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. |
| Donkey Kong Jr." | 1983 | Nintendo EAD | INTV, ColecoVision, VIC-20, Atari 2600, Famicom | Donkey Kong Jr. ports for the INTV, ColecoVision, VIC-20, Atari 2600, Famicom. |
| Mario's Cement Factory | 1983 | Nintendo RD1 | Game & Watch | In this game, the player assumes the role of Mario, working in a cement factory. The player must empty cement from the hoppers into the cement trucks below. A conveyor belt at the top moves cement into hoppers which can only hold three loads at a time. An alarm sounds when one is full. |
| Mario's Bombs Away | 1983 | Nintendo RD1 | [[Game & Watch | Mario's Bombs Away is a game released as a Game & Watch. |
| Mario Bros. | 1983 | Nintendo EAD | Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 2500, Famicom. | . It was a spin-off from the Donkey Kong series, and heavily influenced by Joust. It was the first game to feature Mario's name in the title. It was also the debut of Mario's brother, Luigi. Unlike in Donkey Kong, where he was a carpenter, in this game Mario became a plumber, exterminating pests who exit from pipes (including the soon-to-be trademark turtles Koopas). The game's popularity declined following the release of Super Mario Bros.. |