Portal's 'Still Alive' done in Mario Paint [update]

by David Hinkle { Feb 12th 2008 at 12:00PM }

If there's one thing the internet sorely needs, it's more Portal. Jokes about cakes and lies, maniacal AI, and the above song have been the driving force behind the internet fascination with the game. Oh, and we hear some folks enjoyed playing Portal, as well.

The above song is taken from the end credits of the game, however it lacks the spoilers since there are no lyrics. So feel free to give it a listen. It's scary-close to the original.

Update: It appears the song was made in Mario Paint Composer, a program for your computer. Thanks to all of the commenters for pointing this out! It's still an impressive video if you ask us, though.

Tags: portal, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jason Zagar @ Feb 12th 2008 12:10PM

CAKE!

AnOffday @ Feb 12th 2008 12:10PM

That is awesome. Two of my favorite games. Mario Paint and Portal.

BlackDogAssault @ Feb 12th 2008 12:19PM

...What's with the "download/upload songs" button?o.O'' There wasn't even many people that had internet at home when Mario Paint was released...

Smoke @ Feb 12th 2008 12:28PM

Rather than being made with the actual Mario Paint, it's been made with Mario Paint Composer. It allows for longer tracks and a few other neat features:

http://www.unfungames.com/mariopaint/

meist3r @ Feb 12th 2008 12:37PM

I wondered that on some other "Mario Paint" cover version too. I did a short scroogle.org search and found that apparently this Portal theme (and all of the other songs I've seen) are made using "Mario Paint Composer" (http://www.unfungames.com/mariopaint/). A flash tool that mimics Mario Paint's sound editor but not actually the real deal.

gk128 @ Feb 12th 2008 12:27PM

This is a PC port/recreation of the Mario Paint music maker.

Jay @ Feb 12th 2008 12:39PM

Valve, for the love of god.....BRING THE DAMN GAME TO THE Wii

We don't even need the entire ornage box, just Portal

NvM @ Feb 12th 2008 5:09PM

Yes we do.
I'm sure if the original Xbox could deliver a (halfassed) version of HL2, then we could get the whole box.(Maybe take out TF2 because of NWFC and disk space)

Perverted @ Feb 12th 2008 1:55PM

I want Portal for Wii also, who cares about those add-ons? Portal was the reason for the purchase.
And that song is awesome.

Timerider @ Feb 13th 2008 12:10PM

Portal was the whole reason I bought the orange box for the xbox. The rest was bonus.

Mr.ESC @ Feb 12th 2008 2:55PM

The awesomeness of Mario Paint,Nintendo should develop a new one for the Wii.

RupeeClock @ Feb 12th 2008 3:15PM

I'll never accept this as being a Mario Paint song, because it breaks the crucial limitation of 3 notes per interval.

That isn't to say that this isn't well done though.

M.E. Williams @ Feb 12th 2008 5:50PM

Didja guys see this?
http://www.diylife.com/2008/01/28/portal-weighted-companion-cube-crafts/
(I'm not sure you should have, what with there being no Wii version yet. Oh, my, there NEEDS to be a Wii version!)

Avoli @ Feb 12th 2008 9:13PM

I love the comments that state that since it's not done in the actual Mario Paint, it cannot be considered done in Mario Paint. Idea!! Lets see the same asshats pull off something as great with their own dumbass restrictions.

Loved every second of it, and went and got the prog to play with. Also, OB on Wii FTW.