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(L-R) Nozomi, Grand Dad, and Loud Nigra.

To discover what made Grand Dad a meme icon

We're going back to the Stone Age.

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What happens when you take the Nintendo Entertainment System bootleg 7 Grand Dadnote also known as Mario 7; a simple hack of the Licensed Game The Flintstones: The Rescue Of Dino & Hoppy that swaps Fred's head for Mario's and updating it in the style of Sonic Mania, all viewed under the meme-laden lens of SiIvaGunner? You get Grand Dad Mania.

As one would expect from the source, the first hint at the game's existence was through a video - "Trailer Theme (In-Game Mix) - Sonic Mania - that presented the game in a manner directly paralleling the latter's trailer. While the ending has fine print reading that Grand Dad Mania is "not actually coming out maybe", it was later revealed to actually be real (via a series of teaser pictures).

So far, what's known about the game is that it remains a platformer, and much like Sonic Mania, updates the original game's levels. It also adds two new playable characters - Nozomi and Loud Nigra, both prevalent SiIvaGunner memes.

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While the game was unfortunately cancelled on February 22, 2017, a fan-made Beta version featuring one character and one level can be downloaded from here .

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