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Mario Is Missing!

Mario Is Missing! is an educational game and the first game where Luigi is the main protagonist with Mario in a supporting role. The main gameplay consists of moving around a city in side-scrolling manner…

1 January 1993

Mario Is Missing! is an adventure developed by The Software Toolworks, released 1 January 1993 on DOS and Mac.

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What Mario Is Missing! is

Mario Is Missing! is an adventure game developed by The Software Toolworks and released in 1993. It is available on DOS and Mac.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bowser, king of the Koopas, has relocated from the Mushroom Kingdom to the real world, where he has set up his headquarters in an Antarctican castle. He plans to steal the Earth's treasures with the use of the Passcode-Operated Remote Transportation and Larceny System, which allows his Koopas to teleport anywhere in the world. His main objective is to sell the treasures to pay for enough hairdryers so he can melt the ice of Antarctica. In order to do so, Bowser captures Mario to prevent him from foiling the plan, and it is up to Mario's brother Luigi to save him.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mario series

Mario Is Missing! is the 109th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Yoshi's Cookie in 1993.

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When did Mario Is Missing! come out?
Mario Is Missing! was released on 1 January 1993 for DOS and Mac.

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