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Dr. Mario BS Ban
Title screen of Dr. Mario BS Ban on the Satellaview
Title screen
Developer Nintendo R&D1
Publisher Nintendo
Platform Satellaview
Release date Japan March 30, 1997[1]
Language English
Genre Puzzle
Mode 1–2 players
Format
Super Famicom:
Cartridge
Satellaview soundlink
Input
Super NES:

Dr. Mario BS Ban (known as simply Dr. Mario on the title screen) is an arcade-style puzzle game that was broadcasted for the Satellaview in at least nine runs between March 30, 1997 and April 2, 2000. Being a version of Dr. Mario, the game has the same graphics and music that were used in the remake from Tetris & Dr. Mario, which was not released in Japan. The complete game is still in the ROM, but the game is accessible only with the Pro Action Replay code 80802D01.[2] This was removed in the game's direct port to the Super Famicom, via the Nintendo Power cartridge.

This was the last game to be broadcast over the Satellaview on April 2, 2000, as St.GIGA lost all sponsors the same month. Versions up until April 26, 1997 also included the Dr. Mario BS Ban: Seiseki Magazine.[3]

GameplayEdit

See also: Dr. Mario (game) § Gameplay

Dr. Mario BS Ban has the same gameplay as its pre­de­cess­ors. Vitamin capsules are thrown into a bottle full of viruses, and the goal is to line up a minimum of four of a color combination of viruses and vitamins to make them disappear. There are three types of Viruses - the Red Virus (Fever), the Blue Virus (Chill) and the Yellow Virus (Weird), with a vitamin color designed to defeat them. The score obtained is based on the Speed, which also determines the speed in which vitamin capsules drop. The base score for Low, Med, and Hi respectively are 100, 200, and 300. If more than one virus is eliminated in a single move, every subsequent virus is twice the score of the previous, where the rewarded score is maxed out at the sixth virus, meaning that any virus after the sixth is scored the same (3200, 6400, and 9600 for the respective speeds).

The game features slight differences from original releases. Aside from enhanced graphics and music, the game also adds a Vs. Computer mode, which gives the player the option to fight against the blue, yellow, or red virus. The blue virus represents an easy computer, while the yellow and red viruses represent medium and hard, respectively.

ControlsEdit

  •   (left/right): Move falling capsule
  •   (down): Drop capsule
  •  : Flip falling capsule clockwise
  •  : Flip falling capsule counterclockwise
  •  : Start/pause the game

 ,  ,  , and   are unused, but in the dummied out options menu, there is a Controller Setup menu that allowed for setting up a function for those buttons.[4]

CharactersEdit

  • Dr. Mario (playable)
  • Fever (enemy and opponent in Vs. Computer mode)
  • Chill (enemy and opponent in Vs. Computer mode)
  • Weird (enemy and opponent in Vs. Computer mode)

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese Dr.マリオBS版[3]
Dr. Mario BS-ban
Dr. Mario BS Version

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ サテラビュー研究所 オリジナルゲーム一覧. God Bird (Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  2. ^ Tetris & Dr. Mario § BS and NP Dr. Mario. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Dr. Mario BS Ban. IGDB. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  4. ^ Tetris & Dr. Mario § Options Menus. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved February 10, 2022.