryo Chronicles
Developer	SMC Team
Platforms	AmigaOS, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, Pandora
Release	January 23, 2003
Genre	Platform
Mode	Single-player

Secret Maryo Chronicles is a free and open-source 2D platform game first released in 2003.^[1] The game has been described as a Super Mario Bros. clone,^[2] but with a gameplay reminiscent of Super Mario World (1990).

Secret Maryo Chronicles began as a SourceForge project in January 2003.^[3] It was developed and is maintained by the Secret Maryo Chronicles development team, led by Florian Richter ("FluXy").^[4] The game is OpenGL-based and has an original soundtrack and a built-in game editor. It has been released under the GNU General Public License, Version 3.^[5] The game has been expanded up the latest release in 2009.^[3]

Secret Maryo Chronicles was listed as the number one open source video game by APC in January 2008.^[1] The game was named one of the most promising open source games of 2008 by El Heraldo.^[8] In 2008, Stern praised the speed of the game and its puzzle solving,^[9] and heute praised it as a well-made nonviolent game for children.^[10] Secret Maryo Chronicles was selected in March 2009 as "HotPick" by Linux Format.^[11] An in-detail review of the Free Software Magazine in 2015 called the game a "great way to procrastinate".^[12]

The game became a popular title offered by many freeware download outlets; the game was downloaded over 3.4 million times just via SourceForge.net between 2004 and May 2017.^[13]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Secret Maryo Chronicles.

• Official website
• The Secret Chronicles of Dr. M., the official sequel