1984

VS. Wrecking Crew was released on the VS. System in August 1984

This is a list of events in 1984 related to the Super Mario franchise.

Events

February

Pinball was released for the Family Computer in February 1984

• February 2 – Pinball was released for the Family Computer.
• Specific date unknown
  • Donkey Kong (Atarisoft port) was released for the VIC-20 and Commodore 64.
  • Mario Bros. was released for the Atari 5200 and PC-8001.
  • The VS. System was released.

March

• Specific date unknown – Donkey Kong Jr. was released for the Atari 8-bit computers.

April

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

May

Golf was released for the Family Computer in May 1984

• May 1 – Golf was released for the Family Computer.

June

• June 21 – Family BASIC was released for the Family Computer.
• Specific date unknown – Donkey Kong was released for the Coleco Adam.

July

• July 4 – Donkey Kong 3 was released for the Family Computer.
• July 31 – The Game & Watch Micro VS. System series was released.

August

• August 20 – Donkey Kong 3 was released for the Game & Watch.
• Specific date unknown
  • Stroke & Match Golf, VS. Pinball and VS. Wrecking Crew were released for the VS. System.
  • Mario Bros. Special was released for several Japanese home computers.

September

Donkey Kong Circus was released on the Game & Watch in September 1984

• September 6 – Donkey Kong Circus was released for the Game & Watch.
• September 8 – The second season of Saturday Supercade first aired with the episode segment "Sir Donkey Kong".
• September 15 – Saturday Supercade episode segment "The Pale Whale" first aired.
• September 22 – Saturday Supercade episode segment "El Donkey Kong" first aired.
• September 29 – Saturday Supercade episode segment "New Wave Ape" first aired.
• Specific date unknown – Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū was released for several Japanese home computers.

October

• October 5 – Punch Ball Mario Bros. was released for several Japanese home computers.
• October 6 – Saturday Supercade episode segment "Greenhouse Gorilla" first aired.
• October 13 – Saturday Supercade episode segment "Hairy Parent" first aired.

November

• November 13 – Donkey Kong Hockey was released for the Game & Watch.
• Specific date unknown
  • Playbox BASIC was released for the Family Computer.
  • Koji Kondo joined Nintendo as composer.
  • Takashi Tezuka joined Nintendo.