Secret Maryo Chronicles is an Open Source two-dimensional platform game with a style designed similar to classic sidescroller games. It uses the platform independent library SDL and, since version 0.98, the OpenGL accelerated Graphics Renderer. The game is developed in C++.

More info: Ubuntu Game List

This guide show you how to compile the latest version of Secret Maryo Chronicles. If you don't want to compile from the source, please check Synaptic package manager for Secret Maryo Chronicles (smc) or Getdeb if they have an up-to-date ubuntu package available.

Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is proper installed and working.
Check if your sourcelist is fully enabled (universe, multiverse and mediabuntu).

Next step is to download Compiling tools and the right libs to make Secret Maryo Chronicles work.

Code:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install build-essential checkinstall
sudo aptitude install bcp libcegui-mk2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev

Done.

Download Secret Maryo Chronicles Linux tarball package and the music package to your Desktop.

Download

To the terminal;

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
tar jxfv smc-1.1-fixed.tar.bz2
cd smc-1.1
./configure
make
sudo checkinstall
cd ..
unzip SMC_music_4.0_high.zip
cd data
sudo cp -r * /usr/local/share/smc

Download the maryo.png to your Desktop.

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
sudo mv maryo.png /usr/local/share/smc
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/smc.desktop

Add the following;

Save (ctrl)+(o) and Exit (ctrl)+(x)

You can now launch Secret Maryo Chronicles by Applications —> Games —> Secret Maryo Chronicles
or by typing smc in the terminal.

Enjoy!