Jelly, 235 226 bytes

“¤ßȷŒȷddðdẎeȤdƤƬddƲdƝ‘s2⁵+€⁴¤żẎœṣjƭƒ“Ç=ÇgƲȷ€çfȤeƲ€fƈiÆf¿fÐɦÇÞµÞÇe2jÑصؿg8i€ØµØ½ð4Ɲ5Ɲ2fƲµÞµÞ½Ʋ;æ½f¿f½Ʋ5¤6Ʋ€g¬g½i¬ⱮvðɓȷeðɓȷeðɓȷeḳƁḳeƤııeƤııeƤııⱮp×ædɓædɓædɓd×⁾×eƝçıçeƝçıçeƝçıçd×⁾¤o‘b50U+Ø0U‘Œṙṁ1xⱮ“&ðẏṪ¶ẏ×Ṙ⁷Ƈ⁾1Ẓṁn#’b64¤¤ị“ *#.-”Y

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Full explanation to follow, but uses a combination of run-length encoding and replacement of common length-2 sequences with a single digit. Does not use any standard compression library like gzip. Overall has 182 bytes of compressed data and 44 of code.

PHP, 608 565 557 bytes

Uses GMP, the 5kJvr... string was created by first using substitutions to convert the original to base 5 6, then GMP to convert to base 62.

<?=str_replace(range(0,5),str_split("n-.#* "),gmp_strval(gmp_init('5kJvrGbxP8CrM96cfgUaH1i7H5NT19NW3eSlwbRNO6MzND4omDb8BkvVwnTb1bQtCr6pet0EVt9BQnTuRSwcrL1Gnzs6dMEKAPctFQDrnbXv3eIzlyPYhZpGTwostpxBRJa7bvJvVVgoVjErM9sLKVxa0YkOaOUgMAP6orzz4ZGzb5iQ4qGDDuUOEiKmrcGTHp58srEheAqQSRQE4dOMlauXH4i06DY6tY8gu4maD2BFa68FA7s9sQG9VplFHpecaduYnzLoZgz18xwunIlSkFyIFCUyVMgVxvN7wxtyFZZSAli6DRyV1EobXZtiRa60mYyIZTYL79x190EjhCRAlBM1Lk11FJCeOFkKpAYW8M1hzUpghKA07J31gHpvlkFFKA4dSXvoZwGPbcrGOsmcsi5GAbhB2MIJe9XJGrA7KcSeMfOdxany7HEcesx8oewhtlRHnwxmG8qu8WwA8fjm1S82LMGrq3t',62),6));

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Keg, 2204 1012 bytes

(35*| )(34*|*)
(35*| )(4|#)(4|.)#.
(35*| )#(2|.)(3|#)(5|.)(2|#)(4|.)
(76+| )(3|#)(7|.)(6|#)(72*| )(3|#)(34*| )(3|#)
(82*| )(65+|.)(35*| )#(3|.)#(91+| )#(3|.)#
(35*| )(2|#)*(7|#)(98+| )#.#.#(91+| )#.#.#
(34*| )(4|#)(7|*)(6|#)(76+| )#.#.#(91+| )#.#.#
(65+| )(3|.)#(3|*).(4|*).*(3|#)(4|.)(91+| )#(3|.)#(91+| )#(3|.)#
(65+| )(4|.)(91+|*)(2|#)(5|.)(65+| )(3|#)(34*| )(3|#)
(65+| )(4|.)(4|*)(4| )(5|*)(4|.)
(67+| )(4|#)(8| )(4|#)
(65+| )(6|#)(8| )(6|#)
(88*2-|#)
#(3|.)#(6|.)#.(2|#)(3|.)#(6|.)#.(2|#)(3|.)#(6|.)#.(2|#)(92*|-)#
(67*1+|#)(92*|-)#
#(2|.)#(4|.)#(4|.)(2|#)(2|.)#(4|.)#(4|.)(2|#)(2|.)#(4|.)#(4|.)(37*|#)
(67*|#)(4| )#(91+|-)#
#(5|.)#(6|.)(2|#)(5|.)#(6|.)(2|#)(5|.)#(6|.)#(4| )#(91+|-)#
(67*|#)(4| )#(91+|-)#
#.#(2|.)#(4|.)#(2|.)(2|#).#(2|.)#(4|.)#(2|.)(2|#).#(2|.)#(4|.)#(2|.)#(4| )#(91+|-)#
(67*|#)(4| )(34*|#)

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This is just a run-length encoding of the ascii picture but implemented in Keg

Old program

 ************
 ####....#.
 #..###.....##....
 ###.......###### ### ###
 ........... #...# #...#
 ##*####### #.#.# #.#.#
 ####*******###### #.#.# #.#.#
 ...#***.****.*###.... #...# #...#
 ....**********##..... ### ###
 ....**** *****....
 #### ####
 ###### ######
##############################################################
#...#......#.##...#......#.##...#......#.##------------------#
###########################################------------------#
#..#....#....##..#....#....##..#....#....#####################
########################################## #----------#
#.....#......##.....#......##.....#......# #----------#
########################################## #----------#
#.#..#....#..##.#..#....#..##.#..#....#..# #----------#
########################################## ############

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I know this probably won't win any competitions, but hey, it looks nice.
Literally just escaping every character and printing it. I mean, it could be golfed, but don't you just love ascii art programs?

LaTeX, 506 bytes

Most likely there will be a more efficient variant, but this is what I managed to get by hand (no built in compression tools in LaTeX...).

def|catcode`def~#1| =12~@#1#2ifnum#1>0#2@numexpr#1-1#2fi|#=12~)@3~(@4~?(.~/( ~<@9 ~>< ~_>)#~[<#).#~]<#.#.#~^#).#@6.#.#~!#@18-#~=@42#~'?~&#..#?#?#~;/#@9--#~:#@5.#@6.#~"#.#..#?#..#newlinechar`+typeout>/@12*+>/(#?#.+> #..)#@5.##?+> )#@7.@6#) _ _+>@5 @11.@5 @2[+>/##*@7#@7 @2]+> (#@7*@6#) @2]+>).#)*.(*.*)#?@2[+>?@9**##@5._ _+>?(*/@5*?+> (#@8 (#+>@6#@8 @6#+@62#+)^!+=!+)&@20#+=;+):;+=;+)";+=/@12#

Terminal output:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.20 (TeX Live 2019) (preloaded format=pdf
latex)
 restricted write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./mariocg.tex
LaTeX2e <2018-12-01>
 ************
 ####....#.
 #..###.....##....
 ###.......###### ### ###
 ........... #...# #...#
 ##*####### #.#.# #.#.#
 ####*******###### #.#.# #.#.#
 ...#***.****.*###.... #...# #...#
 ....**********##..... ### ###
 ....**** *****....
 #### ####
 ###### ######
##############################################################
#...#......#.##...#......#.##...#......#.##------------------#
###########################################------------------#
#..#....#....##..#....#....##..#....#....#####################
########################################## #----------#
#.....#......##.....#......##.....#......# #----------#
########################################## #----------#
#.#..#....#..##.#..#....#..##.#..#....#..# #----------#
########################################## ############
)