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This is a list of games within the Mario franchise and all related series, organized by system with pictures. The games are arranged by original release date. Upcoming games are highlighted in gold. Port games are highlighted in green.
Nintendo Consoles
Nintendo Entertainment System
| Title | ||
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| Cover | Synopsis | Release Date |
| Donkey Kong | ||
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In 1981, Nintendo had their first blockbuster release with Shigeru Miyamoto's creation - Donkey Kong. Originally released in the arcades, Donkey Kong became a very popular game amongst gamers, eventually spawning many remakes and ports. In this game, Donkey Kong was the antagonist who kidnapped Mario's girlfriend Lady (later renamed Pauline). It was later ported to the many home systems including the Atari 2600, the ColecoVision and the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is a simple platformer, where the player must control Mario while jumping and avoiding obstacles and making it to Donkey Kong. |  July 15, 1983 June 15, 1986 October 15, 1986 |
| Donkey Kong Jr. | ||
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The following year, another arcade game was created, Donkey Kong Jr. This time, the roles were reversed. Mario was the villain, and DK was a damsel in distress. Here, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong's son, had to save his kidnapped father from Mario. The gameplay is the same as the original Donkey Kong; Donkey Kong Jr. must avoid traps set off by Mario to save Donkey Kong by jumping and simply avoiding them. | July 15, 1983 June 1986 June 15, 1987[1] |
| Mario Bros. | ||
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Mario Bros. is the second arcade game starring Mario as a protagonist, coming after Donkey Kong. The game's main attraction was featuring cooperative two-player functionality with Mario's recently introduced brother, Luigi. The two are in a sewer, battling various enemies leaking from the plumbing, bashing the floors underneath them to stun them before kicking them away. Many aspects from this game recur in later Mario franchise games, notably coins, pipes, POW Blocks, and enemy turtles. The game has been ported innumerable times to various systems. | September 9, 1983 June 20, 1986 September 1, 1986 |
| Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson | ||
| Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson was released exclusively as the pack-in game for the Sharp C1 Famicom TV, a combined Family Computer and television unit in Japan. It is a compilation of the games Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong Jr. Math. The game is not exactly a combination, but rather a "platter" of the two Donkey Kong-related games. It combines half of the 1- and 2-Player game modes from Donkey Kong Jr. and the +-×÷ Exercise mode from Donkey Kong Jr. Math. The latter is from the prototype version as Donkey Kong Jr. Math was still in development upon this game's release. | October 1983 | |
| Donkey Kong Jr. Math | ||
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Donkey Kong Jr. Math was Donkey Kong Jr.'s second game, an edutainment title released in 1983 for the NES. Donkey Kong will hold up a sign, and Donkey Kong Jr. must find the numbers and math sign to get to that number to get a point. | December 12, 1983 October 18, 1985 |
- ^ Date info of Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) from TMK, retrieved 4/1/2008
