Mario game series
- This article is a chronological list of Mario games.
Over the years, Mario has appeared in at least 140 popular video games to date, both with starring and less significant roles. Here is a chronological list of licensed games that Mario has appeared in.
| Title | Release year | Developer | System | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donkey Kong | 1981 | Nintendo EAD | Arcade | The game is an early example of the platform genre; gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging obstacles. The storyline is thin but well developed for its time. In it, Mario (originally called Jumpman) must rescue a damsel in distress from a giant ape named Donkey Kong. |
| Donkey Kong | 1982 | Nintendo RD1 | Game & Watch | Donkey Kong for Game & Watch is a port of the arcade game, where Mario is a carpenter trying to rescue his girlfriend from an evil ape. |
| Donkey Kong | 1982 | Nintendo EAD | ColecoVision, INTV | Coleco's version is very close to the arcade, more so than ports of earlier games that had been done. Six months later Coleco offered Intellivision verson too. |
| Donkey Kong Jr. | 1982 | Nintendo EAD | Arcade, Game & Watch, Atari 2600 | Its eponymous star, Junior, is trying to rescue his papa, who has been captured by Mario, making his only appearance as the villain in a video game. This game is the sequel to the ultra popular Donkey Kong. |
| Donkey Kong 2 | 1982 | Nintendo RD1 | (Game & Watch) | In this game Donkey Kong Jr. is in trouble by trying to save Donkey Kong. He must watch out for things like crocodiles, birds and electric flashes. |
| Donkey Kong | 1983 | Nintendo EAD | Atari 8-bit, Apple II, C64, MS-DOS, Famicom | Donkey Kong ports for the Apple II, Atari 8-Bit, C64, Famicom, and MS-DOS. |