MS-DOS

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An example of example of MS-DOS's command lines.

MS-DOS (short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is a text-based operating system released by Microsoft in 1981. It uses text commands and keyboard shortcuts, inputted via keyboard, in a computer terminal-like setting, to perform user-defined actions. It can interface with other hardware, such as a mouse, but only if installed programs support it.

Starting with Windows 1.0, it was an overlay that gave MS-DOS a graphical user interface, but MS-DOS wasn't fully replaced until the Windows NT line of Windows Operating Systems, although it retained Windows Command Prompt as a legacy feature.

Games

The only Mario games specifically developed for MS-DOS are the releases of these edutainment games:

• Mario Teaches Typing (1991)
• Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991)
• Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1992)
• Mario is Missing! (1992)
• Mario's Time Machine (1993)
• Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1994)
• Mario's Game Gallery (1995)
• Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996)

Also available are ports of classic Mario arcade games:

• Donkey Kong (1981)
• Mario Bros. (1983)