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NES / Famicom1985Puzzle / Platformer1-2 PlayersNES Launch TitleGunpei YokoiSpike Origin Wrecking Crew A 1985 puzzle-platformer where Mario swaps the plumbing for a sledgehammer. Released as a North American NES launch title alongside Super Mario Bros. on 18 October 1985, this 100-phase demolition game introduced Foreman Spike — a moustachioed antagonist who would resurface 38 years … Read more
NES / Famicom1988PlatformerNintendo R&D417 million+ soldKoopalings’ debut8 worlds, 90 courses3 Warp WhistlesStar of The Wizard Super Mario Bros. 3 The curtain rises, a raccoon-tailed plumber takes a running jump, and the NES does things nobody thought it could. Super Mario Bros. 3 reached the Famicom on 23 October 1988, kept North America waiting until 12 … Read more
NES / Famicom1988PlatformerNintendo R&D47.46 million soldDoki Doki Panic rebornFour playable heroesNo Bowser Super Mario Bros. 2 The Mario game that is not quite a Mario game. Super Mario Bros. 2 reached North American shops on 9 October 1988 with a hero select screen, vegetables for weapons, a frog king called Wart and a cast of … Read more
NES / Famicom1985PlatformerNintendo R&D440.24 million soldThe Minus World8 worlds, 32 coursesHall of Fame 2015 Super Mario Bros. A plumber, a mushroom and a flagpole: the game that turned a Kyoto playing-card company into the most important name in video games. Super Mario Bros. arrived on the Famicom on 13 September 1985 and on the NES … Read more
NES / Famicom1987BoxingSingle PlayerMario CameoNintendo R&D3Genyo Takeda Punch-Out!! (NES, Cameo) Nintendo R&D3's sports-meets-puzzle classic puts a young, glasses-wearing boxer called Little Mac through 14 wildly stereotyped opponents on the way to a championship bout with Mike Tyson himself. But the reason this game lives on our site is the tiny pixelated referee in the centre … Read more
NES / Famicom1984-1986Pinball1-2 PlayersMario & Pauline CameoNintendo R&D1 & HALIwata Programmed Pinball (NES, Cameo) An early NES launch-window pinball game where the unsuspecting Bonus Stage features Mario controlling a platform to bounce a ball through bingo lamps — and rescue a falling Pauline, in one of her very first post-Donkey Kong appearances. Programmed by a … Read more
NES / Famicom1991-1992Sports / Golf1-4 PlayersMario, Luigi, Peach & DaisyNintendo R&D2 + HALIwata Directed NES Open Tournament Golf Japan got this game with its honest title: Mario Open Golf. The West got a more generic sports-game name that hid the headline news — this is a fully Mario-starring golf game with Mario and Luigi as … Read more
PC · SNES · NES 1993–1994 THE SOFTWARE TOOLWORKS MARIO DISCOVERY SERIES Mario’s Time Machine (PC / SNES / NES) Bowser has stolen history’s greatest artefacts to fill his own museum — and only Mario can travel back through time to return them. An educational adventure across three very different versions, released between 1993 and … Read more
PCSNESNES Mario is Missing! A once in a lifetime (hopefully) edutainment journey DeveloperSoftware Toolworks / Radical Entertainment PublisherThe Software Toolworks / Mindscape First release1993 (PC) PlayersSingle-player GenreEdutainment / Platform ProtagonistLuigi (his first console/PC starring role!) Overview Releases Story Gameplay Locations Videos Reception References Trivia Downloads Overview Mario is Missing! is an educational video game developed … Read more
ARCADE ORIGINALNESATARI 2600ATARI 5200ATARI 7800ATARI 8-BITAMSTRAD CPCC64GBAE-READER Mario Bros. (1983) The first starring Mario title and the debut of Luigi! Nintendo’s 1983 arcade classic — the game that gave Mario his profession, his brother, and his personality as we know them today. Developer:Nintendo R&D1 Original release:1983 (arcade) Luigi’s debut:First playable appearance Players:1–2 simultaneous NES sales:2.28 … Read more
