About Stage Packs

A Stage Pack is a collection of local stages connected as one game. Unlike [[sfmb_stage_world]]{Stage World}, Stage Pack does not browse individual stages from the online server. The packs included with the beta are installed and updated with SFMB.

Stage Pack selected on the SFMB main menu

Select Stage Pack on the title screen, choose a pack from the list, and then start or continue its game. The menu displays six packs at a time and can be scrolled when more are installed.

Starting and Continuing a Pack

Each pack defines its own starting stage and links its stages together. The available commands are:

New Game — resets the pack's player state and begins at its starting stage.
Continue — resumes from the most recently saved stage with the saved number of lives.
Stage Select — available for the built-in Classic pack after stages have been unlocked. It is currently disabled for the other packs.

Progress is stored separately for each local profile and each Stage Pack. It can include the most recent stage, unlocked stages, lives, score, coins, current power-up, and stored item.

Required Game Themes

A Stage Pack may depend on one or more Game Themes. SFMB checks those requirements before starting the pack. If a required theme is missing or out of date, play is blocked until it is installed or updated through the [[sfmb_main_menus]]{Game Theme Gallery}.

Stage Packs Included in the Beta

The current beta release configuration includes 19 Stage Packs as of August 29, 2026. Candy Nights remains included but cannot currently be played because its required Game Theme has been removed.

The Added date is when a valid version of the pack first appeared in the game repository. Map files includes title screens, hubs, cutscenes, endings, and other support maps as well as playable stages.

Classic SuperMarioBros. StagePack

Creator: Nintendo
Added: September 5, 2016
Start: 1-1
Required Game Themes: SMB
Map files: 45
Note: This is the only pack that currently provides a working Stage Select menu.

Super Mario: Retro Return

Creator: Pixelcraftian
Added: December 11, 2017
Start: 1-1
Required Game Themes: SMB, SMBLL, SMO
Map files: 45

Super Mario Bros MULTI

Creator: Hamster Man
Added: June 15, 2020
Start: 1-1
Required Game Themes: SMB, SMW
Map files: 5

Super Mario Bros Plus. DEMO 2

Creator: Bob Ross
Added: November 25, 2018
Start: 1-1
Required Game Themes: SMB, SMW
Map files: 28

Beamy's One Screen Puzzles DEMO

Creator: Beamy68
Added: December 10, 2018
Start: Level 1 (Very Easy)
Required Game Themes: NSMB, SMA4, SMB, SMB3
Map files: 4

Adventurer's Path

Creator: PavleStanulov
Added: January 29, 2019
Start: 1-1
Required Game Themes: NSMB
Map files: 5

Candy Nights

Unavailable: The CandyArcade Game Theme was removed at its creator's request, so this pack cannot currently be played.

Creator: Abacta (JeromeBotang)
Added: April 19, 2020
Start: HubWorld
Required Game Themes: CandyArcade (removed)
Map files: 28

NSMBWii Super World!

Creator: MisterBeanJeans
Added: October 12, 2020
Start: 1-1
Required Game Themes: NSMBWii, SMW
Map files: 75

SMB4 - Demo 1

Creator: Several People
Added: April 4, 2021
Start: 1-1
Required Game Themes: SMA4
Map files: 8

Super Mario: Snow Drift

Creator: Pixelcraftian
Added: December 20, 2021
Start: 1
Required Game Themes: NSMB, SMA4, SMAS, SMB, SMB2, SMB3, SML2, SMW
Map files: 29

No Theme Left Behind! - (DS)

Creator: MisterB
Added: December 29, 2021
Start: 1
Required Game Themes: NSMB, SMB
Map files: 35

FastRun

Creator: Dolaniski
Added: December 30, 2021
Start: StartRun
Required Game Themes: NSMB, SMAS, SMB, SMBS, SMO, YoshiIsland
Map files: 71

Super Side Project Bros.

Creator: Johanna_SFMB
Added: May 23, 2022
Start: Super Side Project Bros.
Required Game Themes: SMAS
Map files: 34

Super Mario Bros. Expanded

Creator: ProneSlone
Added: July 29, 2022
Start: TitleScreen
Required Game Themes: SMB
Map files: 34

Super Mario Bros. Another Adventure

Creator: AwesomeMario33
Added: September 2, 2023
Start: TitleScreen
Required Game Themes: SMB
Map files: 34

Sonic: Fate of the Multiverse

Creator: Sonic Multiverse Team
Added: December 18, 2023
Start: Title
Required Game Themes: Sonic
Map files: 192

Alphabet Quest

Creator: Cloudz
Added: July 3, 2024
Start: Autumnal Adventure
Required Game Themes: MarioBros, NSMB, SMA4, SMAS, SMB, SMB2, SMB3, SMBLL, SML, SML2, SMW
Map files: 26

Super Mario Land: Lost Levels

Creator: Cloudz, Several People
Added: September 26, 2025
Start: 1-1
Required Game Themes: SML
Map files: 50

Luigi is Missing!

Creator: DragonDMV
Added: May 17, 2026
Start: W1-1 Goomba Rock
Required Game Themes: SMBLL
Map files: 34

Creating a Stage Pack

To create a Stage Pack, make a new folder under Resources\Map and place the pack's map files and a StagePack.json file together in that folder.

Resources\Map\MyStagePack\
├── StagePack.json
├── 1-1.map
├── 1-2.map
└── ...

A basic StagePack.json uses the following structure:

{
  "CreatedAt": "",
  "Creator": "Your name",
  "CreatorUniqueId": "",
  "InitialStage": "1-1",
  "Name": "My Stage Pack",
  "RequiredGameThemes": "SMB,SMB3",
  "Revision": 1,
  "Version": 2
}

Name — the name displayed in the Stage Pack menu.
Creator — the creator or team shown for the pack.
InitialStage — the filename of the first map without the .map extension. This value must not be empty, and the corresponding map must exist in the folder.
RequiredGameThemes — a comma-separated list of the Game Themes used by the pack.
CreatedAt and CreatorUniqueId — optional creator metadata and may be left empty.
Revision — the revision number of the pack.
Version — the Stage Pack metadata format version.

Restart SFMB after creating or changing the folder so that the Stage Pack menu scans it again.

TODO

[[sfmb_main_menus]]{Main Menus} — An overview of the title-screen menus.
[[sfmb_stage_world]]{Stage World Guide} — How to find and play individual community stages online.
[[sfmb_getting_started]]{Getting Started} — How to install, launch, and update SFMB.