Super Mario Games in the 90′s
Date: Monday July 26, 2010Posted in: Famicom,Game Boy,NES,Nintendo 64,Remembering,Super Mario Bros,Super Nintendo,Virtual Boy
Last time on the show we looked back at all the wonderful games and appearances by Mario in the 80′s! His big hits included Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros 1-3, Tetris and of course Punchout!! This time we travel all the way back to the 90′s where we look at even more of those 200 some odd games that the Italian Plumber has been seen in!
1990s
1990
- Dr. Mario (Game Boy)
- Dr. Mario (NES)
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) – North America release
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nelsonic Game Watch)
- Super Mario Land (Game Boy) – Europe release
- Super Mario World (Super Famicom) – Japan release
- VS. Dr. Mario (Arcade) – North America and Japan release
1991
- Mario the Juggler (Game & Watch) – North America and Japan release
- Mario Teaches Typing (MS-DOS) – North America release
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) – Europe release
- Super Mario World (SNES) – North America release
- Super Mario Bros. 4 (Nelsonic Game Watch)
- NES Open Tournament Golf (NES) – North America release
- Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (PC) – North America release
- Yoshi (Famicom) – Japan release
- Yoshi (Game Boy) – Japan release
1992
- Super Mario USA AKA Super Mario Bros 2 (Famicom) – Japan release of Super Mario Bros. 2
- Super Mario Kart (Super Famicom/SNES)
- Super Mario Race (Nelsonic Game Watch)
- Yoshi (Famicom/NES, Game Boy) The player controls Mario or Luigi
- Yoshi’s Cookie (Famicom and Game Boy) – Japan Release
- Mario Paint (SNES)
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy)
- Mario’s Time Machine (DOS)
- Super Mario World (SNES) – Europe release
- Mario Is Missing! (DOS) Mario is captured by Bowser
1993
- Mario’s Time Machine (NES)
- Mario & Wario (Super Famicom) – Japan only
- Super Mario All-Stars (Super Famicom/SNES)
- Yoshi’s Cookie (NES, SNES, Super Famicom and Game Boy) – North America and Japan release
- Mario Bros. Classic (NES) – Europe only
- Mario’s Early Years! Fun with Letters (SNES) – North America only
- Mario’s Early Years! Fun with Numbers (SNES) – North America only
- Mario’s Early Years! Preschool Fun (SNES) – North America only
- Yoshi’s Safari (SNES/Super Famicon)
1994
- Manhole (Game & Watch)
- Donkey Kong (Game Boy)
- Donkey Kong (Nelsonic Game Watch)
- Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (Super Famicom/SNES) – North America and Europe
- Mario’s Time Machine (NES) – North America only
- Yoshi’s Cookie (NES) – European release
- Hotel Mario (CD-i)
1995
- Mario’s Tennis (Virtual Boy)
- Mario Teaches Typing (Microsoft Windows)
- Mario Teaches Typing (Macintosh)
- Mario Clash (Virtual Boy)
- Mario’s Picross (Game Boy)
- Mario’s Picross 2 (Game Boy)
- Mario’s Super Picross (Super Famicom) – Japan only
- Undake 30 Same Game (Super Famicom Satellaview) – Japan only
- Dr. Mario BS Version (Satellaview) – Japan only
- BS Super Mario Collection (Super Famicom Satellaview) – Japan only
- Mario’s Game Gallery (PC)
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island (SNES)
- BS Super Mario USA Power Challenge (Satellaview) – Japan only
1996
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Super Famicom/SNES)
- Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)
- Mario’s Picross 2 (Game Boy) – Japan only
- Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC)
- Yoshi’s Panel de Pon (Satellaview) – Japan only
1997
- Game & Watch Gallery (Game Boy)
- Game & Watch Gallery 2 (Game Boy) – Japanese release
- Mario Excite Bike (Super Famicom Satellaview) – Japan only
- Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo 64)
- Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC)
- Mario Paint Version (Satellaview) – Japan only
- Super Mario 64 European release
1998
- Mario no Photopi (Nintendo 64) – Japan only
- Wrecking Crew ’98 (Super Famicom) – Japan only
- Mario Party (Nintendo 64) – Japan release
- Game & Watch Gallery 2 (Game Boy)) – not in PAL regions
- Game & Watch Gallery 2 (Game Boy Color) – not in Japan
1999
- Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (Game Boy Color)
- Game & Watch Gallery 3 (Game Boy Color)
- Mario Golf (Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64) – (Game Boy Color) Japan release
- Mario Party 2 (Nintendo 64)
- Mario Artist: Paint Studio (1999) Japan only
- Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64)
There is no shortage of hits in this decade! Super Mario World, Dr. Mario, Mario Kart… And it’s a real shame that all you kids out there will never experience Mario Paint. To be honest, I’m not sure WHY it’s such a shame because I don’t know (honestly) if it was all that good, but it pretty original at the time, pretty unique, and it had flyswatting a music composer that you can still find in use today!
Super Mario Games in the 80′s
Date: Friday July 23, 2010Posted in: Arcade,Atari,Famicom,Game Boy,NES,Remembering,Super Mario Bros
It’s no secret that Mario (otherwise known as Mario Mario) is the biggest and most famous videogame character in history. He has appeared in over 200 games including platformers, racers, rpgs, and fighting games! While we were originally thinking about putting together a list of all the Super Mario games throughout the years, it quickly became an overwhelming task so we thought to go by the decade – At least for now. (#):)
1980s
1981
- Donkey Kong (Arcade)
1982
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Arcade)
1983
- Donkey Kong (Atari 8-bit/Apple II/Commodore 64/MS-DOS) – North America release
- Donkey Kong (Famicom) – Japan release
- Donkey Kong Jr. (ColecoVision/Atari 2600) – North America release
- Donkey Kong Jr. (INTV/VIC-20) – North America and Japan release
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Famicom) – Japan release
- Donkey Kong Jr./Donkey Kong Jr. Math (Famicom/C1 NES TV) – Japan release
- Mario Bros. (Arcade/Game & Watch) – North America and Japan release
- Mario Bros. (Atari 2600, Atari 5200) – North America release
- Mario Bros. (Famicom) – Japan release
- Mario’s Bombs Away (Game & Watch) – North America and Japan release
- Mario’s Cement Factory (Game & Watch) – North America and Japan releas
1984
- Donkey Kong Hockey (Game & Watch)
- Pinball (Famicom/NES) – North America and Japan release - Mario is found in the bonus stage.’
- Mario Bros. Special (NEC PC-8801) – Japan release
- Punch Ball Mario Bros. (NEC PC-8801) – Japan release
1985
- Super Mario Bros. (Famicom/NES) – North America and Japan release
- Wrecking Crew (Famicom/NES) – North America and Japan release - Mario is the main character.
1986
- All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. (Famicom Disk System) – Japan release
- Donkey Kong (NES) – North America and Europe release
- Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) – North America release
- Mario Bros. (NEC PC-8801) – Japan release
- Mario Bros. (NES) – North America and Europe release
- Super Mario Bros. (Famicom Disk System) – Japan release
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (Famicom Disk System) – Japan release
- Super Mario Bros. Special (NEC PC-8801) – Japan release
- Vs. Super Mario Bros. (Arcade) – North America and Japan release
1987
- Punch-Out!! (Famicom/NES) - Mario is the referee
- Mario Bros. (Famicom/NES) - Mario is the main character
- Super Mario Bros. (NES) – European release
1988
- Donkey Kong (Atari 7800) – North America and Europe release
- Donkey Kong (Famicom Disk System) – Japan release
- Donkey Kong Classics (NES) – North America release
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Atari 7800) – North America and Europe release
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Famicom Disk System) – Japan release
- Kaettekita Mario Bros. (Famicom Disk System) – Japan release
- Mario Bros. (Atari 7800, XE Game System)
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) – North America release
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom) – Japanese release
- Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (NES) – North America release
- 3-in-1 Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet (NES) – North America release
1989
- Alleyway (Game Boy) – North America and Japan release – Mario appears in bonus level, on the box art outside of Japan, and also drives/flies/controls the paddle on screen as shown in the intro
- Donkey Kong 2 (Game & Watch) – North America and Japan release
- Donkey Kong Classics (NES) – Europe release
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) – Europe and Australia release
- Super Mario Bros. (Nelsonic Game Watch) – North America release
- Super Mario Land (Game Boy) – North America and Japan release
- Tetris (Famicom/NES) – North America and Japan release – Once player beats Level 9 Height 5, Mario appears.
- Tetris (Game Boy) – North America and Japan release – Mario and Luigi appear in 2-player game.
You can see that the 80′s had some of Mario’s more iconic releases and appearances including the original Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros 1-3, and Punchout!! with Mario of course playing the TKO loving referee.
