1983

Mario Bros. was released in arcades in June 1983

This is a list of events in 1983 related to the Super Mario franchise.

Events

February

• Specific date unknown – Donkey Kong Jr. was released for the ColecoVision.

March

Mario Bros. was released on the Game & Watch in March 1983

• March 7 – Donkey Kong II was released for the Game & Watch.
• March 14 – Mario Bros. was released for the Game & Watch.

April

• April 28 – The Game & Watch Table Top series was released.
  • Donkey Kong Jr. and Mario's Cement Factory were released for the Game & Watch as launch titles for the series.

June

• June 16 – Mario's Cement Factory was released for the Game & Watch in the New Wide Screen series.
• June 21 – Mario Bros. was released in arcades.
• Specific date unknown – Donkey Kong was released for the Atari 8-bit computers.

July

The Family Computer was released in July 1983

• July 15 – The Family Computer was released.
  • Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. were released for the Family Computer as launch titles.

August

• August 30 – The Game & Watch Panorama Screen series was released.

September

The first season of Saturday Supercade first aired in September 1983

• September 9 – Mario Bros. was released for the Family Computer.
• September 17 – The first season of Saturday Supercade first aired with the episode segments "Mississippi Madness" and "Trucknapper Caper".
• September 24 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "Gorilla Gangster" and "Sheep Rustle Hustle" first aired.
• Specific date unknown – Donkey Kong Jr. was released for the Atari 2600.

October

Donkey Kong 3 was released in arcades in October 1983

• October 1 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "Banana Bikers" and "Rocky Mountain Monkey Business" first aired.
• October 7 – Donkey Kong Jr. was released for the Game & Watch.
• October 8 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "The Incredible Shrinking Ape" and "Magnificent Seven-Year Olds" first aired.
• October 15 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "Movie Mania" and "The Ventriloquist Caper" first aired.
• October 21 – Donkey Kong 3 was released in arcades.
• October 22 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "Gorilla My Dreams" and "The Great Seal Steal" first aired.
• October 29 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "Little Orphan Apey" and "The Jungle Boy Ploy" first aired.
• Specific date unknown
  • Donkey Kong Jr. was released for the Intellivision.
  • Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson was released for the Family Computer.

November

• November 5 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "Circus Daze" and "Junior Meets Kid Dynamo" first aired.
• November 10 – Mario's Bombs Away was released for the Game & Watch.
• November 12 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "The Great Ape Escape" and "The Amazing Rollerskate Race" first aired.
• November 19 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "Apey and the Snowbeast" and "A Christmas Story" first aired.
• November 26 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "How Much is That Gorilla in the Window?" and "Gorilla Ghost" first aired.
• Specific date unknown – Donkey Kong was released for the TI-99/4A and MS-DOS.

December

• December 3 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "Private Donkey Kong" and "The Teddy Bear Scare" first aired.
• December 10 – Saturday Supercade episode segments "Get Along, Little Apey" and "Double or Nothing" first aired.
• December 12 – Donkey Kong Jr. Math was released for the Family Computer.
• Specific date unknown
  • Donkey Kong was released for the Apple II.
  • Mario Bros. was released for the Atari 2600.

Specific date unknown

• The ten books of the Donkey Kong coloring and activity books under the Donkey Kong Strikes Again! and Donkey Kong Junior lines were published.
• Donkey Kong Goes Home was released.