The Starman

The Starman is a character created by Twitter user @Marcojurez19. He was created in April 14, 2022.

Overview
The Starman is the product of a beta build of Super Mario Bros. for the NES. It is a sentient, rebelious line of code with malicious intentions.

Biography
"MB_040284_SHOWBUILD.NES" has only two, very simple goals- to fill its never ending bloodlust and punish those curious enough to mess with its world.

Starman was created in a beta build of Super Mario Bros. due to the prototype being of low quality, which in turn caused a stray line of code to take on the form of the game's protagonist, Mario, and become sentient.

Exposure to Starman may cause harmful symptoms of physical or mental damage. After a prolonged time of exposure, the victim will eventually die. Once Starman locates the victim's corpse, it will exit its world and drag their corpse into the console, what happens after is unknown still.

Abilities
Perception Altering - The Starman can create unstable hallucinations, that are easily snapped out of, however, at its strongest, it allows The Starman to have complete control over what the victim perceives, such as turning a level's sky into night, removing all enemies or completely deleting off the castle at the end of a level.

Shapeshifting - The Starman has the ability to change itself into a different shape or form.

Weaknesses
There are currently no known weaknesses to combat The Starman.

Trivia

 * Starman is not its real name, it was only given the nickname due to its color palette.
 * The Starman can appear randomly in any level.