Code "Diff"-Maps (Sorted by Modder)
These visualizations offer the core means of conducting a "distant reading" of the code of all 240 Super Mario Bros. mods contained in the data set. Sorted here by modder, these Gannt charts depict the location of byte-level modifications in the game ROM. Filterable by modder, mod title, year of release, and range of particular byte addresses (via the "Start" slider at the bottom right), this chart is particularly useful for quasi-forensic analysis and refining connections discovered in network analyses. These "diff" maps mediate between high-level metadata and low-level engagement with the code itself.
