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Mario's Time Machine

Mario's Time Machine is an edutainment title and the successor of Mario is Missing! The game is meant to teach younger players basic world history and is the last Mario Discovery Series game before…

31 December 1993

Mario's Time Machine is a puzzle developed by The Software Toolworks, released 31 December 1993 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Mario's Time Machine is

Mario's Time Machine is a puzzle game developed by The Software Toolworks and released in 1993. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mario's Time Machine is an edutainment title and the successor of Mario is Missing! The game is meant to teach younger players basic world history and is the last Mario Discovery Series game before discontinuation. This game and Hotel Mario are the only games in the Mario franchise in which Mario as a protagonist has full lines of dialogue. The objective of the game is to return the historical artifacts to their proper time periods thanks to the central hub. As soon as you enter a certain time period you need to explore and interact with various residents of the area in order to get more information about the artifact, the period itself and the person connected to it.
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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's Time Machine is the 121st of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was PSS-61 in 1993.

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What it launched against

Mario's Time Machine launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Mario's Time Machine come out?
Mario's Time Machine was released on 31 December 1993 for DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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