Dr. Mario · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
OverviewAI-generated
Dr. Mario is a puzzle and strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo, with Playtronic also credited as a publisher. The title belongs to the Mario franchise. It was released in 1990, with specific dates listed as July 27, 1990, and June 27, 1991. The game supports single player, multiplayer, and split screen game modes.
It is available on numerous platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer, Arcade, Game Boy, SNES, Game Boy Advance, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS. Critical reception includes a rating of 3.88 from RAWG and a score of 72 from IGDB, which is based on 207 ratings.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
- Released
- 1990-07-27
- User rating
- 3.88 / 5
- Genres
- Puzzle
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, SNES, NES
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Game details · IGDB
Dr. Mario is a falling block tile-matching video game, in which Mario assumes the role of a doctor, dropping two-colored medical capsules into a medicine bottle representing the playing field. This area is populated by viruses of three colors: red, yellow, and blue. In a manner and style considered similar to Tetris, the player manipulates each capsule as it falls, moving it left or right and rotating it such that it is positioned alongside the viruses and any existing capsules. When four or more capsule halves or viruses of matching color are aligned in vertical or horizontal configuration…
- Released
- 1990
- Genres
- Puzzle, Strategy
- Platforms
- Arcade, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
- Franchise
- Mario
- Developer
- Nintendo
- Publisher
- Nintendo, Playtronic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- Mario
- Composer
- Hirokazu Tanaka
- Developer
- Nintendo Research & Development 1
- Platform
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Designed by
- Gunpei Yokoi
- Image
- Vsdrmario.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- publication date
- 1990-10-00
- characters
- Mario
- Commons category
- Dr. Mario
- distributed by
- Nintendo eShop
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- ドクターマリオ
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