MS-DOS

MS-DOS (short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is a text-based operating system released by in 1981. It uses text commands and keyboard shortcuts, inputted via keyboard, in a -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, it was an overlay that gave MS-DOS a , but MS-DOS wasn't fully replaced (as it was merged with the DOS-based Windows products as part of the line, which consists of , , and ) until the  line of  (which were designed to operate independently without DOS support and was originally intended to co-exist with the DOS-based versions), starting with the release of  in 2001, although it retained  as a legacy feature, and the  in , Windows XP, and  provided a text mode command line interface that can be started from the installation CD or be installed to the hard drive although it is intended for diagnostics and to fix a Windows installation that won't boot.

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)